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Am i right in saying that Ekranas had three clear attacks on goal and scored from one.
To be fair ... most of the team had a mare and really made hard work of it.
Hopefully a lot will be learnt from that tonight !!
Is Georgie gone now or is it three yellows .... Diving !! :rolleyes: .... And if hes out, is it for both legs ??
It's two yellows, yes he is out but for one leg.Quote:
Originally Posted by A face
When you put everything into context,a 2-1 aggregate win is a great result for city,despite tonights loss and performance.
Theyre 15 points clear of their league,in mid-season,so our summer soccer advantage is gone and they have 3 full internationals playing for them,theyre not a bad side either!!
On another note,they were the quickest team to leave the cross ever,i was just out the gate and most of them were lined up across the road waiting for their bus!!
A handful of them were raging and stormed out of the ground at the St Annes end .... stewards followed them to the gate and dealt with it very well .... most very fine to be fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by daveh
Any idea what they were raging abut? Just being knocked out?
Imagine if it had been the other way around, lost first leg 1-0 at the cross and won the second leg 2-0 in Lithuania with a last minute georgie goal :D
Love the optimism,very refreshing :D
He set the tone for the evening with his dozy tunes.
The shed could not be heard. Better if they go behind the goal at St. Anne's end, where their sound will not be smothered in the sleepy hollow that is Derrynane.
When Georgie was getting the yellow, somebody said he pleaded with the ref and get well upset. That might explain his off form for the rest of the game.
Lads, we got a result against a form team over the two legs. No matter that we played poor football. If we can get away with it against opposition like that, things are looking good.. . . yeah I noticed the tall dark one alright. Deserves a mention in the totty watch thread. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by A face
Seriously disappointed with our display and attitude tonight.
We were so much a better side than them, we should have killed this tie stone dead...:(
Rico better administer some serious kicks up some h*les for Sunday's game....:mad:
btw, I thought the G O'C booking was well harsh......
:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Fair_play_boy
Thought it was good but probably the wrong place of a Johnny Spillane gig ([SIZE=1]the sound system in the cross is sh!t and good for nothing[/SIZE])
The atmosphetre was funny alright but thats because it was so fragmented, with little groups all over the place. The Shed on tour looked good though .... would be the job if the whole Derrynane was like that all the time !!
Yup ... agreed ... the attitude was brutal, the first ten minutes were shakey but then settled down, and when City were getting the chances, they should have put it away .... one goal would have put it past them. The heads were dropped and City made a meal of it. Need to be more clinical in front of goal. Need to finish the game off faster !!Quote:
Originally Posted by patsh
Congratulations on getting through this round. I hope you continue through as far as you can go. Certainly better than those embarassments from Longford! F@cking useless c@nts!
on tv3 saying georgie is usless..and he was tryin to inpress scouts.
Really? Who said it?
beats me? :confused:
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Originally Posted by A face
ekranas were well on top tonight...sorry to say but they were
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Is Georgie gone now or is it three yellows .... Diving !! .... And if hes out, is it for both legs ??
saw it in front of the corner...plain and simple dive..yellow card....stupid out of georgie....should have known better
George had an okay game - loads of heart, some nice touches, a fair few crap long passes - but he clearly had a FOR SALE sign round his neck which fcuks up his judgement, and the dive was simply not up to UEFA standard when he would have been better off heading for goal. After a glory period, the golden boy is heading for a bad patch with fans unless he takes himself off the market.
Its a mystery why Fenn didn't get a game/kick tonight and a straight swop for George would have put a few home truths on the table.
No they were not corner.Quote:
Originally Posted by thecorner
They had a good first 10 minutes of the game, and some good spells in th second half when we just sat back.
We are a vastly better team than them and even playing sh*te like lat night, we should still have beten them. That was the softest goal we have conceded in years...:rolleyes:
Only 2 good things can be taken from the game last night though:
1. We got through.
2. If we have to lose a few games this season, this was a good one to lose.
From where I was, (St. Anne's end, NEVER AGAIN), George's booking looked very harsh. If, as you say, it was a clear dive, then he is a dpe for thatkind of crap.
All he has done is put himself out of the shop window in the next round, and this on top of his stupid bookings that will make him miss the $h€l$ game, is one sure way of finding himself on the bench for awhile.
Rico should take the chance to get it through to George that just because Gill and a few others are telling George that he is the greatest player in the world, doesn't actually mean it's true.
COP YOURSELF ON GEORGE, PLAY PROPERLY AND WORK HARD FOR CITY, OR P*SS OFF.
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Originally Posted by patsh
Spot on ... great post !!
I think the main sentence I heard outside the ground after
the match last night was...
"Well were in the draw tomorrow"
I think we have to look on the bright side, Ekranas are out
City are still in and the next round is 2 new games...
George defo should have been booked.. From my viewpoint
in the Derrynane he was expecting the crunching tackle which
never came and so he threw himself down... a little stupid..
I agree that Fenn should have got a run out...
The major downside of the match is a little blip on our good run at present but hopefully the lads won't dwell on it for too long...
On last nights performance no one in their right mind woud sign George. Especially if they are looking for someone to get stuck in and actually make a tackle. He was gutless. Apart from George we seemed too casual in too many positions, we had no width, Liam & Roy were poor and should have been replaced. Greg and Joe seemed to be trying to do the same job and were getting in each others way and Dan Murray was bambi on ice all over again.
An what galls me the most is that Ekranas were awful, they truly were a poor side and we should have buried them. If Kearney had scored that chance early in the 2nd half we'd have won comfortably but as it was we could be still there and we wouldn't be after scoring.
Agree totally with patsh's 2 points that its good to get a bad game out of the way in one of the cups and we are through.
Hopefully Rico can use last nights performance to gee up the lads for Sunday cos theres a few of them need a wake up call.
I think that's one of the things we need to take from this.Quote:
Originally Posted by patsh
It's certain that we're going to lose some games during a season and there are times where defeat is less significant than others.
Hopefully we've got that bad game out of us so that we can learn from it and move on.
We have the UEFA Cup draw to look forward to today.
As someone said earlier, we're through. So be happy overall, and have faith that Rico will give the lads the kick up the hole they need. That is his job.
I'm excited now, nothing better than the sweet smell of a European run :D
It was a strange kind of night alright with a terrible atmosphere in the ground. It's a pity the Shed crowd were split up. Makes you wonder what can be done when the redevelopment starts over the winter. As everyone else is saying good to go through though and get a bad game out of the system.
Crap game, crap atmosphere but we're through. Thats about all that can be said. George was brutal- worst player on the pitch IMO. I've never been a fan of the 4-5-1 formation, and I don't think it works well for us. Fenn should have been on at half time
Ye got Djurgarden.
Worst performance of the season. Still good to have worst game & still into next round.
George needs to wake up & realise hes attracted scouts based on this years performances & not last years show boating.