Prepare yourselves, City will come out strong and we know what happens with us... going to be a tense 2nd half.
If we park the bus, we can contain him
Mainoo has really filled out over the course of the season. His build and running style reminds me of Seedorf. He’s got legs like tree trunks. Just the little touches he does when he first gets the ball, create space for himself. He’s absolutely fecking brilliant. He plays like a veteran.
Even for 10% I'd keep him, I have a man crush on himSo he can play 30% of the season, amirite?
Back to our template from last season, at least with the Varane Martinez pairing back. And a dose of Ole ball back. Everyone playing well of course. That’s all we want against top class opposition.
It’s either mind boggling or somewhat noble, the stubbornness EtH has shown this season to stick to his dysfunctional high press system which doesn’t suit the players available
Absolutely crucial not to concede early we must be switched on from the start of the half. We've shot ourselves in the foot a few times this season by losing concentration
Mainoo will be world class inside three years
"We don't fly out referees to Abu Dhabi for nothing you know"What could Pep possibly be yapping about?
This is down to how we've set up tactically. We're compact and have given them no space to do anything in the final 3rd. We're set up to hit them on the counter. The tactics are great which is such a difference from the rest of the season. We've specifically set up to counter City. It's a shame ETH didn't do this more throughout the season. He might have kept his jobDon't mean to tempt fate, but surprised at how poor City have been. Are they still hungover? Dodgy batch of PEDs? Pep falling out with his coke dealer?
Either way definitely not over yet, need a third to start believing.
Our structure since the Arsenal game has been far better and just makes ETH look so bad for his decision to continue to be so open for most of the season.
This will be so unbelievably crushing if City come back and win this, and we know they're more than capable of doing it, and we're more than capable of throwing it away
This is going to be pure stress.
That ball from Bruno to Mainoo was pure filth.
He’s often lambasted for his theatrics and rightly so, smut like that pass has no place on a football field. There are kids watching ffs.
That’s the thing, we’re Moments FC. I’d much rather take 10 tap-ins or 10 blunders averted through generally competent play than those isolated worldies, which have usually just been papering over the cracks.We have scored some brilliant goals this season:
Garnacho's overhead
Bruno's volley
Rashford in the league derby
Mainoo in the final
feck, how did I forget ?Mainoo Liverpool
Another half that leaves you both excited and angry. For months we've been playing kamikaze football and allowing everyone and their uncle to have dozens of shots against us. All this time Ten Hag was capable of being more pragmatic and setting us up better defensively but he was opting not to. Great he's remembered how to be smart today and fingers crossed we see it through. But why couldn't we be this compact against Palace et al?
He's the quintessential 3rd wheel. You need two guys to discuss the proper stuff and then you have him as the joker for comic relief. Anything else and he's like an Antony on his right foot.Richards as the lead pundit is quite annoying. Seems a top guy but the confidence he has in spouting either nonsense or the most basic of analysis is grating.
It's make even for not awarding a penalty in the 40th second.We have played against 11 City players and the Ref. The Mainoo yellow was batshit crazy. It was a mild foul. That's it.
Thinks he's CaicedoDid Rodri think that he would score from there?
So he can play 30% of the season, amirite?
I'm hoping that was down to us vastly underestimating Coventry. Only hope I'm clinging onto is the players realising they're defending a cushion against the best team in the world instead of some struggling Championship side.I’m so nervous. 3 goals wasn’t enough against Coventry. Praying we’ve learned our lesson.
Mainoo <3
Ffs I was so numb to this and now I’m more nervous than before.