FA Cup Final 11/05/13 Manchester City Vs. Wigan Athletic

Lovely Bloke

The Espinoza one wasn't a pen, but Wigan should be ahead here.

grohlisagod

Starting to liven up now.

KERSPLAT!

I think if he went down straight away he had it but delayed and then dived..

Great chance there just no one quick enough to the box!

Nuri Sahin

klose wrote: »

Taking a break from the corners market lately?

Eased off more like

MOTM bets have been so, so good to me in the past couple of months too. Very profitable market.

monkey9

Was Hodgson asleep there?? :eek:

Kylo Ren

Dive, good call ref.

Will I Amnt

Good call from the ref, went down far to easy.

onemorechance

Wonder has the late kick-off affected attendance? Lots of empty seats.

double GG

I thought if Mcmanaman went down under the challenge from Kolarov when he went through there, he could easily have gotten Kolarov sent off.

Good game so far!

ctrl-alt-delete

Barry should have hit it with his right, even not on target and Aguero might have got it, poor effort in the end.

Anyone

onemorechance wrote: »

Wonder has the late kick-off affected attendance? Lots of empty seats.

Would imagine its down to the 2 clubs playing. Generally lots of empty seats when they play.

ctrl-alt-delete

onemorechance wrote: »

Wonder has the late kick-off affected attendance? Lots of empty seats.

Early or late it doesn't matter, there is not enough Wigan fans to fill them!

retalivity

all the empty seats are in the "FA Family" section...ergo sponsors, budweiser etc. they're always empty

ctrl-alt-delete

Wigan playing well, City yet to find what they are capable of.

Decent game of ball so far.

Anyone

Game really needs a goal, but Wigan have played well. They were the better team in that half anyway.

Will I Amnt

Decent game, good chances for both sides. Not the landslide many were expecting so far anyway.

onemorechance

Anyone wrote: »

Would imagine its down to the 2 clubs playing. Generally lots of empty seats when they play.

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Early or late it doesn't matter, there is not enough Wigan fans to fill them!

I'd guess that more families would take their kids down to London for it if it wasn't a late kick-off, but it's probably like ye say, both teams don't have a large enough fan base to fill Wembley.

Xavi6

Absolute rubbish from us. No urgency, slack passing and standing ten yards off the man when defending. Strung one good move together and almost scored, apart that it's been a disgrace.

Credit to Wigan as well, they're looking good on the break.

onemorechance

retalivity wrote: »

all the empty seats are in the "FA Family" section...ergo sponsors, budweiser etc. they're always empty

They weren't empty for Chelsea v Liverpool I think . . .

kraggy

I checked the odds on Skybet before kick off and they had Wigan at 15/2 to win after 90 mins.

In a 2 horse race?! That's generous in my opinion.

Will I Amnt

You would swear McManaman was 16 years old the way they are going on about him :rolleyes:

mike65

If Wigan were a better side they would have made much of more of the space between the City middle and defence. Some big gaps. I don't watch Wigan unless they are playing Liverpool so can anyone tell me if Kone usually plays to one side? I'd have him nailed front and centre - too often he has been the one delivering a cross or a hopeful long range blast when he should be in the area.

Xavi6

onemorechance wrote: »

I'd guess that more families would take their kids down to London for it if it wasn't a late kick-off, but it's probably like ye say, both teams don't have a large enough fan base to fill Wembley.

You don't ned to fill Wembley, you just need to take up your allocation. We have 31k there, as much as we could possibly get.

Wigan have 21k, that's why it looks empty. No problem with our support, we could have sold thousands more were we given them.

loobylou

Time for Milner, get Barry off.

double GG

cambo2008 wrote: »

You would swear McManaman was 16 years old the way they are going on about him :rolleyes:

I don't think its down to his age even though 22 is still relatively young, they only mentioned his emergence in the last 4-6 months which has been fantastic.l


He's been giving the City back 4 a torrid time.

Kerrydude1981

Great effort by Wigan in the first half,really making it hard for City to break them down,going to be interesting if they can keep it up for the full 90.

Anyone else thinking the FA Cup final should have remained a 3pm ko?

Or am I just old school?

mike65

If this game were being played at OT then the place would be buzzing, instead it sounds like a group game between say France and (little country here) in the South Africa World Cup

onemorechance

kraggy wrote: »

I checked the odds on Skybet before kick off and they had Wigan at 15/2 to win after 90 mins.

In a 2 horse race?! That's generous in my opinion.

The odds reflect the betting patterns of the public, so it means that Wigan aren't getting many bets before KO.

Will I Amnt

double GG wrote: »

I don't think its down to his age even though 22 is still relatively young, they only mentioned his emergence in the last 4-6 months which has been fantastic.l


He's been giving the City back 4 a torrid time.

On ESPN they keep finishing with "for someone so young" when talking about him.

onemorechance

Xavi6 wrote: »

You don't ned to fill Wembley, you just need to take up your allocation. We have 31k there, as much as we could possibly get.

Wigan have 21k, that's why it looks empty. No problem with our support, we could have sold thousands more were we given them.

That sucks; should be possible to get the sponsors seats to fans if they don't take them up.

That_Guy

Paul Jewell on ESPN. Haven't seen him since... that... eh... video. :pac:

Lovely Bloke

It really is a disgrace those seats over the far side after half time in ANY game in Wembley. Looks terrible.

swoody

Lovely Bloke

City clearly have the better players, but they are just not applying themselves correctly - they could be out of sight if they gave a crap.

Will I Amnt

Lol, sore head :pac:

klose

****ing hate short corners

Lovely Bloke

what the...?

ctrl-alt-delete

mike65 wrote: »

If Wigan were a better side they would have made much of more of the space between the City middle and defence. Some big gaps. I don't watch Wigan unless they are playing Liverpool so can anyone tell me if Kone usually plays to one side? I'd have him nailed front and centre - too often he has been the one delivering a cross or a hopeful long range blast when he should be in the area.

The few times I have seen them his game has more or less been the same. He tends to come out wide, whether he is told to, or whether it is him trying to get more into the game I am not sure.

I'd be of the same opinion as yourself, I had the same thoughts in the recent game against Swansea.

onemorechance

Don't think ref saw enough . . . neither did I! :pac:

edit: nothing to see!

That_Guy

Scharner you clown. Should've been a penalty.

Lovely Bloke

was Kun offside? if he was, it wasn't a pen either way

.jacksparrow.

Never a peno

Tom.D.BJJ

Kompany is a class act

That_Guy

Short corners should be eliminated from the game altogether.

monkey9

This is awful stuff.

NabyLadistheman

City been terrible. Should still win though

KevIRL

kraggy wrote: »

I checked the odds on Skybet before kick off and they had Wigan at 15/2 to win after 90 mins.

In a 2 horse race?! That's generous in my opinion.

Its a 3 horse race though, the draw is also a possiblity

Cantona's Collars

Henriquez to come on and score the winner in the last minute:pac:

Professional Griefer

Come on!!!

NabyLadistheman

Kompany