2018-19 Carabao Cup

JPA

blueser wrote: »

Why? Both those players you mentioned need game time in their legs after injuries. No better game to do it in.

Just looking at the Diaz and Sancho situations and what the future holds for City prospects.

sideswipe

Fred The Red wrote: »

Blitz the Tie early. Other leg a formality. They can rest whoever they want for it.

The right way to approach the cup tie.

Would you stop, city have 2 world class players for every position, there isn’t and probably never has been a team with their strength and depth before.

Shanotheslayer

Plays strong team " he should play kids"

Plays kids " not taking the cup seriously"

No pleasing everyone.

Berserker

9-0. Will they get 10 tonight?

Guy:Incognito

Is there away goal in the league cup nowadays? Burton could be in trouble if they concede early at home.

simongurnick

JPA wrote: »

Bit of a farce. Surely City could have played a couple of more youngsters instead of KDB and Silva, still would have trounced them.

Burton will come back in the second leg...home fans and all that

blueser

JPA wrote: »

Just looking at the Diaz and Sancho situations and what the future holds for City prospects.

I would guess you'll see a shadow side out in the second leg. The right approach from Pep tonight; get the tie secured tonight and rotate at the Pirelli.

~Rebel~

sideswipe wrote: »

Would you stop, city have 2 world class players for every position, there isn’t and probably never has been a team with their strength and depth before.

Yes, to an extent, but there are certain positions they really do need their key men. Aguero and Fernandinho especially.

Tonight's plan was exactly the right call - make the second match a non event so they can do whatever they want with zero risk of not making the final.

Pete Moss

Financial doping on display for all to see. More of a freak show than a football match in the end.

Loafing Oaf

Just the 9 goals for city then.

Sanity_Saviour

burton will probably struggle to come back from 9 down

blueser

~Rebel~ wrote: »

Yes, to an extent, but there are certain positions they really do need their key men. Aguero and Fernandinho especially.

Tonight's plan was exactly the right call - make the second match a non event so they can do whatever they want with zero risk of not making the final.

Correct.

~Rebel~

Pete Moss wrote: »

Financial doping on display for all to see. More of a freak show than a football match in the end.

Ah in fairness Burton are the 9th best team in League 1 right now....

A freak show, yes, but only because the draw happened to conspire to a team way out of its depth getting this far.

KERSPLAT!

Sanity_Saviour wrote: »

burton will probably struggle to come back from 9 down

I dunno, if they get a goal early in the 2nd leg...

eagle eye

There was such a thing as having a bit of compassion for a lower league opponent back in the day.. City have shown over the last two games that this doesn't exist in their world.
No need to shred them to bits like that, it doesn't help anybody. Once they got five up they should just have shut up shop and passed the ball around imo.

the whole year inn

KERSPLAT! wrote: »

I dunno, if they get 10 goals early in the 2nd leg...

Fixed that for you

Shanotheslayer

eagle eye wrote: »

There was such a thing as having a bit of compassion for a lower league opponent back in the day.. City have shown over the last two games that this doesn't exist in their world.
No need to shred them to bits like that, it doesn't help anybody. Once they got five up they should just have shut up shop and passed the ball around imo.

I think it helps city. Boost of confidence. Good atmosphere in the dressing room and a message to any side they face that they'll take them seriously.

~Rebel~

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

I think it helps city. Boost of confidence. Good atmosphere in the dressing room and a message to any side they face that they'll take them seriously.

I dunno about a confidence boost to be honest... but can't hurt anyway.

Wolves will be a much bigger test on Monday.

SEPT 23 1989

eagle eye wrote: »

There was such a thing as having a bit of compassion for a lower league opponent back in the day.. City have shown over the last two games that this doesn't exist in their world.
No need to shred them to bits like that, it doesn't help anybody. Once they got five up they should just have shut up shop and passed the ball around imo.

Pass the ball around for half an hour?

Shanotheslayer

~Rebel~ wrote: »

I dunno about a confidence boost to be honest... but can't hurt anyway.

Wolves will be a much bigger test on Monday.

Yeh true boost of confidence may be a stretch but an ego boost for the likes of Jesus scoring four.

Also, the fans got to witness a high scoring game throughout. Opposed to City scoring 3/4 in the first 30 mins then nothing for the remainder.

Berserker

eagle eye wrote: »

There was such a thing as having a bit of compassion for a lower league opponent back in the day.. City have shown over the last two games that this doesn't exist in their world.

They would have scored a dozen if they went for the jugular and played their strongest XI.

eagle eye

eagle eye wrote: »

There was such a thing as having a bit of compassion for a lower league opponent back in the day.. City have shown over the last two games that this doesn't exist in their world.
No need to shred them to bits like that, it doesn't help anybody. Once they got five up they should just have shut up shop and passed the ball around imo.

Hahah, what!? What about the fans who came to see a football game? You think they will be coming back if the next time a team goes sup 4-0 they stop trying to create chances? Give over

UrbanFret

eagle eye wrote: »

There was such a thing as having a bit of compassion for a lower league opponent back in the day.. City have shown over the last two games that this doesn't exist in their world.
No need to shred them to bits like that, it doesn't help anybody. Once they got five up they should just have shut up shop and passed the ball around imo.

Clough deserves nothing the fkn oxygen thief. 2 years at city never broke sweat. Pity they didnt get the 10.

eagle eye

Deleted User wrote:

Hahah, what!? What about the fans who came to see a football game? You think they will be coming back if the next time a team goes sup 4-0 they stop trying to create chances? Give over

I said 5.

eagle eye

eagle eye wrote: »

I said 5.

Hahah, what!? What about the fans who came to see a football game? You think they will be coming back if the next time a team goes up 5-0 they stop trying to create chances? Give over

blueser

Deleted User wrote: »

Hahah, what!? What about the fans who came to see a football game? You think they will be coming back if the next time a team goes sup 4-0 they stop trying to create chances? Give over

It’s disrespectful to ease up, you’re playing sport, you try your best, that is the essence of professionalism.

eagle eye

Deleted User wrote:

Hahah, what!? What about the fans who came to see a football game? You think they will be coming back if the next time a team goes up 5-0 they stop trying to create chances? Give over

Yes I think they would be back.

TFBubendorfer

eagle eye wrote: »

There was such a thing as having a bit of compassion for a lower league opponent back in the day.. City have shown over the last two games that this doesn't exist in their world.
No need to shred them to bits like that, it doesn't help anybody. Once they got five up they should just have shut up shop and passed the ball around imo.

The complete opposite is the case.

If a team eases up and stops playing properly, that would be the ultimate insult and totally patronising to the other team.

blueser

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

The complete opposite is the case.

If a team eases up and stops playing properly, that would be the ultimate insult and totally patronising to the other team.

Being generous to the poster, I don't think he seriously thought his comment through before posting it. Just aimlessly playing keepball in the middle third is not showing respect to the opposition in any way.

fyfe79

blueser wrote: »

I would guess you'll see a shadow side out in the second leg. The right approach from Pep tonight; get the tie secured tonight and rotate at the Pirelli.

Show off! :P

blueser

fyfe79 wrote: »

Show off! :P

Bloody hell. There's been enough mentions of it this past couple of days on SSN. Of course, I knew anyway.

fyfe79

I don't have Sky so I'm not subjected to a bombardment of football trivia! I'm just jealous.

Harry Palmr

UAE crushing opponents at home and abroad!

Shanotheslayer

Harry Palmr wrote: »

UAE crushing opponents at home and abroad!

With all the money they have their next buy should be a groundsman that can cut the grass better.

Berserker

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

With all the money they have their next buy should be a groundsman that can cut the grass better.

They did a great job windproofing that stadium though.

Scott Tenorman

Berserker wrote: »

They did a great job windproofing that stadium though.

Maybe they can spend a few quid to fix the goal line technology system :pac:

sideswipe

Berserker wrote: »

They did a great job windproofing that stadium though.

I think city are great example of how a club should be run- take their selection of away kit colour for example, great visible colour palette. Not your invisible coloured kit that was used elsewhere in the city before. That would be far more damaging to the teams performance than pitch and weather conditions.

citytillidie

Semi-Final
2nd Legs
Wednesday January 23rd
Burton Albion V Man City (Agg 0-9)

Thursday January 24th
Chelsea V Spurs (Agg 0-1)

Loafing Oaf

citytillidie wrote: »

Semi-Final
2nd Legs
Wednesday January 23rd
Burton Albion V Man City (Agg 0-9)

Thursday January 24th
Chelsea V Spurs (Agg 0-1)

Bit unusual the Thursday game. Presumably to do with both Spurs and City playing on Sunday...

citytillidie

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Bit unusual the Thursday game. Presumably to do with both Spurs and City playing on Sunday...

EFL Cup has had some games through the comp on a Thursday night but yes as City and Spurts played yesterday neither would have played no Tuesday night.

GavRedKing

City could have played right after the Huddersfield game and it wouldnt make a blind bit of difference to the outcome of the 2nd leg.

Loafing Oaf

GavRedKing wrote: »

City could have played right after the Huddersfield game and it wouldnt make a blind bit of difference to the outcome of the 2nd leg.

Bret Hart

How does the away goals work in the competition this year ?

citytillidie

Bret Hart wrote: »

How does the away goals work in the competition this year ?

There is no away goals.

So say Chelsea win by 1 goal on Thursday the game will go to pens after 90 mins

14.5 In the Semi-Final ties, if the aggregate score is level at the end of the second game no extra time shall be played and the tie shall be decided by the taking of kicks from the penalty mark in accordance with procedures as approved by IFAB.

https://www.efl.com/carabao-cup/about-the-carabao-cup/carabao-cup-rules--regulations/

TFBubendorfer

Bret Hart wrote: »

How does the away goals work in the competition this year ?

The away goals rule will not apply at all.

No extra time either. Ties will now go straight to penalties if the scores remain level after two legs.

TFBubendorfer

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

The away goals rule will not apply at all.

No extra time either. Ties will now go straight to penalties if the scores remain level after two legs.

.... too late! :rolleyes:

Sanity_Saviour

Early goal for City has probably hurt Burton's chances of going through

Beasty

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

The away goals rule will not apply at all.

Sanity_Saviour wrote: »

Early goal for City has probably hurt Burton's chances of going through

C'mon Burton - the rules mean 10 goals could now get you through to penalties. Nothing to lose - go for it!

Harry Palmr

Staggered that De Bruyne and Aguero are being risked

KERSPLAT!

Both need game time I suppose