***Capital One Cup 3rd Round - City v Sheffield Wednesday***

[Beefymcfc]

we will score 10 at some point this season

Take that fucking back! Everytime somebody says this we never make it. Just keep your kipper shut!

It's 11 ;-)

[Cit.revenge]

Who ????

[nottsblue]

Newcastle at home then. Very winnable. Difficult to leave out Lampard v Hull now

[Blue Since 76]

Does that count as a game of two halves?

[patrickblue]

Can we have the Rags at home in the next round please ?

That really made me chuckle. Remember when we first became good we were really worried about drawing them?
How times change.

It made me laugh even more when I remembered they're already out.

[blues2win]

Pellegrini said that it was 'not impossible' that Frank might stay the whole season.

[Mikhail Chigorin]

Can we have the Rags at home in the next round please ?

That really made me chuckle. Remember when we first became good we were really worried about drawing them?
How times change.

It made me laugh even more when I remembered they're already out.

Not only out, but humiliated in the process.....isn't football wonderful at such times ?

[Ted Hughes]

The first half was so fucking dull, I was gutted I'd actually gone to the game.

Pushing Lampard forward was a other masterstroke by the Count. Has he ever played a role as committed to attack as that ? He dropped back later but he was almost like 2nd striker for a while & the lack of defensive duty seemed to liberate him. And he looked like be was really loving every minute of it.

Looked fitter than for years.

[littlebig]

Don't forget "The League Cup Show" if you have access to the BBC, at 11.05pm tonight. They're gonna have to extend the show for our goals.

Cheers for the heads up, missed it due to travel, looking forward to this, pants around the ankles

[DoomMerchant]

The first half was so fucking dull, I was gutted I'd actually gone to the game.

Pushing Lampard forward was a other masterstroke by the Count. Has he ever played a role as committed to attack as that ? He dropped back later but he was almost like 2nd striker for a while & the lack of defensive duty seemed to liberate him. And he looked like be was really loving every minute of it.

Looked fitter than for years.

Cheshire cat fucking grin..loving his football. Fun to see.

Cheers

[Wonderwall]

Ha ha ha football league show just gave an opening on almost all the games and never even mentioned us lol

[Michael Brookes]

Anyone know if we're due to be shown on the league show? Just thinking maybe cause bein got the rights it means they can't show it (hence no mention of us in the opening credits?)

[Wonderwall]

Anyone know if we're due to be shown on the league show? Just thinking maybe cause bein got the rights it means they can't show it (hence no mention of us in the opening credits?)

Go to bed and press record. Set your alarm 15 mins earlier

[Michael Brookes]

Anyone know if we're due to be shown on the league show? Just thinking maybe cause bein got the rights it means they can't show it (hence no mention of us in the opening credits?)

Go to bed and press record. Set your alarm 15 mins earlier

Sound advice! Although morning mike is fairly uncompromising when it comes to the "just one more snooze" decision.

[Dameerto]

The first half was so fucking dull, I was gutted I'd actually gone to the game.

Pushing Lampard forward was a other masterstroke by the Count. Has he ever played a role as committed to attack as that ? He dropped back later but he was almost like 2nd striker for a while & the lack of defensive duty seemed to liberate him. And he looked like be was really loving every minute of it.

Looked fitter than for years.

Cheshire cat fucking grin..loving his football. Fun to see.

Cheers

It was noticeable how different we looked when he was our advanced midfielder. He kept swapping with Yaya in the second half. He's waaay more direct than Yaya with his passing and keeping the pace of the attack going.

[charvet_wonderland]

Oh god, that was no fucking red.

Letter of the law and all that but I felt gutted for him at the time. Don't know if Joan conveyed this adequately but that's the only time I can remember a dismissed player receiving an ovation from all 4 sides of the ground. Bit surreal.

[Invisible Man Fan]

Oh god, that was no fucking red.

Letter of the law and all that but I felt gutted for him at the time. Don't know if Joan conveyed this adequately but that's the only time I can remember a dismissed player receiving an ovation from all 4 sides of the ground. Bit surreal.

I didn't get that....I was baffled as to why our fans gave him an ovation? I missed the challenge as my daughter was mithering me. I looked up when everyone around me jumped up.

Was it actually a foul and should have been a yellow or was it never a foul to begin with?

[Goaters 103]

Lacklustre in the extreme in the first half, we pushed Lampard on and applied ourselves properly and the 2nd half was the result.

Thought Edin was generally under par but he still bagged two, whilst Lampard was class and Milner and Navas also shone.

Home draw is all you can ask for, on to the next one. We now need a good performance at Hull on Saturday and essential we get 3 pts.

[Ted Hughes]

The first half was so fucking dull, I was gutted I'd actually gone to the game.

Pushing Lampard forward was a other masterstroke by the Count. Has he ever played a role as committed to attack as that ? He dropped back later but he was almost like 2nd striker for a while & the lack of defensive duty seemed to liberate him. And he looked like be was really loving every minute of it.

Looked fitter than for years.

Cheshire cat fucking grin..loving his football. Fun to see.

Cheers

It was noticeable how different we looked when he was our advanced midfielder. He kept swapping with Yaya in the second half. He's waaay more direct than Yaya with his passing and keeping the pace of the attack going.

For a period, Lampard just stayed forward(ish) & Yaya/Fernadinho did the centre mid. Lampard played more in Jovetic's role & did it really well.

It's also noticable imo, that Yaya is back in business, & on the whole is closing down a lot quicker than Lampard can. Interesting though that the Count has instantly found a different role for Lampard than other managers have in the last five years. Lampard was often taking up much better potential goalscoring positions than Dzeko; much easier to get the ball into the areas Lampard went into. Usually he was nearer to the ball for a start, so you don't have to kick it as far or as accurately, to get it to him. Pity Zuculini isn't around to see him at work.

What a pity, if Lampard suddenly finds he would have been able to play in the Prem for years under a more imaginitive manager.

[Mike J]

The first half was so fucking dull, I was gutted I'd actually gone to the game.

Pushing Lampard forward was a other masterstroke by the Count. Has he ever played a role as committed to attack as that ? He dropped back later but he was almost like 2nd striker for a while & the lack of defensive duty seemed to liberate him. And he looked like be was really loving every minute of it.

Looked fitter than for years.

Cheshire cat fucking grin..loving his football. Fun to see.

Cheers

It was noticeable how different we looked when he was our advanced midfielder. He kept swapping with Yaya in the second half. He's waaay more direct than Yaya with his passing and keeping the pace of the attack going.

For a period, Lampard just stayed forward(ish) & Yaya/Fernadinho did the centre mid. Lampard played more in Jovetic's role & did it really well.

It's also noticable imo, that Yaya is back in business, & on the whole is closing down a lot quicker than Lampard can. Interesting though that the Count has instantly found a different role for Lampard than other managers have in the last five years. Lampard was often taking up much better potential goalscoring positions than Dzeko; much easier to get the ball into the areas Lampard went into. Usually he was nearer to the ball for a start, so you don't have to kick it as far or as accurately, to get it to him. Pity Zuculini isn't around to see him at work.

What a pity, if Lampard suddenly finds he would have been able to play in the Prem for years under a more imaginitive manager.

and that superb goal tally of his could of been a whole lot more.