Re: ***fa cup 4th round - city v 'boro - match thread***
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 6:15 pm
Id love someone high up at the club to explain the wisdom of pissing off to Abu Dhabi and then doing a long haul flight the day before a game. Smacked of sheer arrogance and the chickens have come home to roost. That first Boro goal would be an embarrassment for a sunday Pub side and Fernando just needed a red nose and a large shoes to complete his part in it.
City wilted and were lead legged in that 2nd half when they needed to up the pace, which is utterly unforgivable. Aguero played like he as dragging a shed behind him and again gave us little or nothing up top; Kompany too still looks way out of sorts out seems immune to criticism.
I suppose the club can celebrate by pissing off to Abu Dhabi again in 3 weeks and now don't have a Cup tie to come back to. Can we also leave Fernando and Navas out there too as both aren't good enough, plain and simple.
We have exited the last 3 Cup competitions with defeats on our own turf, twice to Championship sides and the other the Newcastle reserves; that is not acceptable. Effectively forfeiting the FA Cup through taking on a needless long haul trip smacked of blind stupidity and we deserved what we got today. We collapsed after Boro scored, plain and simple.
City wilted and were lead legged in that 2nd half when they needed to up the pace, which is utterly unforgivable. Aguero played like he as dragging a shed behind him and again gave us little or nothing up top; Kompany too still looks way out of sorts out seems immune to criticism.
I suppose the club can celebrate by pissing off to Abu Dhabi again in 3 weeks and now don't have a Cup tie to come back to. Can we also leave Fernando and Navas out there too as both aren't good enough, plain and simple.
We have exited the last 3 Cup competitions with defeats on our own turf, twice to Championship sides and the other the Newcastle reserves; that is not acceptable. Effectively forfeiting the FA Cup through taking on a needless long haul trip smacked of blind stupidity and we deserved what we got today. We collapsed after Boro scored, plain and simple.