dazby wrote:Robinho's home debut last season. When he scored his free kick I knew we were about to go on a wonderful ride.
Sister of fu wrote:Branny we got beat at the swamp the next game.
branny wrote:Sister of fu wrote:Branny we got beat at the swamp the next game.
Yeah i know. Twice in injury time. That's how close we've been. I was taking the first leg in isolation. I'm not just talking about the 90 mins on the pitch but the build up and bacons back side going hence the need for him to play his best available team and as iv'e said in 35 years of watching City it's the only time I can remember us not having to be at our best to win a derby.
branny wrote:Sister of fu wrote:Branny we got beat at the swamp the next game.
Yeah i know. Twice in injury time. That's how close we've been. I was taking the first leg in isolation. I'm not just talking about the 90 mins on the pitch but the build up and bacons back side going hence the need for him to play his best available team and as iv'e said in 35 years of watching City it's the only time I can remember us not having to be at our best to win a derby.
branny wrote:did you finally think "no more false dawns, this is the real deal"?
There were 2 for me. Both for completely different reasons.
Arse at home. They'd had a good start to the season and were unlucky to come away from the swamp without any points. I just thought that with all our new signings that it may be too soon in the season. WRONG. The football that we played after they equalised was breathtaking, especially the counterattacking. As good as i've ever seen City and i've been watching em since 1976. Brought a tear to my eye.
The second was the semi first leg. For as far back as I can remember, we've gone into derbies as underdogs. Certain things need to happen for us to win like the planets being in correct alignment, they play crap, have players missing, Chuckle 1 is a blue, we put out our absolute best 11 who have the game of their lives etc, you know where i'm coming from. This time however was very different. All talk of the league cup being a minor comp was abandoned, along with Bacons youth policy. Boyata of the blues is given his grounding. WE were the ones with key players missing. WE were the ones that didn't perform that well but strangely something I had never experienced before happened. We won a derby without playing like supermen (no pun intended).
Bacons whole attitude to the whole tie (ie worried) and his noisy neighbour comments brought it home. this time it's for real. CTID :)
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