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18 minutes ago, Stevieda said:

Pep getting away without criticism for his awful team selections, especially away from home where an away goal has cost him the tie. Resting his best players for the league.

Despite what the oil men want to win to boost their egos, football men always prize winning leagues over cups. 

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13 minutes ago, Kuro said:

I wonder what Ajax think of the Celtic away support eh.

I can’t help worrying you’re going to follow me around this forum insipidly going “what about Celtic but” forevermore.

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10 minutes ago, Kuro said:

Agree with this. he is probably the best manager in the world but you need more protection in your midfield sometimes.  He only has one real DM at the club, and with the money spent on that squad that's ridiculous.

Gundogan and Stones have both filled in for Fernandinho this season, which just won't cut it against the best sides. 

They tried and failed to get Fred and Jorginho last summer.

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19 minutes ago, accies1874 said:

Gundogan and Stones have both filled in for Fernandinho this season, which just won't cut it against the best sides. 

They tried and failed to get Fred and Jorginho last summer.

Neither of whom have set the heather alight this season. Jorginho certainly looks a neat passer but has been found out defensively a few times and Fred seems to be out of his depth any time I've seen him play. Gundogan has been the best at filling in but as you say...not good enough against the better teams.

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54 minutes ago, accies1874 said:

Gundogan and Stones have both filled in for Fernandinho this season, which just won't cut it against the best sides. 

They tried and failed to get Fred and Jorginho last summer.

Yeah they badly need one more.

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37 minutes ago, Cptn Hooch said:

Neither of whom have set the heather alight this season. Jorginho certainly looks a neat passer but has been found out defensively a few times and Fred seems to be out of his depth any time I've seen him play. Gundogan has been the best at filling in but as you say...not good enough against the better teams.

Fred’s been pretty good lately tbf.

PS. What a fucking game!

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3 hours ago, paul-r-cfc said:

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Anyone could have bought a ticket to this. There was a day trip company from Scotland running 2 buses from Glasgow and Ayrshire offering tickets in the Man City end. It really is quite unbelievable they don’t have enough fans to fill the stadium for a Champions Leaque QF. 

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20 minutes ago, IrishBhoy said:

Anyone could have bought a ticket to this. There was a day trip company from Scotland running 2 buses from Glasgow and Ayrshire offering tickets in the Man City end. It really is quite unbelievable they don’t have enough fans to fill the stadium for a Champions Leaque QF. 

They're a plastic club. Seeing them going out tonight like that was very pleasing. 

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Some game, pleased to see City go out and hopefully Ajax & Barca do the business in the next round. Pep’s team selection in the first leg and some suspect defending in the second badly cost them. Bizarre to think a team winning a domestic treble will likely be met with indifference. Even with Celtic it felt like a big deal, with City it’ll be light applause and a completely muted atmosphere whenever they get over the line.

The very thing the owners brought Pep in for, he has once again failed to deliver. Very pleasing. 

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Wondered whether Porto would have a go tonight and for the first half hour it was all them and they should have pulled a goal back. Good old VAR helped overturn the offside given for Mane’s goal and totally against the run of play they needed 4. If anyone needed to understand how important Firmino is to the front 3 we saw it at half time as from then on it was just a matter of how many Liverpool would score. 

The semi finals of the Champions League for the second season running and what a tie against Barcelona to come :)

Great stadium at Porto and a lovely city. 

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6 hours ago, Kuro said:

Agree with this. he is probably the best manager in the world but you need more protection in your midfield sometimes.  He only has one real DM at the club, and with the money spent on that squad that's ridiculous.

What makes him the best manager in the world? 

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3 hours ago, TheGoon said:

Some game, pleased to see City go out and hopefully Ajax & Barca do the business in the next round. Pep’s team selection in the first leg and some suspect defending in the second badly cost them. Bizarre to think a team winning a domestic treble will likely be met with indifference. Even with Celtic it felt like a big deal, with City it’ll be light applause and a completely muted atmosphere whenever they get over the line.

The very thing the owners brought Pep in for, he has once again failed to deliver. Very pleasing. 

Agreed, pep will probably win the league and it will all be forgotten because they play nice football, when in reality he's nowhere near winning the CL at city, was nowhere near it at bayern also

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4 minutes ago, 54_and_counting said:

Agreed, pep will probably win the league and it will all be forgotten because they play nice football, when in reality he's nowhere near winning the CL at city, was nowhere near it at bayern also

I’m not so sure got a feeling this one last night is going to hurt Guardiola and Man City for a while to come. The domestic treble with another massive points total would certainly be a nice consolation though I would imagine. 

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Fantastic drama in the 2nd half.

Liked the ref's expression after awarding the spurs 3rd goal, walked away from the screen completely bemused at the Man City complaints.

Hopefully Ajax go on to win it. Tho it seems very strange that a club of their size, trophy cabinet and funding are being painted as plucky underdogs.

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8 minutes ago, parsforlife said:

Fantastic drama in the 2nd half.

Liked the ref's expression after awarding the spurs 3rd goal, walked away from the screen completely bemused at the Man City complaints.

Hopefully Ajax go on to win it. Tho it seems very strange that a club of their size, trophy cabinet and funding are being painted as plucky underdogs.

They were putting updates on the big screen at Porto. Incredible stuff. We even got the 5-3 right at the end and then the rumours of VAR started surfacing much to the delight of the Liverpool fans. 

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Man City should have finished the tie off when 4-2 up on the night. How often do they just f**k about on the final 3 rd and dither on the ball or try and play an extra pass and then the chance is gone? Just put your laces through it once in a while ffs. Stirling is a good player but can be so predictable at times.

Lorente put the ball on with his hip, no way could it have been given as handball. City can have no complaints but having a last minute goal ruled out like that must have hurt. Hope they completely fold and only have the league cup to show for their efforts this season.

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