Big Col Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 pelanty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 How's yer arse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Col Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 FFS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Messi missing two back to back chances from pen !? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Just offside for the 'goal' lovely finish though Martin Tyler almost creaming himself into a frenzy when messi missed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Whit a diddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wembley67lisbon Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Unlike messi to fluff his lines with that rebound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalgety Bay TA Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Lee Dixons normally a decent pundit but he seemed to go back to the 80s tonight in first half....City have to send it over the top, City have to get it down the wings and chuck it in the box....I am sure they might have if they could have got hold of the ball. For a 10 min spell from about 20-30 mins I think City has the ball for about 60 secs. Going in with 2 men in centre mid v Barca was tactical suicide from Pellegrini. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip_OATN Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Greatest league in the world ma erchie... Greatest league in the world apparently! More like greatest hyped overpaid league in the world! Have City bet against themselves as they are totally out classed! However, the pace, tempo & closing down by Barca is superb! To be fair, at least England has a team in the quarter finals And, as they say, it is only half-time Mind you, ManCity@Qatar.com looked like bunny rabbits in the headlights in the first half... maybe they were too busy rubbing themselves against a photo of Messi to forget that they were the home team. Barca pressed and played the Mancunian wannabe's off the park Is Messi the new Maradona? (I really should be a sports journo, I have my file of cliches) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 City were much better in the 2nd half (or Barca took their foot off the gas?), yet if Messi scores the penalty, the games over. I can't see city winning over there, but if Yaya Toure is back for the 2nd leg??? Then they might have a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Messi looked almost at his best tonight was great especially first half. Shame he didnt score the penalty but hes only human. Some of the passing etc from barca was great. The touch Neymar took on the edge of the box to go by the defender was brilliant. I can see barca scoring a few in the return leg, city might get one if they are lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellyman Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 To be fair, at least England has a team in the quarter finals And, as they say, it is only half-time Mind you, ManCity@Qatar.com looked like bunny rabbits in the headlights in the first half... maybe they were too busy rubbing themselves against a photo of Messi to forget that they were the home team. Barca pressed and played the Mancunian wannabe's off the park Is Messi the new Maradona? (I really should be a sports journo, I have my file of cliches) Lets rephrase that - "The English premier league has a team in the quarter finals" !!!!!! The 3 teams together cannot muster half a team of English players, then take the fact they are managed by a frenchman, a chilean and a whinging portugese guy and that they are all owned by foreign people or companies - English teams my arse !!! Heres hoping for another Messi hatrick in the return leg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 To be fair, at least England has a team in the quarter finals Not yet they don't... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Greatest league in the world ma erchie... Greatest no, richest possibly but still considerably better than the SPL ;-) I'd still take the EPL over a two horse race like la liga any day of the week and whilst i think the bundeliga has it as number 1, that particular league is rapidly turning into a one horse race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I'd still take the EPL over a two horse race like la liga any day of the week. Remind me.... who are current La Liga champions? Is it Barca or Real Madrid?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Going in with 2 men in centre mid v Barca was tactical suicide from Pellegrini. Correct. I can only assume that he thought by playing Nasri and Silva "wide", that they would tuck in and offer another 2 bodies in there. Although, anyone who's ever seen Nasri and Silva play would've been able to tell him that chasing, harrying and winning the ball back is attributes these guys don't possess. From their line-up, I assume City thought they were good enough to dominate the ball and control the game. That was never going to be the case though. Teams who've done well against Barca this year are ones who've sat in and hit Barca on the break. With Nasri, Aguero, Navas and Silva (to a lesser extent), City have the perfect front 4 players to break quickly. I'm bemused as to why they set up the way they did. Also good to see the myth of Kompany further exposed. Two seasons in a row that home defeats to Barca have been his fault. Last night it was impossible to blame Demichiles though, so Kompany being a liability was attributed to "luck" for Barca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I'd still take the EPL over a two horse race like la liga any day of the week and whilst i think the bundeliga has it as number 1, that particular league is rapidly turning into a one horse race. I don't think its a contest, well maybe for some but it shouldnt be. Being english it's only natural you'll prefer the EPL. Sevilla v Celta for example isn't going to excite most fans out with Spain, much like Stoke v Newcastle for people outside England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Remind me.... who are current La Liga champions? Is it Barca or Real Madrid?? Beat me to it! I can't see anyone bar Chelsea or Man City winning the EPL for the foreseeable future. In fact celtic, Aberdeen and ICT are closer than chelsea, Man City and arsenal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Remind me.... who are current La Liga champions? Is it Barca or Real Madrid?? And the EPL is a two horse race this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASTA Mick Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 And the EPL is a two horse race this year You are being very generous to Man City there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalgety Bay TA Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Correct. I can only assume that he thought by playing Nasri and Silva "wide", that they would tuck in and offer another 2 bodies in there. Although, anyone who's ever seen Nasri and Silva play would've been able to tell him that chasing, harrying and winning the ball back is attributes these guys don't possess. From their line-up, I assume City thought they were good enough to dominate the ball and control the game. That was never going to be the case though. Teams who've done well against Barca this year are ones who've sat in and hit Barca on the break. With Nasri, Aguero, Navas and Silva (to a lesser extent), City have the perfect front 4 players to break quickly. I'm bemused as to why they set up the way they did. Also good to see the myth of Kompany further exposed. Two seasons in a row that home defeats to Barca have been his fault. Last night it was impossible to blame Demichiles though, so Kompany being a liability was attributed to "luck" for Barca As you said, they have some great ball players, with pace, in their squad so surely being able to break on Barca would have been a better way to set up last night. And if they wanted a bit physicality up front then Bony would probably have been the better option over Dzeko. Dzeko may have a height advantage over the majority of Barca but Pique and Busquets would and did take care of him without much issue. Besides the rest of their side had as much a look of the Time Bandits about it as Barca traditionally look. Also, for all their millions spent, if they best they can come up with to play Barca in midfield when Toure is out are James Milner, a decent but average BPL player, and Fernando, another quite limited player, then someone has spent money poorly somewhere along the line. Iniesta, Rakitic and Busquets just passed round those two easily. And as you said, no real back up to them from Silva and Nasri. Milner would have been better used in the wide role he normally plays, he would have chased back more, he would have provided more support to the centre mid if he was in his normal position but seeing him playing chase ball against 3 of the best possession players in European football, I almost felt sorry for him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishcumnock Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Messi burst ma 3-1 c/s bawbag . and he stopped suarez getting a hat trick bawbag . outside that he had a guid gem ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Messi burst ma 3-1 c/s bawbag . and he stopped suarez getting a hat trick bawbag . outside that he had a guid gem ! I saw that in his interview in El Pais this morning - roughly translated: "Missing the penalty was bad enough, however, I am particularly sorry for ruining fishcumnock's coupon" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandydunn Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I saw that in his interview in El Pais this morning - roughly translated: "Missing the penalty was bad enough, however, I am particularly sorry for ruining fishcumnock's coupon" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I saw that in his interview in El Pais this morning - roughly translated: "Missing the penalty was bad enough, however, I am particularly sorry for ruining fishcumnock's coupon" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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