mins silence perfectly observed( we would never have heard the end of it 
would we?)

Magnificent team performance!!

this Ronald fella...does he work at MacDonald's? fucking woeful.

we MUST build on this now till the end of the season

Just got back home - missed the match, because I had to pick up family from 
Liverpool airport (1hr.30 min flight delay !)
so despite protestations from my wife an daughter, I was sat in my car in 
the car park until half time screaming every goal like a gud 'un.

So proud of the team and the fans - who also took it to them (in terms of 
support) even on the radio it was clear how anonymous the reds were -only 
one winner.

Incidentally, did anyone know what those loud bangs were which could be 
clearly heard during the minutes silence ? maybe Taggert trying to discredit 
City fans (like has was in the media prior to the match ?) by getting in 
some early teacup chucking ?

All in All, cannot remember when I have been so proud to be a Blue.

Laughed my arse off on the motorway when the commentators referred to 
Taggert running to the touchline and tapped his watch at the linesman - what 
an A Hole !

Only down side was conceding a late goal - Lads will be well annoyed at 
that.

Actually looking forward to work....For the Reds at work tomorrow....there 
will be pain Oh hell yes !


Jimbo



"Goaty"  wrote in message 
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> mins silence perfectly observed( we would never have heard the end of it 
> would we?)
>
> Magnificent team performance!!
>
> this Ronald fella...does he work at MacDonald's? fucking woeful.
>
> we MUST build on this now till the end of the season
>

that was the sound of fergie blowing 1 out of his ass

"Goaty"  wrote in message 
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> mins silence perfectly observed( we would never have heard the end of it 
> would we?)
>
> Magnificent team performance!!
>
> this Ronald fella...does he work at MacDonald's? fucking woeful.
>
> we MUST build on this now till the end of the season

Aye, great performence. Not sure I'd change the team after that display.

Benjani definitely seems to give us more "presence" up front

"Jimbo"  wrote in message 
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> Just got back home - missed the match, because I had to pick up family 
> from Liverpool airport (1hr.30 min flight delay !)
> so despite protestations from my wife an daughter, I was sat in my car in 
> the car park until half time screaming every goal like a gud 'un.
>
> So proud of the team and the fans - who also took it to them (in terms of 
> support) even on the radio it was clear how anonymous the reds were -only 
> one winner.
>
> Incidentally, did anyone know what those loud bangs were which could be 
> clearly heard during the minutes silence ? maybe Taggert trying to 
> discredit City fans (like has was in the media prior to the match ?) by 
> getting in some early teacup chucking ?
>
> All in All, cannot remember when I have been so proud to be a Blue.
>
> Laughed my arse off on the motorway when the commentators referred to 
> Taggert running to the touchline and tapped his watch at the linesman - 
> what an A Hole !
>
> Only down side was conceding a late goal - Lads will be well annoyed at 
> that.
>
> Actually looking forward to work....For the Reds at work tomorrow....there 
> will be pain Oh hell yes !
>
>
> Jimbo
>

I was actually in a grown up airport (Manchester) watching it in a bar there 
as my g/f was getting back from Holland half way through the match.  Weird 
place to watch it - the silence (as was the commentary every 3 minutes) was 
actually interrupted by "Please help us to reduce the number of security 
incidents by ensuring you keep your bags with you at all times" and then by 
my friend texting me to tell me I was wrong in my prediction that the 
silence wouldn't go off.

To be honest, the silence being respected was all the result I needed.  It 
moved me to tears to think that perhaps this country isn't completely fucked 
after all.  And to be fair to Taggart, he did actually applaud the City fans 
after the silence.

The performance was immense though.  Obviously United were a little below 
par, but we played a large part in making them play that way.  Very tight in 
midfield, rock solid defence and someone upfront who can actually hold the 
ball up.  Still on cloud 9.

+mrcakey

"Goaty"  wrote in message 
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> mins silence perfectly observed( we would never have heard the end of it 
> would we?)
>
> Magnificent team performance!!
>
> this Ronald fella...does he work at MacDonald's? fucking woeful.
>
> we MUST build on this now till the end of the season

We've been consistently been getting only 1 or 2 shots on target in our away 
games of late. And yet yesterday we had 6 (and won as a consequence). Why? 
I'm not sure, but I think it's because we played deep, but when the 
opportunities arose, loads of players piled forward. Ergo, when Petrov was 
putting his consistently excellent crosses in, there were loads of players 
in the box to act on them. I suspect if you look back to the early part of 
the season, this was also happening, whereas of late only a few players have 
ventured forward. I wonder if this was a conscious decision, or usually lazy 
players actually put a shift in because of derby day?

I was pondering the same thing last night and my conclusions are that a) 
we had someone playing the lone striker role who is suited to it and can 
thus bring the midfield into play when the ball's played up to him, b) 
Vassell is much better suited to playing wide right and attacking from 
there, and c) Ireland much prefers to play through the middle rather 
than wide in a sort of wingers role.
So what happens next game v Everton when Elano's available?
Drop Ireland in favour of him and leave Vassell wide? Or drop Vassell 
and push Ireland back out wide?
Or make no change and let them show that yesterday's performance was no 
fluke?
I'd make no change but the onus is on Ireland to keep his place against 
Elano or show he can play wide better than Vassell.
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