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Stoke Semi Final Second Leg Match Thread
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Neither side played very high-quality football and the match was far from a classic. However, Stoke were a long way from being the better side, and it's a bit perverse to see it that way.
I think we got away with it last night, but over the two legs we probably just shaded it.
Not really. Almost everyone I read or listened to said that Stoke deserved to be winning on the night. Including Jamie Carragher. And the general consensus in the media was that we were second-best last night, and Stoke were superior.
Did their keeper make any saves. I was twatted and when I got home I smoked a load of weed to help me forget. I've seen no analysis or read anything but I don't remember us having a single decent chance. Benteke came on and became our best midfielder. Allen looked good. The rest can get to fuck.
We'll need to do a sod of a lot better at Wembley against whoever wins tonight's semi-final.
No. We hit the outside of the post, I think. They did too. And they had a couple of shots blocked, and a few wide. They created more chances than us.
At home. Against Stoke. In a semi fucking final.
Stoke had nothing to lose last night so it was no surprise that they had a right go at us. No many people expected them to progress and the pressure was all on us.
I think we started the game okay but because we had the lead from the first leg it was too easy to try and protect rather than going for the jugular and once they scored it isn't always simple to change to a more attacking mindset.
That's not to say that we played well as we clearly didn't but we caused a lot of our own problems rather than Stoke causing them.
I had to laugh at Mark Hughes interview after the game when he claimed we were happy to go to penalties when it was clear that they were quite happy to just defend in extra time and get everyone behind the ball whilst we at least tried to commit players forward. Some of their players even celebrated getting to penalties which was obviously premature.
In retrospect we shouldn't have been worried when we reached penalties as even though Butland is a good keeper everyone knows English Goalies are shit at saving penalties.
I think we started the game okay but because we had the lead from the first leg it was too easy to try and protect rather than going for the jugular and once they scored it isn't always simple to change to a more attacking mindset.
That's not to say that we played well as we clearly didn't but we caused a lot of our own problems rather than Stoke causing them.
I had to laugh at Mark Hughes interview after the game when he claimed we were happy to go to penalties when it was clear that they were quite happy to just defend in extra time and get everyone behind the ball whilst we at least tried to commit players forward. Some of their players even celebrated getting to penalties which was obviously premature.
In retrospect we shouldn't have been worried when we reached penalties as even though Butland is a good keeper everyone knows English Goalies are shit at saving penalties.
12 -15 in shots
2-2 on target
8-6 corners
56-44 in posession
Pretty equally shite from both sides.
Their goal was offside and a draw would probably have been a fair result.
I don't ever want to watch as poor a performance as that but I fear there'll be many. But it's easily forgotten we've been labouring away without our top striker, and our most Klopp-friendly striker (Ings), and our most creative midfielder, and one or even two of our first choice CBs, during exceptional fixture congestion, so to achieve anything positive like reaching a cup final is something to be celebrated and embraced instead of carping too much. It's just: phew!
I thought Firmino was good again and he has a terrific engine, great stamina to make run after run deep into extra time.
He just needs better players around him on the same wavelength. I never want to see that midfield again, zero skill, creativity, accuracy, vision or composure. Milner, Henderson, Lucas, Can & Lallana - fucking hell.
And one other thing. We are 1-0 up on aggregate after 45 mins, there's one minute injury time and we have a goal kick. All our players line up to the right expecting Mignolet to launch the ball over halfway towards the bye-line and that's half-time, job 50% done.
So what happens, the big dummy hooks his kick straight down the middle, they recycle and seconds later the fool is picking it out of our net. Offside or not, it was fucking brainless.
He just needs better players around him on the same wavelength. I never want to see that midfield again, zero skill, creativity, accuracy, vision or composure. Milner, Henderson, Lucas, Can & Lallana - fucking hell.
And one other thing. We are 1-0 up on aggregate after 45 mins, there's one minute injury time and we have a goal kick. All our players line up to the right expecting Mignolet to launch the ball over halfway towards the bye-line and that's half-time, job 50% done.
So what happens, the big dummy hooks his kick straight down the middle, they recycle and seconds later the fool is picking it out of our net. Offside or not, it was fucking brainless.
Who claimed that?
No-one I'm just hungover and fucked off. Our home form is awful.
I know all our good players are out but even so, it's doing my head in.
More importantly, Are you going the final?
Yeah. Yesterday I was getting all excited for it. My mate is doing one of them boss coaches which has a card table and a fridge and dead comfy seats etc and the day out seemed great. That match really done my head in though. I'll be alright when I've had a wank and a spliff.
In other words blowjobs.
I always thought league cup final tix were dead easy to get but everyone I've spoke to today is expecting this one to be a proper twat.
Needs must.
Yeah its looking that way. If we get City then I reckon I might get one. Everton, no fucking chance (Unless my Evertonian mate comes up trumps)
Let me know if you hear anything. Its my birthday as well that day so could have a good day out. I'll supply.
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