thompsonsnose

Gomez obviously has something. He was motm v a full strenght Brazil not long ago, albeit in a 3. That game although a friendly was quite competitive. Hes been out injured and RB is not his natural home. He was a bit grim today, but he is a player that needs to be cut some slack, and not discarded too quickly. If Karius comes for the first one, he has to have an influence somehow. Shoddy keeping and decision making in my view. It seems to be heresy to criticise him at the moment however. He also bowled the ball out to Klavan in the same position/circumstances as VVD the other day at City. He needs to tweak his distribution and decision making. In general the old failings were still allowed to show their head today, though its been a while. Always most vulnerable when not taking the game to the oppo and just trying to see it out. We must maintain forward momentum for 90 minutes. And, another utterly appalling referee.

Should have been playing v nine men for most of this game. That ref can cunt off forever.

Come on dog. Walkies.

Benghazi is a filthy cunt.

What is wrong with this cunt of a ref?

They need to watch that McClean. He will try something on soon enough. Filthy player.

I'm fucking delighted for Ings.

Pleasing. Fuck Spurs.

Oh. He was on bench last game.

sterling. arf.

Spurs are winning this now. WTF isnt Aguero on?

Even better.

Come on City, bum these hard.

Come on, fucking focus.

Super save. Edit, not quite as good as i thought but still good.

I want these smashed the fuck out of. More goals please.

We have had the most comprehensive, impressive quarter final display. Nobody is going to want us tomorrow. I'm normally a cagey, negative, old coot, but i can't see us fucking this up, as long as Salah and Firmino stay fit. We are an entirely different beast at the back.

Not what i think. Thought that was obvious.

Problems sure, but not directly repsonsible for two "goals".

OK we'll have to disagree then. I'd say his judgment was sound in that he knew it was a dangerous ball and the inverse true of Karius. Im at the other end of the telescope to you i'm afraid. I would just say that i started the "well win the CL" thread on Feb 1st because i could see we were improving at the back, and VVD, and Karius, have been a good part of that too. So fair play to them all.

Im talking about 2 incidents, one that was a goal and one that, again according to everyone alive, should have been. I agree hes improved. But he wasn't great last night.

Thats fair enough. No doubt hes come on since this apparent loose cannon chicken hearted VVD has arrived on the scene..... YES IM ROLLING MY FUCKING EYES......

You do if its coming on your wrong side or you have no particular outlet in view before you receive the ball. Hes perfectly entitled to encourage Karius to choose another option. It wasn't the best bit of control i've seen, granted. But TTA was the other side in the clear.

Look, its just a minor observation on an otherwise top night. No need to rush to his defence. He's definitely improving. The reason i mentioned it at all, is that other than that, esp in 2nd half we were tight as a tick and the ran out of ideas. The only glimmers city had, were in fact both directly related to him.

VVD has had a huge positive effect on the defence. I'd make him captain this afternoon.