Match Thread Coventry City v Manchester United - FA Cup Semi-Final (12 Viewers)

ccfc1234

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Slightly worried that I have decades more games ahead of me, and it won’t ever get better than that. I wasn’t around for 87.

There will be titles, cup runs, promotions I’m sure. Will there be a last-minute 4-3 against Man United at Wembley, after being 3-0 down with 20 to play? That might be the peak…
Had we won that would have been peak for most fans. We sadly didn't do that.

Football is typically measured by actual success and I think promotion, when and if it happens, will be more exhilarating than yesterday, albeit with less of a roller coaster of emotions unless its a last minute goal to go up etc.....
 

djr8369

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Slightly worried that I have decades more games ahead of me, and it won’t ever get better than that. I wasn’t around for 87.

There will be titles, cup runs, promotions I’m sure. Will there be a last-minute 4-3 against Man United at Wembley, after being 3-0 down with 20 to play? That might be the peak…
It was some game
 

Paxman II

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I say it again. The linesman gave it (no flag) The referee gave the goal, the 4th official gave the goal. So why did it go to a VAR decision? Who's in charge of the game? The officials or the bloke sitting in a studio hut miles away? Makes no sense.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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Never gone through emotions like it in a game. Disappointed at how we set up at the start, dejected when that led to being 3-0 down, hope as we came back into it, nerves waiting for the injury time pen, joy when it went in, absolute elation at scoring the 4th followed by utter dejection when it's ruled and it goes to pen, then anger seeing how close the decision was and I'm far from convinced that the frame or that line are correct.

As I say, felt we set up wrong from the start with 5atb. Understand MR wanting to keep it tight but having WB's meant it was going to be near impossible for them to support getting forward for fear of Rashford and Garnacho having space behind. Didn't help that Lati and Kitching especially kept playing hospital passes and putting us under pressure.

Felt going in 1-0 down we could have a chance then the injury time second made me think it's going to be a bit too much, but if we could get the first goal of the second half just maybe. When they got the third I was convinced it was over.

Then we finally changed formation and actually had a go at attacking them (helped by Garnacho and Mainoo going off as well). I said before that their problems were in defence and if we tried to get at them we'd score. Tavares and Torp changed the game entirely and Binks looked more secure at the back. We had a go at them for 20 mins of that game and scored 3 goals because of it.

Heartbreaking to have the final goal disallowed (and getting a whacking great bruise on my leg in the celebrations for nothing) but proud of the way they didn't give up. When we play with freedom and willing to attack we're a sight to behold.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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What a strange feeling it is, to have pegged Man Utd back to 3-3, and had a legitimate goal disallowed that would have decided the game…only to then lose on penalties.

It’s a peculiar mix of pride and outrage; bordering on total ambivalence.

On one hand, we have the earnest respect of the majority of football fans far and wide, but the image of that fourth goal going in and seeing Torp and the lads ecstatic for a minute or so, only for it to be snatched away, is almost heartbreaking.

I just literally cannot stop going over it in my head, fucking VAR.
Yeah didn’t sleep
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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I haven't really bought into the top two talk for next season but watching the game yesterday, if we can get 46 games like that out of Van Ewijk, Torp, Simms et al we will surely be pushing for it.
Consistency is what takes you up. More likely to achieve it with more quality in depth, Saka and EMC to come in is already a start.
 

shmmeee

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Danny Baker spot on again. Whatever else you think of the guy, he gets football.

 

shmmeee

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Displaying the standard amount of racist balls I see. Ones deleted his account the other gone private. Report the second tho. IMG_1078.jpeg IMG_1077.jpeg
 

messiahrobins

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Had we won that would have been peak for most fans. We sadly didn't do that.

Football is typically measured by actual success and I think promotion, when and if it happens, will be more exhilarating than yesterday, albeit with less of a roller coaster of emotions unless its a last minute goal to go up etc.....
we did win yesterday, but would have been diluted had we got tonked by man city in the final so in some ways the glorious failure may actually have worked out better for us.
 

messiahrobins

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Said it many times , if Wright and Simms produce like they have for 2/3 of a season how good are we going to be next season ?
And that’s before we add EMC and new signings
Goalscorers in any division are golddust and we already have two 😍
Add sakamoto to that!! Palmer will add end product as well.
Kitching will be much better next season, Thomas is already looking a monster. MVE looked a top 6 PL player yesterday, Sheaf Eccles and Torp are superb players.
Next season could be a very special season actually.
 

Martin180

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Add sakamoto to that!! Palmer will add end product as well.
Kitching will be much better next season, Thomas is already looking a monster. MVE looked a top 6 PL player yesterday, Sheaf Eccles and Torp are superb players.
Next season could be a very special season actually.
Next season will be very special
 

messiahrobins

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Next season will be very special
Definitely, this is a really talented squad, actually miles better than last season's. Da Silva also looked brilliant, so although he had a poor season, we can see why Robins has so much faith in him as obviously the talent is there.
Its weird isnt it, we could win the league next season, but we wont have the same high we had yesterday when Torp scored, but winning the league would actually be a bigger achievement than winning a semi final really.
 

Hiraeth

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One of the great ironies of supporting the club, we want to get to a league that many of us can't stand with an officiating system we despise.
1000 times this.

I'd dearly love us to get promotion back to the Premier League but I know that I enjoy being in the away ends at Home Park or the Riverside supporting this group of players with our current fanbase a lot more than I ever did trips to Stamford Bridge or Anfield back in the day.

Hoping it's really just the Mark Robins and Adi Viveash effect and it will still be this good regardless of whether we are playing in League Two, League One, Championship, Premier League, Champions League or the National League.
 

Sbarcher

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I say it again. The linesman gave it (no flag) The referee gave the goal, the 4th official gave the goal. So why did it go to a VAR decision? Who's in charge of the game? The officials or the bloke sitting in a studio hut miles away? Makes no sense.
Should be more like the TMO in rugby. Only gets involved if the ref thinks he needs confirmation of his decision or unsighted in play.
 

djr8369

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Should be more like the TMO in rugby. Only gets involved if the ref thinks he needs confirmation of his decision or unsighted in play.
I wouldn’t mind it intervening if the on pitch officials make a mistake, like an offsides or goal line tech fail. It’s the long checks of marginal calls, secrecy and lack of consistency that are the issue, which are solvable issues.

Offsides like the one against Wright are infuriating as the attacker has no advantage and has to play off the last defender. I know it’s difficult as you have to choose a point to cut off but situations like yesterday just don’t feel right.
 

Seamus1

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Apologies if this has already been put elsewhere on the forum, but I was wondering if there might have been a compilation of overseas commentaries, similar to how there was with the Wolverhampton Wanderers game?
 

HadjiChippo

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We live rent free


I don’t buy this excuse. Haji cupped his ear after scoring the biggest pen of his career in front of the entire Man Utd end trying to put him off. It’s a riposte.

Antony, rather than being graceful in a victory he played no meaningful part in, chose to goad not only our fans but his fellow professionals who’d put in the last hour of a lifetime and embarrassed his team of multimillionaires.
 

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