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Imagine thinking it was a good idea for Sanchez to take the 3rd pen .
Exactly, I have no issue with sanchezAt least he stepped up.
I honestly could not possibly disagree with you anymore.
It's this type of thinking that meant we were gifted one of the greatest strikers of our generation from our academy, but have sweet fuck all to show for it.
If over the last 10 years we'd prioritised winning the cups over the leagues, then I'm very confident we'd have multiple trophies to show for it. Maybe a couple FA cups and league cups, 1 or 2 European cups.
But instead what we have is a couple of top 4 finishes and a couple golden boot winners, brilliant.
And I'm sorry because I don't mean to tear into you personally and I know that this was probably just a throwaway comment you made, but christ we have to get out of this 'Top 4 is our everything' mindset that has crept into the club under Levy's ownership.
It is the only way that we will get this club back on the right track and start winning silverware again. Rant over.
Also the pattern of winning trophies becoming increasingly more difficult over the past decade with City winning most of them. In the 1990s there was more of a chance (considering our club was in financial shits creek) and we won 2 cups. In the 2000s cups and league were dominated by Chelsea, Arsenal and United: I remember it being a big deal beating Chelsea in our last League Cup trophy win especially as we didn’t expect to beat them.That is a perfectly valid opinion, and I would agree if it was the FA Cup. But I cannot bring myself to care about the Carabou Cup, sorry.
If we won it, we would get even more banter than we already do, because it is so low on the totem pole.
IMO a top 4 finish is way more important than winning this cup. And I disagree that we have fuck all to remember from the last ten years. I can watch the QF against City and SF against Ajax on repeat, and still get tears in my eyes. The game is about the journey, not the trophies at the end. The majority of all clubs never win anything. If that was all that mattered, no one would watch this sport.
But it isn't "humiliating" ffs.That's you. But this is a winnable cup for me and crashing out at 2nd round with such performance is humiliating for me.
I want to win a proper cup badly. But you do you no problem.
He did play well?Ange said davinson played well
Porto won it.Seriously what is the point of football these days?
Realistically we have no chance of winning the EPL or CL anytime soon. We are not in Europe this season, most dont expect us to even finish top 4, so this was a really good chance to show intent and change the culture of this club. However, it is the same old rubbish.
Losing to a decent EPL team away from home is not a disgrace, the result here is not the problem. The problem is the team selection which clearly shows where the priorities lie. His excuse after the game is unacceptable. If he wanted to find out about his other players, he should have done it to Bournemouth away.
What is the point of qualifying for CL if we are not going to spend the money to actually win it. We havent done it before and i have not seen any signs this happening soon either.
Until Levy/ENIC sell up and move on, we will continue to be a business first. The culture of sporting failure will just continue and i am just bored of it.