Donald Twain
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I don't mind the balloon tbh, he's a div but clearly loves Everton .
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Match Thread Manchester City(1) Vs Everton(2) - Capital One Cup - Semi Final 2nd Leg - Weds 27th Jan - 19:45 KO
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whiteshadow
Player Valuation: £20m
Correct.
GraemeS1980
Player Valuation: £20m
Cheers Ij
Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
Jags rested and Martinez won't drop Stones, and Coleman is back so Stones won't play RB.
We've played with 3 CBs and wingbacks against City a couple of times so there is a small chance of that as well I guess.
Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
Indeed.
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Big Fat Sam
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Any result that puts them with more goals than us within 90 mins over the two games and we are out, obv. So that means 3-1, 4-2, 2-0, etc.
Any score that leaves the scores (overall) level within 90 mins, and it goes to extra time, where away goals then come into play. So that means 1-0 City, 2-1, 3-2, 4-3, 5-4, etc.
Any draw or Everton win within 90 mins and we are obv through. 0-0, 1-1, 2-2 draw 0-1, 1-2, 0-2, 2-3 to us.
In extra time, should it make it that far, away goals count double. So as it stands their one away goal would count for two, so a 1-0 in 90 mins taking it to extra time would put them through as their away goal would count twice, meaning an aggregate score of 3-2 to them.
If we are gonna lose the game, let's at least make it a high scoring affair, then! (seems likely) - as a 3-2 City win to take it into extra time and ending that way would mean - with the 'away goals count for double' rule - us going through at 6-4.
I think I have that right, otherwise I have no idea what they mean by away goals counting for double after extra time.
AndyC
Player Valuation: £70m
DRM
Player Valuation: £10m
Your fist ?
I would have said 'hand'. But hey, if your first reaction is 'fist' ...
bluewally
Player Valuation: £8m
From the Fiver. A daily jokey football mail by the guardian.
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Sometimes The Fiver wishes it had a boss like Bobby M. Much like with Everton’s defence, errors and lapses of concentration at Fiver Towers are commonplace. But here is the key difference: we may be verbally abused and occasionally have a hard object hurled at us when the mistake is made, while Martínez takes no such approach. Instead he builds his charges up and attempts to turn them into something they might not necessarily be. Take John Stones, also known as The Future of Defending. He is a “phenomenal”, “world class” player, according to his manager, despite being viewed by almost everybody else as promising but with a lot to learn. Namely that a Cruyff Turn in your own box in the final minute of a tight game is a bad call.
Stones’s performances of late have been questionable but instead of tempering expectations about a 21-year-old still learning his trade, Bobby’s praise has actually grown more effusive beforeWednesday’s Coca-Cola Cup semi-final second leg at Manchester City. “John Stones is in the right environment to fulfil his potential as one of the greatest players England has ever seen,” he trilled. Should we really take stock in such comments from a man who said after Everton won the first leg 2-1 that Gareth Barry was “one of the best English players ever”? Probably not, as it’s more than likely a ruse to deflect attention from his own poor job of late.
Yes, Bobby’s been getting off a little easily of late, given that he has one of the league’s best strikers, a host of talented midfielders, and defenders capable of becoming all-time greats at his disposal. No Premier League team has a worse defensive record at home, they have won only three in the league at Goodison and sit eight points above relegation. Only Newcastle, Sunderland and Aston Villa – the current bottom three – have won fewer games and twice they have gone 3-2 ahead in injury-time only to endure the sour taste of hubris after celebrating a bit too much. The superlatives keep rolling out of the manager’s mouth, but his methods are being found out.
It makes this game all the more important. Failure to reach Wembley would effectively mean the end of their season in January. And not only is there pressure from Everton fans, but the entire city of Liverpool. Imagine the convoy heading for Wembley next month! The excitement on Merseyside in the build-up! The battle for tickets! The baiting down the pub and in the corner shop! It would be Merseyside’s day in the sun because, let’s face it, when Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho both roll up to Manchester in the summer, this north-west footballing hotbed will be back in the shadows. So no pressure, Bobby. It’s time to show us what you have been seeing."
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Sometimes The Fiver wishes it had a boss like Bobby M. Much like with Everton’s defence, errors and lapses of concentration at Fiver Towers are commonplace. But here is the key difference: we may be verbally abused and occasionally have a hard object hurled at us when the mistake is made, while Martínez takes no such approach. Instead he builds his charges up and attempts to turn them into something they might not necessarily be. Take John Stones, also known as The Future of Defending. He is a “phenomenal”, “world class” player, according to his manager, despite being viewed by almost everybody else as promising but with a lot to learn. Namely that a Cruyff Turn in your own box in the final minute of a tight game is a bad call.
Stones’s performances of late have been questionable but instead of tempering expectations about a 21-year-old still learning his trade, Bobby’s praise has actually grown more effusive beforeWednesday’s Coca-Cola Cup semi-final second leg at Manchester City. “John Stones is in the right environment to fulfil his potential as one of the greatest players England has ever seen,” he trilled. Should we really take stock in such comments from a man who said after Everton won the first leg 2-1 that Gareth Barry was “one of the best English players ever”? Probably not, as it’s more than likely a ruse to deflect attention from his own poor job of late.
Yes, Bobby’s been getting off a little easily of late, given that he has one of the league’s best strikers, a host of talented midfielders, and defenders capable of becoming all-time greats at his disposal. No Premier League team has a worse defensive record at home, they have won only three in the league at Goodison and sit eight points above relegation. Only Newcastle, Sunderland and Aston Villa – the current bottom three – have won fewer games and twice they have gone 3-2 ahead in injury-time only to endure the sour taste of hubris after celebrating a bit too much. The superlatives keep rolling out of the manager’s mouth, but his methods are being found out.
It makes this game all the more important. Failure to reach Wembley would effectively mean the end of their season in January. And not only is there pressure from Everton fans, but the entire city of Liverpool. Imagine the convoy heading for Wembley next month! The excitement on Merseyside in the build-up! The battle for tickets! The baiting down the pub and in the corner shop! It would be Merseyside’s day in the sun because, let’s face it, when Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho both roll up to Manchester in the summer, this north-west footballing hotbed will be back in the shadows. So no pressure, Bobby. It’s time to show us what you have been seeing."
I don't know how I feel about this today. I keep thinking we may as well get smashed tonight to save us getting smashed by the RS in the final and then I remember that they're rubbish now so we can beat them but then I remember they're the RS and they always beat us when it matters so yeah. That.
WarringtonBlue
Player Valuation: £8m
Genuinely think I'll do the vacuuming tonight, can't face the nerves
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