Not that I give a damn now, but I did at the time . . . . this pic is BEFORE Schwarzer dives on the ball and and with his momentum the ball goes over the line. I can understand the lino not giving it as it was close and Schwarzer is a big unit. Maybe the ref was unsighted too - but he sure as hell wasn't for both the penalty shouts. Irrelevant now tho Fantastic battling against 12 men tonight. Outplayed Foxes in all areas.
I wouldn't say it backfired at all, in fact it now gives them a very strong case when people complain about the cost of season passes. When it was first announced many grumbled that it would give them access to ****ty uninteresting cup ties, if any at all. We've now had three good rounds in a row for free.
Three points I need to make, no four; 1.The Akpom penalty/ booking incident was right in front of me and did he ****ers like dive. 2.Atwell is an awful ref, I'm not just saying this but he was biased beyond belief. Even when we scored he ran over to Schwarzer to say something, he had no need to it was a clear cut, non contentious goal. It looked as if he was almost apologising to him. 3. I got some complimentary tickets and sat in the North West corner and I had the most irritating woman known to Christendom sat behind me. She knew the square root of **** all when it came to football and had a gob like dock gates. Well done love, you nearly spoiled my night. 4. I attended tonight's game in rag order. I've got flu like symptoms and severe abdominal pains. My joints ache, my head is pounding, I can't stop coughing and I was ****ing freezing throughout the whole game. Just thought I'd get than in so it makes me look like I'm a better supporter than those able bodied plastics who couldn't be arsed to go.
I agree I said there was 20,000 there, there seemed a lot more than the Ipswich and Birmingham games.
Brilliant night and it was good that justice was finally done, we were the better team and deserved the win. Huddlestone was excellent but the whole team played well.
Your point number 4 has brought back horrible memories. Last time I was in the North-West corner was New Years Day a few years back and I felt like I was dying more and more as the match went on. Turned out I actually had the dreaded Swine Flu during that epidemic back then, (really I shouldn't have gone but already had the ticket). We played Leicester that day too. And we lost 0-1. To make matters worse Liam Rosenior broke a Leicester player's leg, (forget who) right in front of me - I heard the bone snap! Horrid memories!!
Just got in, what a great nights entertainment, that was a great Performance by city, it would of been a travesty to lose that game, We passed it around and made Leicester look like the championship Team, I was very impressed with all the lads especially Hayden, How he doesn't get a game is beyond me,ran his blood to water, Harry was brilliant at the back although he looked a bit nervous For the first 5-10 mins. But really grew into the game, I don't think he missed a header Him and daws blocked a cpl of certain goals. Hudds had a good game, Moses and robbo also had good games, the jak still fills me with nerves, But pulled off a great save for the First pen and nearly stopped the second. City looked tired in the second half but after they scored they seem to get An injection of energy and the crowd got more vocal,the Leicester Fans Chanted how **** we were until we scored,then they went really quiet . The booing and noise when they took their penalties was defining All in all a great night.. Our 5 penalties were unstoppable Sheffield Wednesday at home in the next round please God.
Bizarrely enough my lad pointed out tonight that the last time we sat in the South West corner was for that very same game. Spooky.
- Yeah, but when you have Swine Flu and should not be sat out in the cold winter's air, hearing the leg bone of anyone's snap makes you feel even more ill. Quite ironically I actually think I caught that Swine Flu at the memorable 3-2 Bramhall Lane victory on Boxing Day a few days earlier. Pigs?
Ah right. Just sayin', if we ended up losing that game all I can say is if Big Harry clattered Vardy and broke one of his Scotch Eggs I would have left the KC with a smile on my face.
Why did Burns/Swann refer to the ref as "Halliday" all through the game. I read on the BBC Sports game review that it was the awful Stuart Atwell who was demoted from the Prem list a few years back after a series of howlers. No question the reffing was abysmal tonight and nearly cost us the game. So I assume it was Atwell. Did I hear B/S wrong...it sounded pretty clear to me.?? Can someone clarify who was actually reffing tonight.
Hmm, yeah OK. I know with that previous incident Rosy and all involved from Leicester accepted it as an accident and apportioned no blame. In fact I don't know why I put a laugh smiley on my last comment. I've had a few but apologies, that was poor taste.
Without bias, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Atwell have a decent game. He must be some sort of ‘project’. Had a quick scan of Foxes Talk, first time in ages: seems like we’ve prevented them from winning the League Cup. They make the Mackems appear ‘grounded’.
