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Is This a Bit OTT?

Discussion in 'The Premier League' started by luvgonzo, Nov 2, 2016.

  1. luvgonzo

    luvgonzo Pisshead

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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37842815

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37843126

    It was just a group game and as much as it's always good to get points on the board and progress it wasn't a knockout game or anything.

    I would say that City are heading in the right direction under Pep and they played very well but I simply don't understand the reaction from the media. From fans I would understand it, beating Barca is a great win and I would expect some bragging rights and OTT celebrations.
     
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    A bit. Good job it's not Liverpool, really... <whistle>
     
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  3. Everything is black and white with the sports media. You're either a winner or a loser, on the way up or on the way down, never where you should be at any point in time. Plus, the media likes to set people up to fail.

    Of course it's all bollocks. We beat City 2-0, recently. Does that mean that we'd have trounced Barca? Of course it doesn't.
     
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    Page_Moss_Kopite Well-Known Member

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    Yep, otherwise they'd have had to mention that we're the only English side to beat them in the CL at the Nou Camp.<whistle>
     
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    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member
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    Don't worry, I'm sure it'll come up at some point. It usually does.
     
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    Page_Moss_Kopite Well-Known Member

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    It already did in the quote in your post.:)
     
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    Sucky peoples champ & forum saviour

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    It's the man city loving media and officials, they're the reason trump won the election .
     
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  8. Milk not bear jizz

    Milk not bear jizz Grasser-In-Chief

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    We can only beat the teams we play against, like Spurs. We have no option to spank Barcelona at the moment, but be assured Barcelona are fearful of next year when we return. The thoughts of Moreno make them cry at night.
     
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    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member
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    You couldn't beat Spurs, actually. Your B team was slightly better than ours, though.
     
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  10. <laugh>
    And there was me thinking that Mouser humour was dead!
     
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    PINKIE Wurzel Gummidge

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    They did beat you though. <ok>
     
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    NSIS Well-Known Member

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    Moreno??

    Cry laughing, presumably.,?..
     
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    NSIS Well-Known Member

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    Seriously, Barca don't look anywhere near as smooth or potent without Iniesta. He's a massive loss for them

    Fair play to City though. They wanted it more, ran further, tackled harder, and counter attacked brilliantly.
     
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  14. Treble

    Treble Keyser Söze

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    Agree with Luvgonzo, the Barca front 3 are overrated. No biggee beating them these days. Look at us spank City last week who then beat Barca. Imagine the destruction we would've caused Barca. They got off lightly tbh.

    Suarez is a spoofer. He goes down quicker than a cat scratching itself ffs!!
     
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  15. Skylarker

    Skylarker PL High Commissioner

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    Suarez only bothered coming to England to pop into Liverpool to say Hi to the lads.

    The City game was an inconvenience to them as they're group winners.

    City basically won a training game against Barca and the media are acting like clowns.
     
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    Erm...we beat City 2-0, and quite comfortably. Does that mean we'd piss all over Barca?...
     
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  17. Treble

    Treble Keyser Söze

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    Yes <ok>

    Your defenders will need to wear shoulder pads though, if they want to make it out the game alive when bucktooth has his customary mental breakdown.
     
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    Skylarker PL High Commissioner

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    A lot of #bitterness in that post with a sprinkle of #fear
     
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    Treble Keyser Söze

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    I've a lot of sympathy for him Sky. I heard at the end of the game against Palace, reason he had his head in his shirt, he was biting himself!! :(
     
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