LCFC 1-0 Man City - COMMUNITY SHIELD WINNERS!

[hejammy]

Honestly admins closing down the other threads has really annoyed me. Do they actually want to stop exposing the racists on here? Should everyone who takes the knee or is upset by racism just pipe down and give it a rest? Oh please is it making you feel awkward? To the chap that was on about all colours having equal rights try stepping in a black/browns person's shoes for one day and maybe... Just maybe you'll understand. This isn't a political movement for the (what seems like) millionth time!... Ah well this rant will probably be deleted so yeah just wasting my time trying to acknowledge that racism exists and even by members of this forum but hey should I just wind my neck in and keep quiet? 

[ScrumpyJack]

7 hours ago, Mark said:

I did have a look at that but the shape doesn't quite work like the FA Cup did, so unless anyone else can work something out 

Fair play, cheers anyway Mark

 

[Mendi]

Stunning win

[urban.spaceman]

Sharky’s face  

 

Edited 8 August 2021 by urban.spaceman

[HybridFox]

Had some good banter with the Man City fans on the tube down to the ground. They're a friendly bunch to be fair and it's nice to be able to talk general football.

 

Unlike those nonces we had for the FA Cup final 

[Itsthejoeker]

9 hours ago, hejammy said:

Honestly admins closing down the other threads has really annoyed me. Do they actually want to stop exposing the racists on here? Should everyone who takes the knee or is upset by racism just pipe down and give it a rest? Oh please is it making you feel awkward? To the chap that was on about all colours having equal rights try stepping in a black/browns person's shoes for one day and maybe... Just maybe you'll understand. This isn't a political movement for the (what seems like) millionth time!... Ah well this rant will probably be deleted so yeah just wasting my time trying to acknowledge that racism exists and even by members of this forum but hey should I just wind my neck in and keep quiet? 

He dodged my question big time, perhaps I should have just left it at opportunities. Tosser

[jamesmilner]

20 hours ago, tom27111 said:

Just to add on the idiots that were there, I can see why the Green Man want to maximise profits, but having 6 women walking around offering 3 shots for a tenner probably isn't the best idea.

 

Especially when they started doing it at around 11.30am.

 

Hardly promotes responsible drinking.

 

Some people were dead set on getting hammered, so let them do it of their own accord, helping them to do it is pretty reckless in my opinion.

Yeah , 5 people were in a toilet cubicle at a time too , being forced to sniff white powder too ! 

[Captain...]

12 hours ago, Spudulike said:

It's a punch in the solar plexus. It's miserable, grim. But the universal condemnation by Leicester City fans lifts the spirits. 

 

Less than half of our season ticket holders and members were there yesterday. The general ticket sale allowed in some that are not regulars and I suspect these abusers were amongst those. I don't know but I really hope that is the case and they never reappear in our crowd again. 

 

Those club ideals that you correctly list are still intact. You can be sure of that. 

It was the same at the last community shield, I don't know why that fixture brings out the moron element in our club. There was a load of trouble in 2016 mainly our own fans starting on each other. That also went to general sale.

 

I can only surmise that it is a chance for a big day out for people who don't normally go, and perhaps haven't been for years and think football is still about getting smashed and having a ruck. 

[Captain...]

On 08/08/2021 at 09:49, Koke said:

 

Didn't hear any booing when Grealish came on, but pretty much the first thing he did was dive and started getting stick after that. 

[CosbehFox]

Besides the groans, I thought we great first 25 minutes and then we made a tactical change as one of Vardy/Maddison were asked to start picking up Fernandinho more. Blunt us a bit. Numerous positives however. Man City tried their slow death tactic in depriving you of the ball but the subs renewed the energy against that. 
 

I think calls that’s a Man City B are a bit OTT - they had seven players who regularly appeared in their starting line up at the end of the season and in Cole Palmer, probably their best player on the day. 
 

We look so much better with four at the back. Bertrand and Ricky P become better players. Maddison picks up space easier with less of a crowded midfield. Vardy can instead play up with Barnes and Perez rather than wing backs 

[CosbehFox]

3 minutes ago, Captain... said:

Didn't hear any booing when Grealish came on, but pretty much the first thing he did was dive and started getting stick after that. 

Walker’s been in a concrete box if he hasn’t noticed that Grealish gets stick at every ground. 
 

Although part of me thinks a lot of furore with Grealish links back to a lot of football’s current negatives. Man City a club currently under investigation for FFP cheating and entree of the ESL just drop £100 million with ease. 
 

Equally that the biggest cheer of the day from Man City fans came from Grealish coming on the pitch stood out to me that for their support on Saturday it was less about winning a trophy or a game but instead to ensuring hierarchies and showing off ‘power’ (when one of your players becomes good, we will pay lots for him)

[Rusko187]

29 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

To be fair to Walker, I don't think anyone was really booing Grealish himself (if they were it's a bit weird) but more the fact that that transfer epitomises everything that is wrong with football at the moment. 

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

15 hours ago, harpendenfox said:

My random not very scientific guess was just over 40,000.

40,402. I counted them. 

[Spudulike]

There was a great image on Saturday after the penalty of Pep raging on the touchline with the backdrop of a packed lower tier celebrating, flag waving. Marvellous. 

[STUHILL]

4 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

There was a great image on Saturday after the penalty of Pep raging on the touchline with the backdrop of a packed lower tier celebrating, flag waving. Marvellous. 

I always get the feeling Pep really doesn't like us. 

[Webbo]

@ people booing Grealish, so what? This is football, we have no obligation to be polite to opposition players. 

[Guest Manini]

2 minutes ago, STUHILL said:

I always get the feeling Pep really doesn't like us. 

I remember when we played them at home in mid-week in the league cup about 3/4 years ago. I can’t remember if it went to just extra time or penalties but after the game their fans were singing the Guardiola song and he came over to them and was proper giving it some with his celebration. Could mean absolutely nothing but I reckon you’re right he seems to love getting one over on us. To be fair to him we’ve made him and his team look silly on more than one occasion (likewise them to us too to be fair) and you can tell he thinks of himself as footballing royalty so probably holds a grudge. 
 

A far cry from when it was Warnock sticking the boot in to us isn’t it. How times have changed! 

[adejo92]

@Mark

 

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[SouthStandUpperTier]

I didn't notice any booing of Grealish by our fans, but if they did it certainly wouldn't have been for no reason. The muppet robbed Ricardo of the last 18 months of his career, and the chance to play in the Euros. In fact, Saturday was the first time Ricardo has looked like his old self.

Edited 9 August 2021 by SouthStandUpperTier

[Stuntman_Mike]

I'm still buzzing from Saturday, it was a great day out and if nothing else it hit home that we were there because we'd ACTUALLY won the FA cup. 

 

Oh, and are we seriously against booing opposition players now? 

[STUHILL]

15 minutes ago, Manini said:

I remember when we played them at home in mid-week in the league cup about 3/4 years ago. I can’t remember if it went to just extra time or penalties but after the game their fans were singing the Guardiola song and he came over to them and was proper giving it some with his celebration. Could mean absolutely nothing but I reckon you’re right he seems to love getting one over on us. To be fair to him we’ve made him and his team look silly on more than one occasion (likewise them to us too to be fair) and you can tell he thinks of himself as footballing royalty so probably holds a grudge. 
 

A far cry from when it was Warnock sticking the boot in to us isn’t it. How times have changed! 

I don't think he can fathom how we are so good without spending 1 Billion on transfers. Does not compute. People fear/hate what they don't understand. 

[TJB-fox]

Am I missing something? Arent opposition subs booed on every single game? 

[Spudulike]

21 minutes ago, TJB-fox said:

Am I missing something? Arent opposition subs booed on every single game? 

The announcement of an opposition sub used to always be greeted with a 'whoooooo?' even if it was a well known player. 

 

Perhaps that's what is was rather than 'boooo'. 

[FLAN]

Haven’t read all this so apologies of mentioned already. what sticks out from Saturday apart from the win was how cringeworthy the stadium announcer was when Grealish came on. Made it sound like he was the worlds best player.  No impartiality 

[harpendenfox]

35 minutes ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

I'm still buzzing from Saturday, it was a great day out and if nothing else it hit home that we were there because we'd ACTUALLY won the FA cup. 

 

Oh, and are we seriously against booing opposition players now? 

Likewise still buzzing from Saturday. The booing thing has always got me though. Sounds like we’re kids on a day out at the pantomime and feels a bit village