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Blue Moon 7 said:
Just had a drink and a bite to eat with a family of Stoke fans who insisted that I share their picnic with them. Setting was a bit strange as it was the car park at Wembley. We all agreed it was a bit surreal being there. What was really nice was they were real football fans who had been going for years to see Stoke City. As someone who has been watching Manchester City for 42 of my 45 years it was a meeting of like minds.

The fella said to me it must be difficult with your team getting all the stick for having had so much cash recently, but people forget that you had 30,000 people still turning up when you were relegated into the 2nd division (old 3rd) a few years ago. He is right. I was at Wembley in 1999 when Mark Halsey found those 5 minutes from somewhere when we were 2-0 down and we went on to beat Gillingham on penalties. The Gillingham Manager was one Mr Tony Pulis!

Whatever happens today its for the fans (City & Stoke)that have been there through thick and thin, and there have been many thin times! My dad would have loved to have been here for this after 50 odd years of watching the blues.

As an aside, apparently Blue Moon was number 1 in the charts 50 years ago today. It wont ever have been sung with the passion that it will be sung today. Blue moon.........you saw me standing alone..........without a dream in my heart.........without a love of my own :)

Signing off with hope in my heart for today.

Chris :)
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That's a great post and I hope you enjoy your day. :thumbs:

I'm still rooting for stoke though. Always a lover of the underdog me, well I have been a QPR fan for 40 years! :D
 
dinners said:
Never do things the easy way :bang:
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How valuable does last week's win against Chelsea seem at the moment?



dinners said:
Certainly does - hope Blackpool can come out on top.
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Me too, would love to be playing against a Holloway team in the prem next season.
 
hernandez saves the day once more with a pen that shouldnt have been giving, ah well sums up the season pretty much :thumbsdown:
 
I have to congratulate United for winning their 19th league title and finally surpassing Liverpool, my congrats goes mostly to hernandez and berbatov who have been probably the two players of the season in a season where the teams from 1 to 6th have all been a shadow of themselves quite frankly!
 
Blackpool win at home

Wolves win at Sunderland.

Surely must be Stoke on the day of the underdog? :thumbs:
 
yup birmingham need a point and then west ham go down no matter what they do in the next two games. It would be a miracle if west ham survive
 
joescrivens said:
hernandez saves the day once more with a pen that shouldnt have been giving, ah well sums up the season pretty much :thumbsdown:
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Penalty all day long Joe.

joescrivens said:
I have to congratulate United for winning their 19th league title and finally surpassing Liverpool, my congrats goes mostly to hernandez and berbatov who have been probably the two players of the season in a season where the teams from 1 to 6th have all been a shadow of themselves quite frankly!
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Agree Hernandez has been a breath of fresh air this season - a great signing.

Also agree about the top teams stumbling more than in previous years but at the end of the day less points gained at the top and more points gained at the bottom can only be better for our league.
 
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A Bitter Sweet day for Machester.

Think I need a rest now !
 
Blue Moon 7 said:
I was at Wembley in 1999 when Mark Halsey found those 5 minutes from somewhere when we were 2-0 down and we went on to beat Gillingham on penalties.
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Don't remind me. I grew up in Gillingham and was there also, with my lad who was quite young at the time. He left crying.......

Steve
 
dinners said:
No surprise there :thumbs:
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Just saw the replay, was a little more convincing than when I first saw it, but slow motion always does that. I think Hernandez exaggerated it and was going down anyway but robinson did connect with him.
 
joescrivens said:
Just saw the replay, was a little more convincing than when I first saw it, but slow motion always does that. I think Hernandez exaggerated it and was going down anyway but robinson did connect with him.
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Agreed - I didn't think so at full speed but once I'd seen the replay it was clear. Obviously Hernandez made sure and it doesn't matter that he wasn't going to reach the ball himself.

According to the ref - he'd already decided he'd been brought down it was just a case of checking with the linesman to see if the keeper had got any of the ball.
 
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Was delighted to see City win today. That Huth elbow was pretty unpleasant and perfectly sums up what it is about Stoke I hate so much. I hope because the ref didn't see or penalise it in play there can be some post-match repercussions. He certainly deserves a few games off and a nice fat fine for deliberate violent conduct!
 
TriggerHappy said:
Was delighted to see City win today. That Huth elbow was pretty unpleasant and perfectly sums up what it is about Stoke I hate so much. I hope because the ref didn't see or penalise it in play there can be some post-match repercussions. He certainly deserves a few games off and a nice fat fine for deliberate violent conduct!
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you're overexagerating that, it wasnt't quite as bad as you are describing it, it was nothing compRed to rooney's earlier in the season
 
joescrivens said:
you're overexagerating that, it wasnt't quite as bad as you are describing it, it was nothing compRed to rooney's earlier in the season
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He deliberately elbowed Balotelli in the jaw whilst the play was miles away. Not sure what exaggeration that is :thinking:
 
TriggerHappy said:
He deliberately elbowed Balotelli in the jaw whilst the play was miles away. Not sure what exaggeration that is :thinking:
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Well there wasn't the malice you were indicating in my opinion. It was more a "bit of a shove". I agree it was obviously intentional but it wasn't more than what you see week in week out in the penalty box. It wasn't like he was out to break his jaw.
 
joescrivens said:
Well there wasn't the malice you were indicating in my opinion. It was more a "bit of a shove". I agree it was obviously intentional but it wasn't more than what you see week in week out in the penalty box. It wasn't like he was out to break his jaw.
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If it was a shove it would have been a shoulder or a palm making contact, not an elbow! If you're putting an elbow into someone's face deliberately then it can't be anything other than malicious!
 
TriggerHappy said:
If it was a shove it would have been a shoulder or a palm making contact, not an elbow! If you're putting an elbow into someone's face deliberately then it can't be anything other than malicious!
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disagree, it was more a block than a deliberate elbow to the throat, check out rooney earlier in the season as a comparison. this was more that the elbow happened to hit the throat because it was a bit high rather than it be just a shove with the arm which it could have been if it with a few inches lower.

i do think it was wrong, and worthy of a card and free kick but it wasnt a deliberate jaw breaker in my opinion
 
Never saw the Huth elbow so can't really comment.

What I can say (I know I can do this) is.....

.....come on Phil you can do it......

well done city
 
joescrivens said:
disagree, it was more a block than a deliberate elbow to the throat, check out rooney earlier in the season as a comparison. this was more that the elbow happened to hit the throat because it was a bit high rather than it be just a shove with the arm which it could have been if it with a few inches lower.

i do think it was wrong, and worthy of a card and free kick but it wasnt a deliberate jaw breaker in my opinion
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We're not going to agree then. I see it as completely on par with the Rooney elbow that got so many people outraged earlier in the season.
 
TriggerHappy said:
We're not going to agree then. I see it as completely on par with the Rooney elbow that got so many people outraged earlier in the season.
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Well that was Rooney wasn't it. :rules:
 
TriggerHappy said:
We're not going to agree then. I see it as completely on par with the Rooney elbow that got so many people outraged earlier in the season.
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Well I think there is one thing the same as the rooney elbow and one thing very different. The same is that they both involved deleberately impeding a player using their elbow. For that it is on par. But that's not what got everyone so riled about rooneys elbow.*

It was the pure venom and malice in rooneys elbow. That's where I think there is a difference, look at the vids and you see Rooney actually leaves the ground and aims to connect with the players head and does a swinging action. Hugh was blocking off balotelli using the elbow. There was no jump, no swing, he didn't deleberately change his path to make sure he connected. That's my opinion anyhow.*

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I'll add a comparison of huth's when someone puts one online
 
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Kilmarnock 0 Rangers 3 after 7 minutes. So much for the nailbiting end to the season! Still time for a fightback, mind.:shrug:
 
joescrivens said:
You can't use that chestnut this time phil. Rooneys elbow was a different kettle of fish altogether.
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I've still not seen the Huth elbow so can't comment. I was just stating that much of the 'outrage' to the Rooney elbow was because it was Rooney.
 
Peter B said:
Kilmarnock 0 Rangers 3 after 7 minutes. So much for the nailbiting end to the season! Still time for a fightback, mind.:shrug:
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5:1 now - the comeback is on...........
 
dinners said:
I've still not seen the Huth elbow so can't comment. I was just stating that much of the 'outrage' to the Rooney elbow was because it was Rooney.
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disgagree, the outrage was because people rarely see the kind of elbow that rooney threw. You have to admit it was pretty nasty, if gerrard had threw that elbow he's have had the same press
 
joescrivens said:
disgagree, the outrage was because people rarely see the kind of elbow that rooney threw. You have to admit it was pretty nasty, if gerrard had threw that elbow he's have had the same press
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I think I did admit that it was nasty at the time. I still maintain the elbow (and the swearing incident) were made more of because of who it was. Using your Gerrard comarison - He's made some ridiculous tackles over the years not to mention comedy dives - many of which would have been blown out of all proportion had they been Rooney.
 
We had fun in the pub with our mates sat around,
Waiting to make our way to the ground.*
On the way down we soaked up the sun,
Basking in the glory of our FA cup run.*
Half of the crowd dressed in red and white,*
Waving their flags in the air, what a sight!
We sang out our hearts and some let out tears,*
But we stayed till the end with singing and cheers.*
We we're all so close and all so near,
We'll be back again....don't you fear!
Now we look forward to our European tour,
I'll be there singing that is for sure!
And that is the point of this poem you see,
To show you the importance of City to me!


Win or lose!
Go On Stoke!
 
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