The Football.....

[Archie_tect]

Really wanted Bradford to win... just for the Roy of the Rovers story...
Shame on Swansea for trying, can't trust them to do the right thing even in a cup final!

 

[mark st1]

I liked the Nathan Dyer penalty crying i was waiting for him to run off and get his mum from the crowd !

 

[jai]

if ever there was case for allowing ref's discretion on the last man/goal scoring opp then today was it - he could have let Duke stay on without affecting the result...Welsh footie on the up, sexy football

 

[mark st1]

if ever there was case for allowing ref's discretion on the last man/goal scoring opp then today was it - he could have let Duke stay on without affecting the result

+1

 

[Boon 51]

Well done Swansea hard luck Bradford..

 

[MarkF]

It was embarrassing!

Our manager chose the most defensive & negative line up he possibly could, ok, I can understand that, to not concede early was the aim. But to goin at HT 2-0 down having been humiliated was an opportunity to do "something", after all, we had 3 very good, fast wingers as subs, but our manager chose to replace a defender with a defender. He told us all he'd given up after 45 minutes. Of course we were going to lose, that's not the point, bloody hell, there is going out fighting whilst providing some shred of hope or entertainment for your fans, or, lying down and whimpering whilst you get flogged.

Parkinson out! Take your defend at all cost tactics, whether it's Swansea or bleedin Accrington, with you.

Glad I didn't fly in from Oz.

 

[User482]

So he's just got you to the cup final and you want him sacked. Be careful what you wish for...

 

[MarkF]

So he's just got you to the cup final and you want him sacked. Be careful what you wish for...

It was a run of extraordinary luck. We have top a 3 budget, we are 11th in L2, we are 20th in the form table, we were bottom till last week and he has a worse win ratio (not surprising as our only aim is not to lose) from twice as many games as our last manager, who was sacked for being negative..........

I don't want to go to a cup final, I want to avoid seeing bleedin Accy for the 7th season in a row!

 

[Kins]

£2.5 million at least in the bank though. Can't see that as a bad thing.

 

[User482]

It was a run of extraordinary luck. We have top a 3 budget, we are 11th in L2, we are 20th in the form table, we were bottom till last week and he has a worse win ratio (not surprising as our only aim is not to lose) from twice as many games as our last manager, who was sacked for being negative..........

I don't want to go to a cup final, I want to avoid seeing bleedin Accy for the 7th season in a row!

Sorry, I can't agree. Luck might see you through one or two games against bigger teams, but not all the way to Wembley.

 

[MarkF]

Sorry, I can't agree. Luck might see you through one or two games against bigger teams, but not all the way to Wembley.

The proof is out there on Youtube. Notts County missed an incredible open goal in the last minute. Wigan missed enough one-on-ones to win 5 games. Gervinho made one of the world's all time worst open goal misses and Benteke could and should, have had a hat trick in the first 20 minutes of both semi-final legs. We defended for our lives for 4 ties and are very good at penalties.........

 

[User482]

The proof is out there on Youtube. Notts County missed an incredible open goal in the last minute. Wigan missed enough one-on-ones to win 5 games. Gervinho made one of the world's all time worst open goal misses and Benteke could and should, have had a hat trick in the first 20 minutes of both semi-final legs. We defended for our lives for 4 ties and are very good at penalties.........

So you defended well and scored your penalties? That doesn't sound like luck.

 

[Kins]

I liked the Nathan Dyer penalty crying i was waiting for him to run off and get his mum from the crowd !

Oi leave Nathan alone! He's a nice lad. Hes actually mates with my step brothers, they went to school together. Alex texted him a few hours after the game and he was still chuntering away about not getting his hatrick!

In some ways I can see his point, a hatrick at wembly in a cup final, gotta be up there with some top achievements even if it was against Bradford(Sorry), and not like they were going to come back from 3-0.

 

[MarkF]

So you defended well and scored your penalties? That doesn't sound like luck.

I suppose you had to be there..........it was a cup run of extreme fortune, that ran out yesterday in a blizzard of negativity, Swansea simply didn't miss as many as Wigan, Arsenal or Villa.

Oi leave Nathan alone! He's a nice lad. Hes actually mates with my step brothers, they went to school together. Alex texted him a few hours after the game and he was still chuntering away about not getting his hatrick!

In some ways I can see his point, a hatrick at wembly in a cup final, gotta be up there with some top achievements even if it was against Bradford(Sorry), and not like they were going to come back from 3-0.

Yes, even I wanted Dyer to take it, he'd torn us to shreds.

 

[User482]

Some people are never satisfied!