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The women doing what the men failed to do.

 

Manchester City Women booked their place in the semi-finals of the UEFA Women's Champions League with victory over Fortuna Hjorring.

 

https://www.mancity.com/news/mcwfc/2017/03/31/manchester-city-women-champions-league-semi-final-explainer/1490959570092

Another game we should have won...a familiar theme this season. So wasteful. KdB has to stop hitting the woodwork. Nice to be the dominate team but a win away at Arsenal is rare.
Hope Chicog is ok. It's only football mate.

10 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Another game we should have won...a familiar theme this season. So wasteful. KdB has to stop hitting the woodwork. Nice to be the dominate team but a win away at Arsenal is rare.

Yeah, it feels like we dropped 2 points there.

7 hours ago, mrbojangles said:

Yeah, it feels like we dropped 2 points there.

City should have sneaked it,good game and result from the neutral,s point of view 

p.s. did Sterling get injured,bladdy thai TV gave no info regarding the substitution

34 minutes ago, petermik said:

p.s. did Sterling get injured,bladdy thai TV gave no info regarding the substitution

Pep brought on Yaya as he said he wanted more possession and passing in midfield

12 hours ago, mrbojangles said:

Pep brought on Yaya as he said he wanted more possession and passing in midfield

Strange that....but what do I know about football

Yep, 2 points dropped again unnecessarily. We've really let some teams of the hook this season. First half, when we felt like it we were good and I thought Pep was right to bring on Yaya as there were periods when we kept giving it away. 2nd half better. I'll say it again for the umpteenth time this season: we can't defend. We're like half an excellent team front end and a poor back line...only Stones performed and what's with Navas at fullback. ..come on Pep that was ridiculous.

With our front 6 I'm very optimistic already for next season IF we can rebuild that poor defence.

3 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

and what's with Navas at fullback. ..come on Pep that was ridiculous.

I dunno BB. Navas kept Sanchez pretty quiet, I thought. Not sure who else we have who could have done that

1 hour ago, mrbojangles said:

I dunno BB. Navas kept Sanchez pretty quiet, I thought. Not sure who else we have who could have done that

 

He had a shocking start but he did improve as the game wore on. He can't tackle but showed that pace can get you out of trouble - unless you're Bellerin against the faster Sane ;-) 

Navas actually put in a few decent crosses 2nd half and the one on to Aguero's head was KdB-esque! 

in fairness Navas looked no worse than Clichy...umm!

Manchester City will face Chelsea in the FA Youth Cup final for the third successive year after easing past Stoke City 9-2 on aggregate.defending champions Chelsea moved through to the FA Youth Cup final with a convincing 7-1 second-leg victory against Tottenham Hotspur in their semi-final clash.third straight final against Chelsea, eyeing up revenge after defeats in their last two meetings

Edited April 4, 20179 yr by Bredbury Blue

^Stupid website makes editing difficult on phone....

 

City have lost the 2015 and 2016 Youth finals to Chelsea.

1 hour ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Manchester City will face Chelsea in the FA Youth Cup final for the third successive year after easing past Stoke City 9-2 on aggregate.defending champions Chelsea moved through to the FA Youth Cup final with a convincing 7-1 second-leg victory against Tottenham Hotspur in their semi-final clash.third straight final against Chelsea, eyeing up revenge after defeats in their last two meetings

22 players destined for obscurity; plus subs of course. I think Dominik Solanke is the only one from the last 2 finals to have actually played in an EPL game but Chelsea look like they will be selling him in the summer.

^Cynical view.

Fewer players have come through in recent years but this article of winnners have made it to the top-flight in the last 20 years shows plenty have made it from youth football / youth finals:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3563432/Chelsea-won-three-FA-Youth-Cup-titles-row-players-play-Premier-League.html

Apologies to those in Thailand who can't open the Mail.

Edited April 4, 20179 yr by Bredbury Blue

City have hit the woodwork the most this season with 17 times.

KDB has now hit the woodwork an amazing EIGHT times.That is three more than the next players on the list.

10 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

City have hit the woodwork the most this season with 17 times.

KDB has now hit the woodwork an amazing EIGHT times.That is three more than the next players on the list.

 The general idea is to place the ball within the posts.   If the suggestion is that City have been plain unlucky this season then you'd best look at the defensive frailties where lies the real issue.

10 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

City have hit the woodwork the most this season with 17 times.

KDB has now hit the woodwork an amazing EIGHT times.That is three more than the next players on the list.

 

KDB should be in for extra shooting practice then.

23 minutes ago, StevieH said:

 

KDB should be in for extra shooting practice then.

Exactly, all those shots off target.  For a player of his cost and quality its simply unacceptable!

Nothing to disagree with your two comments it was just an interesting fact. KdB can't buy a goal this season.

The comment "if only the  De Bruyne miss against Chelsea had gone in" get's mentioned fairly often on here, probably still be talking about it in 5 years time 

15 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

^Cynical view.

Fewer players have come through in recent years but this article of winnners have made it to the top-flight in the last 20 years shows plenty have made it from youth football / youth finals:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3563432/Chelsea-won-three-FA-Youth-Cup-titles-row-players-play-Premier-League.html

Apologies to those in Thailand who can't open the Mail.

Fact based view and not a cynical one. 3 consecutive finals between the 2 clubs is proof that they are hoovering up the cream of the crop by paying top dollar to teenagers. No progression to the respective first elevens is sad and dispiriting. 

58 minutes ago, champers said:

Fact based view and not a cynical one. 3 consecutive finals between the 2 clubs is proof that they are hoovering up the cream of the crop by paying top dollar to teenagers. No progression to the respective first elevens is sad and dispiriting. 

 

You do realise it's the youth team Champers and over 3 years not many (if any) would be expected to break into the first team at this point in their progression. Our new academy is still quite young and it takes time to bring local young kids through the system but our owners are serious about bringing youth through, which is why they have invested so much.

1 hour ago, mrbojangles said:

 

You do realise it's the youth team Champers and over 3 years not many (if any) would be expected to break into the first team at this point in their progression. Our new academy is still quite young and it takes time to bring local young kids through the system but our owners are serious about bringing youth through, which is why they have invested so much.

Rubbish, you've had an academy for donkey 's year's, ok you've upgraded the complex but so have many other teams but you don't hear them using that as an excuse for not bringing any youngster's through.

 

 

Edited April 5, 20179 yr by alfieconn

1 hour ago, alfieconn said:

Rubbish, you've had an academy for donkey 's year's, ok you've upgraded the complex but so have many other teams but you don't hear them using that as an excuse for not bringing any youngster's through.

 

 

Rubbish

17 minutes ago, mrbojangles said:

Rubbish

 Current International Youth Academy Director Jim Cassell joined from Oldham Athletic in July 1997 and was responsible for building Manchester City's youth structure, which gained Academy accreditation in 1998.

 

Your academy complex and so called plans to bring in the elite  was bought into action in approx 2010 and still not a carrot  7 years on, anyway i'm sure we'll be having this conversation in another 7 years time   

 

 

40 minutes ago, alfieconn said:

 Current International Youth Academy Director Jim Cassell joined from Oldham Athletic in July 1997 and was responsible for building Manchester City's youth structure, which gained Academy accreditation in 1998.

 

Your academy complex and so called plans to bring in the elite  was bought into action in approx 2010 and still not a carrot  7 years on, anyway i'm sure we'll be having this conversation in another 7 years time   

 

You started off your previous post by saying we upgraded the complex. The plans got put forward a couple of years after our new owners took over and the Platt Lane End facility got an upgrade whilst the new campus was being built. This wasn't merely an upgrade, it was a complete re-build, a new philosophy, a new strategy, more investment and the new Etihad Campus opened in December 2014. All of this, to me suggests you haven't been following (and why should you) what has been happening at our academy. There is just no comparison to what we had before.

 

The main success about the academy is the total change of attitude about Man City from the kids. Years ago, all the kids wanted to go to the United academy and why shouldn't they, they were winning everything. However, things have changed, United aren't winning as much, our training facilities and schooling are better than Uniteds and young kids are choosing City's academy over United. Even Ex-united players are sending their kids to City.

 

You can't rush 5 and 6 year old kids through the academy, this will all take time for the crop who started at the new academy to pop out at the other end and the one's who are starting to pop out are doing well. I'm quite patient about it, our owners are patient and have shown how serious they are by investing huge sums, so I don't know why you are so impatient to want results now.

 

This is also worth a read :- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/10/29/how-manchester-city-are-revolutionising-the-entire-football-acad/

49 minutes ago, mrbojangles said:

You started off your previous post by saying we upgraded the complex. The plans got put forward a couple of years after our new owners took over and the Platt Lane End facility got an upgrade whilst the new campus was being built. This wasn't merely an upgrade, it was a complete re-build, a new philosophy, a new strategy, more investment and the new Etihad Campus opened in December 2014. All of this, to me suggests you haven't been following (and why should you) what has been happening at our academy. There is just no comparison to what we had before.

 

The main success about the academy is the total change of attitude about Man City from the kids. Years ago, all the kids wanted to go to the United academy and why shouldn't they, they were winning everything. However, things have changed, United aren't winning as much, our training facilities and schooling are better than Uniteds and young kids are choosing City's academy over United. Even Ex-united players are sending their kids to City.

 

You can't rush 5 and 6 year old kids through the academy, this will all take time for the crop who started at the new academy to pop out at the other end and the one's who are starting to pop out are doing well. I'm quite patient about it, our owners are patient and have shown how serious they are by investing huge sums, so I don't know why you are so impatient to want results now.

 

This is also worth a read :- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/10/29/how-manchester-city-are-revolutionising-the-entire-football-acad/

Revolutionizing  !!!!!  they are not doing anything different to any other football academy .  

 

Basing success on being better than Utd's academy 

Edited April 5, 20179 yr by alfieconn

1 hour ago, alfieconn said:

Revolutionizing  !!!!!  they are not doing anything different to any other football academy .  

 

Basing success on being better than Utd's academy 

You really haven't got a clue have you. Or are you just being argumentative for the sake of it?

Cracking game. As a City fan didn't feel we deserved to lose but maybe blue tinted glasses. Good to see Vinny back, decent. Delphy also did ok on a rare outing. Chelsea roughed up Silva who eventually fizzled out. Hope chelsea go on and finish it off; they are worthy champions (in waiting).

4 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Cracking game. As a City fan didn't feel we deserved to lose but maybe blue tinted glasses. Good to see Vinny back, decent. Delphy also did ok on a rare outing. Chelsea roughed up Silva who eventually fizzled out. Hope chelsea go on and finish it off; they are worthy champions (in waiting).

No BB, the worthy champions are the team that finishes with the most points at the end of the season, despite your bias, so stop being a chump and wait and see. 

 

How on earth did Stones hoof that over the bar?