Sunderland Vs City

[Benzel]

Shocking defending.

[Arriba]

If you can't dream of getting to the prem then what's the point?
The premiership isn't shit,its fucking superb. Ask any fan of a team getting relegated from the prem if they would want to stay up. No brainer.

[fatbasher]

Fatbasher - occasionally, just occasionally  a Blackpool or a Swansea manage it while financially disadvantaged.

Its not impossible. Its just nearly impossible and would be another fleeting visit. For me establishing ourself in the Championship would be an immense achievement. A million miles off but do-able.

I agree entirely, I was after all "there my son" as they say. We scraped in via the play offs were under capitalised and had a nice but unconvincing manager. They get up there as you say and then they come back down as we did and as happened. Preston are in L1 now. Once the parachute payment dwindles the good players dwindle more or less straight away with their relegation get out clauses. It IS do able of course it is same as us winning against Wigan but it will always be Roy of the Rovers stuff. Much, much harder now than the 90's.

[jonny72]

Its no better though is it. A wrong decision is a wrong decision and brilliant when its in your favour but less so when it isn't.

I reckon it's worse having a good goal disallowed than a bad goal allowed. Plus I'm pretty sure the rulebook says that the benefit of doubt should go to the attacking team, no way could the linesman have been sure it was offside so the right decision was made.

[Bennett]

I reckon it's worse having a good goal disallowed than a bad goal allowed. Plus I'm pretty sure the rulebook says that the benefit of doubt should go to the attacking team, no way could the linesman have been sure it was offside so the right decision was made.

if the daft prick was in line with the last man he would've seen it was offside. at the angle he was looking Ji would've been level

[Nomoreheroes]

Shocking defending.

Agree. As they broke out of defence it was apparent that Man City thought the ref was going to blow for FT. No one tracked back. Sunderland looked as if they were just going to jog the last few seconds until they realised that City had given up. Glad they scored, whether it was offside (which it was) or not. Not because I am any fan of Sunderland, but because I have never ever been able to stand the arrogance of Manc twats on either side of the red/blue divide. The fact that the blue ones have been moany for years and have now bought themselves success makes the defeat even sweeter. The only redeeming thing for them is Bibotello who is mad as a box of frogs!

[fatbasher]

If the goal had been scored at the other end there'd be no inquest to the level of what has been in the media the last 24 hours and everyone would more or less have accepted it as one of those things. The fact that the linesman nor the referee gave an offside decision means it was not off side no matter what the TV show, in a word, tough.

[leefer]

I agree....but the facts are if Wimbledon score an offside goal beating us today i might see it a bit differently....as no doubt the City manager,players and fans will have done.

[fatbasher]

I agree....but the facts are if Wimbledon score an offside goal beating us today i might see it a bit differently....as no doubt the City manager,players and fans will have done.

Well, yes and no. If Wimbledon score a goal that's shown to be offside via TV, it's a) a goal & b) tough on us. Them's the breaks and each player, manager and fan have to accept that before kick off. It is after all part and parcel to what makes this beautiful game so addictive.

Although I have no stats to refer to I always think when I see a dodgy decision or goal for or against us that the season will even it's self out. Exception to that is playing a premier league team who will always expect every decision to go in their favour even a "Tom Daly" special in the penalty area.