Saturday
Well have you heard the excuses coming out from the
Swamp? What a club, they lost v Madrid (first decent team they’ve faced in the
Chimps League) because their (not they’re!) manager lost the plot.
So did Carlos, shopped by a rag probably but done
again this time for driving whilst banned. Bloody hell.
Barnsley today here’s the preview :
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SATURDAY MARCH 9TH : BARNSLEY (HOME) FA CUP 6TH RD
It was probably the best draw we could have wished
for, Barnsley at home.
In
the FA Cup just the two meetings, first in 1947/48 a 2-1 City win at home in
the 3rd round, goals coming from Black and Smith. Crowd was 54,747.
Then in 1993 it was a 2-0 City win in the 5th
round, with 2 goals from David White. Crowd was 32,809 and Barnsley fans were
back in the dark ages and spoiling for a fight outside the North stand after
the game with no takers, City fans.just taking laughing it off..
In the League Cup two meetings, first in 1981 a 1-0
City loss at Barnsley. Crowd was 33,792
Then in 2004, the last time the teams met in all
competitions, City won 7-1 with goals from Barton, Macken 2, Flood, SWP
and Sibierski 2.
Crowd was 19,578.
This
season so far : They’re in 18th place with 38 points from
35 games and 5 wins 4 draws and 9 losses
away from home.
In
the Capital One Cup : They lost 1-0 at Swansea
In
the FA Cup : They won 1-0 at home v Burnley in the 3rd rd, 1-0 at Hull in the 4th
and 3-1 at MK Dons in the 5th.
Our
league form at home to Barnsley : The teams have met
sporadically in the 2nd division from 1899 to 2002. Last
meeting was in 2001/02, a 5-1 City home win on our way to promotion.
2 wins for Barnsley 88/89 and 96/97 both 2-1
otherwise 8 wins for City including 7-3 1927/28, 5-1 1946/47, 6-0 in 1950/51 and
4 draws.
For City it’s : WWLLDDWWWWDDWW
Comment
: No excuse for not going through to the semi-final,
but this is City and we must be professional. We’ve already seen off Watford
and Leeds from the Championship, better teams than Barnsley who’re managed by
ex Blue Gary Flitcroft’s bro David. Team also includes Kelvin Etuhu, Marlon Harewood
and possibly Rory Delap. Oh no!
Don’t forget their jibes in the friendly a couple of
years ago at Oakwell : “YOU’RE GONNA WIN
F*CK ALL” Since then we’ve not done too badly. Shove ‘em back down their
throats City.
Yorkshire, Yorkshire!
Dave
Tidy enough yesterday and no problem progressing. Committed performance and no chance of "Cup Shock" headlines. Talking of which I took the utmost delight in the Everton result given they had been spouting all week about going to Wembley and winning the Cup. I think it's called hubris. Anyway,well done Wigan. Semi against them would be interesting.
ReplyDeleteIn the queue for chips yesterday my daughter noticed that the pies looked familiar. Not in the manner of an old boyfriend you understand but rather in the style of the pastry etc. Bugger me, they couldn't be could they? Well they are! City are selling Wright's Pies. The best Meat and Potato pies, ever, and the best thing to come out of Stoke on Trent since Wedgwood's Creamware and that's made in Indonesia nowadays. The highlight of my first day working in Stoke, over 35 years ago, was a trip to the Wright's pie shop at dinnertime. They are on many a street corner in the Potteries although they are produced in a big factory in Crewe nowadays. I've been addicted to Wright's pies for decades. It got that bad at one point in the 80's I used to go to Pie's Anonymous and was only allowed them on prescription.
Apologies for any aberrant apostrophes!
Ha ha that's cheered me up even more, Jeff.
ReplyDeleteWell, the semi draw put a bit of a downer on a rather good weekend, Spuds losing at Liverpool and Everton stuffed by Wigan. united rather lucky to get a replay, 2 very avoidable goals for them in first 10 minutes set up what looked a very comfortable afternoon. Second half, they were battered and only some weak finishing and a lucky save by De Gea's foot gave them a second chance.
ReplyDeleteOn that display, Chelsea would worry me more than the rags, but they could start with Van Pussie and Young next time. Still, if we get through the semi, the final should be a doddle! But I guess Chelsea and united will think the same. Lets hope we can get all our injured players fit for the rest of the season as things look a little stretched at the moment. However, Kolo doing a good job and Tevez back to his best, what's the odds on his judge being a rag and sending him down for the 6 months? I guess appeals could keep him available to us for the rest of the season!