Semi Final Match Thread

[Choppers]

Serious question: Has Rodrigo touched the ball yet?

[jaffka]

Yep you got to take the rough with the smooth, once a Wanderer always a Wanderer

[cecil.bob]

Shame really. I kind of fancied our chances against Citeh too...

[Choppers]

Yep you got to take the rough with the smooth, once a Wanderer always a Wanderer

Also, as shit as we all feel, I think we need to think of the guys who drove 6 hours to get there today, etc.

[Horza]

Yep. We at home don't know the half of it. Can't imagine the pain at Wembley.

Still fecking hurts though.

[Choppers]

It does.

The occasion beat us. All this talk of "Last time City beat United in a Semi" and "Do it for Nat"...I think the occason has beaten us.

Well, that and Stoke, obviously.

[TANGODANCER]

Dear, oh dear oh fxcking dear! Bolton players should donate their wages to the fans tickets and expenses costs after that. Those poor lads, lasses and kids who spent a bomb to see one of the most gutless, inept and intimidated performances from Bolton for years. Heartbreaking. Webb's an asshole, but we knew that to start with, but we handed it to them on a silver dish. Absolutely awful. Gutted isn't the word. Defence an utter shambles and not one attack to call decent. Wembley just overpowered us. We made a reasonable side look like a Champs League one. Devastated.

When the T-W lot get back here, stand by for blasting

[seanworth]

Very poor result. I have had to sit here with everyone including the staff giving me stick all game. Quite embarrassing, but wouldn't trade one minute for the enjoyment of the ride up to this game. Don't normally get too worked up for Cup games, but I loved this FA Cup run. Today sucked, as nothing worked. The tactics were wrong due to the missing players, the ball wasn't bouncing for us, the ref didn't help, and in the end we seemed to in awe of the occasion. It was still worth it though.

[CarlosHernandez]

A sad end to a great cup run. Would we rather go quietly in the 3rd round against lower league opposition? Probably not, but we crumbled big time on a very big stage. And it was embarrassing. No point singling out players, as they were all very ordinary. Etherington pounced on a dreadful mistake early, and Huth clunked a lucky one off his shin. At 2-0 I was still hopeful, especially after the season we're having. Woeful defending and we go 3-0 and it was farcical from there. Hindsight tells us that Klasnic starting was wrong, although none of the subs changed the game for us.

Don't blame the early leavers, it was hard enough watching it on my own half way round the world. Poor bloke who quit his job in Aus to see that kind of shambles.

[Choppers]

Just one point there, not a big stage, it was on ESPN.

[CarlosHernandez]

Big enough for little Bolton!

[jmjhb]

Whilst we were absolutely dire, Stoke were very good indeed. Hope they go on and win it now.

[Horza]

No, they just capitalised on our mistakes.

Here's to City winning the thing, dropping out of 4th and Stoke getting nowt.

[Salford Trotter]

Sat here in hillingdon waiting for a taxi back to the hotel feeling empty, not one player deserved any credit today. Well done Stoke they played very well and now I just hope our season doesn't fall apart from here. Never have so few let down so many

[spikeykev]

Just got back from watching the game in Nottingham in a pub full of Stokies. Man...where to start! Absolutely gutted, each and every one of our players were dire today, Howard webb didn't help the cause, but we were seriously awful. Surely Muamba has to be marking players on the D, Robbo was comple wipe, Jussi looked like he was double Lehmann's age, Elmander just kept losing the ball as did Mavis when he came on, hardly any shots on goal, Chungy hardly got a look in, Petrov played like a ponce, Steinsonn slow and out of his depth, jeez the whole 'team' was crap

[aussie_wanderer]

totally crying right now at 330 am here in australia , got work in 5 hrs . dont think ill sleep tonight
totally gutted right now
we made stoke look good.
for us to put up an effort like that on the world stage is totally disgracefull.

[Verbal]

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[Lord Kangana]

I'm not sure I have the words. Really. It was that bad. The area around Wembley was packed with Wanderers fans on 70 minutes. Evryone (well most people) just piled out when the 4th went in.

We've somehow or other got to pick ourselves up from that dreadful performance, otherwise a promising season could just splutter out.

[Lord Kangana]

And we are desperately missing Stuart Holden in midfield.

[DJBlu]

One word sums that up. Refund.

How pathetic that was is beyontd comprehension. I'd like to thank the team for costing me a total of £55 for every goal stoke scored.