City fans leaving the ground early

[Dymak]

Pedant alert

I've seen many games where one team battered the other and LOST.

Serious, you can batter someone and still lose, you just don't deliver the decisive blow(s)> happens in boxing a lot, one fighter batters the other but is felled by one punch even though he has been battering the other for 10 rounds.

No you haven't. You may have seen games in which one team's midfield is better than the oppositions, but their strikers aren't good enough to conquer the oppositions defence. You don't batter a team whilst conceding more than the opposition.

 

[blue4eva77]

We were dominating the first half so much that it finished 0-0? If they were chasing shadows then why were we incapable of scoring? It's either because we lacked proficiency in attack, or because their defence did their job, or a combination of the two.

There's obviously a difference in outlook and opinion, but no, I'm afraid equalising to draw 1-1 does not constitute playing the opposition off the park.

People are free to think you can batter a team without being capable of outscoring them, but I don't agree with it. You can say it's being pedantic but I disagree. A battered team would be collecting the ball out of their own net a lot, they wouldn't be taking the lead and drawing 1-1.

Did we batter Fulham at Goodison ?

 

[Dymak]

Did we batter Fulham at Goodison ?

Eventually, yes.

 

[Brennan]

We played really well in terms of controlling the play against Arsenal but we didn't create many chances or really pressurise their defence. Not really a 'battering'.

 

[bignev23]

Loads of them had gone when Aguero scored against QPR to win the league.

 

[Clint Planet]

We absolutely battered them for the entirety of the first half and a fair degree of the second half. We did not do better there years ago. I can't remember the last time I disagreed with a post as utterly as I do with this one. I find it absolutely remarkable that anyone who watched that performance can attempt to downplay it like you have here.

To be fair, we drew because of two Arse deflections the day Peinaar chipped the goalie in the snowstorm.

 

[blue4eva77]

Eventually, yes.

Eventually ??

That game was NEVER a 4-1..... Even our own gaffer admitted this.

 

[bol-uk]

No you haven't. You may have seen games in which one team's midfield is better than the oppositions, but their strikers aren't good enough to conquer the oppositions defence. You don't batter a team whilst conceding more than the opposition.

Yes I have,
I have seen games where one teams strikers have battered the defenders but the ball was not ever going to go in. Happens often,hit the post, goal bound shot hits your own player or they just miss sitters when the defenders are beaten hands down. These are times when one team batters the other but fails to score.

IT HAPPENS

 

[Dymak]

Eventually ??

That game was NEVER a 4-1..... Even our own gaffer admitted this.

What?

It finished 4-1. Their defence had to collect the ball out of their own net on four occasions, that's because their midfield couldn't cope with our midfield, and then their defence could not deal with our strikeforce, on FOUR occasions.

It's absolutely daft to consider a 4-1 win less of a battering that a 1-1 score draw.

 

[PeterBeagrie]

They all left early when they beat us 3-1 this season.

Thing is though OP, you get this in every ground. People leave the stadium in the last ten minutes with the excuse to "miss the traffic" I understand some fans have buses and trains to catch or genuine reasons but the last ten minutes of a game, anything can happen. I don't leave the ground until all players have left the pitch. I'm there to support my club and will until the very end, I'd hate to leave early being 1-0 down and score twice in stoppage time. Ouch!

 

[nsno-chris]

Lads this can g round in circles all night:

It is possible to batter a team (i.e. have 70% possession, 80% of time in the opponents half and 20 shots on goal) and loose a game. Therefore, you would have battered a team an not won

We also did not batter Arsenal this year. We played brilliantly, we dominated them in possession, especially in the first half, but did not create very many clear cut opportunities

Call this one a draw and move on. C'mon, kiss and make up

 

[Dymak]

Yes I have,
I have seen games where one teams strikers have battered the defenders but the ball was not ever going to go in. Happens often,hit the post, goal bound shot hits your own player or they just miss sitters when the defenders are beaten hands down. These are times when one team batters the other but fails to score.

IT HAPPENS

We will have to agree to disagree, mate.

I don't think missing a shed load of opportunities is a sign of superiority myself. I think it shows inadequacies in your attack.

I can recognise a team being superior in midfield, but if they were battering the opposition then they would score more than the opposition. They certainly wouldn't concede more than the opposition.

 

[bol-uk]

We will have to agree to disagree, mate.

I don't think missing a shed load of opportunities is a sign of superiority myself. I think it shows inadequacies in your attack.

I can recognise a team being superior in midfield, but if they were battering the opposition then they would score more than the opposition. They certainly wouldn't concede more than the opposition.

Unles they just had a bad night and missed goals as I explained.

They battered the opposition but they made it hard for themselves by not scroing.

I WIN

GOODNIGHT

MWAH MWAH

 

[blue4eva77]

What?

It finished 4-1. Their defence had to collect the ball out of their own net on four occasions, that's because their midfield couldn't cope with our midfield, and then their defence could not deal with our strikeforce, on FOUR occasions.

It's absolutely daft to consider a 4-1 win less of a battering that a 1-1 score draw.

I wouldn't use the term ' battered ' on this occasion !! absolutely no way.

Likewise its absolutely daft to say that teams that draw 0-0 and park the bus, obviously setting up going for the draw, don't still get battered. The scoreline is sometimes not a fair summary of the game.

 

[Dymak]

I wouldn't use the term ' battered ' on this occasion !! absolutely no way.

Likewise its absolutely daft to say that teams that draw 0-0 and park the bus, obviously setting up going for the draw, don't still get battered. The scoreline is sometimes not a fair summary of the game.

And this is clearly were we disagree.

It is honestly beyond me why you would think a game in which we overcame the opposition on four occasions does not constitute a battering, but a game in which we equalised to draw 1-1 does.