Manchester City V Sunderland - Carling Cup Final

[EFC David]

Sorry modz if you don't think it's worth it's own thread(move to Todays Football if you want.) but anyone looking forward to it? Sunderland always beat City 1-0 at the Stadium Of Light, City lost against a relegation threatened team last season. In a final. This could be City's most important game since their takeover, lose and it could affect their players like it did with Arsenal losing to Brum. Win and there's a good chance they could win a domestic treble. dunno if Agueroooooo's fit or not? I'm expecting Sunderland to play on the counter attack but City to win 1-0.


Edited to add pictures in.

Bardsley scoring against City this season.

Sunderland players celebrate as they dump Manchester United out of the Carling cup and reach their first final in 22 years.

Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo scores as Man City demolish West Ham 6-0 in the first leg of the Carling Cup semi final.

Last season Swansea won it. Beating Bradford City 4-0 in the final.

The final will be at Wembley.

Players to have played for City and Sunderland, Niall Quinn, Adam Johnston, Keiren Westwood, Nedum Onuoha.

 

[Bungle]

Good effort @EFC David

Can you edit and incorporate some pictures as well?

 

[BlueLlama]

NEA to be honest. Everytime a non - sky 4 team that isnt Everton gets to a cup final I fume that we blew it again

 

[Ashtonian]

this game is make or break for city. Lose another final and i would honestly see them as the biggest bottlers of all time. They have all this potential now and it doesn't seem to go anywhere. Fair enough they were out played by Martinez in the last final, it happens. They lost out on the league because Mancini is a terrible manager and have changed a lot of things about themselves since Pellegrini has came to the club. Losing against Barca is european suicide for them again which adds to the pressure for them but if they can go ahead and beat sunderland then they can start to build on that from now on as champions so to speak. Its only the league cup, but City need their honors list to start to really grow now for people to take them seriously.

sunderland on the other hand are the typical under dogs. Struggling in the league, coming alive in the cup, it would be a fairy tale for them if they were to go on and win a trophy after the season they are having. Interestingly enough i said after their first win of the season against Newcastle that they were the underdogs for the F.A cup this year. Their season start mirrored our own in 94-5, really kicking on from their first win (our second if i remember) in a derby. That being said i could have been a bit wide of what trophy they win but you never know it football. My only question of them is this....Who have they got in their squad who can win them the match?

 

[EFC David]

Done Bungle.

 

[Bungle]

Done Bungle.

Excellent good stuff mate. I can see the seat I watched the Japan v Mexico game in at Wembley as well.

1.....

@ijjysmith

 

[Degs62]

2....

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Think that City will win this to be honest

 

[Roztitute]

Think that City will win this to be honest

Can't really see anything but City winning at a canter.

 

[Allezfan]

NEA to be honest. Everytime a non - sky 4 team that isnt Everton gets to a cup final I fume that we blew it again

Me too but a city win makes it more likely we'll get into europe so I do care enough to root for them.

 

[Fuleco]

Gotta hope for a city win.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

More interested in the Scottish League Cup Final on the 16th actually

Aberdeen Vs Inverness Caley

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

http://www.theguardian.com/football...derland-league-cup-final-wembley-david-corner

This is hilarious, just for this bit alone

In the first minute of the second half he had tried to shepherd a ball out of play by the corner flag, only for John Deehan to nip in and dispossess him. He cut the ball back for Mick Channon, but Gordon Chisholm got in a block. The ball ricocheted to Asa Hartford, just outside the box. He shot, Chisholm thrust out his chest, and the ball was deflected in at Chris Turner's near post. Deehan was offside and standing right in front of Turner, but nobody raised a protest.

Everybody blamed Corner, including Corner himself, his face a picture of mortification. Even his name seemed to highlight his mistake.

Corner now works for Durham police and co-owns a taxi in Sunderland. At weekends he often goes for a drink with the driver of the cab. At least twice each Sunday, his friend reckons, somebody comes up to him and says, "Yer should've just put it out, Davie lad."

A few years ago, the driver tells everybody who gets in his cab – if they respond appropriately to his (hilarious) impression of Don Goodman doing an impression of Mick McCarthy – Corner was called to a disturbance in Seaham where a man was going berserk with an ornamental sword. All attempts to reason with him failed until he caught sight of Corner and the tell-tale flash of orange hair.

"Are yiz ... are yiz Davie Corner?" he asked disbelievingly. Corner confirmed he was. The man dropped the sword and offered his hands to be cuffed. "Yer've not had much luck, son," he said. "So I'll give yer this 'un. But, Davie lad, why didn't yer just put it out?"

 

[MikeH72]

City will bottle it in spectacular fashion again. They're the biggest bottlers of all time, they even did their best to mess up against 10 man QPR on the last day of the 11/12 season

 

[4737carlin]

Really hope Sunderland win this, a City win would make it harder for us to avoid the nightmare Europa nonsense