Topic: ELC: Ful 1 vs 1Liv (2-3) Diaz 12’ Diop 77’

[Fromola]

Loved Harvey's aggression in the press, so relentless.

A lot of good performances again. He's a good alternative to Dom.

Really need to start getting more of our midfielders back.

[StL-Dono]

Second best over the last 30 or 35 minutes.  A lot of wasted chances and we seemed to make the wrong decision on every one of our breakaways. 

But, who cares now...   Another Cup final. 

Glad we have Norwich this weekend though.  You can't keep surviving against top competition with a depleted squad forever.  A lot of guys running on fumes.

[killer-heels]

Thought we managed the period after their goal really well.

[Hazell]

Lovely stuff, could have been a bit more comfortable but hey ho.

I honestly never had any idea what the ref was going to do

Thought the ref was ok actually. Though I liked him booking Kelleher for timewasting when Leno was constantly at it in the first leg and didn't get anything.

[Ray K]

We're the famous red army and we're off to Wemberley.

I thought we were great for 70-odd minutes, should have scored a second, then they score and we get nervous as fuck.
Quansah and Gravenberch were excellent, with good support from Alex Mac and Jomez, who'll score the winner at Wembley. It is written.

[LiverBirdKop]

Another final. Well done boys. Did Jota and Diop kiss and make up after the match? 

[Yorkykopite]

Good performance. We had enough quality possession to kill the match in the second half so unnecessarily hairy at the end. But nice enough.

Shout out for Elliott and Lucho. Never stopped running, always inventive.

And Conor Bradley. 40-60? Doesn't matter, he'll come away with the ball.

[Nick110581]

Second best over the last 30 or 35 minutes.  A lot of wasted chances and we seemed to make the wrong decision on every one of our breakaways. 

But, who cares now...   Another Cup final. 

Glad we have Norwich this weekend though.  You can't keep surviving against top competition with a depleted squad forever.  A lot of guys running on fumes.

We were all them and they scored then we managed it really well.

[Tonyh8su]

Thought he was very predictable to be honest. Fulham player hits the deck under minimal or zero contact, free kick. One of ours is wrestled to the ground, play on.

My favourite was McAllister being absolutely pounced on to the ground by 2 Fulham players and the ref blowing for a free out for Fulham.

My Mrs is beside me watching and just went "what?! I dont think I'll ever understand football, I thought when a player is fouled THEY get the free kick?"

[Jean Girard]

That's incredible from colour Quansah there - he and Bradley breaking through together having played together for last 8-10 years.

Loving getting to know this team.

[Fromola]

Thought we managed the period after their goal really well.

We were fine after we made the extra subs and shored it up a bit. The team lost all balance when Mac and Nunez went off.

Glad to see only 4 minutes injury time, after 5 in the first half was expecting at least 6. We easily saw the last 10 minutes out.

[robertobaggio37]

A lot of good performances again. He's a good alternative to Dom.

Really need to start getting more of our midfielders back.

If he can add that decisiveness into his game in that final 3rd he’s gonna be some player.

[MJD-L4]

Made ourselves work a but harder in the last 25 minutes than we needed to but ultimately the result was never really in doubt.

Another cup final lads!

[Pistolero]

Made it needlessly tricky for ourselves there...particularly with that double substitution....but all's well etc .....hello Wembley my old friend....

[Fromola]

Thought he was very predictable to be honest. Fulham player hits the deck under minimal or zero contact, free kick. One of ours is wrestled to the ground, play on.

They're a decent enough side Fulham, but the flop to the floor whenever we're tackled gets really fucking boring. It's not easy for the ref when cheating players insist in doing this but when they keep blowing up they keep doing it, it's not difficult to grasp.

[Yorkykopite]

Quanash speaks really well.

Better than you spell!

[Mister Flip Flop]

Handy enough game against a team of utter yard dogs. We are so good it hurts  How one of our lads didn't get injured i'll never know

[Pistolero]

and btw, Diop is a c*nt...

[Red_Mist]

Get in!! Were on the march with Jürgen’s army 

Oh and fuck off Fulham. Some nasty little feckers in that side.

[TepidT2O]

Missed the Big. Dog when he went off. Don’t really want to see him much against Norwich, just keep him fresh for the league matches

[Crosby Nick]

Wem Ber Lee!

Would have been nice to get the win on the night but if there was one game out of the recent run to draw, this was it. Hopefully we can mix it up a bit for the weekend and keep the run going on all fronts.

Let’s batter Chelsea in the final (1-0 will do!).

[Sir Capon of Debaser]

Harvey was boss tonight. Well in redmen.

Good game that.

[stockdam]

Closer than it should have been but we’re through to another final.

Strange decision to stop play when their player kicked Jota’s foot and went down. As far as I understand the game should only be stopped for a serious injury. So it’s a foul as Jota got the ball first but the referee awards Fulham a drop ball. Why is this happening suddenly……no serious injury…..stop the game……award a drop ball to the other team.

[Kashinoda]

Fulham were so disappointing, did they know it was a semi final?

[Kopenhagen]

Closer than it should have been but we’re through to another final.

Strange decision to stop play when their player kicked Jota’s foot and went down. As far as I understand the game should only be stopped for a serious injury. So it’s a foul as Jota got the ball first but the referee awards Fulham a drop ball. Why is this happening suddenly……no serious injury…..stop the game……award a drop ball to the other team.

Because Hooper is completely and utterly incompetent.

[TepidT2O]

Btw… just wasn’t remotely worried at any point. 
We had subs. We always had enough

[WorldChampions]

Closer than it should have been but we’re through to another final.

Strange decision to stop play when their player kicked Jota’s foot and went down. As far as I understand the game should only be stopped for a serious injury. So it’s a foul as Jota got the ball first but the referee awards Fulham a drop ball. Why is this happening suddenly……no serious injury…..stop the game……award a drop ball to the other team.

Hooper, that's why.

We didn't kill the game so if they got one it was always going to be nervy. We dominated the game on the whole, job done and bring on Wembley.

[newterp]

Thought we managed the period after their goal really well.

except for the first minute where they booted it and Willian had the ball in our box...

[smicer07]

What was  wrong with that prick Diop?

[sheepfest]

Cup final at Wembley..... yes please.....

What a pity Hooper and Sky.

Well done Redmen and especially the young Reds.

[Higgins79]

Frustrating we didn’t put the game out of reach when we were so on top, some poor decision making. But semifinals are just about getting over the line so who cares.

Thought Bradley and Gravenberch did reall well but faded, centre backs outstanding again. Nunez was brilliant and was unlucky not to score. what trust the boss has in Bobby Clark, brilliant.

[jillcwhomever]

Btw… just wasn’t remotely worried at any point. 
We had subs. We always had enough

The only thing that worried me was the ref, he gave some peculiar decisions tonight.

[reddebs]

What time is the kick off usually for the final?

[Nick110581]

Sturridge is really refreshing.

[RyanBabel19]

Closer than it should have been but we’re through to another final.

Strange decision to stop play when their player kicked Jota’s foot and went down. As far as I understand the game should only be stopped for a serious injury. So it’s a foul as Jota got the ball first but the referee awards Fulham a drop ball. Why is this happening suddenly……no serious injury…..stop the game……award a drop ball to the other team.

Awful refereeing

No idea wtf he was thinking as he allowed play to go on then pulled it back, if it was a foul by Jota why play on when he’s got the ball?

[killer-heels]

Why is Antonio one of the pundits?

[DelTrotter]

What was  wrong with that prick Diop?

That was really, really weird behaviour, no idea what his problem was but if the ref had dealt with it properly first Diogo likely wouldn't have suffered the assault after.

[DangerScouse]

That'll do Redmen. Another final!!

[chromed]

Jeez the Fulham fans were on like Everton levels of booing and moaning at everything.

Stand up if you still believe was particularly small time. Woooooah you're shit ahhhh. They're a premier league club, why were they acting like a non league team for god sake?

Their fans spent most of their time snapping pics of our lads.

Anyway, another final! Anfield South beckons.

[jizzspunk]

[quote author=StL-Dono link=topic=355419.msg19259990#msg19259990 date=170613384

Glad we have Norwich this weekend though.  You can't keep surviving against top competition with a depleted squad forever.  A lot of guys running on fumes.
[/quote]

No player is running on fumes 🤷‍♂️.. ridiculous comment