Posted by ChrisB on October 24, 2009, 8:17 pm, in reply to "City 2 Bury 1"
Absolutely - thanks to both sides for a great game of football.
Good luck to Bury for the rest of the season.
--Previous Message--
: You might get more of an adrenaline rush in an
: extreme sport, but this was edge-of-the-seat
: stuff today--we were on an emotional
: rollercoaster until the relief of the final
: whistle. This is why we are fottball
: supporters, and for City fans, it probably
: doesn't get much better than this! But one
: has to feel a bit sorry for the loyal and
: numerous Town fans who created such an
: atmosphere at CPF today. To lose in the last
: minute of normal time is gutting. I said
: only a bit sorry, though, because theyhad
: their turn last year, and they've had a good
: run this year and beaten three teams from
: higher divisions. Now they can begin to
: catch up on the teams above them by winning
: some of their games in hand.
:
: Bury are a decent side who pass the ball
: around well and get bodies back behind it
: when they lose it. They work hard for each
: other and have two lively and competitive
: strikers who kept us on our toes. One could
: see why they had lost only once so far this
: season, and City could have been their
: fourth FA Cup victims. I admit I thought at
: one stage it was going to end in a draw
: (especially when Bairdy went off) and I
: wouldn't have fancied our chances in midweek
: in Suffolk.
:
: That said, Mike Ford was right in saying on
: the radio that we were the better side
: overall. We created more chances and could
: have won by more. But if Bairdy hadn't got
: back to block Reed's shot when Leabon had
: rounded Barisic, City would have been out of
: the cup now.
:
: If there's one player we would not have
: wanted to miss the next round through
: suspension, it must be Andy Baird. He has
: been enjoying a fine season and he was
: immense again today. But with a ref who was
: quick to pull out the yellows, and with one
: already against him needlessly, Andy's high
: challenge was at best rash and at worst
: idiotic. At the time, Michael Lyon was on
: the touchline waiting to come on and score
: the fairytale winning goal I had been
: praying for. All I can say is, thank God for
: Gunny!
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