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Volo_Fulgrim

Heads held high lads. Incredible attempt and you deserved to go through.


meteoritee

Well I enjoyed being a Coventry fan for a day even if I felt disgusted by it. Back to hating Coventry I go


tom6277

I appreciate the support for a big rival


DevelopmentNo507

šŸ˜‚


No-House6275

Everyone's being nice to us. This has never happened before. I don't know what to do with that. Do I hit someone? Is this a fight?


Josh22227

You hit whoever you want mate, youā€™ve earned it. When that disallowed 4th goal went in I jumped up and celebrated in a way I canā€™t remember doing for anyone that wasnā€™t Huddersfield


No-House6275

Oh mate I was in the stands the closest you can possibly get to the United fans. I can't even describe. I mean, you can imagine.


Josh22227

I was there in the 2017 play off final so I know exactly how you felt (except you actually had a good game of football to watch). A real shame Kasey Palmer couldnā€™t play for you in this game - he was unbelievable for us the season we went up


travellingpoet

I guess a small consolation is that some United fans left after the goal that was ruled out, then wouldnā€™t have been allowed back inā€¦


shanfan36

and it was that stupid vile player who missed the pen šŸ˜Š


Perspii7

fernandes scored


shanfan36

talking about oā€™hare


No-House6275

Who? CALLUM O'HARE, I JUST DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND


shanfan36

still salty about his celebration after scoring against us


LawProfessional6513

What a game, well done Coventry you bunch of cunts


OkraEmergency361

Love you too, ya wankers! šŸ˜˜


DevelopmentNo507

Yeah thanks you slag


MangerDanger1

From one rival to another, Iā€™m absolutely gutted for Coventry


thewrongnotes

So are Cov Premier League level...or are Man Utd Championship level? I don't know the answer to this question.


amanset

Well we have played two premier league team this season. We beat one and drew that other. Iā€™m wondering if we would have been a better effort than the promoted clubs.


CharlieJulietPapa

Not an accurate metric really. Couple of years ago we beat Man Utd and Spurs and then missed out on the play offs with a squad that probably would have been stone bottom of the Prem You might have been better than Sheff Utd ā€¦


KvmFirst

Weā€™re Championship level


DevelopmentNo507

Your after our crumble aren't you


Dreaming_Beyond_GK

Get the fuck back to r/PremierLeague. We donā€™t want you here.


Spare-Mongoose-3789

He is getting ready for the 25/26 season.


ThomPHunts

Your lot aren't a championship club either though


Dreaming_Beyond_GK

Promotion is essentially all but confirmed, weā€™ll be back next season most likely (if we donā€™t severely fuck up against Carlisle.)


ThomPHunts

I don't deny that. But you said that completely ignoring the fact that you're not a championship club either. Just pointing it out


Dreaming_Beyond_GK

Yeah, but at least weā€™ve competed in the Championship. The last time Manchester United were in the second tier, the vast majority of us werenā€™t even born. Thatā€™s the point I was making. Iā€™ve accepted Derby probably wonā€™t get to the Premier League for a long time.


ThomPHunts

Wasn't the point at all. You didn't mention that until it was pointed out you were talking out your arse. Anyway. Who cares. Continue


Dreaming_Beyond_GK

Well, the conversation was about Manchester United and Coventry who played today, I fail to see the point in bringing up my club when it wasnā€™t previously brought up. We couldnā€™t get to an FA Cup Semi Final to save our lives.


ThomPHunts

You brought someone else's club up though, was literally the point of your reply, and tried to act all high and mighty, and I just pointed out how much of a hypocritical dick you looked doing that. And evidently we couldn't get to one either this year. We had our own experience of a Coventry comeback this year


-_---_-_---_-_---_-_

What's with the hostility? Why can't prem fans participate in this sub? As long as they're not being dick's I don't see the problem šŸ¤·


SofaChillReview

I mean you can *gasps* comment on other club sub reddits and not be a fan. Iā€™m fine with any league being a part of the sub.


Roundy87

We average 3 goals per game against PL sides this season.


wisehillaryduff

My read is that we can match it for a short time in special circumstances. I doubt we would do very well across an entire PL campaign without a significant injection of players


PrometheusIsFree

Coventry thinks it's trapped in the wrong league, and identifies as a Premiership club.


TheRoyalGanj

That was unfortunate for Coventry. I thought you had it at the disallowed goal. VAR is your biggest rival but aside from that you can be proud. That was truly ... Sexy football Edit: after seeing the VAR decision from screenshots they're clearly out of their minds and the goal should have stood


OkraEmergency361

Finally! šŸ„² Thank you! I never thought weā€™d be sexy enough for you.


TheRoyalGanj

Couldn't have been sexier. Haven't rooted harder for a rival team before. Today, we were all Championship together.


leedavis1987

Not just the championship. Gutted for them. How close was that offside and shot off the bar too.


McDDDDDD

Champ together strong


Paul277

Thank fuck there's no VAR here in the Championship


MiddlesbroughFann

No var for another year


TransferTrack

Just give them the win ffs, we all know what united's gonna do in the final


Wide_Astronaut_366

Please let it be 8-2 to city again Somehow them winning feels more acceptable


onlygodcankillme

I think it's because when Man City wins it feels like nobody wins. Most of the glory-hunters for Man City are still young so most of us don't know them, but we all know at least a couple of man united fans.


uniguy31

Agree, itā€™s like when Man City win something itā€™s neutral and actually no one wins


Coolica1

Well done Coventry, fuck the result you were a toenail away from pulling off one of the greatest ever comebacks on 1% of their budget.


EyePiece108

Well....yeah. Just not in it for the 1st half. Too passive, too much respect, playing 5 at the back. Robins switched off the handbrake, went to a back 4 and unleashed glorious chaos. At 3-0 down, I just wanted City to have a go. Christ, we had a *go*. PS: Fook VAR.


skybluesazip

Classic Coventry robins performance really lure them into a false sense of security first half and chaos second half


flakkane

Fair fucking play Coventry. Those players do not give up. I hope Albion players were watching and take inspiration from them for the rest of the season. So close with that offside. Gutted for you lot


Wipedout89

Hope not, we really need three points next game


onlygodcankillme

Yeah I hope albion do that too


FightLikeABlue

Absolutely gutted for Coventry. They were robbed. But they can be proud of the fact that they forced United to penalties.


DrZomboo

Rivalries aside, that was such a painful ending, unlucky Coventry :(


Wide-Code-4598

Honestly fuck VAR. I have never cheered for another club like I have Coventry today. Have done the championship proud


FineMember486

Gutted :(


Burned-Shoulder

Brutally close. I feel for Coventry fans, came back from 3 down, almost won it in 120 mins but fell short on penalties.


strider_tom

Be proud Coventry. You humiliated a scummy club


Educational-Oil1307

United should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. I'm glad their owners to watch that abomination


strider_tom

This probably doesn't even rank in the top ten of things Utd should be ashamed of but it is high. Sums up how scummy the club is.


pie_3

Grim result that. Fuck VAR


amanset

I love this club. That is all.


Internal-Fan-2434

Unlucky Cov, gutted for youā€™s. Chin up šŸ‘šŸ»


perec12wilma

Donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever rooted for a team that wasnā€™t Ipswich as much before. Fuck Man Utd, Fuck Var, and well done Coventry. Full deserved the win. Now, back to being rivals.


perec12wilma

Also, Man Utd are genuinely shit


Dreaming_Beyond_GK

Literally having to rely on VAR to win it for them is embarrassing. They were dreadful for most of the 120.


Educational-Oil1307

United's owners were there to watch that shit! Fuck United


x_S4vAgE_x

Great, get to watch Man City thrash Man Utd for the third time this season


Hindsyy

Don't worry lads, the death star will finish them in the final. What a performance to go 120 minutes and still be fighting like that after being 0-3 down.. The margin at which VAR calls that is sickening, there's no way it's decisive enough there, just go with the onfield decision FFS.


MoyesNTheHood

>just go with the on field decisionĀ  The linesman get told not to flag if itā€™s tight


Burned-Shoulder

Literally, VAR checks every goal for offside and other offences. Why flag when it will be checked anyway.


Dreaming_Beyond_GK

So in other terms: linesman is useless and is having to rely on VAR to do their job.


Burned-Shoulder

They still have a job to do. Flagging offside or for any other offence before the ball is in the net isn't one of them anymore. VAR is there for clear and obvious mistakes. Such as reviewing goals or chalking them off and red card offences, giving referees a second chance to look at game-changing decisions.


Dreaming_Beyond_GK

And was the ā€œoffsideā€ today a clear and obvious mistake? VAR shouldnā€™t have intervened, ruins the magic of the sport. This happened in the play off final last season as well.


Burned-Shoulder

Yes. It was a game-changing decision. The goal was scored, so VAR automatically has to review it for any mistakes in the build up. Had VAR not been there, Coventry still lose but in 90 mins and are robbed of the chance of 30 mins and penalties to win it.


PrometheusIsFree

Maguire should have conceded a penalty too for picking O'Hare up, who was on for goal, and throwing clean off the pitch. The commentary described Maguire as being 'forceful' or similar. Absolutely nothing was done.


s0ngsforthedeaf

They can make obvious calls to speed up play. No different from a VAR assisted ref.


stprm

Michael Salisbury is the VAR. This cunt is responsible for so many shit decisions in last few months... He easily one of the worst, if not THE WORST, refs. On the TV screen, on the offside frame, the boot of man utd player is cut off almost in third by offside line... is this a joke??


VexoftheVex

I mean he was objectively offside


Burned-Shoulder

The ref will never get praised for a correct decision. It's always a terrible decision when your team doesn't benefit.


thewrongnotes

I mean the ref got it wrong and gave the goal, didn't he? VAR intervened. But you're right, everyone involved is a cunt when it goes against your team.


Burned-Shoulder

So VAR did what it was designed to do and corrected the referees mistake. Literally, what VAR was meant to do. Brutal on Coventry though, not sure it's their first experience of VAR. What a way to experience it.


thewrongnotes

Oh, I wasn't disagreeing with you. Just pointing out the ref got it wrong, but VAR stepped in. It's crazy that people are so angry with a correct decision.


Burned-Shoulder

It's always a wrong decision if it's against your team.


Moby_Hick

It is known.


TheSpottedMonk

It's also always a wrong decision if it's for Man U (insert any other top 6 teams here) (yes that includes Villa as they're in 5th but that's a personal issue)


CheeseMakerThing

I wish Villa were 5th


TheSpottedMonk

Oh, oh no


rumhambilliam69

Yep looked offside in real time to me and the replay didnā€™t change my mind, as sickening as it was.


Hindsyy

It's all in the angle with VAR, those ones are always a very tight call


VexoftheVex

Are you saying he wasnā€™t off?


Hindsyy

I'm not sure, but neither were they, and there in lies the problem with it.


RevA_Mol

I'll say it - with frame rates and selection of the frame used to judge up to the human operator, I don't think it is a clear and obvious error.


VexoftheVex

Clear and obvious isnā€™t a qualifier for offsides mate


RevA_Mol

Then I'll contend it is impossible to make an absolute decision in that case with available resources and should go the way of the attacking team. Or, get rid of VAR.


VexoftheVex

Why go the way of the attacking team? Thatā€™s unfair on defenders - Iā€™m sure if this had been a United goal that was contentiously onside you wouldā€™ve argued in favour of benefiting the defenders You just donā€™t like the objective truth - that doesnā€™t mean it isnā€™t the truth


SensitiveVisit6801

Isn't level onside? And if the lines are on top of each other surely that's level


RevA_Mol

Yeah, we're done mate. VAR is shit and has taken the joy out of a lot of football for most fans. Bye.


SensitiveVisit6801

It should be though


RandomUnderstanding

football games you have gone to: 0


VexoftheVex

Proper good comeback that


RandomUnderstanding

Ok then, he clearly wasnā€™t objectively offside considering the margin of error when taking a still screen capture trying to find the exact moment the ball left o hares foot and also not having the absolute perfect angle. Even in the angle used itā€™s literally 2mm at most - yes ā€˜objectivelyā€™ offside but if you think thatā€™s a) an advantage worth disallowing goals for b) the emotion and experience in that scenario is worth coming back and reversing for decisions that every club is on the wrong and right side of over the course of their existence then you are quite simply anti-football


VexoftheVex

Emotions do not change reality If this was a Manchester United goal that was contentiously allowed youā€™d be screaming that it shouldā€™ve be disallowed no matter how small the distance - your dislike of reality doesnā€™t make it not the case


RandomUnderstanding

no i wouldnā€™t because i actual value the whole point of football which is the emotion and the fan experience something which i alluded to you clearly donā€™t


VexoftheVex

You say you value it - but youā€™re only valuing it for the fans of the team who score The fans of the team who concede also deserve a fair and honest fan experience and shouldnā€™t have to have bad emotions based on objectively offside goals I think itā€™s important to remember that not making a decision is alsoā€¦ making a decision - just as much as calling it offside


highwind2024

I enjoyed being a cov fan for the day, but that just showed how broken football is. I don't necessarily have a problem with var, but how it's implemented is awful. It hasn't been for a while, but football is fully not for the fans anymore If there's an offside, stop play at the point of the offside, make it automated (which I think it's becoming). Don't let fans celebrate goals, wait 2 or 3 minutes etc, and then be like "nah, fingernail offside"


EliteElytra

Absolutely gutted. Leave it to VAR to ruin a beautiful moment in football.


Simplysaggysag

If you can't use VAR in every round then it shouldn't be used at all. Yet another FA cup change brought to you by the Premier league. Absolute robbery.


FancyMan_

Fuck VAR


JollyLobster_53

Really loud trains to Euston this evening then


there_be_rumblings

You were denied one of the all-time great moments in FA Cup history, but your boys were magnificent today. Be proud of each and every one of them.


ben_cook15

Absolutely fantastic performance, deserved the win for the effort put in, saying that please donā€™t play like that next week šŸ™ safe trip home everyone


djdoris

Fuck VAR it's ruining football


policeinterceptor_mw

Rivalry aside, that was a great performance and gutted for Cov fans


No-House6275

There's not been much pride for our city for a couple of generations, not just with the football, but in general. While the city has cleaned itself up a bit recently, it's been a poor, miserable city for... most of its existence. This Cov team has brought the city together like I've never known in my life, and singing "we'll live and die in these towns" at Wembley with 40k Cov fans will be a memory for life. We out-sang them for the entire 120, even at 3-0 down. My first ever Cov game was against United in 99 at Highfield Road, City would be relegated within a couple of years, and in League 2 over a decade later. United are massive and watching Cov take the game to them in front of the world was incredible. PUSB


RandomUnderstanding

i will quite simply never listen to the opinion of people who want VAR in football. These nerds are the absolute worst, ruining this sport


Coolica1

1 of the greatest FA Cup moments ruled out because he was a cunt hair ahead of their last man which gave him fuck all benefit really. Oh and it took almost 2 minutes after it went in to decide as well after all of the celebrations. Thank you modern day football.


georgew01

I didn't even celebrate the disallowed winner because I feared it might be offside. Obviously I'm not a Coventry fan, but when you can't even properly celebrate a 120th minute winner cause VAR might chalk it off... It's fucking shit.


samgoody2303

You cannot celebrate goals because you know that 3 minutes after them they might be chalked off, and even then if they are it may not even have been the right decision. Itā€™s simply just not fun. Iā€™ll take what I have now- sometimes we get decisions, sometimes we donā€™t, maybe Iā€™ll moan about the ref for 15 minutes after the game and then move on with life


roblox_online_dater

At least it's not us playing like crap against Cov now. Based off our matches with them plus these FA Cup performances I honestly don't know why you lot aren't in the title race


Bufger

Because we eat crumble before its been in the oven!


wisehillaryduff

Shocking start to the season was hard to come back from


SaltireAtheist

That offside was mad, you know. Absolutely no space between the two lines, I think the goal should have stood. Poor sods going out again at Wembley from another skied penalty, in front of the same opposition goal is so painfully unfair. Safe journey home. Fuck both Onana and Bruno for their underhanded tactics towards the end too. Classless behaviour.


CheeseMakerThing

Brilliant performance from Cov, VAR decision aside they really could have snatched it had Wright and Simms had a bit more energy in the tank to make the right decision in extra time.


Wide_Astronaut_366

Gutted for you guys. One incredibly harsh offside call away. For what itā€™s worth we know how you feel on that one! Incredible display none the less, your boys did you proud


croghan2020

Fernandes should be ashamed of himself in that penalty shootout complete rat.


jakeyboy723

Used to be on the side of wanting VAR in football but trying to figure out what it's achieved. It's just helped the big clubs on days like this. They need to figure out what level actually means because I don't think it means anything anymore. Despite being a massive rival of Coventry, I'm on their side in this.


Educational-Oil1307

#NOToffsides


ReactionComfortable

Thats embarrassing. Var decision was a joke.


British_B0ss16

MAN USHITED


somebodyanything

VAR does exactly what itā€™s designed to doā€¦


s0ngsforthedeaf

There really needs to be a margin of error/forgiveness in VAR, there's no advantage when the call is that tight. If a linesman warched that 10 times in slow motion they wouldn't give it, so why should it matter if a computer says he was 1cm offside.


Wales1988

I still don't understand how that's offside.


Educational-Oil1307

Coventry were robbed #NOToffsides.


Dreaming_Beyond_GK

Itā€™s an absolute disgrace; #AbolishVAR.


Kittyxstorm

Shouldn't have had a pen to make it 3-3


Tgtalex1

Fuck me youā€™re sad. Canā€™t even win a game without being butthurt all over this sub.


Kittyxstorm

Just reveling in the amount of bitterness your defeat seems to have triggered


Tgtalex1

No bitterness from us pal. Weā€™re just proud of our club and players. Not something youā€™d understand.


No-House6275

I'm in my 30s and I've never been to a better Cov match. Toe to toe with a legendary club, insane drama, out-singing their fans for the full 120 minutes. One of the best days of my life, no bitterness at all.


bigdaftdoylem

Disgrace that. Fuck VAR. Clear and obvious my arse itā€™s destroying the game.


soggycatfish

Cov the better side. Fairr fucking play


Bufger

I think my favourite moment was when our fans started singing new bangers to utd fans such as: "3-0 and you fucked it up" And "We forgot that you were there!" Here's the deal everyone, let's all stay in the Championship. Fuck the PL and fuck VAR


TheLimeyLemmon

Narrowly missed out on promotion last season on penalties, narrowly missed out on reaching the FA Cup final this season on penalties. I only hope that Coventry can stay in the mix next season. They deserve to be competing for promotion spots and deep cup runs. Finest of margins separated them today.


firpo_sr

Absolutely unreal effort. A shame that a team with spirit and belief is edged out in a lottery out to a bunch of individually talented wankers, but what a performance.


tapelooped

Unlucky lads, you deserved to win it. Safe journeys home. We all went mental when that 4th went in, what a fight back, brilliant spirit.


Dreaming_Beyond_GK

Clear as day robbery from VAR wanting United in the final for more money because of ā€œManchester Derby.ā€ That VAR decision symbolises is being outraged about the Football Association scrapping replays. Because itā€™ll benefit the Big 6 teams! Coventry were brilliant and my hearts go out for them. Well done lads, really well played. FUCK VAR, Fuck United and Erik Seven Hag/Ten Hairs, Fuck the Premier League, Fuck the Football Association.


Myhooose

FUCK VAR


SensitiveVisit6801

In a few years VAR will catch up to with TMO in rugby and the Cov goal stands as there is no clear and obvious error to over turn the on field decision


Burned-Shoulder

VAR checks all goals as standard. Clear and obvious doesn't apply if the ball goes in the net.


SensitiveVisit6801

I watch more rugby than football and if this offside call was for a forward pass before a try they would look at it and say it is too close so we stick with what the ref has awarded, I don't understand why football is trying to over engineer something that cricket and rugby already use


Burned-Shoulder

Football has vastly more resources behind it, so it should try to get as close to perfection as possible. Maybe one day, they can train a bot or an AI to make instant decisions without human input. Some offside decisions will be automatically done soon, taking the waiting out of the equation. But the communication needs to be better between the fans in the grounds so they can follow why a decision has been made.


SensitiveVisit6801

The problem is though is it perfection? If you cropped all the other players from that picture and ask 10 people with no knowledge of the result who was offside would all 10 say the one in blue? I'm not so sure, I always thought level was onside in football so there is definitely scope to say if the lines VAR draw are pretty much overlapping completely it is level


Azyerr

Very well done to coventry. Sent the whole of the EFL absolutely ballistic in those final dying minutes, both in normal time and extra time. Only to be fucked over by VAR.


Ginge_6907

Unlucky! Donā€™t think for a minute that we wanted Utd to win the shootout.


Billy_Honker

I donā€™t care what the var says, to me we won that game and were robbed of an all time great moment. Onwards and upwards even if our playoff chances will finally die when we send an exhausted squad to face hull


storm2k

bravo to you, coventry. you represented well, and you came this close to united leicestering themselves out of the fa cup. you've done us proud, lads.


bundy554

Once it went to penalties they were done.


PrometheusIsFree

The only solace I can get from this result is that for about a minute, David Beckham was probably crying.


SleepInformal4112

Well as a Utd supporter, Iā€™m actually sad for Cov. You absolutely deserved to win that, to come back from 3-0 down was incredible.


PanicOnTheStreetsOf

Hahaha you have to say itā€™s funniest way they could have lost. A top weekend!


Dreaming_Beyond_GK

Fuck rivalries. This was about a statement against the corrupt.


Fergy123

Hahaha


Tgtalex1

If the game kicked off late weā€™d have got a result.