its funny seeing barely any mention in the media that sterlings goals should have counted and we should of had a penalty. the referee robbed us of a win imo/ one of the main reasons we didn't win.
Well it would of been if Pep made a big deal about it! His approach and the club to be nice does not work you got to moan and complain like FCUK
It challenges the often quoted City's defence is rubbish We also give the fewest opportunities to the opposition which proves Pep's philosophy of procession unfortunately, for whatever reason, we seem to concede goals from so few chances like yesterdayThat doesn't prove anything really. We all know defensively we need a complete overhaul in the summer and i imagine its Peps number 1 priority.
Not difficult to organise a team into a solid unit when defence is the only priority putting 10 men or more behind the ball wheras to make a team expansive and entertaining playing to win games is far more difficult that's why the top coaches capable of doing that are few and far between and why the likes of Allardyce and Pulis will only ever achieve 10 ten like success IMHO Pep has over achieved with this aging squad with inherent weaknesses that the club for whatever reason have failed to address for a number of seasons.
Well it would of been if Pep made a big deal about it! His approach and the club to be nice does not work you got to moan and complain like FCUK
Not difficult to organise a team into a solid unit, when defence is the only priority by putting 10 men or more behind the ball, whereas to make a team expansive and entertaining, playing to win games is far more difficult. That's why the top coaches capable of doing it are few and far between and why the likes of Allardyce and Pulis will only ever achieve top ten like success. IMHO Pep has over achieved with this aging squad with inherent weaknesses that the club for whatever reason have failed to address for a number of seasons.
Well it would of been if Pep made a big deal about it! His approach and the club to be nice does not work you got to moan and complain like FCUK
Spot on mate. Why not buy some fullbacks in January as well? It was glaringly obvious we need some.Overachieved? What expectations did you have? All these players we bought in the summer were peps decisions. He decided to buy a goalie, even more wingers, nolijto, stones etc. He could have replaced some of these ageing players in the summer but he chose not to. He had a slug of cash and never really strengthened the team and the squad. Our best players this season have yet again been the old guard, augero, yaya, silva. I am Not having these are not his players. Hazard is not a conte player then??
We have marked time and prepared the last two years building a football side and philosophy that was the "pep way" . I would argue no new manager has had it so easy in terms of a club preparing for a new manager. It's very much the club and players accommodating the "pep way " not pep doing it the other way round.
I am not saying pep out or anything but saying he has overachieved is , well, bollox.
Puyol at his age would literally walkI wouldnt call Barcas defence shit. Danni Alves for most of their success, Jordi Alba, Puyol, Mascherano, Pique are all class players and would walk into our current defence.
Maybe because the full backs we want and need weren't available.Spot on mate. Why not buy some fullbacks in January as well? It was glaringly obvious we need some.
Overachieved? What expectations did you have? All these players we bought in the summer were peps decisions. He decided to buy a goalie, even more wingers, nolijto, stones etc. He could have replaced some of these ageing players in the summer but he chose not to. He had a slug of cash and never really strengthened the team and the squad. Our best players this season have yet again been the old guard, augero, yaya, silva. I am Not having these are not his players. Hazard is not a conte player then??
We have marked time and prepared the last two years building a football side and philosophy that was the "pep way" . I would argue no new manager has had it so easy in terms of a club preparing for a new manager. It's very much the club and players accommodating the "pep way " not pep doing it the other way round.
I am not saying pep out or anything but saying he has overachieved is , well, bollox.
Yes i know, i was referring to the period when he was playing 6 or 7 years ago. Point being, people who say Barca when they were class and didn't have a good defense are wrong.Puyol at his age would literally walk
You know I am beginning to think that it is rigged. The sheer volume of decisions is starting to go outside the realms of statistical chance. Let see what happens Thursday?This
But not only this season.
It's been a while since the corrupt FArce bent cheating refs and linos have been fucking us up.
The opposition cloggers week in week out kick the fuck out off Merlin and Kun and nothing happens until they are force off the field injured like today; suddenly a blue player brushes some opponent and it's an automatic yellow card.
Offsides or non offside conveniently used against us, penalties, and so it goes.
It's rigged!
Barca don't have a shit defence. As for Allardyce i said it would be interesting to see what he would do with a squad like ours. Why not Allardyce anyway? He thrives on playing the dinosaur and he has proved he is a shifty money grabber like most people involved in football. Leaving that aside though he is an astute coach who gets the best out of what is usually a poor squad. From a football point of view it would fascinate me to see him manage a top squad.
what is this shit. you can't actually be serious
Ah, he never does fail to disappoint you, eh Tom?
Didn't do an awful lot wrong yesterday at all. Won more aerials than any other defender on the park, had a higher pass accuracy than anyone on the park but Leroy Sane, made two key passes leading to goal scoring opportunities. Had a great game.
Sorry it doesn't fit your agenda.
Bravo didn't do an awful lot wrong either, was not at fault for either goal. But sure, Pep sabotaged the team's performance by playing Bravo.
Except it didn't. We attempted 7 shots, three of which were tap-ins that should have been goals (Delph's, for example) had three corners and two free kicks within 40 yards of goal in just 18 minutes post substitutions.
Except that never actually happens.
Imagine if our wrongly disallowed goal was given. Despite the so called "clueless" decisions by Pep, you actually wouldn't be here. You would be waiting for the next slip-up, perhaps against the rags, to get stuck in again. But still, you wouldn't be here now. That would have been nice.
Of all the bullshit statements I've seen in here, this one takes the biscuit.
You don't decide whether Pep needs a huge season to "make up". You aren't actually owed anything. The only people who are are our wonderful owners, without whom we'd be looking down at Fat Sam in the dugout, and if they are happy with Pep (and with a pending extension, it seems they are) then what you have to say is irrelevant.
Spot on mate. Why not buy some fullbacks in January as well? It was glaringly obvious we need some.