Lyon CL QF Post-Match Thread

[Kippax77]

We knew there'd be a VAR against us (its like buying money) but FFS our set up was shambolic.
Too much respect to the opposition from pep yet again. If we really want to win it and become a noise then fuckin spend and don't give a fuck what anybody thinks. Fuck UEFA and their bollocks rules. THE rags are debited to fuck yet make headlines on our much spending power they have. Im not sterlings greatest fan but thought he was well at it tonight...and then that miss. Gutted for the lad but more gutted he wore a city shirt when he missed it.
Sad little me as to hope seville win tomorrow and its not the situation i thought i'd be in tonight.
Pep your'e a top guy and top coach but please stop playing chess, it fucks with your head

 

[Gray]

Anyone still think we don't miss sergio

And he's not getting any younger.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Bugger off dipper

I think his post is quite correct personally.

 

[Homar]

I'll never understand how that 2nd goal was given. Looked offside in real-time. Looked offside on the replay. Looked offside on the still image.

 

[skyblues]

Bugger off dipper

No, he is right.

 

[deano ou812]

Pep set that team up for how Lyon play instead of how we play.

that alone fucked up the players mentality in the game.

fuck how they play, play the way we do and put the shit to bed!

This,this,this..won’t be getting to worked up as pep would have overthinked it again against Munich this time ..

 

[The Black Shed]

Why was Fernandinho playing on the right of a back three? He should have been in sweeper position, or not on the pitch at all. Maybe it is time for Big Sam!

 

[madloaf]

I mean, they didnt boss us... Its just we didnt boss them. To change the formation made no sense at all. Sterling scores and I think UEFa fucks us somehow anyway...

 

[DMA's]

Is it arrogance if he’s changed the team to suit how the opposition plays?

It’s insecurity rather than arrogance

 

[Neville Kneville]

No doubt tomorrow, the ref or the VAR official will come out and apologise for not giving the foul on Laporte in the build-up to their second goal.

It's the same combination.

We fuck up, they fuck up, it costs us.

 

[crazyg]

We need to be relentless this window. A new CDM, left back, another CB.

We've just got the owners of Cadburys as sponsors. These things take time!
Pissed off in Woodley.

 

[RayCTID]

The only plus is that it might speed up the incoming of Koubily

He is not totally the answer. He can be just as shaky as the rest of our defenders

 

[chrisY]

I don't know if this is emotional thinking but I seriously don't want pep in this club anymore

 

[daveiw01]

Flat track bullies sums us up. For me we are in a whole load of shite and I think Guardiola is so dominant that he's stifling to the players own thought processes. There comes a time for all managers when a change is needed and I'm beginning to feel this has ran its course.

Much as I hate to say this, I actually agree.

 

[ShaunMCFC]

Peps overthinking has cost us yet again, its almost as if he has some kind of complex where he has to make it about his 'tactical masterclass'. When in reality, you play the side that has got us them big wins, the team that knows how to play to a system they know. It's fucking shit having the same conversation everytime we go out. I don't want to be a knobhead of a poster who's questioning him, I really dont, I love the man for what he's done for my club.

I used to think his position as manager of our club was unquestionable, now it can't be, it's not good enough. I can't even question the players tonight, the system was shit. 3 defensive minded midfielders against the 7th best team in France? Fuck off, I'm fucking fuming, luckily I've still got 10 coronas left.

We don't have a divine right to win all the time, I get that. I'd have had no qualms going out tonight had we played our best side, and give it a go. We've gone out with a whimper, blame VAR, blame UEFA, blame who you want, I'll blame Pep before anyone else and hopefully he'll take a long hard look at himself tonight and know he personally wasn't good enough.

 

[bennyboy]

We were never going to win it but we find a different way to fuck it up every season.
Time to find out what Gundogan has on Pep as well.
Awaits the Gundogan fan boys replying.
Why is there no trust in Foden to play.
Fernandinho for Foden was a disgrace.

 

[Goodlove]

Nothing wrong with the first and third goals, both onside.

both very close plus the second with the foul in the build up. We were our own worst enemy tonight but this didn’t help

 

[herrock]

Pep's team selection, Sterling's miss, Edersons drop and Laporte giving ball away before Var surprise surprise, miss the foul on him.
A crap night , but not a surprise after pep again tinkers with a team that looked full of confidence against Madrid.

 

[tweety]

A poor season by our standards, hopefully lessons are learnt and we come back stronger next season.
Think I'll log off till then, it's not the end of the world, but it sure feels like it.

 

[Benarbia’s Backheel]

David Silva deserves more than that. He deserves a champions league winners medal. Pep doesn’t back himself and doesn’t back his players to outplay opposition in Europe.
If he cannot back himself or his players then where do we go from here?

Pep will never win the champions league because he doesn’t dare to. I’m so devastated. This is one of my lowest moments supporting this club, and that includes when we were in Division2, because we are the best footballing team in Europe but we’re hamstrung by our gutless prick of a manager.