Lyon CL QF Post-Match Thread

SidJames said:
Maybe that Bayern 8-2 pasting of Barcelona did us no favors .

It created a vacancy at a Club where Pep has strong emotional attachments.
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I think more likely that this would have been the formation we would have used against them, and this was a test run. I imagine it was the plan all along but what Bayern did to Barca would have confirmed the ultra defensive game plan.
 
Beanhead said:
haha most common mistake in football and winds me up no end.

Also, despite the (very big, important) miss he was brilliant tonight. Looked sharp as a razor but literally had no options every time he was through as Jesus was being marked by the 10 Lyon outfield players.

Annoyingly, Sterling, DeBruyne and Jesus all looked like they could have had great games had the set up not been so weird and alien to them.
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Agreed, so that being true, where does the blame finally arrive?
 
nellyonthewing said:
Only KdB can hold his head up from that performance. A pedestrian unimaginative line up that results in defeat after defeat to any half decent side . Sorry Pep is not a genius .His ego and the voices he hears may tell him he is but his time has come and gone as his playbook of gimmicks have all been sussed. If he is a genius then what the hell does that make OGS who repeatedly beats him? If
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I can’t say I agree. I think he is a genius but he needs a good ‘foil’. Someone to moderate his just ‘plain stupid‘ tendencies and tell him to keep it simple and play to your strengths when needed. My worry is that nobody at the club fulfils that role.
 
Let's get it right, Pep messed up, Jesus missed a good chance, Sterling missed a sitter, Edison spilt one, and a foul for a goal was missed by the Ref and VAR.

The season is over, the players can rest, Pep can unwind and we start again next year with a few new faces and Pep leading us to more trophies.
 
lancs blue said:
The first goal? He's played clearly onside by Walker.
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No he isn't . When the ball is kicked he is off side . To prove he was off run it in slow motion and you'll see . Why do you think there was no var re-runs . Their 2nd goal 2 fouls and off side but goal stood . we've been well shafted .
 
Ric said:
True, but we do give away some absolutely shocking goals. Think maybe the defensive stats are padded a bit by the fact that we completely dominate possession against most sides. Whenever we're put under a bit of pressure, we rarely stand up to it. maybe I'm being harsh, but I can't really think of our last really impressive defensive display?
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Pep isn't about putting a shit load of time in to drilling low block defending. If you want a team that wins the low block defending world championship, why not just sign Rafa?
 
We can complain until we are blue in the face about there 2nd goal , but we do it every season , we should be out of sight against teams like Lyon and Spuds , but we fuck out tactics up , miss sitters , penalties and then we moan about UEFA and the refs . We have the ability to be two or three goals clear in most games we play and the fact we give UEFA the chance to fuck us over every time is the most frustrating thing , because as far as the Champs league goes we have a self destruct button.
 
Uncle Wally One Ball said:
Doesn't matter. We were wank. We weren't set up properly to win that game and I bet a pound to a pinch of salt that when the starting X1 saw that team sheet they thought the same thing too. Awful managerial selection, they did their best as players to make it work but what do you expect. Fucking terrible today Pep
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It does matter because it was 1-1 when that happened, with 10/15 minutes left, that makes a huge difference.

I do however agree with the team selection being the ultimate contributing factor, a lack of pace and width has cost us all season and it was the same again tonight. The back 3 and wingbacks formation was ideal, the implementation with an inverted wingback (Cancelo) and the last attack minded wingback in world football (Walker) just doesn't make sense.
 
Stoned Rose said:
All the posters calling for Pep to be sacked you'll be fucking crying like babies the day he leaves.

Some shameful shit on this thread.
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The sensible ones aren’t asking for him to be sacked but the ones ignoring that tonight was pretty much all on him are just as bad.

Neither Black or white... there is truth in the middle. He’s a brilliant manager with flaws which seem to be becoming more noticeable. Hopefully he can stem the flow.
 
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