Porto (h) post-match thread

[ctwrd]

Garcia was not the worst player in the game. Cancelo was(in this game). He is better as right side with walker behind him.. I am not saying Garcia should start from now on or was good. But He was okay .

I’m not a Garcia fan and I don’t understand why we did not get a fee for him. He was woeful against Leicester. But tonight he did no wrong

 

[OntarioBlue]

Pep , dinho bad news

I thought at the time it wasn’t good. It’s very, very sad. We really need a player like him in the middle but I fear we may not see him again

 

[Gingers Dad]

He absolutely wasn't.

He's a fucking waste of space.

Garcia reads the game so well

 

[Boo or Boo-urns]

WTF was that trippy, happy Kloppo nonsense from BT Spite.

 

[Javi Garcia's Hairstylist]

Other than "being Catalan" and a decent ability to pass out from the back, I fail to understand what the appeal of Eric Garcia is to Pep.

 

[kippax4ever]

Seems,that they all went to the same class has the PDC,
Dont think I've ever seen 2 yellow cards in quick succession.
Pepe should off got red.
The manager should be in the stands next game,
Kun 40 CL goals.
Walker topman
Bernie getting back.
Me,getting pissed off/ frustrated with Mahrez.
Cancel,hard a rough start.
Eddie passing is fking unreal..

 

[argyle]

Pep says Fern has same injury as before.

Can anyone enlighten me what injury he had before?

 

[Neville Kneville]

Garcia reads the game so well

It's just on the pitch he has a problem.

 

[Chris Holmes]

WTF was that trippy, happy Kloppo nonsense from BT Spite.

A bit of Scouse candle stuff

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

He absolutely wasn't.

He's a fucking waste of space.

Did you see him trying to play that imaginary off side again that let their player in first half?

He was the only one attempting the off side and they got in behind him.

 

[Cityinmud]

We’ll have to disagree about Garcia. Yer not wrong about Cancelo tho. Can’t understand why we didn’t keep Angelino. He can’t defend either but he’s great going forward.

Angelino is bad at defending too. Leipzig use him as a left winger

 

[Neville Kneville]

Other than "being Catalan" and a decent ability to pass out from the back, I fail to understand what the appeal of Eric Garcia is to Pep.

It was a one night stand

 

[argyle]

Ref was clearly corrupt.

Couldn't wait to give City players cards yet allowed them to get away with everything.

Typical UEFA/Champions league ref.

 

[Gingers Dad]

It's just on the pitch he has a problem.

So mate you're wrong, Barcelona want him

 

[Stoned Rose]

I've had trumps more dynamic than Rodri and Gundogan.

The drop off when Kev is out is frightening.

Bloody good result that.

 

[big phil]

How was he worse than Dias?

He left a runner for the chance that Walker cleared off the line and Dias have away the ball for the first goal.

Can you actually give a reason to pick him out?

Yeah and specifically it was the one that Walker cleared. He had one player to cover, the guy was in front of him and he let him go. Maybe he was trying to play him offside, which is pretty fucking stupid when the rest of the defence is 5 yards deeper. It’s simple mistakes like this that have cost us dear, and that was as basic as it gets for a defender.
I just can’t see what he brings to the side. Stones, for all his issues is streets ahead.

 

[Javi Garcia's Hairstylist]

So mate you're wrong, Barcelona want him

Their record as far as recruitment of late doesn't say a whole lot though?

 

[OntarioBlue]

So mate you're wrong, Barcelona want him

I think we should wrap him up, put a bow on him and deliver him to them.

 

[ami]

Maybe we’ll look for a Ferna replacement in the January window. What kind of injury did he get?

 

[gocity]

Looking at the result, a 3-1 result against anyone in Europe should be a good night, but I was disappointed overall.

I didn't like the line up and as I've said many times before, if you line up with any 2 from Rodri, Gundo and Fernandinho it's a pedestrian midfield.

Let's be honest, Porto are a team who will do well to finish in the last 16, no more than that. Slightly awkward to play against with a packed defence but I didn't see anything in them overall to think they were a difficult team to beat. The ref was shocking, he was like a cow on the pitch at times - constantly in the way and blocking passes. What do you expect though from a man who refs games in Latvia? You might as well pick from one the Vanarama league or whatever it's called now. Porto dived, cheating... usual European football stuff. I find it really hard to watch this stuff with awful teams and appalling referees. Say what you like about PL refs, they are worlds apart from the dross they serve up in the CL.

However, none of this should come as a surprise to us in the CL as it's the norm.

I struggle to understand why we pick Garcia. He's made it clear he wants to leave and whilst he didn't have a bad game, we shouldn't be picking him. Simple as that for me.

What got me was he manner in which we conceded the first goal had our weaknesses all over. The guy didn't even face a tackle after a 30-40 yard run around our box. The defending was abysmal. I'm sorry, but these goals mean we will never win the CL. It was comical almost and until Pep, or the coaches, get to grips with these kinds of goals the CL just isn't going to happen. You can't win it if you have soft goals inside you. It might sound daft saying it, but teams such as Porto and Athletico Madrid probably have a better chance than us simply because they are hard to beat.

We also picked up 5 bookings and an injury to Fernandinho.

Overall, another "meh" game. I'll take the win but looking at at the pattern of the last year, we're simply not improving are we?

6 booked walking on eggshells for the rest of the group games, any booked again and they miss their next game. Orders from above?