Sporting CP (A) | CL | Post Match Thread

[Kippax77]

So who then?

Laporte situation was an illustration of the dedication that a player will make to help a teammates

Squad

 

[Chak19]

Disagree with what? If they’re not available you can’t buy them. It’s further complicated by the wage bill and already having Walker and Lewis on the books.

We’ve got the best CB options in world football. In terms of RB, I think Walker and his wages will be gone in the summer and the club will work to bring in a replacement then.

It was similar in Pep’s first season where we couldn’t sign full backs before losing Sagna, Clichy and Kolarov from the books.

Well who said no one was available ?

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

No idea, I was watching something else as soon as the 2nd went in.

I was too angry with our finishing to carry on watching City tonight, for my own health I had to turn it off, I even told those I normally chat on whatsapp with, not to bother updating me, I had had enough with our woeful finishing.

Yeah it’s a hard watch at the moment.

 

[N1985]

That izzz football. We've had it good. We'll have it bad. See what happens. Is what it is.

 

[Beanhead]

I see - play football you mean? Good idea

We are currently choosing patches to play this game. Today we gave it a really good shout during the first 35 minutes. Gave it a whirl for 15 minutes at the end last Wednesday.. forgot to do at all Saturday. Maybe we should look at going back to the basics.

 

[Chak19]

Philips was never fit, Nunes was nowhere near a starting 11 when we are on it.

As soon as our midfield option improve he's back on the bench. He and everyelse knows it.

Phillips was shite when he was fit, Nunes has done a good job on the wing and he's only played a few games, he deserves more chances.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Bernardo was an inch away, then they go down the other end, stretch Pusey and bag

 

[Benarbia’s Backheel]

Why didn’t anyone, at any point over the last 4 years, think ‘oh, maybe we should buy a decent backup for Rodri’? No one saw this coming

 

[levets]

5 at home v Leicester during lockdown.

I was thinking CL mate

 

[Bluemoonadam]

Please not another 2 games.

Hopefully not, be just typical us and madrid both finish in the play offs though and we draw them. Not that im scared of them they look just as iffy as us atm it's just a game we wouldn't need tbh. Quite a long way to go yet anyway.

 

[I'm Blue]

What the hell happened in this game? I see the score 0-1 early on and assumed it was a done deal. Was the score flattering to them?

From the first half performance, yes it was flattering.
On the second half performance, no it wasn’t.
If you’ve seen us defend this season you’ll understand why.
Also doesn’t matter how much possession you have or how many chances you create, if you don’t put the ball in the net and they do then anything else is irrelevant.

 

[johnnytapia]

Barca 2016?

Everton ?

 

[I'm Blue]

I honestly think erling should have played against spurs.

People on here moaning about him getting injured.

It was tailor made for him the way spurs set up.

He would have bagged a hatrick.

Which would have done wonders for the mentality of the "team" and especially for erl.

Bad transfer business means we now have to wrap him in cotton wool unfortunately.
We let Alvarez go and didn’t get a replacement for reasons I still don’t understand.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Our regression is staggering

 

[levets]

Walkers the captain but wouldn’t ask him to sort it, he’ll walk in the meeting with his chopper out windmilling

He’s the right person to crack a few heads, he’s one who speaks honestly, like Bernie did after the game.

 

[manimanc]

I get the feeling we can't put ourselves in that kind of position this year. The margin for error feels like it could be much slimmer.

Listen, if I'm honest with you and I've said this on here a couple of times, I've been waiting for us to hit the brick wall ever since the treble, we'd reached the peak so I thought there would be a natural cooling off and a drop in intensity.
What happened? We went and got four in a row. But I feel this year could be that transition year where we aren't at it and have a rough patch. I could be wrong but we look jaded and maybe feeling a bit sorry for ourselves.
Who knows but I'm not going to kill this team or the manager after all they've done for us.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

@Mad Eyed Screamer

Post a Morrissey track to cheer me up after reading that.

I know we played away and not at home......but....

 

[JewelZee]

Worse performance in half a dozen years, utterly woeful.
Some players need to take a good look in the mirror, and never thought I’d say it but Pep also needs to.
Some selections have been baffling to be totally honest.

Also the Rico experiment needs binning. Back 4 with over lapping fullbacks to work with cutting in wingers.

The Rico experiment is an absolute debacle...

 

[MMA]

Bad transfer business means we now have to wrap him in cotton wool unfortunately.
We let Alvarez go and didn’t get a replacement for reasons I still don’t understand.

But you can't keep doing that.

If every fighter went into a fight not 100% then he'd never fight.

Yes you've got to play the long game but you also have to take the risk or you'd never play.

You can't keep not playing players on ifs buts and maybes.

 

[I'm Blue]

Why didn’t anyone, at any point over the last 4 years, think ‘oh, maybe we should buy a decent backup for Rodri’? No one saw this coming

The problem is you either get a lesser player (Philips) as a backup or you try to get someone better but then they don’t wanna come to sit on the bench cos they’re not pushing Rodri out of this team (Rice)