Feyenoord (H) | CL | Post Match Thread

[paulsimpson]

He was bobbins again. Pep constantly shouting at him from the sideline to pass the ball through the lines and slapping his legs in frustration when he didn’t. Then he played four of their lads onside for their third because he wasn’t concentrating.

But Pep puts him in the midfield and knows he's only a young lad who needs leadership. He did very well tonight except for that late mistake.

 

[svennis pennis]

Safe to say the lads confidence is shot to pieces. This is a team that isn’t used to losing games, certainly not two, three, four and five in a row.

They are very likely second guessing everything they are doing on the pitch right now. Extra touches, snatching at passes, they are a shadow of the team that goes on huge runs… but that side and team is still there, they just need to find a way and they will. Lots of work to do but they can and they will do it.

 

[Gray]

Oh my …

My God even school boys do better than that.

 

[Bluearmy]

Ake can't play 90 minutes and Dias has trained once.

Then shift Gvardiol to centre half’ and bring Walker on. Under the circumstances it was a rookie error…

 

[PragueBlue]

I think Pep needs a share of the blame too. He made two nonsensical subs. Debruyne for Gundo and McAtee for Ake. He didn't need to do that.

It was Simpson-Pusey for Ake really.

Plenty in the pre-game thread moaning about McAtee not getting minutes. If you can't bring him on when 3-0 up and in control at home to a very average side, then when can you? KDB needs minutes too.

McAtee and KDB didn't play at all well but ultimately it was poor defending from Gvardiol, Akanji, Ederson and Lewis that cost us the game.

 

[RayCTID]

Triple substitution with quarter of the game. Youth player in place of Ake, remove Gundogan who was controlling the game, and another youth player instead of Foden.

Not the first time we've lost control of a game with a triple sub.

Had to juggle with Sunday looming and looking in little danger. Subs aren't the cause.

 

[heslops barnet]

Oh my …

Rico what are you doing son?

 

[St.Pauli support]

When a team doesn't believe in winning when 3-0 up and are afraid of bottling it again - exactly that will happen. Against a Dutch side. At home. Oooff.

It's a sign for me that our lads are still some distance away from a turnaround.

Pep doesn't give them the psychological backing they need, it seems. Even his master tactics don't really help. Shame.

 

[super_city_si]

That's the spirit

Weve just conceded 4-2-4-3 in games against not the best teams. We are a defensive sieve. We never do well there anyway added to we are so fragile its a shock.

 

[MMA]

If they ain’t good enough then they can fuck as far as I’m concerned.

The fault of this is on Gvardiol for the second time in a week. He might be a decent attacking player but fuck me he has some glaring weaknesses as a defender.

Never a defender..

He's the guy who should be playing the pivot in midfield not Lewis..

 

[Gray]

Safe to say the lads confidence is shot to pieces. This is a team that isn’t used to losing games, certainly not two, three, four and five in a row.

They are very likely second guessing everything they are doing on the pitch right now. Extra touches, snatching at passes, they are a shadow of the team that goes on huge runs… but that side and team is still there, they just need to find a way and they will. Lots of work to do but they can and they will do it.

I’ll have some of what you are drinking.

 

[mark ( blue army )]

On the positive side of things we didn’t get beat again…look we’re going through a bad patch. It happens, with the amount of moaning going on in here some of you wouldn’t have lasted 5 minutes supporting City back in the day. We’ll come good again, just got to ride this wave and get through the other side of it.

 

[Bluearmy]

What a load of bollocks. Which goals was he too blame with ? All 3 ???

Go and watch it back. Awful for the second and 3rd

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

The bad mistake at Anfield last season aside, Ake isn't fit enough to run up and down the pitch.

Probably but he doesn't have to get forward if we are sensible. No stupid high line, defend deeper, and try and hit them on the counter.

Salah doesn't drop back and defend so very much a man to man marking job.

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Bournemouth 89 revisited. Just needed a beach ball being passed around the stands. Typical City is coming back with a vengeance, strap yourselves in lads it’s going to be bat shit crazy!

 

[super_city_si]

Rico what are you doing son?

Should be nowhere near the first team. But i expect he'll start on Sunday.

 

[oakiecokie]

The subs were stupid. Needless

WTF. Once again its Peps fault and not the players who came on ?? You`re a fucking embarrassment as a so called Blue.

 

[Twisted-wheel]

Pep should stuey Pearce can he borrow beanie the horse for Sunday

 

[heslops barnet]

This is all down to our transfer policy. Everyone knows that we have several 30 odd year old. Why not buy, we are wealthy, you improve the squad. We are going backwards, the good times are over. Bar 5 or 6 players we are average at best. I'm gutted, because I have loved it. I never thought I would have seen what I have seen, I'm 67 on Thursday, I want it back again.

Wishful thinking at your age…;-) I’m 71

 

[youngbob]

We will turn this around.

We just need to have patience.

Agreed. We just need to get to January, get the full squad back, and get a couple of new signings in. We'll finish in the top four and have a good run at the Champions League and FA Cup. Things aren't good at the moment but it's largely down to the entire squad being on the bones of its arse and those bones being utterly spent due to being overplayed... because of the injuries. No coincidence that the defence looks tired and disorganised when it's had to be chopped and changed every week and lads like Lewis and Gvardiol are having to play literally every game.