No, that's all speculation. The fitness issue may be nothing serious. Why the need to dramatize?
Who would you get as ideal replacement, and when?Pep is obviously the elephant in the room and beyond criticism for many on here. I think another manager could have the current squad challenging, but Pep seems to have this obsession with his favourites who just aren't up to it anymore.
I don’t think the players like the highline, they know they can’t cope with it and Pep is hanging them out to dry with it. When we played Juventus we had overlapping fullbacks and it fucking worked last night both held back, when Akanji came on he had a great chance of going past Savinho and getting behind the fullback with a pass but wouldn’t go forward. Ali at leftback hardly ever went last Doku to deliver a cross to the big lump up front.Would love it to happen but there's something wrong at the club.
I think we'll have an exciting season, lots of high scoring games but i think we'll fall short of winning the title but finish in the top 4
We were nursing Rodri back and Kovacic has had an op. on his foot. That's both DMs out.I don’t think the players like the highline, they know they can’t cope with it and Pep is hanging them out to dry with it. When we played Juventus we had overlapping fullbacks and it fucking worked last night both held back, when Akanji came on he had a great chance of going past Savinho and getting behind the fullback with a pass but wouldn’t go forward. Ali at leftback hardly ever went last Doku to deliver a cross to the big lump up front.
I find it quite incredible that we can spend the money we have on players that might come good in a couple of seasons.We were nursing Rodri back and Kovacic has had an op. on his foot. That's both DMs out.
The concern for me is that Stones is still out, and he's our lynch-pin in central defence. We can break teams down but we also concede a lot of chances. We are going to need Rodri, Kovacic and Stones. And if Stones cannot get fit, we need another central defender. We bought Ries and Khusanov but they might take 1-2 seasons to come through.
Just been reading the player performance threads and it's looking like relegation is on the cards. Everyone is either old, shite, old and shite, too raw, old, or shite
Khusanov is quick but is out of favour, we need a defender in the team with real pace with the the high line, and getting done like the 2nd goal last night.We were nursing Rodri back and Kovacic has had an op. on his foot. That's both DMs out.
The concern for me is that Stones is still out, and he's our lynch-pin in central defence. We can break teams down but we also concede a lot of chances. We are going to need Rodri, Kovacic and Stones. And if Stones cannot get fit, we need another central defender. We bought Ries and Khusanov but they might take 1-2 seasons to come through.
I think that masked quite a lot. We were garbage at Southampton and blagged a win we didn't deserve at home to Wolves. We got results, but let's not pretend the performances were much better than they were when we weren't getting results. The same failings were there. It's just that the woodwork was our friend over the closing stages of the season.Let’s just remember we finished last season quite well and will be much better at breaking teams down.
Juventus maybe a false dawnThink we will be in with a shout. I don't see the loss last night the same as other bad losses last season.
In the games where we were well beaten last season there was very little we could do about it. Last night was just poor quality in both boxes, whilst every inbetween was good enough (alright the attack fell off 2nd half). We could and should have been out of sight.
I saw enough in the Juve game and last night to think we'll be much better next season.
We still need a right back and a goalscoring winger and we need to sell.