Has alvarez ripedup any tress at athletics.
Agreed but there’s a way of doing it. You don’t do it all at once, especially in what was an important game. All tonight has done, is erode any trust in those players, so now the others who will need a rest, probably won’t get it.Whether Pep fucked the line up tonight or not, the harsh reality is, with the brutal schedule soon coming in, eventually the bench players will have to play. He gave this match a chance to 10 out of 11 players to prove that they can be trusted. And none of them made a point.
Suppose, what do you expect him to say?Pep says he wasn’t expecting that performance from the starters. It’s odd, because that performance was exactly what I was expecting, because I’ve seen it countless times before in the Carabao Cup. Why is it, that the fans know what’s coming and the greatest manager in history doesn’t? It was a crazy selection and everyone bar Pep knew it.
Yes should have sacked him after four in a row. Tool.Time for a change
(18 months too late)
He has been given a lot of money - we were the highest spenders in winter. Combine winter and summer windows, and we have spent 300 million.How much more fucking money does he want. I’m sick of this bollocks.
Poor little pampered lambs.Thing is, the entire starting lineup just went to play for the national team, some of them even had to play 2 matches, maybe they are all exhausted. Not to mention an away trip to Newcastle.
The only exception is Nico G, since he wasn't called up, so he played tonight.
Very possible unfortunately, tinkers with the starting line ups far too often and it's a bad traitChrist,don’t say that. He couldn’t possibly go there…
That's the spirit cocker.Presume we will have an equally shit line up v Brentford in the Cup and we will depart that with a whimper
Donnarumma
Khusanov Stones Dias (sub off) Ait-Nouri
Gonzalez (sub off)
Cherki Reijnders (sub off)
Doku (sub off) Haaland (sub off) Marmoush
Donnarumma
Nunes Dias Gvardiol O'Reilly
Gonzalez Bernardo
Foden Reijnders Savinho
Haaland
Those are good lineups in context.What would have been the problem with
vs Leverkusen
and vs Leeds
If he absolutely had to play fucking Savinho in one of these games.
The mind boggles.
And spent most of it poorlyHe has been given a lot of money - we were the highest spenders in winter. Combine winter and summer windows, and we have spent 300 million.
I have to hope that he thinks - well I gave these players who wanted more time a chance and they fucked it up. I will not criticise him if he now keeps some of those fringe players out of the picture moving forward. If he keeps picking some of them it will tell me his time here is done - If however, he goes ballistic and gets tough I will think yeah he's building again.OK shall we put things into perspective.
In the 9 years since Pep has been at our club have I never run him down even though I`ve never agreed with his election.
However prior to tonights game I made the comment to a very good mate of mine that I thought Peps team selection was an arrogant choice !!
10 fucking changes ?? !!!
Pep you were at fault by a country mile and I can`t even blame the 11 players you chose as it was your selection and stupidity if you thought that team could get a result.
Tonight was a great chance to virtually get into a position of qualifying but your sheer bloody mindedness and arrogance puts us at risk.
You have been warned, so sort it out for the next difficult CL game.
We weren’t the biggest combined Winter and Summer window spenders. Liverpool spent more in the Summer than we did Winter+Summer combined.He has been given a lot of money - we were the highest spenders in winter. Combine winter and summer windows, and we have spent 300 million.
Being 3rd might be as good as it gets this season asgoodasitgetsDisappointed when I saw the line up . Almost knew what he would do and he has to shoulder the blame for that showing .
I knew we were getting beaten . Leverkeusen would’ve been all over that
Sticking with Savinho for the full 90 was a pisstake .