Fulham (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[jamielowndes]

This was perhaps pep guardiola's worst ever football match. genuinely. 0/10.

This isn't even Peps worst match in the last 2 weeks.

 

[madloaf]

We won you prick…

He's not a city fan, don't get rage baited.

 

[SWPISHOME]

We need another centre mid, when Nico went off we collapsed

Crazy decision from Pep to take Nico Gonzalez off and play Stones in midfield on top of bringing Savinho on at the same time.

It weakens the team defensively straight away, at the point we were under pressure anyway.

Terrible substitutions.

 

[Gordyola]

Taking off our only decent midfielder and putting Stones there was a brain dead decision

Confirmed by the man himself when he swapped OReily and JS
Stones looks past it was poor against Leverkusen, dispite BM thinking otherwise

 

[waspish]

Stones was awful when he came on.
Reijnders did his impression of the invisible man again in the second half.
Savinho soft as shite.
Cherki was brilliant keeping possession when he came on. Should have been introduced earlier.

Stones is done for me he can’t defend he is a passer of a good ball who can run into midfield when we have full control any games like today he is a liebility

 

[gabby69]

I've aged that much watching that 2nd half that I'm picking up my pension tomorrow

 

[NptonBlue89!]

Yeah, I get that. It's a shame, as he did a few decent things but then gave it away cheaply at the end a few times. Like you say, he's got a lot to learn but far more senior players than him were making some shocking mistakes too. Cherki was excellent, I thought.

Agreed I think his crossing is very dangerous and cause a lot of problems! I think he’ll come good! And your right regarding senior players some shockers in there tonight

 

[Brewster's millions]

Either Peps game management is awful or we don’t have the quality to see out games from the bench

Both. Doesn’t have to be either / or.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

It was 5-2 when Savinho came on, but he ain't a defender!

He ain't a footballer either!

 

[BeerIsTheBest]

Oh for a midfield ratter! Doesn’t need to be a world beater- just someone who we pitch on with 25 minutes to go who can battle their heart out. A Gery Gow type resurrection.

 

[Platt Lane 59]

Awful performance

Spineless again from so many players...but the main issues persist.

Reijnders....besides the 30secs around his goal he did fuck all....go watch the game again...it just passes him by..he is walking most of the time while players like Bernardo and foden sprint around trying to win the ball back...he offers literally nothing

Donarumma - who were the people telling me over the summer that he is fine under the high ball when I said he was weak with crosses.....its literally every game he is costing us a goal or nearly costing us...he is an amzaing shot stopper but for someone who is 6,5 he is the biggest soft arse ever...if he had an ounce of Edersons bravery he would be world number 1

Fullbacks - both are an issue...NOR tries but he is getting done time and time again...Nunes we know the issues....

Stones came on (and I understand why Pep tried it - Nico G was on his last legs) but he can barely run.....again I said he should have been replaced over the summer

Savihno - sorry but Im done with him....he was through on goal and he bottled it and then tried to buy a foul....he should be in the reserves and nothing more

Pep cannot change this as he doesnt have the players to do so....rodri getting fit gives us more options but that aint happening quickly.....

If Arsenal dont win the title it will be the biggest bottle job in the history of football as we simply are bang average and should be nowhere near them

What would you do to put it right ?
Pick a team, formation & tactics...

 

[roach3]

Imagine if we play like that against Madrid

 

[Great Kompany]

There was a poll in one of the recent podcasts about how many away points can city take from Fulham Forest Crystal Palace Sunderland away.
Well this was the easiest match of the lot and the popular opinion was 10 points.
Well I don’t this so!

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

I understand people on here are happy that we've got the three points including myself but we need to be realistic, we've players that don't want the fight, pulling out of challenges and not prepared to close players down to block a shot is absolutely criminal.

We need to get the likes of Anderson in off Forest to add some steel to the side, as of now we've a team full of fucking snow flakes.

Agreed. Players were pathetic in the last 30mins. Only cherki emerged with any credit

 

[give it to gordon]

That was fun !

How does Savinho get games ? It's fucking bizarre

 

[Blue Calx]

Goin watching Gary Numan tomorrow night.After watching that I dont think I can make it.I have aged 30 years.

 

[ysmsa]

I hope on the pitch at the end Pep was telling and pointing Savinho to go left, then right, keep going and you'll reach White Hart Lane!

What a shocking performance when we're up against it and need an outlet.

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

Needless anxiety for us all there

Played some excellent stuff and then were totally ridiculous at times

Donnarumma was shite

The subs were shite taking off Doku and Nico especially

Nunes makes too many mistakes

Thank god for Foden and Haaland

 

[Ken92]

Awful performance

Spineless again from so many players...but the main issues persist.

Reijnders....besides the 30secs around his goal he did fuck all....go watch the game again...it just passes him by..he is walking most of the time while players like Bernardo and foden sprint around trying to win the ball back...he offers literally nothing

Donarumma - who were the people telling me over the summer that he is fine under the high ball when I said he was weak with crosses.....its literally every game he is costing us a goal or nearly costing us...he is an amzaing shot stopper but for someone who is 6,5 he is the biggest soft arse ever...if he had an ounce of Edersons bravery he would be world number 1

Fullbacks - both are an issue...NOR tries but he is getting done time and time again...Nunes we know the issues....

Stones came on (and I understand why Pep tried it - Nico G was on his last legs) but he can barely run.....again I said he should have been replaced over the summer

Savihno - sorry but Im done with him....he was through on goal and he bottled it and then tried to buy a foul....he should be in the reserves and nothing more

Pep cannot change this as he doesnt have the players to do so....rodri getting fit gives us more options but that aint happening quickly.....

If Arsenal dont win the title it will be the biggest bottle job in the history of football as we simply are bang average and should be nowhere near them

Yeah ,this team is so many players away to get back to our best and that might never happen under Pep again. You wont keep scoring 3-4-5 goals every game to bail us out.

 

[Blue Til Death]

I normally have a total media blackout after a City loss, I’m doing that tomorrow as that’s what this feels like..