Bodo/Glimt (A) | CL | Post Match Thread

Eaststander1 said:
We've got to put every effort into getting it though Joe , because one thing's for sure, a loss definitely wouldn't !
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The worst that happens is that we end up in the 9 - 24 play off group and hope we avoid a decent team. At that stage we'll have Rodri back from suspension, Berrnardo , Guehi and Semenyo available and one or two of the injured group back.
 
Marvin. said:
I'm afraid that that is RAN for you. Positionally he isn't good.

Can't you see that without wingers, Pep was using his full backs to get width. It didn't work but you should understand the objective.

The problem was the players attitude and the absences. We had an unbalanced team but what do you expect with 10 absences?
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A deeper setup to help those kids instead of dropping our pants to do EXACTLY what the opponent is hoping for.

Same same.
 
Xhavenjoe said:
The worst that happens is that we end up in the 9 - 24 play off group and hope we avoid a decent team. At that stage we'll have Rodri back from suspension, Berrnardo , Guehi and Semenyo available and one or two of the injured group back.
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Will Guehi and Semenyo be available for the play off? I presumed they wouldn’t be
Edit. Just checked, they’re not! :(
 
So it's all down to the final game. I like the idea of the new format but I'm not looking forward to next week.
Tomorrow we'll have some idea of who we could face in the play-offs or where we need miracles to finish in the top 8.
Frayed nerves supporting City? Who'd a thunk it?
 
Gordyola said:
Might be wrong but the EDS have won multiple PL2 and PL3 and the FA Youth Cup since agent Wilcox left we have also had more first team debuts as well
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But the standard is awful now compared.. we do not produce quality lets have it right.. o reilly ill give you and about 10 years ago foden ( who seriously needs a years break from the game to go fishing for a year.. he looks bored shitless)
 
Bill Walker said:
These losses for me are a result of the team being decimated with injuries, at the same time as us being in four competitions, some of our leading players sre absolutely knackered.
You can see it.
The United game came at a bad time after a very difficult trip to Newcastle in the league cup, where is the United players had just been on a Big break so they were fresh.... I think being in four competitions is taking its toll and we are losing games we would normally win.
Players are not able to recover between games it's getting ridiculous.
I'm not blaming anybody, least of all Pep.
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I agree with the sentiment but I do blame pep and his insistence on a small squad, meaning a lack of options rotation and p,Ayers getting physical and mental fatigue
 
Marvin. said:
Can't you see that without wingers, Pep was using his full backs to get width. It didn't work but you should understand the objective.
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Not with two inexperienced CB's, it might work with Dias and Gvardiol, it was suicide with the pace they had tonight, it was obvious before they scored, and by the time it was 2-0 it needed changing rapidly.
 
Damanino said:
sadly true. this is bad given Aston Villa could do top8 last season, and Tottneham looking to do it this season, but City cannot maybe? very odd.

City was the main victim in CL last year of the playoff round, we should have learnt the lesson the most to avoid that fucking playoff round if we can but 0 points from Leverkusen and Bodo is unexpected big time.
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Pep picked a fringe team against Leverkusen thinking it would be a stroll

Major fuck up which could quite easily cost us a place in the knock out phase and cost the club 50 to 100 million pounds in revenue
 
@mayo31
Same thing happened last year and actually any time we have ever been beat under Pep
Levets: This is true Ste

Risk and reward he calls it but my god when it fails due to whatever reason we look shite
Levets: Looks great if the players are all keyed in, like we used to be. However this group are not; and rather than risk and reward it’s become ‘Careless and idiocy’

Last 2 seasons it has looked really bad and occurred more than once due to injuries and players available
Levets: Yep, however our decision to play ‘Russian Roulette’ with certain players fitness and trying to squeeze another season or two from ageing World Class players has bitten us on the arse.

It was similar in his first season also, look at the 4 nil at Everton and the 4-2 at Leicester

Exactly the same as the last 2 games
Levets: Yep, spot on

Now if he can get players back, Guehi in, who knows but if not brace yourself as Pep will not change
Levets: I’ll never hound Pep out, we witnessed the greatest team in the world perform week in week out. Football as we both know, is cyclic. I just think the cycle is about to change.
 
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The reality is that we are living with a team which we still oddly associate with that of 4-years ago when, to be frank, it isn't - we see it but do we really 'accept' it?. World-class players have gone and for the most part been replaced with good players, but not world-class replacements. The over-reliance on Haaland has been an error, we were I think a more solid team the 2-seasons we operated without an actual forward/striker. We've played far too often with 10 men, especially in the recent games, that's not sustainable, added to which is the disappearance of Foden, whats happened to him? Even some of the new buys are struggling to live up to reputations - Reijnders and Cherki show flashes but not much consistency. Certainly the injuries in defense since Christmas have been devastating and we are reaping the consequences of this. However, I cannot but help feel that Pep's time is drawing to its close and we probably ought to be seriously preparing for life when he's gone. I do feel he is now being found wanting too often over the past 15-months and Pep, like all great 'leaders', has become too ridged in his approach, too wedded to certain players - and ideas/tactics - which others have flattered Pep by copying, but more so, have now found ways to overcome. I would rather he went with his reputation solidly intact - as it should be - rather than be witness to a slow painful decline over the remains of this season then 26-27. I'd like to think we win some silverware this season, one of the cups and that would be Pep's farewell gift to the club.
 
Gordyola said:
Might be wrong but the EDS have won multiple PL2 and PL3 and the FA Youth Cup since agent Wilcox left we have also had more first team debuts as well
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I think the standard has dropped considerably since there are no U18 european players participating.
 
bluemurray said:
The reality is that we are living with a team which we still oddly associate with that of 4-years ago when, to be frank, it isn't - we see it but do we really 'accept' it?. World-class players have gone and for the most part been replaced with good players, but not world-class replacements. The over-reliance on Haaland has been an error, we were I think a more solid team the 2-seasons we operated without an actual forward/striker. We've played far too often with 10 men, especially in the recent games, that's not sustainable, added to which is the disappearance of Foden, whats happened to him? Even some of the new buys are struggling to live up to reputations - Reijnders and Cherki show flashes but not much consistency. Certainly the injuries in defense since Christmas have been devastating and we are reaping the consequences of this. However, I cannot but help feel that Pep's time is drawing to its close and we probably ought to be seriously preparing for life when he's gone. I do feel he is now being found wanting too often over the past 15-months and Pep, like all great 'leaders', has become too ridged in his approach, too wedded to certain players - and ideas/tactics - which others have flattered Pep by copying, but more so, have now found ways to overcome. I would rather he went with his reputation solidly intact - as it should be - rather than be witness to a slow painful decline over the remains of this season then 26-27. I'd like to think we win some silverware this season, one of the cups and that would be Pep's farewell gift to the club.
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Post of the night that, some are hanging on though, unfortunately they are just delaying reality in their minds.
 
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