Tend to agree with you re: standard of players recently boughtWed to offload savinho and Casper our scouting has been shite for a while and those players who battered Newcastle deserve better than this.
Really!!!Valverde is the best right sided player on the planet whether RB or right side midfield. His versatility means he's also colossal through the middle. But we seemed happy to let him do what he wanted whereas when Doku attacked he had three defenders marking him..............
Really….when I saw the team I was worried. What’s wrong in coming away with a dull 0-0 or nicking it by a goal on the break.always keep thing tight in the first game and take them on in the second.I’m probably not as negative as some others. I didn’t think Pep’s line-up was that strange (apart from O’Reilly at left-back), and the tactic of using two wingers 1v1, runners in behind and players in the pockets around the box with Rodri and Bernardo controlling the structure didn’t seem that crazy either, given the Real side we were facing.
We got into the final third plenty and had enough chances to score in the first 20 minutes. Then they score two goals through a mix of brainfarts, bad luck, and a player having the game of his life, before sealing it with one of the best goals we’ll see this season.
In the second half they just had to defend and didn’t give us any space. The line between genius and idiot is sometimes very thin in football — if we’d taken two of those chances in the first 20 minutes and gone on to win the game, Pep would probably be getting praised as a tactical mastermind today.
10 touches the whole game. Waste of space last night.I think I heard Haalands name three times all night, he just gives us no outlet in games like this ....
Mate he picks the team and formationsHang on....
Did Pep cause the 3 defensive errors that led to the Madrid goals?
No I didn't think so.
Yes, he missed 3 crosses in the first half, which was disappointing!!!10 touches the whole game. Waste of space last night.
Their heads dropped fairly early on, knowing that they were beaten and had no answer to our Bernie-inspired superteam.I know we’re a different team but can I ask you to recall 17th May 2023…..City 4 RM 0 .
It can be done - it absolutely can…. No ifs or buts …just believe…it can be done.
He was a waste of space last night. 10 touches is embarrassing.Yes, he missed 3 crosses in the first half, which was disappointing!!!
But his lack of touches, his not his fault, if the team doesn’t pass it to him???
The amount of times the ball over the top or pushed down the side of their Centre Half’s was on last night and not made was criminal!!!
But that’s not his fault!!!
Use him more and give him more chances??!!
It’s not rocket science :0)
I’m probably not as negative as some others. I didn’t think Pep’s line-up was that strange (apart from O’Reilly at left-back), and the tactic of using two wingers 1v1, runners in behind and players in the pockets around the box with Rodri and Bernardo controlling the structure didn’t seem that crazy either, given the Real side we were facing.
We got into the final third plenty and had enough chances to score in the first 20 minutes. Then they score two goals through a mix of brainfarts, bad luck, and a player having the game of his life, before sealing it with one of the best goals we’ll see this season.
In the second half they just had to defend and didn’t give us any space. The line between genius and idiot is sometimes very thin in football — if we’d taken two of those chances in the first 20 minutes and gone on to win the game, Pep would probably be getting praised as a tactical mastermind today.
Gave this a like , but what a great post , why the f*ck should we all be happy clappers , i vent at the match all the time when players make stupid mistakes but i also give praise in equal measures and more.Because they're fucking angry at last nights debacle which was totally avoidable. An abomination of a team selection and tactical set up. Saturday was an excellent performance with pace and intensity and was rightly praised just as last night's shit show needs to be called out. When we play well and win posters are happy and don't feel the need to vent ,it's called emotion. Whatever happens next week and if we play well and go down swinging I'll be as delighted as the next man but it will do nothing to apease the annoyance at last nights horror. Maybe if the players were as annoyed as the fans we might produce a night to remember.
Without a doubt, don’t think the recruitment has been a success of recent. I personally think albeit we are still in 4 competitions for now is the worst under pep!Add in a KDB, Yaya, Aguero, Kompany & Fernandinho
She’s an arsenal fanNot feeling too optimistic but with the right team selection, could still go through next week. If only that NOR effort went in.
Very tired of our TNT's treatment of City; Laura Woods smiling and laughing last night at full time was a full mask off moment. Something needs to change.
it was completely unforeseeable, anyway i know it’s his first season but swapping him for gibbs white would do us a massive favor. Can actually win duels, and create, doesn’t miss 4 big chances in one game. Add Anderson and we have a serious midfieldHave to say, Reijnders isn’t good enough.
First off, I’m genuinely not sure what he “is”.
Second, he lacks the on the ball quality for this level.
Third, he doesn’t even have the physical presence / aggression / graft to make up for 1 and 2.
Poor buy, imo.
Don't forget about us posh buggers living in Gatley!!The expectation at the top is that we'll continually be contenders - reaching the last four - and that even when we lose we'll walk off the field leaving the opposition not quite sure how they won - and picking up the trophy at a frequency that takes us into the 'won it three times/four times category'. It's just my opinion. I think SM and Khaldoon see football from a more global perspective than the rest of us living in Beswick, Moston, Moss Side, Hulme, Blackley, Whitefield, Stockport, Hazel Grove, Cheadle, Harpurhey, Ashton, Glossop, Hattersley, Bury, Oldham, Bolton and Rochdale etc - while not losing sight of the bread and butter that feeds all this - the Prem. I've lived in half of those places by the way - the cheaper ones......
It’s a Team Sport, if he only gets 10 Touches, it a team problem, not just his!!!He was a waste of space last night. 10 touches is embarrassing.
We all see that, fuck knows why pep doesn't. It's sheer bloody mindedness or he's just not that genius we think he is. Just because Sav plays well for once doesn't mean he's a shoe in for the next game against the elite of Europe. Why drop your in form right back aswell ?To me that's why Cherki should be starting these big games, only one who can thread balls through very limited space.
That’s really sad. No wonder Pep seems to get emotional every time he is asked about Phil. I’m gutted for Phil having struggled with major health problems in the last three years. Your health is more important than any sport.Loose-tongued people in junior admin roles at the club have let it slip that it's Crohns and City are working with the world's best medics to address it. Very debilitating. I wish the club would say he's playing with a medical condition.
We all know that a healthy Phil takes the ball on the half turn surrounded by close marking defenders, rolls them and surges forward with the ball under control before firing off a precision shot. At the moment he's recycling the ball - five and ten yard passes with none of the usual surge.