He is a huge drop off from dinho. Good enough for 70% of the league but chocolate fire guard against the good teams. Have you ever seen him turn with the ball? He gets open, receives it from the cb and then passes it straight back to them. He is weak.It’s funny, don’t you think, that Pep values his attributes to the team, yet that would mean he is pathetic.
Things that make you go...Hmmm...!
Would love to see Aubameyang here to beef up our front line!I dont disagree -which is why ive argues that we need to replace Kun asap and that Gabby isnt enough
I don’t think Sane is going too be used very much. His intentions are clear. Can’t see Pep having many problems in not using himIt seems we usually don't analyse the performance, we analyse the result.
When the team wins, we praise everyone
When the team loses, we try to find as many scape goats as possible.
Our performance was typical, we controlled the game with 65% possession away from home but we conceded from counter attacks/ individual ( bad luck ) errors.
How many big games have we controlled and lost it in counter attacks ?
How many times have we created big chances tonight ?
How many times did Sterling dribbled past their full backs or created anything ?
Actually our front 3 were useless tonight.
If I am going to blame anyone for the game, I will blame Pep first for :
1- Starting Rodri + Gundogan together even though their record together is clearly bad and not working
2- Not starting Jesus
3- Not using Sane
Our midfield is a much bigger problem than our defence. Kompany often said defending in a Pep team is the toughest gig there is. That gig got even tougher this season because Rodri is simply not mobile enough to offer the protection Ferna did.
I can’t help you, mate. If you can’t see what he does, then I simply can’t help you.He is a huge drop off from dinho. Good enough for 70% of the league but chocolate fire guard against the good teams. Have you ever seen him turn with the ball? He gets open, receives it from the cb and then passes it straight back to them. He is weak.
I can see exactly what he does, pass it safely backwards or sideways. Against Poor teams he can be more progressive as the whole game is in Front of him. As soon as we play a team that presses he bottles it.I can’t help you, mate. If you can’t see what he does, then I simply can’t help you.
As another poster said, if we lose, everyone throws their toys out of the prom and the usual suspects get the blame.
Sterling scores the fast break, game changes completely and no one whining.