Just seen some of the abuse Zak has had on social media and it's going too farNot a chance he should have been playing that game against Liverpool. Pep far too sentimental, he’s paid to win trophies with City, not pander to a second string keeper. Klopp had no qualms in fucking off Kellaher yesterday (who is twice the keeper ZS is)
I’ve not been on social media since the game so have no idea what’s being said.Just seen some of the abuse Zak has had on social media and it's going too far
Ok he made a howler
I remember Allison doing it twice at Anfield when we beat them 4-1
:Yes I would have played Eddie
But the level of Pelters Zak is getting is out of order
Have a look thenI’ve not been on social media since the game so have no idea what’s being said.
I think Peps aim is to get us in positions to potentially win trophies. However once CL semi was secured, that was it for this comp. Today became a total gamble. That’s why he didn’t make any changes. Had Jesus scored, he may have done but without that goal then it wasn’t worth the risk. He may have taken more of a risk had we beat Liverpool last week. However the CL is the one that he hasn’t won for a long time and for him that will be the main prize. It doesn’t excuse the shitshow of a first half though. The players did not respond well to going 2-0 down that’s for sure.This has been a shocking read!
Not sure how consistently someone is supposed to be playing with, what 8-10 games in a season, when there are 50+ in top tier teams?
The only way to get someone like Steffen into a better rhythm is to, at least, give him lower tier games (Norwich, Burnley, Leeds etc.) so he builds up experience and team patterning.
Yes, he had a poor game, by City standards, but I put this on Guardiola, really. Bravo, before Steffan, was a highly experienced keeper at top level before he came to us and dropped to number 2.
If Steffan 'lost' us the game, Guardiola could have drawn/ won us the game with better defence set up or better substitutions earlier in the second half, when we had the momentum after the first goal back.
Both at fault today.
I think Peps aim is to get us in positions to potentially win trophies. However once CL semi was secured, that was it for this comp. Today became a total gamble. That’s why he didn’t make any changes. Had Jesus scored, he may have done but without that goal then it wasn’t worth the risk. He may have taken more of a risk had we beat Liverpool last week. However the CL is the one that he hasn’t won for a long time and for him that will be the main prize. It doesn’t excuse the shitshow of a first half though. The players did not respond well to going 2-0 down that’s for sure.
I think Jesus was injured but I agree. It was worth the gamble for me when we got the momentum.I get that and I thought as much.
What I didn't get was why bother making a sub, then and why so late? Leave the team alone or put the squeeze in the last half hour, not do what he did.
I was so frustrated with it, when we could all see they were rattled.
I don’t want our number 2 to “hang around long” if it’s Steffan to be honest. Not good enough.You can't say he shouldn't have played, we have a cup keeper, that's how we operate and how we will always operate. Pep is a man of Honour and will never screw his number 2 keeper over, ever. Liverpool did, they benefitted today but their backup keeper won't hang around long with that kind of treatment.
The problem is either, Pep has asked a player that isn't Ederson and isn't capable of being Ederson to be Ederson, against the best pressing team we could possibly face too no less, In which case its on Pep for not adapting our game knowing a player isn't capable of doing the usual things we do. Or, Steffen has taken it upon himself to try and imitate Ederson and doesn't recognise his limitations, in which case its on him to understand what he can and can't do and the mistakes are entirely on him.
None of us have ears inside the dressing room so we won't know which is the case but simply saying Pep should have played Ederson is just a garbage comment, that's never happening under him.
As for claims about him not being good enough, what are your expectations of our backup keeper? Everytime we concede a goal when Edersons in net, there's a dozen posts claiming Steffens a better shotstopper, and now he's not fit to wear the backup shirt? Who is good enough? Any backup keeper you can suggest that's better than him isn't content at their club as a backup. Our backup keeper is always going to be especially susceptible to messing up badly in our style, it doesn't excuse major fuck ups like his today, nothing does but he fits the bill, he's adequate he's just had a complete howler.
Bang on.Not sure why so many now just accept that a second keeper takes over in both domestic cups.
Schmeichel, Van der sar, Cech all used to play PL, CL and FA Cup matches. Alison also being played yesterday.
It’s an FA Cup semi final for crying out loud, play your best team. If you have to give a second keeper games then do it in early rounds or the league cup. Pep has lost 4 of 5 FA Cup semi finals, it’s because he doesn’t particularly care about it as reflected in his team selection.
I also really have no interest in people replying with “that is what Pep does, he won’t change” - I’m patently and painfully aware of that, that’s why I’m fucking moaning.
I don’t feel remotely sorry for Steffen, he’s a profession being paid a shit ton of money to do a job and he was woefully crap at that job yesterday. If he wants to be able to do a crap job on any given day and suffer no jabs then he can freely work out of the public eye and get his £28k per year.
I admire your generosity but the brutal reality is that Zack has failed badlly on the big stage at Wembley in the last two seasons and is not likely to get a third chance. I beieve he will make a decent player but not at the elite level for City. In career terms yesterday was a disaster for Zack. It's sad but that is the way things work in modern football.The lad need more games, he's just a bit rusty, but will come food with regular games.
Way to much being made about his mistakes today.
Keep your chin up Zack,.