Pep needs someone next to him to tell him a few home truths, I suspect losing Arteta and Lillo has also had an impact.
Borrell is happy to be a part of the furniture after being everything under the sun since Pep came, Maresca is probably just grateful because he fucked off and then we brought him back.
A combination of circumstances are now having a negative impact, but the league is still there for this season and yesterday's injustice could create the siege mentality we need to fuck off the coasting approach.
The World Cup and sheer intensity of the the last couple of years have already been eluded to by Pep.
However, we have to adapt to Haaland, not the other way around. That's what happens when you buy an elite player off the top shelf.
Our football approach has been sussed, just a surprise it took so long.
We need to be more willing to give up more possession to teams by taking more risks, getting the ball into Haaland far quicker and also hitting the spaces. Let us use more his sheer physicality and pace.
Pep isn't going to do that, but that's what it is going to take. Teams are now able to stay in games.
Whereas before we used to get one and then go for the jugular, we now try to manage the game and we get results like yesterday and against Everton.