For those who want Pep to walk or be sacked, answer this please: what will that actually solve? Does anyone think this squad is capable of going again, if only we had a different manager?
We clearly need to rebuild. So instead of just saying he needs to go, tell us who you want instead. And let's measure them up against the best to ever do it.
He's not absolved from blame. At all. But he signed a new deal when everyone was waiting for him to go. He wants to rebuild again. He's earned the right.
By the way, we performed worse at Villa Park last season than we did today. So I'm not exactly surprised by the performance or the result.