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[argyle]

This is not an overnight fall from grace we have been on the slide for a couple of years now and managed to get over the line by more luck and others team’s failings than our dominance

We won the domestic treble whilst on the slide??

 

[minimalistic]

I don’t mind us loosing against a good team when everyone gave their all but none of those players on the pitch looked like they were arsed. Where is the urgency? Where is the fight ? At this rate I can’t see us beating Everton.

Pep looks like he’s out of ideas.

 

[I'm Blue]

I've mentioned it before, and I hate repeating myself, but has nobody seriously considered they know the outcome of the charges? Surely it can't be shit form, injuries and a lack of drive at the moment?

If the players have heard about the 115 then maybe they should tell Pep.
Might save him tearing his own face off while trying to fix this shit show.

 

[Dereck Jeffries 3 wd]

Probably one of the reasons Pep doesn’t play the kids.
They’d get crucified by our fans, just like Rico is.
He’s young and inexperienced and he should low down on the finger pointing.
Has he been good recently?
No not really but he’s been no worse than anyone else.
It carries on and he’ll probably end up leaving and then we can start enough thread about how we shouldn’t have sold him.

Thought Rico played ok today!! Him and Phil combined well running through them at times ( just what other teams do to us) Jacob, Nico and James need to start.they will get tremendous support from us!!

 

[East Level 2]

That's a risk. I don't think 11 players all become shit in 6 months.
I may be wrong but Pep is after 15 years showing signs of decay.

They don't. But some are injured, some are out of position, some are out of form, and some are too bloody old to play 90 minutes twice a week. It's bad planning and the refusal to accept that there are too many games, domestically and internationally, to work with a small, injury-prone squad.
Pep may be showing signs of decay, but that's hardly surprising given his ultra-intense attitude to the game.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Shed loads of injuries, making up numbers and have to have so many home grown

You don't have to have any homegrown.

 

[blueinsa]

Questioning Pep pmsl.

Most of us are old enough and wise and experienced enough to understand that sport is cyclical and by fuck have we had some run with this squad.

Players are injured, it’s killed us and some need to go and be replaced.

It will happen, wipe your fannies, soft entitled cunts.

 

[East Level 2]

I've mentioned it before, and I hate repeating myself, but has nobody seriously considered they know the outcome of the charges? Surely it can't be shit form, injuries and a lack of drive at the moment?

If the players knew then someone in the media would know and the rest of us would also know.
The potential result and punishment might be playing on some minds, but I can't see how the actual result can be known.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

We won the domestic treble whilst on the slide??

Its all swings and roundabouts

 

[Stiff Little Wingers]

Do you think he's forgotten how to coach in the last 6-8 weeks?

Every manager has a shelf life for whatever reason. I think Pep is reaching/has reached his. I would feel dirty and wrong right now to call for his head but why are we not getting better in the last 12 games?
Why can we not hold onto a lead?
Why is our style of play so slow and turgid?
Why are we not creating chances for Erling?
Why is our defence making the most stupid of errors on a regular basis?
Why do we persist with a high line all the time when it’s clearly not working?
Where has that winning/fighting mentality gone that served us so well right to the last game of last season and the early part of this.
Where has the bravery with the ball/courage to play (a Pep mantra) gone all of a sudden?
Why have the fringe players not been even give a smidgeon of a chance?
Why are the goalies being rotated?
I don’t think we can pin all of the above on injuries.
The other elephant in the room is the complacent of the Board
But I don’t see us in CL next season. Now that in itself is not a disaster but it does mean that the rebuild needs to be right or else we risk not getting back in (other teams are improving) and once winning starts to drop then so will the income