Barca v City Post Match Thread

[Ja Salford Blue]

You expect us to beat Barcelona with Caballero at the helm! ffs

thats the spirit! God help you if you would have ever had to watch Ged Brannan!

 

[hutton who blue]

That's a fair point. And it frustrates me no end - how can you spend literally hundreds of millions of pounds and end up with a far weaker striking department than you had 2 years ago? It makes no sense and is so shortsighted as to be almost criminal.

We'll be fine this season but not getting out of this group, with these players, after strolling to the semis last year, after putting the club on hold for 4 years to land the manager we have now would be a disaster.

From fine to disaster in one sentence. We're not run by Swales anymore, you know.

 

[mancity1]

We just concede too many goals to be considered a contender in this competition.

14 times in our last 15 games we have conceded away in this comp and that just doesn't cut it.

Until we tighten up at the back and stop the child like mistakes we continually make we are just going through the motions and making up the numbers.

On top of that we were very poor with the final ball and shot once again that has plagued us over the past four games and if we don't address that we will drop points on Sunday as well.

Really testing times for Pep now as we say a work in progress after our worst defeat in this Competition to date.

Its been done like a dinner for a while now but ZAB , Kolorov , Clichy and Sagna all need to be replaced over the next 12 months as the game has passed them by at the top level at least.

 

[Kazzydeyna]

From fine to disaster in one sentence. We're not run by Swales anymore, you know.

Yeah it didn't read properly did it? I meant I am still fully confident we will get through this group. I expect we will draw v Barca and win the next two. 11 points and through in second.

I'm not daft enough to absolutely guarantee it though and was just making the point that if we don't get through the group this year it would be a serious fuck up.

 

[hutton who blue]

Yeah it didn't read properly did it? I meant I am still fully confident we will get through this group. I expect we will draw v Barca and win the next two. 11 points and through in second.

I'm not daft enough to absolutely guarantee it though and was just making the point that if we don't get through the group this year it would be a serious fuck up.

Or 10 points would be enough. Lose against Barca who everyone agree are special and beat the other two in our remaining games.

 

[i kne albert davy]

Or 10 points would be enough. Lose against Barca who everyone agree are special and beat the other two in our remaining games.

Sounds easy.

 

[OB1]

Oh come on Guy. How were the tactics working that well that we were so negative in putting there back four under any pressure ?
On those occasions when we went forward (only in the first half) did we have a few players in the penalty area ??
Sorry mate but a poor selection and an even worse formation cost us.
I love Pep but IMO he fucked up good and proper o this occasion !!!

The tactics were fine.

We made costly errors, again, that had sod all to do with tactics or formation.

I guess you could blame Pep for picking guys that made mistakes but no one would have left all of Dinho, Ota, Gundogan, Bravo, Stones and KDB out of that side so I'd suggest team selection was not the issue.

The squad needs further improvement but, in the meantime, Pep has to keep coaching the players in his way and the players have to try and to make less errors and better execute Pep's game plans.

 

[Blue_eyes]

Eh? He kicked the ball out to touch about half a dozen times in the first half.

Exactly, thats what bravo should have done, will he now be banned for the remaining games in this group. I think we played ok tonight but that mistake may come back to bite us.

 

[Armaan]

We just concede too many goals to be considered a contender in this competition.

14 times in our last 15 games we have conceded away in this comp and that just doesn't cut it.

Until we tighten up at the back and stop the child like mistakes we continually make we are just going through the motions and making up the numbers.

On top of that we were very poor with the final ball and shot once again that has plagued us over the past four games and if we don't address that we will drop points on Sunday as well.

Really testing times for Pep now as we say a work in progress after our worst defeat in this Competition to date.

Its been done like a dinner for a while now but ZAB , Kolorov , Clichy and Sagna all need to be replaced over the next 12 months as the game has passed them by at the top level at least.

They need to be replaced in January or else were winning fuck all. The only one I'd keep till the summer is Clichy.

 

[hutton who blue]

Sounds easy.

Not necessarily easy but realistic.