Basel (H) Post Match Thread

stan bowles said:
It's time to move on from the ZInchenko experiment at LB. He's done well aswhat can be expected as a fill-in but last night he was awful and against Chelsea he could have easily have seen red for that stupid challenge in the first half which could have cost us dearly. Nothing personal against him but he isn't a LB and is weak physically and defensively.
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You are unduly harsh on the guy who I think on balance has done well in after all what is an enforced experiment.
 
Despite Pep wanting to see it differently, it was bound to be a long 90 minutes with a team of players being rusty or inexperienced. And that haven't played together much. Furthermore it's hard to get the fully 100% concentration and dedication when you defend a 4-0 lead and score after 8 minutes and nearly add a second a few minutes later. Everytime we have rotated a lot of players, it hasn't turn out well (Wolves/Bristol/Shaktar, now Basel).

It's good Pep wasn't happy with the 2nd half and the passing for the passing. That is when tiki-taki gets boring. No desire to get foreward or take a risky pass to get things going. Just the endless side- and backpasses. So maybe it has been another lesson coming at a moment when the result didn''t really matter. I'm sure we will get our momentum back at Stoke. We are through to the next round and maybe we should simply draw a strong team.
 
I can forgive any defeat. What I cannot stand is sloppy indifference and a lack of basic quality on the ball.

Stones has somehow managed to morph back, looks totally gun shy about backing himself with a pass forward.

Thank goodness Mendy is closer to fitness and we can avoid Zinchenko and Danilo playing much longer.
 
I'm sorry but I just think Zinchenko is good enough defensively, every time I've seen him in action he nearly always fucks up. He's clearly a decent passer of the ball and obviously has pace but he's no good as a full back in my opinion.
 
i was thinking this summer could be the quietest for some time regarding the window. but after last night if this was our so called second team i could be wrong Whilst it may just be a dead rubber. surely for some it was an ideal situation to give food for thought in PEPS planning for Monday. instead if they were selected on last nights performance we would struggle.i know its early to say but Laporte and Stones look the least impressive partnership
 
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