Bournemouth (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[PaulTheOctopus]

I'm not being a "happy camper" I'm being a realist...

We've had it good for the last 13 years or so, Especially the last 4 years have been beyond what we ever imagined. The last four years of fighting until the very last day of the league along with numerous cup finals and champions league finals look to have taken it's toll on us this season.

That result today has been coming since the start of the season, We've always dug in and got the wins or draws out of games and it could have been the case today even though we wouldn't have deserved it but we could and should have got a point.

We all know the Matchday Thread (Well most of us do) is like, Embarrassing...Along with numerous posts on this thread. I've absolutely hated the Rags since day one because of what they stand for "Entitled Cunts". Unfortunately we've numerous Blues going the same way, Abusing players along with "we shouldn't be getting beaten by Bournemouth" bullshit.

We lost a game of football, Get it over and catch a fucking grip. Part of me wishes we were down in Division Two again just to avoid listening to this bollocks.

Well said , true blue

 

[bluemoonste]

Fucked without him, but something we need to get used to now.

I don't think he's 100% fit, which is even more baffling he was there

If ever there was a game to put kdb on this was it in the last 10 minutes. Up against it, pull one back, bring on the genius.

Why fuckin cart him all the way to Bourmouth if u have no intention of playing him ???

 

[BeerIsTheBest]

Shocking summer transfer window now biting us. Still not sure why pep did not change it at half time & put Phil in the middle with Kev & Doku on

personally suspect there was more to that summer window than we might know. Do you let Pep spend big if you thinks he might leave? Did the ATP and fight over sponsor monies affect us?
Maybe this year it’s top 4 only. Who cares after what we’ve enjoyed.. We don’t operate to fail to win trophy’s and the club will put it right.
Get behind the club. We owe them that.

 

[chaddblue]

It’s really hard to be too angry when you have players having to play who aren’t fit or are shattered and players out there having to play who are totally devoid of form and confidence

That’s probably 7 or 8 of our starting 11 today who would be nowhere near the team if everybody was available

The worrying thing is we’re probably gonna have to continue like this for the foreseeable.. maybe until January when we can get some reinforcements in

 

[ProofMCFC]

Think gundo is getting some unfair stick. When he came back I don’t anticipate we thought he’d be starting every game. But needs must.

But he IS starting and getting paid very well for it’s so he deserves the stick.

 

[bladdered]

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

Anyway..
1st defeat in 2024
1st defeat in 32..

Fuck it. We.go again

 

[marco]

pep needs to pull every international player from the next break, get the players on the beach somewhere and take stock, were going to be fucked come January when the weather makes the pitch's heavy and we will have more injuries incoming because the current players are knackerd, cant rely on the Jan window to help us either its a bad window to buy in

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

Bournemouth were really good and deserved the win. This felt like a defeat that has been coming. We've been winging it for a few weeks now, and it's finally caught up with us. Can't blame the players, they're dead on their feet and we're down to the bare bones in terms of the squad. Got to somehow dust ourselves off and try and get through the next two. Having Savinho and Doku back should at least help.

"dead on their feet"...at the start of November, does not augur well for the rest of the season given Pep and City deliberately (we have to assume) wanted to go into this season with a smaller squad.
Some of the starters today did not play or start/had limited minutes on Wednesday....Erling, Josko, Kova, Akanji, Walker, Silva. I don't get this "dead on their feet" excuse, they're professional athletes who should be able to handle a match a week or a match and 20 minutes a week
For me, today's defeat was more symptomatic of wider concerns and issues behind the scenes, possibly?

 

[nellyonthewing]

We are playing like wr believe we are tired

Pep's achilles heel is his eagerness to talk up our opponents . How many times does he big up the rags and they turn us over. Now he's banging on about injuries and number of games with some justification but maybe just keep it to yourself Pep as the team is mirroring his fears.