Bournemouth (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[SamBlue]

So why the feck did you play him, he played like he didnt train for 19 years? Under 17 RB wouldn't play worse and you made fool of Kyle. He should have told you to sod off. That why I am saying our performances are clear reflection of Pep's mood and right now he is not in a good place.
The first season Haaland could not stop scoring and he was subbing him every single game. And then he started changing the whole tactics because of him making us more and more one-dimensional. And finally bad results started catching up with mediocre performances.

 

[CC1]

Losing isn’t the problem, it’s the lack of effort from players who are being paid thousands. It’s the obvious weaknesses that haven’t been close to addressed for 2 years. It’s the putting KDB on bench and not using him whilst paying 400k a week. It’s the lack of using youth even when we obviously look slow and tired in the midfield from minute 1.

Oh dear. Let’s get into what they’re paid why don’t we.
I think we need to cut Pep some slack. He’s not done a bad job so far & after one league loss the team gets slated.
We do need at least one new player but we couldn’t have foreseen Rodri’s injury.

 

[ysmsa]

What you want to say is that anyone needed today should NOT have played on Wednesday. But Pep is between a rock and a hard place wrt injuries. I think that he made Walker play today. Lewis has played a lot of games. He will be needed in the CL game. A lot of players out there today have niggles. Easy to spot. You just cannot bring on youngsters at Bournemouth and run a risk of destroying their spirit. We've got to get through these next 2 games starting with CL on Tuesday.

Yeah, the not was missing but you got the gist.

I will be pissed off beyond belief when certain injury prone players accept the International call up after next weekend.

 

[bluewatch007]

So hard reading some of the comments on here.
It’s like the majority of posters are world class coaches, managers and or players
We lost our first game of the season, were champions and have been for four seasons running.
Stop sounding so entitled and enjoy the ride

 

[Lost in space]

We looked exhausted from the off, and the fixture list is ridiculous.

 

[ProofMCFC]

Lack of effort? From this team that has gone again and again and again and again when literally everyone has written us off at various points over the last five years? This team is showing a lack of effort? Hahahaha.

They have done it before but do you think it’s just on a never ending cycle?

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Pep plays players who are out of form and/or not 100% fit. Pep gets fuck all! We got what we deserved. Why the fuck he didn't play Macatee is baffling. To stick with Gundogen is short sighted beyond belief. Walker? He should of gone last season for me, hes been phenominal but hes not the player he was. We've been sleep walking into this potential crisis..and by that, I mean very tired players, some past their best and now injury prone. The defence is looking very,very old and slow and Gvardiol is almost single handedly dragging them through. Peps small squad obsession is now biting him on the arse big time! We need youngish dynamic top class players ASAP, but City being City will wait until summer. I'm gutted, not just for the defeat, but because I seriously think it's going to get worse before it gets better. :(

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Too many slow and non scoring one-paced, midfielders starting to look their age

They're not insurmountable but we've definitely got problems and they won't be resolved without dipping into the transfer market either in January or next Summer

This idea that it's just our traditional mid Autumn slum will soon be exposed as a total myth and our the only consolation is that Arsenal also lost.

 

[heslops barnet]

peps biggest mistake was convincing walker to stay, total liabilty these days
stats on 80 mins
shots on target bournmouth 8 city 0
says it all.
biggest worry for me is the amount of players coming to the end of their city careers at the same time

Bad planning, it was all there to see

 

[Gazza]

We basically need a rebuild at the end of the season as a few players are coming to the end of their abilities/getting injured more often - Walker, Gundogan, De Bruyne immediately spring to mind, and if Pep is leaving too, we could be in a lot of shit next season.
If two of this new crop of kids make the first team regularly then we'll be lucky.