We should not come through this 'off' season and be in a position where O'Reilly, Reis, McAtee are no further along in their football development than they were at the season's start or when they joined. If Khusanov is trusted to start regularly then these others should be too.Always been my biggest frustration with Pep….we know he won’t do that.
The current rotation of players is producing the same poor performances week after week and something needs to change.
We can’t get rid of Pep after one bad season however this doesn’t meant he is above criticism.
Forget the wingers for a second. Where’s the service coming from the central areas like previous teams had. Prime Kevin, David Silva, Yaya.When you look at the lack of service, it's incredible he's got 29 so far in all comps this season.
Imagine we could still create chances.
Its going to take a while to rebuild an over age team into a world class team. It's not about individuals.We should accept that we are nothing more than an above average side in the league now. We used to have world class players but not anymore
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If they played with the old midfield trio of Yaya, David silva and prime Kevin things probably would of been a whole lot different.Both would have struggled to get on the bench 3 or 4 years ago
We need both. The 2 wingers (Savinho/Doku) we have are not good enough to start for a team who wants/expects to be fighting for the big prizes. KDB is our only creative player centrally, but his legs have gone.Forget the wingers for a second. Where’s the service coming from the central areas like previous teams had. Prime Kevin, David Silva, Yaya.
We have literally no threat or creativity in central areas anymore.
And Pep thinks we can get by with one in midfield against an energetic Brighton side. It’s just all wrong.
Are you in 128? Those words sound familiar:-)Same shit a different day.
Our ability to switch off at the most crucial time is something else.
How many free headers at corners before the goal?
Don’t get me started on that freekick.
Ortega the statue.
It’s on his side ffs and he just stood still and watched it go in.
He ain’t a number one, I’m not even sure he’s good enough for a number two.
We were under pressure from minute one cos his distribution is mediocre.
The midfield don’t help him either, high up the pitch and static.
Next to no movement to receive the ball.
Thought Doku was our best player but the final ball was lacking again though I ain’t putting the blame entirely on him.
Where’s the players busting a gut to get in the box?
Brighton were doubling and sometimes trebling up on him.
So that means there’s players free, give him options and support.
Luckily we didn’t lose and if it wasn’t for shit finishing Brighton should’ve gone 3-2 up at the end.
Thought Bernardo made a difference coming on, offering control and not doing anything stupid.
Sadly went off injured.
If we could knock the bozo moments on the head and the drops in concentration we could actually build some pressure and some control.
The ref was fucking appalling too!!
I disagree. I will judge the winger situation once we have addressed the clear and obvious midfield problem.We need both. The 2 wingers (Savinho/Doku) we have are not good enough to start for a team who wants/expects to be fighting for the big prizes. KDB is our only creative player centrally, but his legs have gone.
Its a huge issue that needs fixing
He’s our only world class player and far and away our player of the season.Am I missing what Haaland is giving us currently? Doesn't look arsed half the time, and Pep refuses ever to sub him out.
Doesn't move? Today he was itching to be able to run into the 40yards of space behind them, but nobody was looking for him. Watch the game again and you'll see a f*cking huge bloke waving his arms about trying to attract attention from the bloke on the ball.He was atrocious today, literally stood and watched us get countered on and looked like he didn't give a shit. Doesn't move, lazy as fuck.
"You don't know what you've got till it's gone..." as the famous football analyst, Joni Mitchell, once sang.It was a tad sarcastic after the hordes on here who used to slag him off.
At this stage, they should be 3rd (Doku) and 4th (Savinho) choice. Getting minutes and the odd starts but not starting anywhere near the volume of games that they do….Both would have struggled to get on the bench 3 or 4 years ago
He didn't have a great game today. But it was an odd midfield setup.
Every fan, pundit, player and casual observer knew we needed a midfielder with power, pace, and energy and we sign him!!Nico ain't the answer
No mate but I’ll guess there’s more than me that see our problem's.Are you in 128? Those words sound familiar:-)