Champions League Final | Post-Match Thread

[Rammy Blue]

I still can’t quite believe how bad we were, even with the tinkering it was just awful.

 

[Mancitytevez]

A disappointing finale to an excellent season.


Fairplay to Chelsea.


Enjoy the summer!

Nah....yes, Chelsea played well, Pep did what he always does in big games, over-thinks and fucks it up....no way sterling should have started and no way fernandinho should have been on the bench! Honestly, sterling should be sold, boy falls over his own feet....

 

[bobom]

This might create problems.

I think Klopp lost the dressing room at Liverpool this season because he coached them really badly. If I was a City player I'd have big doubts as to what my coach was going to come up with in a big game.

What if we have a big game against Liverpool or Man Utd next season, and Pep prepares the player, and says this is what we are doing? And its something unusual. We might have a problem between coach and players.

We don't have a clue though do we. Just coming to terms with another Pep cock-up.

I actually wonder whether this happened last night. The team vibe was strange. I imagine they will have thought the same thing as we did - is he over thinking this? And some of them already bear the scars of Monaco, Liverpool, Tottenham, Lyon. I wonder whether some of the senior players - Dinho, Kevin, Walker - might have voiced some opposition?

 

[jaiguruKun]

It's hard to escape the conclusion that he's been treated very shoddily by Pep, he deserved a lot more respect.

 

[Keeper!]

Said last night, like all geniuses he , Pep, is flawed, serious flaws, and often against the lesser sides.

This is no slur on Chelsea, who rightfully won last night but City have better players, better coach, but last night we failed badly, did not remotely justify our ability.

 

[Asa's left peg]

Well, at least he left the brainfart to the final this season. Hopefully he will leave it to the supercup next season.
One last thing. In the last 3 games against Chelsea, Pep didn't play our strongest 11 or formation- and we lost by one goal every game. A day later and I still can't get my head around it.
Oh well!

 

[Keeper!]

I still can’t quite believe how bad we were, even with the tinkering it was just awful.

Looking at the side and no DM, I though Pep is going full on for this, what happened , one shot on goal, one single shot.

Incredible!

 

[Cheesy]

No matter what your job is, as a team you perform better when you all know exactly what your role is, know how your role fits in with the system and trust that all those around you are performing to the highest standards.

I honestly think that all of our players went out on that pitch last night not knowing any of those things or, at the very least, having some niggling doubts.

 

[Musampa 209]

I still can’t quite believe how bad we were, even with the tinkering it was just awful.

I think it showed how reliant we are on a system and once that’s gone the players can start to look lost pretty easily. I genuinely do think the tinkering zapped the confidence out of the players and the fans

 

[porkchopsaplenty]

Chelsea can' win the league playing with a counter-attacking team but they will probably add a striker. They will evolve too.

If the strengthen & evolve yeah they could win the League.
But who knows what will happen in the summer.
Right now they wouldn't be good enough to win the league that's why they finished 4th & lost recently against teams who sat deep against them like Villa & Leicester.
Tuchel is a quality manager but he is in his honeymoon period.
There will be bad times just like there was for us at the start of the season let's see if he handles it well, abromovic would sack him if he started the season like we did.
Pep had the ability to turn it around.
He deserves huge credit for that - me, u no one in December would have thought we would be Champions.
I'll criticise him when he deserves it like last night but also praise him when he earns it too.
Time will tell mate.