Champions League Final | Post-Match Thread

lust overlord said:
To be fair,i don't think Peps ever claimed to be either a genius or the best in the world.

He's got a preferred way of playing,that's entertaining and very successful and pretty much sticks to it.
We're short of a Leo Messi type player,who mostly turned up on the big occasion.
Last night,tactics aside,all our attacking stars pretty much ducked out.

Very few goal attempts.
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Never said Pep did, anyhow we will never know how our attacking players would have done in the positions they have been great in all season. For some reason Pep didn’t even seem remotely curious.
 
No idea why there is a comparison between the line up last night & the FA Cup semi in terms of performance. For the FA Cup we had 1 DM and no other midfielders - last night we had a DM who has played nearly all season as an 8, where he has been exceptional. Having Gundo as 6 and Sterling wide, altered how all of the team played - including defensively - and we were massively exposed for every Chelsea counter. The press was inconsistent as a result as well. Both our FBs seemed outnumbered very quickly.

I'm not blaming Sterling, I just don't understand how his recent performances justified his starting spot, to the extent of altering the entire game plan. Regardless of the ball over the top idea.

Personally, I wanted Pep to play Ferna - Bernardo-Gundo, Foden-KDB-Mahrez and then just pass Chelsea into a dull stupor.
 
Keeper! said:
who has said Pep out?

don't put words into people's mouths.

Pep fucked up, big time, his post match interview was embarrassing.

I hope this week Khaldoon, Tixiki are having a serious talk about what happened, in my humble, it's required.
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That won’t happen and you know it. Are they gonna have chats with De Bruyne, Gundo, Bernardo, Sterling, zinchenko and ask them to explain why they dropped their standards aswell??. Yesterday was fucking massively disappointing and both Pep and the players are to blame. We’ve broke that quarter final duck and got the the final. We will win it one day
 
Cheesy said:
Playing a DM actually makes us a more attacking team.

It frees up the likes of KDB, Bernie & Phil to be that much more creative knowing that they have effective cover behind them
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Maybe, but still don't think it would have made a difference. Chelsea suddenly going to give us space to play? 3 times they done a number on us against 3 different team selections.
 
Robinho's Subbuteo said:
We made progress. We made it further than ever before. Here’s to going further again next season.
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We made huge progress , Dortmund and PSG , superb game management but again , Pep went back to overthinking a opponent.

Play your strongest team, play to your strengths and match the opposition for effort, the rest takes care of itself.

They looked like they wanted it more last night.
 
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