Mate, we've been near enough playing every 3 days for the last 9 months. Everyone's aware you can't flog the same team of players for every match in top class football, but more of a mix & match was required Saturday.
Sterling, Aguero/Jesus, Cancelo, Rodri, Mendy could all have done with a run out, but a mix & match approach is what was needed, NOT wholesale changes including many players currently out of form, or returning from injury, especially against an in form Chelsea side in what was essentially a title decider.
I'd rather have rested who needed resting, & play our strongest 11 with a familiar formation, & got the job done. Then we could have rested & rotated who we liked for the next 20+ days with the Carabao Cup & League in the bag, with just the CL final to concentrate on.
I like many other fans feared Pep would do what he did on Saturday, & we also feared a repeat of Wembley a few weeks earlier because of it. We should deal with what's in front of us to the best of our ability, then prepare for what lies in wait further down the road. It's that simple mate. :-|
Yup, not even the great Pep Gaurdiola gets it right every time... Unless you'd like to prove different? :-|Your opinion v Pep's opinion.
I'll have a think.
To be honest he makes a lot of valid and justified points, what don't you agree with?Glad I don't get King of the Kippax anymore if that's the standard.
are you mad?Mate, we've been near enough playing every 3 days for the last 9 months. Everyone's aware you can't flog the same team of players for every match in top class football, but more of a mix & match was required Saturday.
Sterling, Aguero/Jesus, Cancelo, Rodri, Mendy could all have done with a run out, but a mix & match approach is what was needed, NOT wholesale changes including many players currently out of form, or returning from injury, especially against an in form Chelsea side in what was essentially a title decider.
I'd rather have rested who needed resting, & play our strongest 11 with a familiar formation, & got the job done. Then we could have rested & rotated who we liked for the next 20+ days with the Carabao Cup & League in the bag, with just the CL final to concentrate on.
I like many other fans feared Pep would do what he did on Saturday, & we also feared a repeat of Wembley a few weeks earlier because of it. We should deal with what's in front of us to the best of our ability, then prepare for what lies in wait further down the road. It's that simple mate. :-|
Empty vessels...Yeah, but, have you seen her post count?
Haha! Imagine still trying to call Pep out when we are on the cusp of our greatest ever season.are you mad?
this is Pep the genius we are talking about here. you simply can't post shit like that on here...even if you are bang on the fucking money .
Any of it, there were very good reasons for Pep to leave out the players he did, but for a missed penalty we would probably have won but losing won't hurt us. The suggestion that if you can live with a loss because you can see the bigger picture you aren't a proper fan. Okay our penalty record is shambolic and Agueros was especially bad, but many players have had a go and for some reason none seem that good at it, not sure exactly what we do about that apart from hope whoever we buy to replace Aguero is good at them.To be honest he makes a lot of valid and justified points, what don't you agree with?
We may well have lost with the full team but Pep tried to be smart and it backfired in my eyes and other supporters.Any of it, there were very good reasons for Pep to leave out the players he did, but for a missed penalty we would probably have won but losing won't hurt us. The suggestion that if you can live with a loss because you can see the bigger picture you aren't a proper fan. Okay our penalty record is shambolic and Agueros was especially bad, but many players have had a go and for some reason none seem that good at it, not sure exactly what we do about that apart from hope whoever we buy to replace Aguero is good at them.
They have no edge for the final. None at all.We may well have lost with the full team but Pep tried to be smart and it backfired in my eyes and other supporters.
However in the long run the damage isn't great.
Just don't get the full logic of his thinking, 1 game away from winning the league, surely pick the best team win the league, then rest. 9 changes, Ake and Mendy in and no midfield, it was carnage at times then you get Aguero arguing with Raz and then trying a party trick. It smacked of a testimonial at times. We shoot ourselves in the foot so many times still.
Don't underestimate the edge now Chelsea have over us in the final.