Club Brugge (H) | CL | Post Match Thread

[bernard o'silver]

Ffs, boring as hell, sick of playing them

Four seasons on the trot if we do

 

[Ajm1985]

With the inevitable counter and one shot one goal.

I’ve often thought, if we insist on keeping the ball, then why not do it deeper in our own half and invite the other team out of their deep block? Hit the space over the top that Haaland loves to run onto and now marmoush and savi has good pace aswell. Pep insists he does not want to get into a transitional game because we don’t have the legs in midfield (even though he keeps selecting messers kdb and gundogan) in there. Then maybe a more route 1 style would help us with deep block teams. The way most teams set up against us now reminds of the rope a dope tactic, sit on the ropes, take a few blows and then bang! Counter and hurt us! It happens far too often for my liking and is extremely successful, So much so even the so called lesser teams adopt this strategy now. Pep might not like the transitional game but others do and deploy it against us because it works. But very often we play right into its hands.

They had 5 shots prior to the goal. 6 if you include that effort when Eddy was sweeping.

 

[Marvin.]

Dropping Ederson seems to have worked. Excellent distribution vs Chelsea to Haaland. Good saves last night. That''s the Ederson we know.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Foden started on the left to protect Gvaurdiol, when he bombs on Foden had to cover that space, Savinho doesn’t offer the same cover. Every game our left back space is targeted because they know he has pushed on he is one of our main threats. I think the idea was to get through at least the first half level or ahead, obviously that didn’t happen and Savinho changed the game, he wouldn’t have come on had we been ahead or level until the last 20.

 

[its grim up north]

You can’t change the euro list until after the play off. The regs are badly worded but play off is part of qualifying not part of the knock out phase.

Cannot see anything about play off phase in the rule, but if we lose we get knocked out! Might be a clue there somewhere.
PS, who'd have thought a football authority would write rules that are badly worded, ambiguous or even illegal.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Ionic that after reading about Foden's recent struggles and how they all stemmed from being isolated on the Left Wing at the Euros last summer, he should suddenly find himself on the Left Wing in a City shirt.

Different circumstances and It probably highlights the lack of defensive cover when Savinho starts on the left.

Regardless, our First Half tactics seemed focused purely on Bruges eventually running themselves into a standstill and in fairness this seemed to happen.

However, these attritional performances are undeniably a hard watch and offer nothing towards a good atmosphere

 

[SWPISHOME]

I guess that’s what you would do in Football Manager25. Meanwhile back in the real world!

The last time I checked the "real world" we are still active in the transfer market trying to bring in Cambiasso and possibly Douglas Luiz...

Players that would play a big part in the remainder of the season.

I'll stick to the "real world", Not into Football Manager.

 

[SWPISHOME]

Phil Foden is not a winger.

It's funny, Phil literally had an interview about two days ago giving out about playing on the left wing for England and how he was struggling to adapt to that position, He wanted to play centrally to show the best Phil Foden.

All of a sudden we play him left wing :)

 

[East Level 2]

Cannot see anything about play off phase in the rule, but if we lose we get knocked out! Might be a clue there somewhere.
PS, who'd have thought a football authority would write rules that are badly worded, ambiguous or even illegal.

I like a dig at UEFA but they usually write rules that make perfect sense. - To suit the requirements of the old G14.

 

[East Level 2]

Phil Foden is not a winger.

Very true, but it's tricky playing through the middle against a 6-4-0 formation.

 

[Marvin.]

Very true, but it's tricky playing through the middle against a 6-4-0 formation.

It is but that's his position. He's got quick feet and shot. Excellent at one-twos. He's exactly the player you'd want central in that situation.

I might credit Pep with perfect timing in using Savinho in a 45 min. burst against a tiring defence but he really isn't very good at tactical subs.

 

[waspish]

Don't what pep was playing at first half? All I can think of is he wanted Savino fresher than the Brugge defence or pep thinks Savino can't play 90mins!

Inverting Silva and Foden just gave us so much more attacking ability! Foden left wing Silva right wing pep thinks it gives us less transitions IT Doesn't!!

 

[Bellamy's Caddy]

Ionic that after reading about Foden's recent struggles and how they all stemmed from being isolated on the Left Wing at the Euros last summer, he should suddenly find himself on the Left Wing in a City shirt.

Different circumstances and It probably highlights the lack of defensive cover when Savinho starts on the left.

Regardless, our First Half tactics seemed focused purely on Bruges eventually running themselves into a standstill and in fairness this seemed to happen.

However, these attritional performances are undeniably a hard watch and offer nothing towards a good atmosphere

It was the first thing I thought on seeing how we were lining up. We had moved away from Bernardo out wide, and after his performance against Chelsea he was looking more like his old self playing centrally. First half undid a lot of the recent good work and their goal was as predictable as our short corner routine...

Credit to Pep for changing it at half time. Savinho is a special talent. He's still raw, but at his age and in his first season, he looks very promising and his contribution totally changed the game. Hopefully he can add the defensive instincts to his game, if he does, he will be a big player for us for a long time.

 

[Vic]

Did anyone notice that we kept possession for TEN minutes at the end of the second half. That was a phenomenal piece of game killing.

Brugge aware that as things stood they were going through.

And didn't have Alan Ball telling them to keep it in the corner.

 

[noseve]

With the inevitable counter and one shot one goal.

I’ve often thought, if we insist on keeping the ball, then why not do it deeper in our own half and invite the other team out of their deep block? Hit the space over the top that Haaland loves to run onto and now marmoush and savi has good pace aswell. Pep insists he does not want to get into a transitional game because we don’t have the legs in midfield (even though he keeps selecting messers kdb and gundogan) in there. Then maybe a more route 1 style would help us with deep block teams. The way most teams set up against us now reminds of the rope a dope tactic, sit on the ropes, take a few blows and then bang! Counter and hurt us! It happens far too often for my liking and is extremely successful, So much so even the so called lesser teams adopt this strategy now. Pep might not like the transitional game but others do and deploy it against us because it works. But very often we play right into its hands.

Remember Conté's Chelsea just sitting there, even though they were 1-0 down at the time? Can't imagine many would get away with doing that, though...

 

[Matt Diablo]

Hope Peps love child syndrome doesn't cause anymore damage. He must put an end to starting it once and for all . . .

 

[blueparrot]

With the inevitable counter and one shot one goal.

I’ve often thought, if we insist on keeping the ball, then why not do it deeper in our own half and invite the other team out of their deep block? Hit the space over the top that Haaland loves to run onto and now marmoush and savi has good pace aswell. Pep insists he does not want to get into a transitional game because we don’t have the legs in midfield (even though he keeps selecting messers kdb and gundogan) in there. Then maybe a more route 1 style would help us with deep block teams. The way most teams set up against us now reminds of the rope a dope tactic, sit on the ropes, take a few blows and then bang! Counter and hurt us! It happens far too often for my liking and is extremely successful, So much so even the so called lesser teams adopt this strategy now. Pep might not like the transitional game but others do and deploy it against us because it works. But very often we play right into its hands.

We don't very often play into their hands. Very often,this season apart, we win and they lose and we win the league they don't.

 

[noseve]

Yeah, it’s a fuck up by UEFA. I read my interpretation in, I think, the Times some time ago. It could be wrong. UEFA have not issued a clarification, which is needed. The registration date means the new list is applicable for the knockout phase, so we are back to the uncertainty. Surely the clubs must ask. The regs are quoted somewhere above in this thread. Clear as mud.

I hope they don't ask - if the rules don't explicitly prohibit it, play who you want.
If all teams with new signings were to do it, I couldn't see UEFA kicking them all out?

 

[Vic]

Ionic that after reading about Foden's recent struggles and how they all stemmed from being isolated on the Left Wing at the Euros last summer, he should suddenly find himself on the Left Wing in a City shirt.

Different circumstances and It probably highlights the lack of defensive cover when Savinho starts on the left.

Regardless, our First Half tactics seemed focused purely on Bruges eventually running themselves into a standstill and in fairness this seemed to happen.

However, these attritional performances are undeniably a hard watch and offer nothing towards a good atmosphere

It just seemed the tactic was patient probing. If Phil and Kev had scored when put clear rather than blasting over the bar, it would have been hailed as a master class.

Lots of chances too for someone to go into forward positions to receive a pass, but didn't, which again I took to be care not to risk losing the ball.

Plus another referee acting as an extra defender.

 

[KDBPLGOAT]

I completely agree regarding the PSG game. Even though City go 2-0 up it was very much against the run of play. PSG ran out well deserved winners.

Maybe it’s just blind faith on my part but I just believe City are not too far away. Obviously Rodri is a huge loss but Dias is also a big miss at the back and Walkers pace was needed playing such a high line. Without that pace City are always going to be susceptible against a counter attacking team

I think it might be blind faith tbh lol, I just think we could’ve fluked our way into the final or semis in the old format, but the last 32, 16, and quarter finals and semis will be against teams that are better than us this season, we aren’t a park the bus shit dirty Chelsea or Rafa Liverpool type team. To win we have to outplay a team, and we ain’t doing it against all those teams I mentioned before. Put it this way we were 5/1 to win the TREBLE AGAIN just last season, and we’re 9/1 to win the UCL this season. It will be difficult. Hope you’re right tho!