First time poster, go easy
I felt the need to register and post after tonight's display. I've read the majority of comments.
People blaming the ref/uefa/fans are missing the point. After a shaky 20mins we decided to play and apply pressure and We were 2-0 and cruising at half time. Yes we looked susceptible to the counter, we always will with yaya in a midfield two. What happened after half time was a disgrace and indefensible. It was a shambles, every player dropped their performance level. Silva and zab hitting hopeless cross field passes only to be intercepted said it all.
You can not expect to progress in this comp or deserve to if you can't see out a half against a very poor cska when 2 up. Remember they were missing 3-4 of their starting 11 and they only had 6 on the bench due to injuries/suspension. They were there for the taking. Never mind a missed pen at 2-0, we should of seen it out, no excuses.
What is really concerning is pellegrini bottled it. Yaya, for several reasons, not all of his own fault is not up to it (most worryingly is he doesn't look anywhere near match fit). Everyone could see he was a liability, not tracking, easily bypassed, not even retaining possession. He was the clear and obvious substitution. Bring on fern and navas and put silva behind aguero. Solid midfield to see it out. Instead he waited too long and kept yaya on, effectively playing with 10 men (penalty lies with him and kolarov).
Another worrying point is pellers isn't learning. We all know 4-4-2 in Europe won't cut it, especially if he's sticking with yaya. Against Roma we saw it after 20mins. First 20mins tonight it was clear to see. Why does this continue to happen, questions need asking and answering by pellers. This CL campaign has been shambolic.
Yaya tonight was a joke, we all realise that. He's been great for us but unless things change soon he needs to go. He was fantastic last year with his attacking threat, we let his poor defensive duties slide because of it. Now he offers neither and it's unacceptable. Will pellgrini drop him though?
Dzeko, he divides opinion. Tonight was one of his too frequent amateur performance. Didn't link with the team, can't control a ball for his life and offers little. The guys too inconsistent. He's useful against a poor team who park the bus at home but Away in the CL? Not worth the risk.
I like pellers, he had a good first year, we will see how he goes this year in the PL with proper contenders though. I fear for him as we all know the owners want world wide popularity and that comes with progression in the CL. Not getting past the group stages would be a huge blow to the owners (far more than us fans). If he didn't win the league on top of absolute failure in the CL then I wouldn't be surprised of the owners look somewhere else unfortunately.
He's been here 16 months now, he really needs to learn from these mistakes and start making some bold decisions.
Thoughts?
I felt the need to register and post after tonight's display. I've read the majority of comments.
People blaming the ref/uefa/fans are missing the point. After a shaky 20mins we decided to play and apply pressure and We were 2-0 and cruising at half time. Yes we looked susceptible to the counter, we always will with yaya in a midfield two. What happened after half time was a disgrace and indefensible. It was a shambles, every player dropped their performance level. Silva and zab hitting hopeless cross field passes only to be intercepted said it all.
You can not expect to progress in this comp or deserve to if you can't see out a half against a very poor cska when 2 up. Remember they were missing 3-4 of their starting 11 and they only had 6 on the bench due to injuries/suspension. They were there for the taking. Never mind a missed pen at 2-0, we should of seen it out, no excuses.
What is really concerning is pellegrini bottled it. Yaya, for several reasons, not all of his own fault is not up to it (most worryingly is he doesn't look anywhere near match fit). Everyone could see he was a liability, not tracking, easily bypassed, not even retaining possession. He was the clear and obvious substitution. Bring on fern and navas and put silva behind aguero. Solid midfield to see it out. Instead he waited too long and kept yaya on, effectively playing with 10 men (penalty lies with him and kolarov).
Another worrying point is pellers isn't learning. We all know 4-4-2 in Europe won't cut it, especially if he's sticking with yaya. Against Roma we saw it after 20mins. First 20mins tonight it was clear to see. Why does this continue to happen, questions need asking and answering by pellers. This CL campaign has been shambolic.
Yaya tonight was a joke, we all realise that. He's been great for us but unless things change soon he needs to go. He was fantastic last year with his attacking threat, we let his poor defensive duties slide because of it. Now he offers neither and it's unacceptable. Will pellgrini drop him though?
Dzeko, he divides opinion. Tonight was one of his too frequent amateur performance. Didn't link with the team, can't control a ball for his life and offers little. The guys too inconsistent. He's useful against a poor team who park the bus at home but Away in the CL? Not worth the risk.
I like pellers, he had a good first year, we will see how he goes this year in the PL with proper contenders though. I fear for him as we all know the owners want world wide popularity and that comes with progression in the CL. Not getting past the group stages would be a huge blow to the owners (far more than us fans). If he didn't win the league on top of absolute failure in the CL then I wouldn't be surprised of the owners look somewhere else unfortunately.
He's been here 16 months now, he really needs to learn from these mistakes and start making some bold decisions.
Thoughts?