It gets frustrating at times but because we haven't replaced Mahrez. We're mainly playing Bernado and Foden there and Walker as an advanced wing-back some games. Foden will eventually play mostly in central midfield but for now he's gotta play where the boss wants him.I will never question the genius of our manager.. but please please pep you can see that foden out wide is a criminal waste of a world class talent, let him run riot through the middle
Exactly what we all said at HT when the ref added on 3 minutes but then stuck 10 on for the second half.They are the ultimate spoilers. Feigning injuries all the time to slow the game down which just got worse as the game went on. They then get rewarded for all the time wasting with 10 mins added time!
Funny how Everton had no players going down after we broke the deadlock, strange huh? Either way a win is a win is a win. Think Pep should have played strongest team from start then substituted, but hey-ho.
We march on.
Just a bit of backdrop to this we were talking to the goalkeeping coach after the game and discussing it ,he had no idea what had gone on until we showed him the video he was absolutely amazed and couldn't believe it ,same as us that's a red ,Just seen a video of Eddie's injury. Looked like the Everton player kicked out at him afterwards. Was anything made of this on TV?
Mahrez wasnt playing :)when i saw the starting line up my first thought was ffs
Think you need to take into account the games coming up, Pep will have seen today those players weren’t gelling but he gives teams/formations a chance. We need the squad and Pep manages the set of players to get the optimum out of them for the run in. He could play the best 11 every week but come the business end we’d be absolutely knackered, trust in Pep mate, he knows the craic.Shocking first half,akanji to aki,aki to akanji zzzzz yawn fest,doku did ok ,haaland disappeared with zero played to him,foden ineffective out wide,what was pep thinking there? nunes clueless and crap,and a shit out from him I thought? Ahead of pickford and bottled it? Second half much better and why you pay to have the greatest goalscorer out there win the game,when we give him a chance! Never forgive,never forget, fuck off Everton you horrible scouse bastards. Up the Blues.
Agreed At least Dyche puts out teams with a backbone.Their “football” under Lampard was even worse
Pep was full of praise for him in his press conference afterwards,
But with licence to drift in.Yes, fixed what he fucked up with the starting line up. The world recognized what a player Foden is through the middle. AND, Pep said the same, then started him out wide [emoji15][emoji37] WTF ?
Was it Sheila Grant and son Damon?Patience persisted today. Good result against awkward cynical time wasters who had no ambition but to get a draw. Rodders, Ruben and Erling were very good, and Kev changed the game. Manuel was a bit rusty understandably. Nunes has done well recently but needs more time to settle in and Jeremy Doku needs to cross it sooner and with more accuracy.
Just like to thank the elderly woman who pushed me into the hand rail as we boarded the tram (to be fair she didn't know it impacted my bad leg until I told her) and special thanks to her (I presume) son for calling me a **** when I politely told her that she didn't have to push me. Good to know that as a 58 year old bloke (FOC?) I can still get free abuse.
the referee was letting it happen all the time before we scored, he defo knew they were faking it and did nothing, The funny thing was when the referee was trying to hurry up the city players making subs after we scored, I also thought Ederson would have been booked for time wasting because it normally happens in games like this
Was it Sheila Grant and son Damon?
Yes I saw that. Bit over the top. He wouldn't do that to Liverpool player at Klanfield.Ref had a go at Alvarez to get off the pitch quickly when he was subbed.