Everton v City post match

[Armaan]

Pep didn't need to play Yaya and Zab together in midfield. Delph and Garcia are both fit. Not the best players but they at least have working legs. We also had a promising young right back who played a blinder against the rags but Pep decided to ship off on loan. Hart is simply a better keeper than Bravo but was shipped out on loan. Nolito seems to have been banished to the reserves for whatever reason. There are options in this squad. Pep just turned his nose up at them cos they can't play "his way". If he was willing to bend even slightly this season and make the most of what he has got then maybe we could get through this season and then replace the players who need replacing in the summer. Instead he stubbornly plods on trying to hammer square pieces into round holes.

NOLITO alone would make a massive difference.

 

[blue 2]

I prefer "Resident Post Skeptic" but I'll take that, as well.

It might be coincidence but this is my 50th post I'm so glad it will be took seriously

 

[warringtonblue]

That's now 4 times we've been made mugs of in Liverpool, twice on the pitch recently and more so when purchasing Sterling & Stones

 

[Chippy_boy]

Shut up he turned his back on the third goal and the fourth was scored by a 5 year old and megs him. He is total and utter wank.

Yes he is. But if he was Nuyer we would still have lost.

 

[blueinsa]

This is the time when fans are really tested, we have to give the manager time, don't get me wrong, this defeat against an average Everton has sickened me.

Sometimes in life you have to take things on the chin, have faith and keep your nerve :-(

Well said.

 

[vmsuhail]

And an average keeper

Ask yourself, did you ever wanted Joe Hart to be out of our team ? The thought never crossed me. Yes, he had loss of form and howlers and had to be dropped occasionally, but he always came back good. That's not what I feel towards Bravo.

 

[TonyBookEnd]

When is he going to show it? Not seen much of it lately

"You can't make chicken salad out of chicken 5hit". Some of the players he has to work with are not good enough, the squad is hideously unbalanced. We've given him Aguero and Kelechi as our only 2 strikers. Crazy. Mancini had Tevez, Aguero, Dzeko, Balotelli

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

This season should have been a meeting of the two halves - the players we have and what they are capable of achieving realistically, and Pep's penchant for his style of football. It seems the two are at odds, instead of being moulded together to deliver what the money should have delivered.

 

[Eaglechief]

Genuine question.

Would you get rid of Pep tonight if Mancini would come in tomorrow?

Yes, if both Mancini and Cook came and we got rid of Pep and Txiki. Trying to replicate Barcelona's approach is a failed experiment, Mancini understood how this league worked and built the team accordingly.

 

[cleavers]

NOLITO alone would make a massive difference.

I think you've missed a word out "not".