Feyenoord (H) | CL | Post Match Thread

[cleavers]

And just to remind some of you, we didn't lose tonight.

From a team confidence point of view that was worse than a defeat for me.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

We just can't defend at the moment. Gutting result tonight. I think the league has gone, just hoping for a draw at the weekend even that would be a miracle.

 

[blue for life]

I'm going to stop watching football for a while for my mental health.

I find it easier just not watching or knowing what’s going on at the moment. It’s less stressful

 

[TFC]

The fuck is with the high line? Why do we persist when its obviously not working (at the moment)? Questions, questions...

 

[oakiecokie]

Thanks Raggy take a look at your own Trafford club.

Ederson at fault tonight

Great to see you`ve NO fucking likes. I wonder why ??

 

[Rammy Blue]

And on the subject of the subs, it was not the time to be putting Macatee and Simpson Pusey on the pitch, when we’ve got such fragile confidence. Certainly not when we’ve got Walker, Dias and Savinho available.

Get the game won.

That said, I’m also staggered that once we conceded Pep didn’t get Dias or Walker in the pitch to batten down the hatches.

 

[MMA]

I was discussing the fact that Pep has fucked up by playing the same way of playing and its been shite according to some.Hence 6 PL trophies. But don`t let that get in the way of truths.

And do you think that will last forever..?

 

[the blue panther]

Shite ending to a game we actually did alright in, not brilliantly in, just alright in up until their first goal and then it was as clear as day we’d crumble.

He was right to make changes at 3 nil with 15 minutes to go against a team that hadn’t troubled us whatsoever until they scored. But those frailties are going to be exposed time and again unfortunately. I wouldn't have expected our under 13’s to draw the game from that point in all honesty with some proper game management.

Individual mistakes gave those goals away tonight. But with a team low on confidence as soon as that first goes in we should have shut up shop, changed the shape and let the game run its course. Instead we just carried on with plan A, as it’s the only plan we have and well, you know the rest.

Our defensive shape is non existent and if we do bother to make a challenge it’s an apologetic one. I’d fucking love to know what we do in training. I suspect it’s rondo, rondo and a bit of rondo. We sure as hell aren’t practicing defensive work.

I’d play a 4 5 1 on Sunday, but actually a back 4. Not wing backs, inverted midfielders or any other complicated shit, not because it’s the scousers, but because we need to shore it up and stop the rot and the players we have currently available cannot defend whilst playing in this system. We saw tonight on occasion, admittedly against weaker opposition than usual, that if we play forward passes instead of twatting about side to side for 6 minutes to gain 40 yards we can actually create real chances, so going heavier at the back should help us in more ways than one.

Spot on.

 

[David White]

We're looking for answers here, mate. Players don't suddenly switch off when subs are made. We collapsed when the subs were made. You don't magically lose form in 5 minutes.

The subs that would have made better sense would have been to sub Gvardiol off for Simpson-Pusey. And then move Ake out to the left where he normally plays. And then play a straight back 4. No one goes up. The Gundo for KDB sub also didn't make sense to me since KDB doesn't play the 6 spot. That means that either McAtee has to play back or Nunes had to. Or Rico or Akanji needed to move up. It was a circus in the back the last 15 minutes. The subs made it so.

I don’t disagree mate, but that’s on the manager for not changing the system and for telling the players where to go. If we shut up shop after we concede it doesn’t happen.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

The OS is quoting 'a thrilling draw'! Who the fuck was thrilled with that?