He was never where he should have been, he’s struggling at the moment. Poor at Brighton, Poor v Spurs and poor tonight. However, not on his own. Gvardiol, Akanji, Ederson also poor.
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Feyenoord (H) | CL | Post Match Thread
- Thread starter MCFC1993
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Play a straight back 11Well looking ahead to Sunday, assuming the people in training are ready to go, is this the lineup?:
Ederson
Lewis Dias Akanji Ake
Gundogan
Foden Debruyne
Savinho Grealish
Haaland
Play a straight back 4. Take some early pressure and counter.
GaudinoMotors
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God I wish I'd recorded myself. I said to the bloke next to me "bit early for those subs".Pep certainly has things to answer for but he’d have been crucified if we get hammered by the dippers using players even more shagged out than they are now. If you can’t rest anyone when you’re 3-0 up against the Dog & Duck, 20 minutes to play and have a dressing room full of sick notes, when can you?
Criticise other stuff by all means but at least there was a logic:
- Gundo off: age has taken its toll and he’s playing far more minutes than he should.
- KDB on: patently not match fit so it was an opportunity to ease him back.
- Phil off: been looking a bit jaded this season and some suspect poorly.
- Nathan off. Only just back from injury and he’s needed for the dipper game.
- McAtee on: a rare chance to give him some minutes.
Some people want it every fcukin way but hindsight’s all too easy when pontificating on a forum. We don’t have that luxury in real life.
Just do the subs one at a time. Hindsight says a triple sub has been a mistake before.Pep certainly has things to answer for but he’d have been crucified if we get hammered by the dippers using players even more shagged out than they are now. If you can’t rest anyone when you’re 3-0 up against the Dog & Duck, 20 minutes to play and have a dressing room full of sick notes, when can you?
Criticise other stuff by all means but at least there was a logic:
- Gundo off: age has taken its toll and he’s playing far more minutes than he should.
- KDB on: patently not match fit so it was an opportunity to ease him back.
- Phil off: been looking a bit jaded this season and some suspect poorly.
- Nathan off. Only just back from injury and he’s needed for the dipper game.
- McAtee on: a rare chance to give him some minutes.
Some people want it every fcukin way but hindsight’s all too easy when pontificating on a forum. We don’t have that luxury in real life.
I had no issue with who he took off, it was throwing that bag of nerves Pusey into the game when Dias and Walker were on the bench that bothered me instantly. My heart sank a bit when I saw he was coming on.Pep certainly has things to answer for but he’d have been crucified if we get hammered by the dippers using players even more shagged out than they are now. If you can’t rest anyone when you’re 3-0 up against the Dog & Duck, 20 minutes to play and have a dressing room full of sick notes, when can you?
Criticise other stuff by all means but at least there was a logic:
- Gundo off: age has taken its toll and he’s playing far more minutes than he should.
- KDB on: patently not match fit so it was an opportunity to ease him back.
- Phil off: been looking a bit jaded this season and some suspect poorly.
- Nathan off. Only just back from injury and he’s needed for the dipper game.
- McAtee on: a rare chance to give him some minutes.
Some people want it every fcukin way but hindsight’s all too easy when pontificating on a forum. We don’t have that luxury in real life.
Dias should have been given 15 mins ahead of Anfeld. Feyenoord wouldn't even get their first goal with him there. Instead Pusey caused the chaos that gave Feyenoord a sniff and our shit confidence takes care of the rest.
You have to ask, if Dias isn't fit enough to play 15 mins in a game that's all but over, then why is he even on the bench? Bizarre from Pep tonight and absolutely suicidal shit from the players - Ederson and Gvardiol especially. A terrible end.
manimanc
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Well said mate.Yep. There’s a reason we are the only team to win 4 in a row. It’s ridiculous the team achieved that after the treble. They look physically and mentally knackered, perhaps since the FA Cup final. Not surprising given what they’ve done over the last few years and the injuries have then killed us. Am sure Pep made those subs with an eye on the weekend and fear of more injuries.
We as Blues can’t forget their achievements. We are all pissed off, but we’ve got to give them the love, when all the media and red fuckers will be rubbing their grubby hands, hoping we turn on each other and then forget what we’ve experienced over the last 15 years.
They want to stain all we’ve loved - fuck them. It may be coming to the end of a cycle, but rage, rage against the dying of the light. This team and club deserves that and they have to know we love them, we might win something, we might not this season, but they deserve our gratitude, passion and fight.
In a thread full of mardarses and entitled bellends, someone sees the bigger picture and posts some sense.
Well said brother.
I reckon they guy is referring to his failure to clear the ball for the 3rdHe's the Scapegoat for the numbnuts.
BlueMoonRisin’
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Well you know fair well what losing is all about then or have you forgotten when we lost regularly?Criticism not allowed? I think after recent results and the manner in which they happened your the only one that isn't a ****. Followed this team for 58 years so i can recognise shit when i see it, and this team and manager are up to their necks in it. Problem is that it is their own shit
Leroy Leroy Leroy
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3-2 up basically in stoppage time, why are we playing an offside trap on the halfway line? legs gone?