Feyenoord (H) | CL | Post Match Thread

Nellies left peg said:
What a couple of days, losing to Spursy and last night’s debacle, and sandwiched between that the redskins lose to Dallas, I can’t imagine getting gubbed by the dippers next weekend
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Redskins? Damn right. Respect from a Vikings fan (who could possibly know more suffering?)
 
Now the dust or shit storm has settled or abated I can say that the softer side of me isn't too displeased that those Feyenoord lads didn't have to traipse onto the cheap RyanAir flight back to Amsterdam or Eindhoven all too empty handed. I think a fine 3-3 draw was a suitable outcome.
































And I'm a fuckin' liar. I think I'll stand for Parliament.
 
Gordyola said:
The subs were made on 69th minute The issue for me was making 3 at the same time Pep will rarely do so and imho it was a huge mistake as following recent form the team collective were getting their mojo back the decision wreck the momentum and upset the balance Pep is usually reluctant to make subs as he doesn't like to do exactly what he did last night
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I don't think the subs were the problem as Feyenoord had offered almost nothing in the first 70 minutes. The defensive mistakes stuffed us.
 
JewelZee said:
To be fair I think most are in shock mainly because what you are calling a difficult period is really a complete collapse. We're experiencing an utterly embarrassing loss of all form. A manager who has mainly always had it go his way seems completely lost for answers and if anything is contributing to this debacle with all type of dubious decisions one would not expect from someone with his track record. For many this collapse (and that's what it is no matter what anyone chooses to call it)_was as unexpected as it's been shocking. The fact that there is no indication that the club they've known for the past decade plus will be returning any time soon has created a panic among many supporters.
Personally I think we're in big trouble in terms being a top club competing for big honors with zero assurances that we'll get back to that level any time soon if ever. I'm not trying to be negative, just realistic in recognizing we may be witnessing the end of an era. Again, all good things must come to an end but you can't necessarily blame our supporters for being in shock at the suddenness of this utterly shambolic collapse...JMO

That said anything derogatory anyone chooses to direct at me for giving my honest opinion will be a drop in the ocean compared to the pain I'm feeling watching this unfold. In the immortal words of Lord Tennyson "It's better to have dominated and lost then never to have dominated at all"...or something like that.
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Protein Junkie said:
To be honest and with respect I think you are trying to exorcise your worst fears rather than stating facts as to our future.
Yes the decline in our normal standards is relatively extreme but this bares nothing as to what our future holds.
Hang in there brother blue- it will get better.
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Yes, I had pretty much that reaction of very raised eyebrows, in particular to the phrase “being a top club competing for big honors with zero assurances that we'll get back to that level any time soon if ever”.
If ever?! Really?? So as things stand at present we as a club may never get back to competing for big honours? That's hugely overstated. Let's look at it soberly: we've had an absolutely shit series. Thoroughly unacceptable. An astonishing stat: in our last six matches we've conceded two or more goals. The last time that happened was, apparently, in 1963. 1963. Jurassic.
Now… we are at present, as of now, competing for top honours, even after all that. We are second in the league. We are in the second group of twelve in the CL. That's not complacency. It's a simple, bald statement of the facts. We have probably the best manager in the world, who's proven it over the last eight years with us (setting aside what he did with Barcelona, then Bayern) who's just renewed for two years. We have a superb academy, we have very solid finances. We have a team composed entirely of internationals who, if they've been playing crap recently, have not suddenly, by some form of evil black magic, dolls-with-pins-stuck-in-them, become crap players for once and for all. We are, in short, one of the best-run clubs in the world, after the Swales years, when we were certainly one of the worst-run clubs in England, if not the worst. Yes… we may, this season, not win any trophy whatsoever. We may miss out on top four (although I'd be a bit surprised). I have no hesitation in assuring you — you have my solemn assurance, hand on heart — that we as a club will be competing for the highest honours in future seasons. We are not just going to go away, any more than Arsenal have, any more than Liverpool have, any more than Chelsea have. Even that lot over in Trafford Park are not going to just go away.
The one imponderable, I will allow, is the 115, and the decision on that. Worst case scenario, we're retrograded to the Championship. (I'd be astonished, but hey, who knows?) Pep's said he's staying. The chairman and Sheik are staying. At least a few of our players, one would hope, would stay and see it out. I'll live with that. As I say — worst-case scenario. Best-case scenario: we're completely exonerated. I actually suspect it'll be somewhere in between — hefty fine, or points deduction, or transfer ban for a window or two. But that's pure speculation, because nobody on here knows jack shit, let's face it…
The times when we were happy with the forty points that saved us from relegation are long gone. Some on here may well feel almost nostalgic about it.
 
You put two young quality midfielders in that midfield we win that game. The defence would look much better with someone protecting them, Gundo for how good he is at controlling he’s not a ball winner like Rodri or Fern.

I genuinely believe you put a protector in front of that defence and the fragility of our defence changes. Won’t be conceding so many attempts on our goal
 
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