Feyenoord (H) | CL | Post Match Thread

[I'm Blue]

I completely agree with you.
But Peps reaction after there first goal was disappointing.

Imagine being on that pitch and seeing Pep react like that. It wouldn’t exactly be reassuring. Not blaming Pep but he could have reacted better to the first goal.

It was better than my reaction : )

 

[the blue panther]

When clubs get things wrong on the pitch they get them wrong; City end up with either a cataclysm, a catastrophe, Armageddon or, like tonight, a complete fuckin' meltdown.

I started watching a game of football and ended up watchin' a fuckin' pantomime. Had this been any other team I'd still be laughing at that defending - crass, amateurish, school playground calibre.

It's not the first time we've lost a 3 goal lead but I hope it's the last.

Next up at the Beswick Hippodrome is Nottingham Forest. Hope they have Maid fuckin' Marion in goal 'n Friar Tuck in the back four.

Doesn't really matter who's up front for them if the wheels fall off our clown car again.

 

[East Level 2]

Should’ve stayed on his line like a grown up goalkeeper would.

Made a right **** of himself there.

Looked to me like their man would have had a couple of unmarked teammates to choose from had Eddie stayed on his line. That was my opinion in the ground and I'm not masochistic enough to watch a re-run.

 

[paulsimpson]

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.

What is it about other teams that can shut up shop and we can't? Feyenoord shut up shop when they scored their third. Even at 3-2 we didn't shut the door. Just not in Peps style of play I'm afraid.

 

[manimanc]

Fucking shower of shite. Guaranteed the ass falls out of it every time second hand.

Certain players walking around. Is this the most unfit team in the league?

Yes it is. We are the most unfit in the league.
Do you not listen when pep gets asked about injured players?
Out of the squad of 17 reckon 4 or 5 are at peak fitness. The rest are about 75% fit, hence the shit show we are witnessing.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

It is easy to forget that the treble winning season was pretty much a write off at this point.

And that's where the similarities end.

 

[Dazzle84]

Sure I seen his nose like that before they went in

Yeah nose was like that on the bench

 

[oakiecokie]

The last 7 years isn't this season with an injury crisis though is it? We either adapt or keep getting punished every bloody game.

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.

 

[borassic]

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.

Sure we did play really tight one year at Anfield and it’s one of the closest we came to winning in normal times (Covid not included) was it the game Mahrez missed a penny?

 

[Rammy Blue]

I'm all for giving the kids some game time and normally 3-0 up with 15 to go is about right.
But on the back of 5 defeats that time wasn't tonight
Most of the season we have been keeping the ball on the edge of the opponents box when we are not winning and passing from side to side
3-0 up tonight and we didn't do it
I would even but 10 men behind the ball just to get that win. Fuck all this pep doesn't want to change his style. Tonight was all about getting a win and that last 15 was shambolic. Same mistakes, too high of a line. Just defend 10 yards further back.
I'm so frustrated. That's worse than the spurs result that for me

Can we just get this set right, the subs were made at 68 mins with best part of half an hour to go!