Feyenoord (H) | CL | Post Match Thread

I've just watched the 3 Feyenord goals again...
I can't really work out which bits of them are worse...
The defending... an outrage against humanity...
The goalkeeping... comedic genius...

Anyway, its hard to have a go at these players after all they have done for us so I'm putting it all down to a period of bad luck that is quite unreal.

Things will change and we will be ok.

We do however need to address some glaring weakness in the squad.
I suppose it all depends on your definition of OK...
 
Exactly, the implosion all started with Gvardiol. The whole momentum shifted at that point when we had been totally in control. He was at fault for the first two goals tonight just as he was for the first two against Spurs. He still looks good going forward and has scored some very important goals for us but his main job is to defend. We need a proper left back who knows where to position himself rather than be shoehorning in a converted midfielder/ centre back. Too often he drifts inside to the central position where he is probably more comfortable leaving acres of space on our left for counters.

Poor judgement from Eddie who was never going to reach that through ball for their third and it seems every shot against him is going in. Also he doesn’t command his box and too often stands on his line rather than coming for the ball when a corner or cross comes in. Maybe time for Ortega to get a run of games?
 
A few seasons ago as soon as we lost the ball we went hunting in packs for it & usually had it back within secs, that hunger, legs, drive & press is sadly no longer existent, we don’t have the players to carry it out anymore, a huge change is long overdue, our transfer dealings haaland aside have been shockingly bad last few yrs, I’ll cut givardiol some slack he’s playing out of position
 
I was positive, not anymore.
That was fucking shameful.
We can only play one half of football.
I ain’t blaming Pep for that one, that’s all on the players.
We ain’t winning the title and we’ll be lucky to finish top 4.
We’ve no heart anymore.
We’ve no fight anymore.
We’ve no pride anymore.
3 points in our hands and we’ve just thrown it away.
Absolutely fucking fuming.

What a lovely poem
 
What's most frustrating is that we actually played well for 75 mins. Drop those 75 mins into a regular run of games for us and it looks more than alright. We reduced Feyenoord to very little and created a lot of openings, and we deserved to be 3-0 up, if not more. But as soon as Pusey, Gvardiol, and Ederson all fucked up, Feyenoord sensed something and we didn't have the players in midfield or defence to step on any rising hope for them. Lewis is shagged out, Pusey is another Boyata, Akanji is playing through injury, and Gvardiol is also shagged out. With Dias and Walker out there that last 15 mins doesn't happen - it's the only hope I've got that we can get out of this bizarre rut and rebuild in January.
What does shagged out mean?
 

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