If the rot continues what happens ?

Palerider said:
It's a great test for Pep, tactically, psychologically and intellectually. I'm reading World War 1 stuff at the moment and the similarities to the military leaders is striking. The invention and improvements of the machine gun changed battle tactics forever. You could no longer use your highly trained motivated army to just charge at the opposition and let your superior soldiers prevail. They just got shot down and slaughtered. So the war settled down into a defensive stalemate interspersed with military leaders losing their heads and sending their men to face the machine gun bullets. The bullets always won. Pep needs to evolve and discover new tactics (tanks, aeroplanes, nuclear bombs) to counter the machine gun.
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Good analogy
 
Keeper! said:
100% probably the first time in his life he has experienced something like this, be looks utterly shocked by everything going on around him.

How long do you give him, if we go into January without a win , don't questions need to be asked?
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Well it won't be BM posters, asking the important questions or providing the answer either.

If only for that reason, we should be reassured.
 
Keeper! said:
This version of Pep maybe, to be honest I haven't got a scooby.

I am just tired of watching the same issues every game and no changes made.

This is new territory for the great man, and so far he is not handling it well at all.
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Ignore the title of this youtube video as it's extremely misleading but the video shows Pep did make high risk changes against the rags which were largely working.

Instead of the default 3 at the back in build up play Gvardiol was pushed into midfield creating a 5 v 4 overload in the centre and leaving 2 at the back.

The changes also meant that the space was created in the left channel for Nunes.

But for the horrendous Nunes back pass it would had been professional 1-0 win by an exhausted team.


The author concludes:

"I thought Pep strategy despite being high risk was for the most part paying off and it was just undone by some horrific play meaning he earns a five while amorim wasn't far off meaning he earns a 4.5".

Subtle changes are being made which aren't even noticed so your assertion of no changes being made is just false.
 
wolviedinho said:
Good analogy
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I haven’t looked at the stats but my sense is the over the past 15 months our goal difference has been much lower than previous 5 years. Suggesting that our superiority was already eroding as teams worked us out

Add to that injuries etc. and we go from superior to inferior.

We are still having lots of possession, and no one apart from Spurs has absolutely hammered us in terms of margin of defeat.

If we can still get 60% possession and have a world class striker we should be able to win matches.

Am sure Pep can figure.
 
Colin Bells Boots said:
Well it won't be BM posters, asking the important questions or providing the answer either.

If only for that reason, we should be reassured.
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He may be chatting to Khaldoon right now about what's best for the club, players ,fans and himself.

His health and wellbeing is the most important matter and he owes us nothing.
 
Keeper! said:
100% probably the first time in his life he has experienced something like this, be looks utterly shocked by everything going on around him.

How long do you give him, if we go into January without a win , don't questions need to be asked?
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As long as he wants.

He will be hurting right now. He will be searching for answers more than anyone else.

Nobody is better equipped to provide them than Pep.

We may find that WHEN we come out of this, IF we have backed and supported our manager in his time of need, when we have won another title with him - he may then extend again to reciprocate that backing which he so badly needed.

People need to give their heads a wobble.
 
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