It hasn't upset me as much as I thought I would

[jimharri]

Still bitterly disappointed. Thought my mood might have lifted a bit by now, but it hasn't. I'm not pleasant company to be around right now.

 

[Vic]

Maybe it was knowing the formation prompted the chant, but I did think a chorus of "We never win at home...." before kick off was a bit, well, premature.

But we've made a virtue of taking failure and loss in our stride, maybe not quite treating triumph and disaster the same, and you don't have to be uncommitted to be less distraught about Saturday than you think you should be (or others think you should be).

It should be different for the players. They should feel like Roy Paul after the 55 FA cup final, throwing his runners up medal against the dressing room wall and shouting "I didn't come here for this".

Though I love the self-deprecation of that song, let's bin it.

 

[1961_vintage]

I wonder how Pep feels. I wonder if he privately thinks "shit, fucked up here". I wonder if it makes him want it more with us or wants to take a break.
I wonder if he looks at some of the players and thinks "ffs you were shit".

Just curious

Having read a number of books on him, he will be forensically analysing what went wrong and why and what both he and others could/should have done differently. Lessons will be learned and actions taken I'm sure.

 

[argyle]

Having read a number of books on him, he will be forensically analysing what went wrong and why and what both he and others could/should have done differently. Lessons will be learned and actions taken I'm sure.

He didn't learn after the Lyon game.

Let's hope he does this time.

 

[Blue Maverick]

I think this lose will “Spurs” to get who we want, looking back at the game yes Pep picked the wrong team but I also think KDB was poor and Mahrez didn’t really do much, once Kev went off Foden took the game by the scruff of the neck, and with Fernandinho we battered them in the last 20 mins. I’m still pissed at losing but no more than when Wigan beat us in the FA cup. Don’t give a shit what other fans think it’s still an over hyped cup, Chelsea shouldn’t have even been it and we’re lucky to qualify for next year if they’d lost on Saturday. Sometimes you have to fail to come back, do you think any of these players want to go through that again, if that doesn’t drive them on nothing will, I really feel for Aguero, for him to go out with that medal wouldve been a fitting end, but many great players have not won that competition and many shit ones have, it’s just the way it goes.
My biggest regret is that we didnt play to the way we showed against PSG and Dortmund or the way we ripped Liverpool apart in the league, anyway next up is the Community Shield so another treble in the bag :)

 

[Rascal]

Anyone else weirdly not arsed?


Out of all my 35 yrs as a blue and disapointments this weirdly ranks very low.

Probably a thread for anyone who can take disapointment

I am arsed and I am not, I am bothered and I am not. I went into the game not expecting to win, I do believe Chelsea are a fantastic side and defensively as good as it gets. So i was not surprised we lost, that does not make it any easier but it makes it bearable. Being a blue is about a life of disappointments and we have had many, so i am not going to get over bothered about losing a CL final, a CL final i never once in my life expected us to be in. I was more bothered about losing the FA Cup semi final, because that is the trophy I want us to win every year more than any other.

I also believe we have been systematically set up to fail, the media wanted us to fail, because out media loving bigging things up and there is copy in failure. They over hyped us all season when any one with a sense of realism knew winning 4 trophies was virtually impossible, trebles are very rare, doubles are not common.

We have had a great season, yes we could maybe have won more, but I am happy with two trophies and the experience of losing a CL final will make us stronger and next year hopefully we will be in St Petersburg lifting the trophy.

At the moment we are best team in England, the second best in Europe, if you had told me that 20 years ago I would have thought your bats had flown your belfry.

 

[jayblue]

Having read a number of books on him, he will be forensically analysing what went wrong and why and what both he and others could/should have done differently. Lessons will be learned and actions taken I'm sure.

Shame he didn't do it after 20 minutes

 

[bluemoon32]

Having read a number of books on him, he will be forensically analysing what went wrong and why and what both he and others could/should have done differently. Lessons will be learned and actions taken I'm sure.

And yet he keeps making the same mistakes.
I love Pep, i want him to stay a long time but he loses his head in the CL, i have no idea why

 

[Zapcity]

I am arsed and I am not, I am bothered and I am not. I went into the game not expecting to win, I do believe Chelsea are a fantastic side and defensively as good as it gets. So i was not surprised we lost, that does not make it any easier but it makes it bearable. Being a blue is about a life of disappointments and we have had many, so i am not going to get over bothered about losing a CL final, a CL final i never once in my life expected us to be in. I was more bothered about losing the FA Cup semi final, because that is the trophy I want us to win every year more than any other.

I also believe we have been systematically set up to fail, the media wanted us to fail, because out media loving bigging things up and there is copy in failure. They over hyped us all season when any one with a sense of realism knew winning 4 trophies was virtually impossible, trebles are very rare, doubles are not common.

We have had a great season, yes we could maybe have won more, but I am happy with two trophies and the experience of losing a CL final will make us stronger and next year hopefully we will be in St Petersburg lifting the trophy.

At the moment we are best team in England, the second best in Europe, if you had told me that 20 years ago I would have thought your bats had flown your belfry.

Tend to agree with you. Putting things in perspective I was pleased when we beat Macclesfield 2:0 at Maine Road as I think we'd lost the previous 6 or 7 I'd been to that season!
It is progress as we've never been a in a Champs League final before and I do feel we could/should be in another one shortly.
For me , like a lot of fans probably the worst thing about Saturday was the massive sense of anti climax. It would have been great for Sergio to bag the winner or Sterling to prove his doubters wrong but we really didn't 'turn up' did we?
It was a poor game against a team who are really not at all easy on the eye but are very effective at what they do.
2 trophies (even one) would have been seen as a huge cause for celebration for us oldies 20 years ago as you say, but the expectations are totally different now.
The CL is a horrible corporate beast that magnifies so much that is wrong with greedy modern football. Having said that it would be great to get it under our belt to shut the bitter, biased British media up, who are praying we never win it!

 

[dickie davies]

He probably blames himself but most of his anger should be directed at the players. If pep is having an off day the players fold. He needs to almost draw a perfect map for them to win. A few of our players are overhyped and not good enough at decisive moments. The champions league is all about the star man stepping up. The closest we have is Kev and Phil. He is a victim of his own success. Collectively he had the team purring but when we needed the individual to step up they all went into hiding.

I think Guardiola will be kicking himself for not moving the players around
Mahrez had Chilwell up his arse, so why not switch him into the middle, put Sterling right and Foden left