Juventus (A) | CL | Post Match Thread

argyle said:
You can wish for Pep to be sacked, but it isn't going to happen.
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Sacking Pep is not an option. The club isn't going to eat 50 mil. It's not a matter of Pep out. It's a matter of will Pep be able to get us back on track. We are left to hope...
 
JewelZee said:
So all our fans 30 and under are not "true" fans? Nonsense. We can't expect them to laugh at this situation. Back in the day it was much easier to be OK with a lack of success. There weren't these expectations. This squad was considered the best squad in the world less than 2 months ago and now can't beat ANYONE. In fact, in many games we aren't even competitive. And our legendary manager seems at a loss to stem the bleeding. These younger fans are in shock. Why? Because what's happening is shocking, simple as. As an older fan myself I'm glad these young fuckers are in an uproar. God bless them!!!!
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I'm fine with people being annoyed. I'll let things go at the game, honestly. Emotions are high, it's a release for all of us.

But fans of every age need to realize that supporting even the most successful club in football involves more pain than success. You can't win a trophy every season, if it was easy then many clubs before Man City got money would have done it.

If this is an off season for us then it's an off season for us.
 
dom said:
Well Gundo et Al....how about pressing and tackling instead of shuffling backwards giving the attacker thinking time and time for his mates to arrive
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He's never been the quickest defensively but he shouldn't be playing this amount of games really, but needs must.

But it's not just him, our team defending is awful.

Players need to do their jobs, if you're a fullback for instance, defending is your number 1 priority. They're being caught out of position, it's costing us goals and it happens every game.
 
bluegaz13 said:
Same old same old I’m afraid…..story of our season.

  • Very little creativity apart from Kev who got more and more sloppy as the game went on.
  • Caught out playing a high line once again. Doku lost the ball and hey presto Juventus are on the counter.
  • The inverted full back is costing us in every match.
  • Build up too slow and side to side to side to side to side and then no ball into the box.
  • Walker once again not trying to stop a cross coming in and costing a goal.
  • We probably had as many chances as Juventus but drew a blank due to wastefulness.
  • Weak in the tackle.
  • Wide men that can’t cross.
Something has got to change, apart from Kova coming back I cant see where the midfield is going to improve.

I think this is Pep’s biggest ever challenge with probably the least talented squad he has ever managed and he cannot stubbornly stick to what was previously tried and tested.
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We dominated the game tonight without being anything like the standard we're accustomed to. Seems that every mistake is punished and at the other end nothing bobbles our way when opposing defenders make mistakes. We'll make the play-offs and by the time of those games, which incidentally will be against another struggling side, we'll have addressed a few things. Not a single one of these other struggling sides will want us in the play-offs.
 
JewelZee said:
So all our fans 30 and under are not "true" fans? Nonsense. We can't expect them to laugh at this situation. Back in the day it was much easier to be OK with a lack of success. There weren't these expectations. This squad was considered the best squad in the world less than 2 months ago and now can't beat ANYONE. In fact, in many games we aren't even competitive. And our legendary manager seems at a loss to stem the bleeding. These younger fans are in shock. Why? Because what's happening is shocking, simple as. As an older fan myself I'm glad these young fuckers are in an uproar. God bless them!!!!
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Here, here
 
Thankfully I was in the pub tonight at "crossword club". Rock and rollllll
Footy sounds shite, though we did finish the guardian, telegraph and times cryptics between the four of us, so quite a result...
 
Yue Wollongong said:
I thought McAtee played 30 minutes against sporting when city were 3:0 up.
Also why not mentioning Pusey in the list.
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That was Feyenoord and yeah plenty of minutes indeed, what about Pusey ? only has two starts in all competitions and just the one in the league, hasn't featured since the International break.
 
argyle said:
If Pep thought that they were good enough and ready to play, then they would.
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But that’s a reductive line of argument for me because in essence it means saying trust in Pep, full stop, he knows best, end of discussion.
This is a supporters footy forum and we’re on an awful run of results, so imho its absolutely valid for suggestions about team changes to be made on here.

And after all, I’m sure we can both think of and agree on occasions where even the mighty Pep has got it wrong or made mistakes with players ;-)

Fwiw, when I have seen Williams he looks like he still has his fair share of mistakes in him, but I’d definitely like to see Wright given a chance.
 
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