simon23
Well-Known Member
People said last year and even the year before that a poor transfer policy has been the problem...while i don't doubt this is an issue (especially concerning defenders and a lack of fullbacks (now encompassing loaning out the one bright spark from he academy who looks like he could slot in even now - maffeo) its not addressing the real issue that both Pellers and now Pep are failing at.
Both (to a lesser extent but moe concerning with Pep) are failing to get the best out of the squad of players that they have as both are trying to play in a way and set their team up in a way that actually exposes our weaknesses defensively.Pellers 2 man midfield with Yaya was suicidial at times against the bet teams...everyone could see it and yet he persisted and we lost/drew to all the top few teams in the prem.
Again this season Pep has failed badly against the two teams (liverpool and spurs - arguable 3 if you include leciester) that a lot of fans knew weeks prior to kick off we would struggle against if we played in the manner which Pep likes to with the players we have....we can get away with this against the likes of hull as a lot of the time the don't have the confidence or the players to come and attack us (but even in those types of games we can see attires that if they took a chance or two we could come undone)....
Against the best teams our midfield and defensive set up is getting exactly what Pep deserves at present - absolutely fuck all! Numerous posters on here commented over the last few weeks about how we would get hammered in midfield by liverpool (especially in the opening half hour at anfield).....it was obvious that clop was going to flood the midfield with a fast paced hard working bunch of players and thats what he did and they completely dominated us first half....Why didnt Pep send his team out prepared for this? He could have used fernando in the first half knowing that eventually liverpool would run out of steam which they did and allowed us to get more control...instead he asked KDB, Silva and Yaya to defend..none of which are capable under those circumstances.......in the second half they were less aggressive (though still had chances) and contained us quite easily with the threat of a break away always being there.
Its not his picking of certain players that is the main problem (though how Kolarov gets a game i don't know as he is an absolute disgrace of a player - one who i cant wait to see the back of) but its what he is asking the players to do -they are not capable of it....so the question is do we waste another season in (we have already wasted 2 under Pellers preparing for this) or should Pep change it.....
I know there is a long term plan.....Im happy with that. But that is NO excuse for failing so badly in the moment. He can do better with what eh has and should be adapting his ways to fit the players he has instead of continuing this way. He did it vs barca......why doesn't he do it against the likes of liverpool or spurs......is he underestimating these teams as well as over estimating our own capabilities cause it seems this way
Both (to a lesser extent but moe concerning with Pep) are failing to get the best out of the squad of players that they have as both are trying to play in a way and set their team up in a way that actually exposes our weaknesses defensively.Pellers 2 man midfield with Yaya was suicidial at times against the bet teams...everyone could see it and yet he persisted and we lost/drew to all the top few teams in the prem.
Again this season Pep has failed badly against the two teams (liverpool and spurs - arguable 3 if you include leciester) that a lot of fans knew weeks prior to kick off we would struggle against if we played in the manner which Pep likes to with the players we have....we can get away with this against the likes of hull as a lot of the time the don't have the confidence or the players to come and attack us (but even in those types of games we can see attires that if they took a chance or two we could come undone)....
Against the best teams our midfield and defensive set up is getting exactly what Pep deserves at present - absolutely fuck all! Numerous posters on here commented over the last few weeks about how we would get hammered in midfield by liverpool (especially in the opening half hour at anfield).....it was obvious that clop was going to flood the midfield with a fast paced hard working bunch of players and thats what he did and they completely dominated us first half....Why didnt Pep send his team out prepared for this? He could have used fernando in the first half knowing that eventually liverpool would run out of steam which they did and allowed us to get more control...instead he asked KDB, Silva and Yaya to defend..none of which are capable under those circumstances.......in the second half they were less aggressive (though still had chances) and contained us quite easily with the threat of a break away always being there.
Its not his picking of certain players that is the main problem (though how Kolarov gets a game i don't know as he is an absolute disgrace of a player - one who i cant wait to see the back of) but its what he is asking the players to do -they are not capable of it....so the question is do we waste another season in (we have already wasted 2 under Pellers preparing for this) or should Pep change it.....
I know there is a long term plan.....Im happy with that. But that is NO excuse for failing so badly in the moment. He can do better with what eh has and should be adapting his ways to fit the players he has instead of continuing this way. He did it vs barca......why doesn't he do it against the likes of liverpool or spurs......is he underestimating these teams as well as over estimating our own capabilities cause it seems this way