Lyon CL QF Post-Match Thread

[Hercules]

To me, this is the end of my love-in with Pep. Gundog always starts, 2 substitutions when we're up against it, criminally leaves Foden on the bench, when he will be one of the best young players in the country, but he can't get a game.

A blind man and his dog would have known that we need a Striker and a couple of good defender, last 2 transfer windows he's signed no-one. Jesus is just not that good a striker.

Rodri and Cancelo are sh*te, Gundog is useless, Mahrez turns up once every 6 games and does nothing the other 5. What did he do tonight when he came on? Jack sh*t as usual.

Thanks for the great 2 years winning the League Pep, but we have a squad that in a year or two without KDB and Foden we will be lucky to scrape mid-table. The players look tired of the tactics used and constantly overthinking caused us to lose so many games this season.

Can we get Poch? It's time for a change

Poch.....Pochetino.....hell nah. Keep Pep for another year or two. Give yourself time to see what Nagelsman does with leipzig. If he wins the league and is able to prove himself then you go with him. However, Poch is the worse option.

 

[Mrmcfc]

Pep an absolute pussy in the late stages of the champions league again. Formation was fucking garbage, having gundogan and rodri in the same team should never happen again. I could have lived with going out playing an attacking side, but going out trying to mitigate the opposition instead of imposing our own game is just tragic.

 

[Beanhead]

"A player in an offside position at the moment the ball is played or touched by a team-mate is only penalised on becoming involved in active play by:

interfering with play by playing or touching a ball passed or touched by a team-mate

or interfering with an opponent by:

preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent’s line of vision

or challenging an opponent for the ball

or clearly attempting to play a ball which is close when this action impacts on an opponent

or making an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball."


No opponent near so not offside. (If he didn't touch the ball.)

Cheers for this. Never knew this Is how it worked as always thought the moment you made movement towards the ball and manipulated the ball which is the sole purpose of a dummy hence the name.. you we interfering.

seems like a dumb rule.. also makes playing a high line suicidal.

 

[pavelsrnicek]

3 major incidents sum up the utter frustration of our attack.
First Sterling does brilliantly to setup KDB for the equaliser. Then he does brilliantly to set up Jesus who makes a complete hash of a great chance to our us in front. Then Jesus has an incredible run and pass and sets up Sterling with a tap in and we all know what happens.

Twice Sterling does brilliant work resulting in a goal and a bad miss. Then he misses the easiest chance of his career. At the same time Jesus misses badly but then sets up what should the equaliser.

For a team that scores so many goals we are incredibly profligate. Sterling could easily have over 40 goals this season and Jesus 30. They both have very respectable goal scoring records but are guilty of missing so many chances.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Incidently, if you're going to play that formarion, you need to knock the ball down the channels on occasion. City haven't done it for a season and a half. Why?
Opposition defences can push the full backs out wide supported by a centre half because the ball is NEVER pushed down the channels.
It does my head in.

 

[ultrablue]

I love Pep. I’d rather have him as our manager than anyone else.

But to say he isn’t due a fair share of the blame tonight is silly. Lyon should be shaking at playing is, adjusting and second guessing - not us for them!

Yes it’s important to have perspective and not overreact - posters saying pep should go is a bit silly given everything, but something has to change. The last 4 years now we’ve gone out to teams we either have or would finish 20+pts ahead in a league season - that’s ridiculous.

I really feels it’s a case of putting less emphasis on this competition and just playing our game. This mystical “champions league” is a just a cup competition at the end of the day where anything can happen. We’re 100% a better team than Lyon ffs. This pressure on pep and the players is massive and until we just win the fucker and care less about it, I worry it will continue.

One positive, at least when we do finally win it we’ll be in the ground and celebrating, would have been dire if we win it once in 20 years and it’s a Covid year.

Keeping the faith, onwards and upwards!

 

[Hung]

Unforgivable in so many ways. Poor performance by the manager, Sterling always chokes on the big occasion, dreadful defending again etc. We are a shadow of the side that won the league and as we lose key players and are unable to replace them due to ffp, we are heading in the wrong direction. The establishment were intent on stopping us and despite the CAS ruling, they have. I’ve been a ST holder since 1970, but I’m actually glad fans aren’t allowed back into grounds this year, because I haven’t missed it and I have the distinct feeling that I’ve already been to the top of the mountain. I’m thankful for what I’ve witnessed during the last 10 years after decades of garbage, but this has an air of the ‘end of the party’ about it.

 

[mmc]

Criminal starting the team that he did, almost provides hope to the regular man that he could become anything :')

 

[TFC]

100% cunts, but I'd love our lot to regain that never say die mindset. I say regain cos we had it not too long ago.

 

[Ajm1985]

Practicing a lineup and formation for 3 days to mitigate the strengths of a side that finished 7th in French league is pitiful and embarrassing. The mentality and subsequent performance stemmed from that decision.

Pep is exceptional but this was pathetic, abject and too common. This team scores an obscene amount of goals, it shouldn't set up with 3 DMs.