Lyon CL QF Post-Match Thread

[Damanino]

That cheaply given away ball by Laporte which started their attack for 2nd goal is what a high line defence cannot simply do.

if that is mendy he would be murdered o the forum for it.

 

[SidJames]

What I did see is when we went to 433 we pulverised them for 20 minutes, equalised and were almost certainly going to go on to win the game until UEFA were gift wrapped the perfect opportunity to get their revenge

Even after that we battered them and would have taken it to extra time but for the miss of the century

He will need counselling after missing that.

I once rounded the Keeper and slotted the Ball in to an empty net during a Cup game years ago.

Turned around to celebrate with my team mates.

They were all screaming ,and gesticulating towards the net behind me

I was like wtf ?

I turned around and the Ball had stopped dead in a Puddle in front of the Goal line.Keeper scrambled over and recovered the Ball.

Still haunts me today bwhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Never missed one like Razza did though.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Falling to pieces in 1 quarter final can happen.

Doing it twice in a row? That's a worrying trend.

It certainly is bud. I also recall him having an absolute nightmare against Chelsea last year in the League Cup final before he went off injured?

I'm just observing how some top players do get an easier ride than others?

Walker and Eddie have also gone AWOL at moments when it comes to just doing their jobs?

I fear minus KDB, some of our lads still feel like they are plucky underdogs?

Certainly not helped when Pep also suggests we are in this competition.

It's complete bollocks- we are an elite club and team already - you don't beat Madrid home and away otherwise.

 

[BluechesterCity]

I'm still fuming... We should not be losing a champions league 1/4 final to Lyon. Juventus had literally just beat them playing a 4-3-3/4-4-2 hybrid.

Bayern play a high-line, wonder if they'll change their entire line-up/way of playing out of fear of Lyon pinging longballs

I look forward to Bayern battering Lyon.

 

[domalino]

There has been a consistent theme of the type of goal we have conceded ever since Garcia became a starter.

They have been lost in foot races or Ederson caught in no man's land as a result.

Out backline is painfully high and slow, further exposing the various levels of pace amongst individual defenders.

You have Garcia and Laporte always trying to play offside and Walker hanging back closer to goal (even though it's his raw pace we rely on to get us off the hook)

Last night is the first time I felt the fans and players weren't bought into what Pep was trying to achieve.

It's a worrying period with little turnaround time until the new season and continued fault lines throughout the defensive midfield and entire back line.

We lost this game and many others this season in the last transfer window.

We didn't buy a quick CB to replace Kompany and all of our goals conceded yesterday and the formation change were based on us having slow vulnerable centre backs.

 

[give it to gordon]

I look forward to Bayern battering Lyon.

No Bayern will go all defensive and slow ;)

 

[Father Paul]

People keep repeating this but it is bollocks.

Lyon are the second best team in France, the had a disastrous managerial appointment in Sylvinio who dropped them down to 17th, but as soon as Garcia came in they surged back up the table and if the season hadn't been curtailed by covid, they'd have finished in the top 4 like they always do.

They beat Juventus a week ago and took PSG all the way to penalties a week before that.

They are a good side.

I agree but one guy on here was called out in the week for suggesting we might lose the game. Last nights performance joined a growing list back as far as last August. We need to make a very fast start next month or next season could be over very early. The managerial position needs immediate sorting Pep should get the option of a three or four year extention or a plane back to Barcelona.

 

[HarrytheBlue]

A lot of people often take this match as a singular event and talk about missed chances and VAR and such. But this has happened 4 times in a row. This can't be just down to bad luck. And believe it or not. The money and the time was given to rectify it.

I would also like to give a wobble to your incompetent recruitment department. I don't know who suggested Rodri when Partey was right there next to him. We keep on saying we need to bring someone to complement Rodri. Why did we buy him in the first place. Same with the defenders.Another full back to strength the defence then one more fullback. It has become a typical rag situation where they buy a new midfielder every year to free pogba.

Rodri's passing stats are monumental - 100 per cent once or twice this season and the thick end of 200 passes in each of those games. Gets stuck in. That's why he plays.

 

[Bluestones]

He should have left KDB out and played another DM. Three was never likely to be enough against the seventh best team in France.

 

[Eds]

So having slept on it I am still pissed off but mainly with the dickheads on here. Personally I think the starting 11 and formation was wrong. I would have gone with a flat back four with Walker, Stones, Laporte and Mendy. Rodri, Bernardo and KDB with Sterling, Foden and Jesus as an interchangeable front three. We would kept the ball better and for longer but more importantly we would have got it further forward far quicker and kept Lyon penned in around their area. That said we can’t blame Pep for Sterling winning miss of the season and Eddie dropping a dolly. VAR must also take some blame for missing or ignoring foul on Laporte and I am convinced the ball touched the heel of the guy who was offside. Even missing that surely the fact he moved towards the ball from an offside position is reason enough to disallow the goal unless of course offside law has changed again. A few new signings and we go again next season but, and this is the irony, we were knocked out of a competition we hate and we couldn’t even attend