It wasWhy do we play such a high defensive line when we have zero pace at CB or DM, the ball over the top or in between the FB and CB kills us every time against quick forwards, just can't understand why we play this way with the players we currently have. I know Pep likes to pen teams in but shouldn't we be dropping off and holding a deeper back line out of possession?
He cover mistakes like city is a bottom club, he bought almost all those playersPep tried to cover for those weaknesses last night but it still didn't work.
Some tactical tweaks and some new personnel are required but the high line is unlikely to go so we have to have more pace in the centre.
You allowed to be angry, I’m fucking livid.The elephant as you say is Pep.
We should be as a club ruthless, get rid now
He is using us as an experiment for his own views on football, fucking around with tactics, formations, players etc.
I see him as a danger to us as a club progressing further. I believe he has cost us Sane as a player and could do so with the likes of Bernardo and possibly Foden
Does anyone imagine if Kompany was around in his prime he would have stood for this. Not a chance.
11 games we have lost this season due in the main to pissing around.
I am angry and perhaps will calm down but he has cost us once again
Bang on the money.It was
He cover mistakes like city is a bottom club, he bought almost all those players
You play againt Lyon not prime barca or Milan. We end up conceding shit goals, put at the least an attacking team who can scare Lyon. Confidence play a big role in modern game, Lyon whould have stayed in their area and played cautiously
Even when we trash teams i have always a feeling, a mistake is coming during the game
But he's entering the final year of his contract so how does he rebuild the side when he might well be on the way out?Well said. As I said on another thread, many supporters always want someone to blame and far too many think that sacking a manager or selling a player is the right response to a bad defeat.
That's not to say changes in playing personnel are not required: they are. This is a team in transition for one thing and also you should always be looking to replace your weakest links with stronger ones every summer.
Changing the manager is not the right choice at this point, backing him big time in the transfer market is the right move. You sign Pep as manager, you need to give him top quality players because that's what his system demands. He needs to stay and "rebuild" the team.
Whatever we think about team selection, at 1-1 VAR had a major impact on the game. How an "offside" player allowing the ball to go through his legs and then subsequently score is totally beyond me. UEFA only needed one opportunity to make sure we didn't progress and they got it. I'm not denying we weren't good but there's plenty on here who should look at themselves and their comments.
Where does this bollocks come from?
Did you not see the Arsenal game where we got done by a team using exactly Lyons tactics and formation? Did you not see the Norwich game, Wolves, Spurs, United, Southampton?
Lyon are better than all of them. There's every chance we lost just as easily in a 433.
Pep doesn't make these changes for a laugh, he does it because we've got massive weaknesses that good teams have exploited all season.
I cannot understand the deluded arrogance to think we would have been untouchable in a 433 when we have seen its not true all season long.
Good. He is the only one responsible for the shite we served up last night.He literally already said he made a mistake with the set up.
The elephant as you say is Pep.
We should be as a club ruthless, get rid now
He is using us as an experiment for his own views on football, fucking around with tactics, formations, players etc.
I see him as a danger to us as a club progressing further. I believe he has cost us Sane as a player and could do so with the likes of Bernardo and possibly Foden
Does anyone imagine if Kompany was around in his prime he would have stood for this. Not a chance.
11 games we have lost this season due in the main to pissing around.
I am angry and perhaps will calm down but he has cost us once again
You're right. Kompany would not have accepted his team not going all out for the win in a game like this. Pep would not have dared pulling a stunt like thatThe elephant as you say is Pep.
We should be as a club ruthless, get rid now
He is using us as an experiment for his own views on football, fucking around with tactics, formations, players etc.
I see him as a danger to us as a club progressing further. I believe he has cost us Sane as a player and could do so with the likes of Bernardo and possibly Foden
Does anyone imagine if Kompany was around in his prime he would have stood for this. Not a chance.
11 games we have lost this season due in the main to pissing around.
I am angry and perhaps will calm down but he has cost us once again
Well said. As I said on another thread, many supporters always want someone to blame and far too many think that sacking a manager or selling a player is the right response to a bad defeat.
That's not to say changes in playing personnel are not required: they are. This is a team in transition for one thing and also you should always be looking to replace your weakest links with stronger ones every summer.
Changing the manager is not the right choice at this point, backing him big time in the transfer market is the right move. You sign Pep as manager, you need to give him top quality players because that's what his system demands. He needs to stay and "rebuild" the team.