Lyon CL QF Post-Match Thread

[nellyonthewing]

That post mate is spot on and absolutely sums me up 100%.

You cannot concede three in a game and expect to win. We need to get the defence sorted and fast. That said we had all three defensive midfielders on and still had far too many one on ones with the keeper (similar to the Arsenal semi final). Defending against top class teams is not easy but our tactics appear to have been sussed and anyone with a forward with pace seems to give us problems.

Pep didn’t overthink it -he really doesn’t show much forethought at all in big games. When tell me anyone did he make game changing tactical master strokes to turn a big game around???

 

[Woody135]

Is it arrogance if he’s changed the team to suit how the opposition plays?

Yes hes said you always play this way and we dont. But we will train at it for 3 days and we will be better.

No chance could we do that.

We are man city. We should play our way. But he keeps fucking it up when it matters

 

[RandomJ]

If we'd gone out there and played our natural attacking game and ended up losing 3-2 or something then I would have no complaints at all as at least we played our game and gave it our all. But to go out with a whimper having changed to a defensive formation and not playing the way we usually do just pisses me off to be honest. No doubt we'll end up spending hundreds of millions more on players and having the same result next year.

 

[Fatjohn]

All the quarter finals have a similar feel to it, undone by lesser opposition, and because of Pep’s fiddling with formation we don’t play our best game

 

[argyle]

Another one

Report them.

 

[EdersonsSmiley]

Someone needs to have a word with Pep. We need fucking arrogance. We are one of the best teams in Europe, we are going to play our game and see if you can live with it

Instead he sets up like a scared schoolboy against anyone half decent, it's embarrassing.

 

[citymad]

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Cue the poisonous bile that a lot of our so called support are good at dishing out. Some of them didn’t even give a toss about this competition. Shame on you guys. Very unlucky city and feel sorry for sterling. Pep thank you for some amazing football this season. Well done to a very organised french team.

very thoughtful Stevie but cant help think he's made a complete hash of a wonderful opportunity. All our creative and positive players were on the bench. Bossed by a team finishing 7th in the "french" league...yes french league.

 

[fareastblue]

I know there are lots of appreciation of what pep did for us but teams do change managers and some of it are for the better

 

[kanovic]

If kdb refuses an extension and he leaves god this team will be so fucked

 

[SidJames]

Our midfield bores the fuck out of me
Rodri and gundogan create nothing
Great pass completion fuck all else
Raheem misses too many big chances
That chance was criminal

Bores the fuck out of me also.

Rodri,Gundogan it is like the Tortoise and the Hare,i just dont rate them,both are too fucking slow.

The game was screaming for Foden,and Bernado,we were playing Lyon ffs.

We should not be trying to contain lyon

He had the resources to put them to the sword.

How many top managers would have been that negative with those resources in a one off knock out game against a mid table french side.

They had fuck all but our mistakes to capitalize on.

And they did just that.