What happened to the all or nothing Pep when he said to the players,”you have to learn to play football with courage”. Well Pep didn’t show a lot of courage last night.Pep's at a crossroads now.
Is he aging and going down the Mourinho route or rather learning from his mistakes and improving further as a manager?
The pace and physicality of the game are growing with every season and Pep's philosophy might need a substantial upgrade now with giving pace and energy a more central role. The games against Real indicated that Pep understood those needs quite well but the performances against Arsenal and Lyon felt like huge setbacks.
I am worried Pep is killing KDB.KDB in last nights system looked very isolated and short of options.
Maybe they are a bit better than 7th in a pub league suggests
But if we had concentrated on our own strengths rather than ludicrously worrying about combating a far inferior side, we’d have brushed them aside with ease
Not spoilt just really frustrated.I agree with you but please don’t use those last three words.
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.
Oh so we agree with BT when they say something pro-City then do we?It was shown and discussed and decided it was a foul,blame fucking bt not me,it was a foul !
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.
They're a good side but nowhere near us in terms of quality. Last night is all on the manager and his decisions.
We could have got into the final that year too, had we attacked more.Hate to say it....but Pep's record in the CL with us has been an absolute embarrassment. Not even a CL semi-final in 4 years. Think about that.....
We have not been in the top 4 European sides for a single time under Pep. Even Pellegrini managed it with us, once.
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.
We play our best when playing a quick tempo, and our front 3 closing down their defenders, like both goals against RM, that front 3 interchanging all the time one minute Jesus in the middle next left wing same with Sterling and Foden. It gives KDB passes as well as Bernie giving the midfield legs. So much energy and pace and movement. Than Pep scraps that and goes for a slow boring setup in the next game, Lyon. i can think of one team that we moan about playing their strongest 14 players for over two season now yet Pep wont play his strongest team 3 games in a row in a 3 match tournament !
I agree with you but please don’t use those last three words.
Devastated. Pep throws a wobbler again with a needlessly crap team selection against a team that finished 7th in France, 7th! 2 holding midfielders and we were still defensively shite again, De Bruyne isolated, Jesus practically feeding off scraps. To be that poor with the squad that we have and knowing how good we can be is sickenening. Still think VAR f##ked us over with the 2nd but to be honest we just weren't good enough anyway.
That result happens at any other top european team and the manager has serious questions to answer. Peps needs to sort this shit out pronto with that performance and an overall disaster of a league campaign. If he doesn't then we'd better get ready for
more results like this.
They're a good side but nowhere near us in terms of quality. Last night is all on the manager and his decisions.
We have been beaten by teams who are inferior to us all season long in our usual formation.
I believe KDB always preforms better when Foden, Bernardo, David Silva play. Not Gungodan. As I said a better 6 than an 8.I am worried Pep is killing KDB.
Not joking either.
He expects too much from KDB. He is also nearly 30 years old.
Rodri,and Gundogan swan around midfield doing their "Driving Miss Daisy" cameos,pass,pass,pass,,back pass triangle pass,Never moving more than 6 feet in any direction.
Whilst KDB is running his bollocks off trying to make shit happen.
He is starting to look frustrated if i am being honest.
He needs someone to help with the workload, Rodri, and Gundgan and their pointless going nowhere fast Ball retention are not the answer,He needs a talented younger midfield player to help out, like that Phil fella we regularly have sat on the Bench chomping at the Bit.