Marseille (H) - CL | Post-Match Thread

[alexmcity]

So what would have been the downside in taking Fernandinho off after 80 minutes and bringing Doyle on for example?

Fernandinho has barely played this season and is captain. Why not play your captain a full game when you are going to need him? Any minute on the pitch counts when you have been out for many weeks. We are playing 2 games per week now and we need any of the senior players in as good form as possible. Fernandinho is one of the players we will rely on over the next few months. It's not like Pep doesn't want to play youngsters. The rules of professional football, especially at top top level, are different.

Youngsters Pep has played this season: THB, Doyle, Palmer, Delap, Bernabe, Nmecha. Plus U20 players like Foden, Garcia and Torres.

That's 9 very young players. 9!

Note the players Klopp subbed in yesterday: Robertson, Henderson, Mane, Firmino...Why? Because results (in the CL) matter and mean money.

 

[eastmanc]

So exciting seeing Torres on that right hand side.

Looked dangerous.

 

[eastmanc]

Or constantly analyse what the foreign opposition need to do to get a result against us. And that 20 year old Phil Foden has only started 4 out of 10 Premier league matches this season

They are absolute twats.

 

[Bill Walker]

It was a perfect opportunity to play the kids,if not from the start,at least for half hour.Im not looking for problems,im stating fact.
Youll probably be one of the first to complain when these kids stagnate/fuck off elsewhere.

All this problematic not playing kids in dead rubbers doesn't worry me one bit, Pep knows what he's doing, he knows more than you or me about managing a football club. He's the boss and we don't know what goes on behind closed doors, perhaps they are not doing enough to be given an opportunity you don't know and neither do I.
Let's let Pep manage the team and as long as he keeps winning let's not moan about things.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

The 3 of us are in agreement then :-)

Could be the first time that three posters have agreed on anything.

 

[simon23]

He's been used midweek only because Southgate played him midweek, I've said this a number of times now, he shouldn't be playing every 3 or 4 days at 20.

He wasn't good tonight though, maybe he's trying too hard, maybe he he just wasn't good tonight ?

I doubt he'll play on Saturday after tonight.

I think you hit the nail on the ehad with the "he's trying to hard bit." I thought exactly the same during the game..he was trying to force things a bit too much

 

[FantasyIreland]

All this problematic not playing kids in dead rubbers doesn't worry me one bit, Pep knows what he's doing, he knows more than you or me about managing a football club. He's the boss and we don't know what goes on behind closed doors, perhaps they are not doing enough to be given an opportunity you don't know and neither do I.
Let's let Pep manage the team and as long as he keeps winning let's not moan about things.

We have the best bunch of kids we've ever had,I won't apologise for wanting to see them get an outing in a game ghat was perfect to do so,regardless of how wonderful Pep is.....

 

[FantasyIreland]

So what would have been the downside in taking Fernandinho off after 80 minutes and bringing Doyle on for example?

None whatsoever,or even not playing Mahrez or Gundogan or bringing Sterling on instead....it risked injury and made no sense

 

[Bill Walker]

We have the best bunch of kids we've ever had,I won't apologise for wanting to see them.

Maybe write to Pep, tell him what you want :)

 

[northendenton]

Could be the first time that three posters have agreed on anything.

No its not