Monaco - Post Match thread.

[Stevieatlasblue]

Top four will do for me now please.

 

[flb]

In fairness to Pep I think the league is much tougher this year with Tottenham, Chelsea, Utd, all improving. Liverpool and Chelsea (for a while) were our only main challengers that year.

Spurs have Pottechino, Arsenal have Wenger, Scousers have Klopp yet we are a scrapping for fourth with a far superior squad ?

 

[OB1]

We need a clear out to rid ourselves of our complacency. I'm tired of seeing us concede needless goals at one end whilst pissing away sitter after sitter at the other. That defeat tonight was entirely self inflicted. How not to defend a 2 goal lead in one easy lesson. Piss poor from manager and players alike. That 3rd goal, given that they weren't in the game whatsoever after about the 35th minute, verged on criminal negligence. Top sides don't concede like that

I think the manager made a mistake or two but piss poor is overdoing it. Given how many players underperformed, he could have selected a slightly different side, even set them up differently but there is absolutely no guarantee that they would have performed better. Too many of this squad let their manager down when it really matters. We do need that clear out.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Although originally sicked I thought I`d be more pissed off than I am

does anyone else feel the same

same here. was pissed off loads after the scored and after the game. not as bothered now.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Although originally sicked I thought I`d be more pissed off than I am

does anyone else feel the same

Aye. Feel quite calm at the moment. Then i remember that high fucking high line for the free kick
and it all goes tits up, again ;-)

 

[chesterbells]

Fuck off you rag prick.

+1

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

I maybe didn't put it right,we would be battered next round,we are just not good enough this year

I understand what yer mean.

Top three and a Cup Final will do.

And smash Liverpool this weekend.....

.....And Liecester and united at the Etihad :)

 

[El Gringo]

I think he's fantastic.

But I don't think we have the players to play the way he wants, especially at the back & we will struggle to get them imo.

But if Pellegrini or Mancini had this Aguero, no other senior strikers & no Kompany, imo neither would have finished top 4.

 

[madden150]

Really frustrated but we have to be positive with this team, no problems going forward and the young lads are gonna tear new a###holes for years. Sort out the wing backs and defensive midfield------------- BOOM!!!!!

 

[MeatHunterrr]

If we get in the 5/6 players we need will next season again be a season of transition as trying to integrate that number in to the team will be difficult, that means Pep would be under huge pressure in the 3rd season to win the big, big prizes

Good point. .

 

[Cityfan]

We wouldn't have conceded 6

WIth Mancini it is unlikely that we would have scored six , whatever his virtues Mancini did not have much success with us in Europe.

 

[Blueband Brother]

What's really annoying is after we scored they looked dead on their feet, they barely came at us and we still contrived to gift them a goal by conceding a daft free kick, then defending poorly. They didn't even have to try hard to score, we were under no pressure. Amateurish. And a long way short of being a top class Euro side.

Typical thing to happen and It has been that way all season ..we have been very unlucky and that moment when they scored absolutely epitomized the season. That was their only chance in the second half.

 

[El Gringo]

I think he's fantastic.

But I don't think we have the players to play the way he wants, especially at the back & we will struggle to get them imo.

But if Pellegrini or Mancini had this Aguero, no other senior strikers & no Kompany, imo neither would have finished top 4.

Quite a sensible argument in a sea of insanity

 

[BLUEMATT23]

No matter how you look at tonight to score
6 goals in 2 games and get eliminated is fucking criminal.
Despite being in the CL for years we freeze when it matters and whomever is coach doesn't have a clue how to sort it.
Such a shame that some of our world class players will never win it with this team.

 

[Akiva]

plenty raised there concerns before the game. Its not all hindsight.

People raise their concerns before every match.

I still remember the flapping at Kun being benched for Jesus. It was a field day for the Pep Out brigade, until he scored of course.

Blame the fucking manager all you want, again we missed our chances and again our defense isn't good enough. That's the reality and the only way we'll improve is by fixing it.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Spurs have Pottechino, Arsenal have Wenger, Scousers have Klopp yet we are a scrapping for fourth with a far superior squad ?

Far superior team perhaps - but unfortunately the manager only picks it now and again.

 

[super_city_si]

Fuck you Charles de Gaulle, fuck you joan of arc, fuck You quasimodo

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Can't say @Afrenchguy has bothered me.

We only have ourselves to blame.

Maybe I am missing something.

Good luck to Monaco.

 

[Len Rum]

I take it you are talking about KDB? If so, he was much better 2nd half. We were a bit unlucky to go out and I feel sorry for players, manager and fans who travelled.

Time to regroup and go again. get back in the competition and do better next year.

Of course we were 'a bit unlucky', we always are - when you fail to take your chances and can't defend to save your lives you are always going to be ' a bit unlucky'.
Fact of the matter is a better game plan from the manager tonight would have made all the difference.From the starting line up and that appalling first half through to the failure to shore it up when we had our noses in front at 2-1.
Chelsea and even Leicester would have been able to see that game out.
Our free kick at the end was appalling on so many levels and just about sums up our total naivety.

 

[Kazzydeyna]

Although originally sicked I thought I`d be more pissed off than I am

does anyone else feel the same

Yes. And more and more as this season has gone on I've got less and less angry after nights like tonight. Maybe I'm just getting old or maybe I'm just getting used to seeing us wilt in the big games.

 

[argyle]

Were Monaco taken over after we were? Are they ahead of us then in their project?