Monaco - Post Match thread.

[blueincy]

Pep didn't just play that card did he? We have an inexperienced team in this competition FFS...

They should play from start to finish in any competition end of lesson... Sick of this inexperience bullshit being spouted...

Time for bye bye Sagna Clichy how's the french coefficient this evening:-(

 

[cookster]

I use my eyes and he's fallen well below the standards he set last season. Really need him to produce on a consistent basis. He hasn't done that this season.

Maybe he's just adjusting to a new system under a different manager.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

The objective is to outscore the opposition. There's more than one way of doing it. With our squad, that is the way that makes most sense

I agree with bluejay16. Pep was very arrogant today. He seems to be more concerned with the world / media's perception of him and his reputation as an attacking manager rather than what's best for the team.

 

[Mancityus]

Pep has to take the blame - why was Yaya out of line-up. Why after big talk of all attack by Pep the team came out sleep-walking. Why no action was taken at half-time or even earlier when he found team was not able to handle the press by Monaco.

Pep has a style of playing from the back and 80% of our time we spent/wasted trying to get the ball to the halfway line under high press and then Monaco took the ball.

This team is not good enough for Pep I hear, not good enough to perform in PL or EFL cup or CL, a team Pellegrini took to semis last year- I guess he needs Messi and Neymar and Suarez and then maybe we might see something.

 

[Proy]

Well I thought it was tactical but we turned the cnuts over in the 2nd half, they were chasing shadows. Same personnel, same shape. We just applied ourselves properly.

Top and bottom is we bottled the first half. Shit the bed. We also don't take our chances, and I mean really easy chances. It's bizarre.

I thought we were very good in the 2nd half, Stones was excellent, so I see a lot of hope once he's sorted out the areas he needs to, next season.

Huge 3 games now. We can get our ticket into the top 3.

 

[BlueTG]

Some of the players don't care much for the shirt. They turn up when they either can be arsed, or they're on the brink of an embarrassment. It was too little, too late again this time.

That first half was fucking turd.

 

[Tricky17]

Sterling has been shite for the last three games. He's not good enough

Completely disagree. Yes he has ups and downs but he's 21 and probably our most improved player. The younger players are the future, getting on their backs ain't going to help and buying 35 year old strikers like manure ain't the answer either.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Why does Guardiola not bring on subs earlier? Very, very rarely does he bring on a sub before 70mins no matter how poorly we are playing.

Well I suppose I can afford a long weekend in London for Wembley now that I don't have to save for any more CL matches!

 

[Arthureros]

Tie was decided in the 1st half. Couldn't string 3 passes together. Maybe it's the tactics maybe it's the players, definitely one of the worst city performances of recent years. Fern should have played alongside Yaya in the middle, oh well, we can focus on finishing the league strongly now.

 

[geoff clipp]

We have completely messed Fernandinho up in trying to convert him to full back. Another issue was to hand him one of the vice captains and lost the plot in both the Chelsea and Burnley games (not entirely his fault)

I'm sure a player of his experience should be able to bounce back from being asked to play a few games out of position.