Monaco - Post Match thread.

flb said:
At least Txiki can now throw another £200m at the problem defence, after all hes not spent much on that department has he?
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Can't wait! We only need six new defenders and a 'keeper! Surely that'll be about £450m?

I'd keep Kolarov as a back up centre half as I think he looks really good there but I don't think any of the others are good enough.
 
Last night our club,players and management let us down. Clichy hasn't been good enough for 2 years. Sagna can't attack to save his life. Fernandinho had fernando's boots on. KDB was a disgrace and has been 90% of this season (does he even have a defined role and has he ever made a challenge?), Sane and Sterling are young and their decision making is woeful and Aguero, he was shite last night, no first touch, the ball didn't stick - we badly need an alternative to him when he's in shit mode. Overall this season is a huge let down for us as fans and city as a club. Pep has been found out that if he hasn't got a ready made world class team with 11 internationals in he hasn't a clue. All the above problems were present from last season and he addressed exactly fuck all. A GK we didn't want to lose and replaced him with a clown. We used to dread it if Willy played as we all know he's shite. He only gets a reprieve for his penalty saves. Pep the saviour? Don't make me laugh - we played better football under Mancini and Pellegrini and neither had the sway or the funds in the boardroom that Pep somehow has. This season has gone to shit and Peps not the messiah he's a very naughty boy.
 
At the end of the day there are several players in that team last night who would struggle to get games for West Ham.

You don't win games like that in the Champions League when that happens.
 
Having had chance to think about last night - we can't defend and don't have the personnel to try and defend. Monaco remind of that Liverpool side with Sterling, Suarez etc start like a house on fire then fizzle out! Pep made a slight tweak at half time and we had 5 gilt edge chances to put the tie to bed second half, we took one! Our finishing 2nd half put us out that tie. You can not miss that number of good chances and hope to go through!
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Where was the organisation for their winner n'all? No fucker was marking Bakayoko for that header, not a single player
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When Kolorov is first pick at CB then is it any wonder? A specialist LB all his career now at CB because hes better than the shit like Mangala and Otimendi who are either on loan or simply not fucking good enough-Kolo is doing a good job as it happens.

Weve all said it on here for three seasons about the fullbacks and CB-we have either bought shit or just simply not fucking bothered sorting out the problem that's been staring the club in the face for far too long.

Txiki ironically seems to be the man making Peps job harder, can we trust this guy to buy adequate defenders moving forward?
 
ManCityX said:
At the end of the day there are several players in that team last night who would struggle to get games for West Ham.

You don't win games like that in the Champions League when that happens.
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Exactly.

Nothing wrong with the selection, as such, however I said to my lad when the team sheet was out, "sad state of affairs when that back 4 are our best options."

The shit fullbacks have killed us and as much as Kolarov has done well at CB he is still garbage.
 
flb said:
When Kolorov is first pick at CB then is it any wonder? A specialist LB all his career now at CB because hes better than the shit like Mangala and Otimendi who are either on loan or simply not fucking good enough-Kolo is doing a good job as it happens.

Weve all said it on here for three seasons about the fullbacks and CB-we have either bought shit or just simply not fucking bothered sorting out the problem that's been staring the club in the face for far too long.

Txiki ironically seems to be the man making Peps job harder, can we trust this guy to buy adequate defenders moving forward?
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Spot on.
 
blueinsa said:
Spot on Bill.

Lets not sugar coat last night. Pep got it spectacularly wrong with that selection.

That first 45 mins was one of the worst ive watched as we might as well have stayed in the changing rooms and whilst we did much better 2nd half, yet again key players cant hit a barn door and the one time we need to defend we go missing in action yet again.

Congrats to Monaco as they has some great players and frankly, they wanted it far more than we did last night which is damning on everyone connected with the club last night im afraid.
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Pep is not blameless. Yaya and Fern should have been in the side yesterday. However he can't be held accountable for Serge missing sitters or Kev putting in the single worst display I have seen from a City player this season. The second half showed that the team on the pitch should have been more than capable of going through. The first half demonstrated that we still have a very big mentality issue - reminded me of the semi final last season. Some of these players freeze and that has to be addressed if we are to progress. Pep made it clear before the game, to win we would have to show intensity, spirit and fight. Everything that we didn't see in the first half. Thats down to the players, not Pep.
 
Yet again defensive frailty cost us dear.
I don't think tactics were the problem as underlined by the sevondy 45 when we had them on the rack.
Sagna Kolarov and Clichy are not anywhere near good enough.
Our inability to stop crosses coming in has been all to evident for a long while. These players defend on the back foot all the time. They are just past it.
I don't think you can blame Pep for the level of performance in the first half. Monaco were excellent and we just didn't come out of the blocks. The players need to be accountable for that. The second half is far more reflective of our potential.
 
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