Maybe there’s a problem between haarland and certain players. This is the first time this squad has had one player taking the headlines and acclaim. Something I’d definitely wrong in that changing room.Bernardo is the worst culprit for it. I'll probably cop some flack for this statement but it's a issue and I've seen it crop up in two games from Bernardo now. Against the Rags Bernardo would go forward and Haaland would make the run, then for whatever reason Bernardo turns and goes backwards or sideways. Then tonight he did it again on multiple occasions.....just play the fucking ball through and give him something to run onto.
If Gundo or Kev don't start the service to Haaland is restricted from the get go. Case in point what just happened it's an absolute joke we don't utilise our main weapon, especially after Romero was booked as well. It's either poor tactics or something else entirely.
No chance. He was getting loads of through ball’s early in the season that resulted in goals. Why would pep change that.It's got to be an instruction...
Some of the runs he makes don't need eye of the needle passes, even I could pass the ball to him.
It's almost as if they are told - if the phase of play hasn't included one of the daft "wide player passes backwards to the fullback, who passes to rodri, who passes to the wide player" triangles, then we aren't allowed to score.
Since the World Cup they've really shown a lot less urgency. Today was a good example. They just aren't looking for him, far too pedestrian.When he scored his 25 league goals did he dribble alone past the whole opposition team or did somebody pass to him ?
So he’s been passed to successfully 8 times more than his nearest rival.
Ignore the media shite from morons desperate to put a bad spin on the best transfer of the decade.
Nope the problem is pep is telling them not to lose the ball… he’s said that several times as to why Foden is not getting a look in for premier league gamesMaybe there’s a problem between haarland and certain players. This is the first time this squad has had one player taking the headlines and acclaim. Something I’d definitely wrong in that changing room.
It's every game now. He makes runs after runs after runs. No one ever passes to him or even attempts to. Its pissing me off. Can't imagine how he's feeling.
He's 7ft tall ffs. Chip it to him more often. It's driving me insane watching all the wasted opportunities.
Is anyone else getting as frustrated with this as I am?
To be fair to Grealish and Mahrez, most of the time the ball is played to them it is behind them, meaning they are facing their own goal and giving the opposition time to double up on them.I think players so stressed about giving away the ball due to Pep's obsession, we rarely try even crosses in first instance, we pull it back, try to bring it back, recycle bit more until we have better crossing chance even at the expense of ball ending up back at Ederson. Mahrez and Grealish doing this all the time.
Now through balls even more rare than crossing.
funny is we still lose hell of a lot of balls these days, not due to bad through balls but awful short passes or simply heavy touches or just panic by being pressed and tackled...
Got to disagree mate. I could have played the through ball that silva didn’t early on. De bruyne tries to find him so pretty sure they’re not under orders. Whatever the reason it’s going to cost us the title. That and being too fucking slow!Nope the problem is pep is telling them not to lose the ball… he’s said that several times as to why Foden is not getting a look in for premier league games
100% the problem is with peps tactics… I wish he had a more vocal 2nd in command to challenge him more whether this is right for us
I noticed this too from Bernardo, but Gundogan is not much better and kdb is hit and miss.Bernardo is the worst culprit for it. I'll probably cop some flack for this statement but it's a issue and I've seen it crop up in two games from Bernardo now. Against the Rags Bernardo would go forward and Haaland would make the run, then for whatever reason Bernardo turns and goes backwards or sideways. Then tonight he did it again on multiple occasions.....just play the fucking ball through and give him something to run onto.
If Gundo or Kev don't start the service to Haaland is restricted from the get go. Case in point what just happened it's a absolute joke we don't utilise our main weapon, especially after Romero was booked as well. It's either poor tactics or something else entirely.