You see that's where I see it differently he's a marauding fullback who creates and scores.Left back too unless I& Reilly is given a chance. Gvardiol was never great defensively but this season he's regressed.
Didn't think it was the worst performance today. But we really should have taken a point at least. Poor errors from Josko and Eddy for their goal. He has to get over to his winger quicker and being beaten at the near post is criminal. Other than that I thought it was a pretty solid away performance against a tough side given our front 3 were having an off day. Feel Kova or Gundo should have started alongside Marmoush and Foden and Bernardo who were poor again.
Won't make or break our season, we need to dust ourselves off and get ready for the next game. Fixtures start to get a little kinder now.
on what basis do you think we will finish above Forest?. I don't rate them but were even worse.Where to start...
Thought we controlled the game,despite offering nothing up top, until Nico went off.I understand why as he was walking a tight rope as he had been booked. Simple fact is we don't have anyone to come on in the middle. Gundo to old.
Players who are simply not performing as follows:-
Defence all solid today. Ederson made an error but I can't criticise him. He will more than likeley be moved on. Won us a champions league. Lets not have short memories
Khusanov. Outstanding again. Ferdinand criticised him so I put out a post on X telling him to wind his neck in.
Doku. Not for me at all. Sell. Show pony with hardly any final product. Injury prone aswell. Couldn't cross the road.today let alone the ball.Awful.
Savio. Reserving judgement. Has done ok. Not as well as I thought. Is he too ligjtweight for the prem. Showed glimpses today but nothing major.
Bernardo. Sell. Kept hold of for a season to long.
Foden. I will say it again. Not stepped up when the chips are down. Great when we are cruising etc but he is pissing me off to some tune this season. Really really dropped off.when he is 24. Should be getting a grip of these games.
Haaland was wank. Don't dress it up. Yes service was poor but come on has to do more.
KDB. Keep if happy to play reduced role and reduce wages. If not sell.
Rico. Shit. Nowt more to say
Nunes. Utter garbage. Rash,wreckless.
Marmoush needs a really good run of games.
Grealish . Should have been played in the middle from the off as per the home game but no. Not even brought on to draw tackles fouls to create space.
I could go on. Forest are going on as if they pumped us 4-0. Dont believe the hype. 2 poor teams today however fucking good they celebrated. Trust me we will finish above them. 10 game season now plus FA cup.
5th place is the target ( whatever anyone says) and winning the cup however I fear Bournemouth.
Enjoy your evening blues. Do not engage with the media outlets. It will literally wind you up.
We give every team so much time to get back in position it makes it difficult for the wingersDoku and Savinho were shite today, nothing to do with tactics
They were doubled up on but the CM's didn't step up....yes I'm.looking at you two Bernie & Phil.Doku and Savinho were shite today, nothing to do with tactics
They hadn't won in the league prior to today for a few games of course. We are better than them even though we lost. They were on the slide.on what basis do you think we will finish above Forest?. I don't rate them but were even worse.
As a fucking winger asWhere do you even begin with that absolute shite.
Forest were evwry bit as bad and a 0-0 would have been a fair reflection on the game.
There's absolutely no way Gvardiol can be standing 10 yards away from his man from a crossfield ball, Secondly, There's no way a keeper should be getting beaten at his near post...But yet we've managed both.
Is Khusanov and Nico Gonzalez the only two players on our team that know how to fucking tackle? Seriously the lack of aggression in the side is pathetic!
The usual with Phil Foden again today, He decides to do a few sprints when he sees De Bruyne stripped ready to come on and yet has a face on him when he's taken off, He was on 70 minutes longer than what he should have been.
To top it all off we've the best striker on the planet that we never fucking use, He's making runs off the ball continuously and we keep playing the ball fucking sideways.
Stick a pair of glasses on Doku and he's like fucking Stevie Wonder with a football...
Rant over...
Great start to the weekend.
A couple of seasons ago it was all "Pep improves players", well looking at a few of them .... hmmm.Best player in the Bundesliga supposedly!
Good point and so important, that’s why I think we need to have more faith in our young players let them a chance, keep buying young talanted players and be very sure when you splash the cash on allready superstar.I've said this before we have to be very careful where we go from here, it really could tip either way. There are similarities to the rag side at the end of Ferguson's reign. An ageing side which was allowed to go on too long. They then spunked shit loads of money on so called proved superstars like Pogba and Sanchez and it failed miserably.
Haaland seems to be immune from criticism but what you've said is bang on.My one take away.....and I'm not usually one to moan.....but why is Haaland never in the centre of the goal or even the near post?
The amount of times the ball was put in those areas with no one there is inexcusable.
It maybe a game plan, Haaland going to the back post....but no one gets in the middle.
Frustrating to watch.
The thing is we know how good Gvardiol is offensively and yet Pep hasn't allowed him to bomb forward except on a few occasions like the Forest game at home or Chelsea and no surprise he was one of our most dangerous attackers.Left back too unless I& Reilly is given a chance. Gvardiol was never great defensively but this season he's regressed.
Please tell me how Foden is going to have the summer off ?Good point and so important, that’s why I think we need to have more faith in our young players let them a chance, keep buying young talanted players and be very sure when you splash the cash on allready superstar.
If we do think Wirtz is going to be the new superstar signing I really hope we get it right, We do have the striker we need, we seems to have got it right with Kuzhanov think he will be the real deal,
Not so sure on Doku and Savhino they need to develop more to convince me they got what it takes to play in team that want titles. Marmoush not fair to judge, Gonzales looks solid and surely will get even better but not fair to judge I'm also think we got that position well covered when rodri get back.
We all now what Foden can do he just has a shit season some summer time off will do him good.
We need fullbacks, defenders, midfielders and backup striker.
Ederson, Bernardo, Ake, Gundogan, Kovacic, Nunes they can all Go for me.
I think having a week between games does us no favours.Agree in general but a week off and I even with injuries expect us to put a shift in.
Win or lose in the bad old dark days we'd put effort in....most of the time.
The standard of some performances this year and I know we set a very high bar over the last 11/12 years has been disgraceful.
We do mate, I agree as far as qualifying for the Champions League goes. I don’t think we have enough fight to win the cup and we’re very predictable so I expect Bournemouth to be licking their lips again. It’s difficult to watch because we still have a hell of a lot of talent and ability in this team.Judge him at the end of the summer and the start of the season not now. We still have a decent shout of still qualifying for the Champions League and winning the FA Cup despite being below our standards.
exactly my point, with the attackingmidfield we have at present, haaland is wasted because of his style of play, not his fault but an aguero would ne better ihmoIf you could stick David Silva in this side Haaland would be flying.
He’d play to Haaland’s strengths not his weaknesses.
Through balls for him to run onto is where he thrives, not stood static in a packed penalty area waiting for a quality cross that hardly ever comes.
Ah what we once was : (
not really once settled we were on top Gvardiol being out of position and Edddies floppy hands cost usPep’s subs lost that game