Putting him on in the middle was ridiculous. They had 2/3 on Doku. Have the lad bombing past him on the left to give Doku a simple pass if they continue to double up. If they start going with O’Riley,Doku would be one on one with the chance to get inside and skin someone. That’s about 50th on the list of illogical team and tactics today though.
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Fair enough.Dont want Doku starting. He is best when he comes in against q tired d
Defense. And our overall chemistry is better without Doku.
Doku himself is great when he plays, but everyone else is stationary and simply try to just get it to Doku to do something. G
I'd rather start off with Gundo, O'Reilly' and everyone in well known positions where they are moving and making decisions at top speed.
When O'Reilly moves to the middle he is more tentative. I'd rather save that for when we need Doku
I was only suggesting O Reilly in the middle IF Doku was wide.
Otherwise, yeah, keep him wide.
Id personally also have Foden on for KdB in your setup.
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He certainly should have played a winning side.Anybody who thinks Pep hasn't lost his mind has lost theirs.
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The cuppa soup, flask and car rug, misty eyed fans thinking the academy is the answer because the current elite squad has issues.
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Had a disastrous season. Cant get out of his own way. Has his favourites and they will play no matter the results.
We need a huge clean out to take it out of his hands.
We need a huge clean out to take it out of his hands.
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No, it’s a play a winning side thread.Is this the new Pep Out thread?
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No, it’s a play a winning side thread.
If only football was that fucking easy :)
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It is!If only football was that fucking easy :)
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Would love to hear the logic behind both fullbacks in the first half playing so narrowly. Was almost as if they’d been instructed to use the markings of the penalty box as their tramlines, most odd.
I have avoided Foden because i didn't want to be sentimental. Something i constantly accuse Pep of... Foden has been very bad this season, so I cant in good faith include him...Fair enough.
I was only suggesting O Reilly in the middle IF Doku was wide.
Otherwise, yeah, keep him wide.
Id personally also have Foden on for KdB in your setup.
To me, he is a last 20 minutes throw on when you are throwing all caution to the winds and trying to buy a goal because he is one of our best scorers.
But he has just been bad at practically every thing else this season. His movement, passing, hustle, positioning, impact have all been shit. The only thing he has done well this year is open up his body to ghost pass a defender and then shoot. That's it! He still has that specific magic...
Everything else has regressed severely. He has been a shell of his former self.
Hope he comes back strong next season, but if I were a manager, i'd be considering serious competition for his position.
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You asked me if I'd give 100%If you read back, no I didnt - I asked for your opinion on whether we'd finish top 3 or even top 5, you came back with an opta % for some reason instead of actually putting your neck out in saying if we will or not?
Therefore I asked for the 'opta %'s' for the game today (which you didn't give) to prove that they are irrelevant and in no way a good indicator of what is actually going to happen in the future.
I quoted a statistical model that says the chance is 94% and that I'd go with that
You then said it was irrelevant.
So why did you ask?
If only football was that fucking easy :)
It is really.
Play the same team that has won the last few games.
That’s not hard to do.
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You cannot possibly say that he won't be absolutely incredible again next season. You cannot know that.Thats simply true by definition then if you already agree he has been worse this season.
Maybe next season he makes less mistakes, I really hope so, but he will never be at his mercurial best as he was in the past.
Im okay with that. His best is past him.
Whats left is still a really really top manager, who makes mistakes like the rest.
Given his career so far it's actually more likely that he is than isnt.
Foden is definitely worse this season than last.I have avoided Foden because i didn't want to be sentimental. Something i constantly accuse Pep of... Foden has been very bad this season, so o cant in good faith include him...
To me, he is a last 20 minutes throw on qhen you are throwing all caution to the winds and trying to buy a goal because he os one of our best scorers.
But he has just been bad at practically every thing else this season. His movement, passing, hustle, positioning, impact have all been shit. The only thing he has done well this year is open up his body to ghost pass a defender and then shoot. Thats it. He still has that specific magic... Everything else has regressed severely.
Hope he coles back strong next season, but if o were a manager, i'd be considering serious competition for hos position.
But id still prefer him over KdB who has clearly lost the magic.
Or just rotate between them for halves.
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It is really.
Play the same team that has won the last few games.
That’s not hard to do.
Nope, if it was that easy every manager would be winning, being a fickle entitled bunch when it isn't working makes us look small time.
Is that where we are at now?
Something he probably concocted up in that overactive imagination of his :(Would love to hear the logic behind both fullbacks in the first half playing so narrowly. Was almost as if they’d been instructed to use the markings of the penalty box as their tramlines, most odd.
Its frickin Southampton. No need for making experimental tweaks.
We just gave a clean sheet to a team that has lost 28 of 36 league games. Seems like every manager in the league is capable of getting 3 points against Southampton and most don't have the quality of squad we do.Nope, if it was that easy every manager would be winning, being a fickle entitled bunch when it isn't working makes us look small time.
Is that where we are at now?
I am working with what is known, you are making assumptions.You cannot possibly say that he won't be absolutely incredible again next season. You cannot know that.
Given his career so far it's actually more likely that he is than isnt.
I didnt base it off this 1 game, but an entire season. Maybe he stops making boneheaded decisions, who knows, but for 8 months (quite a long time) he has made them.
He will with a better team get better results next season, most likely.
But it is very likely he wont be far and above beyond all the other managers tactically like he was in the past as we have seen time and time again this season.
Hence... past his best.
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