Pep's contract situation | 2 year extension confirmed! (pg1817)

[Tugay One Cup]

We're not an intimidating side to face any more. It's funny how much that's changed over twelve months. Can he bring back that fear factor?

 

[RayCTID]

We're not an intimidating side to face any more. It's funny how much that's changed over twelve months. Can he bring back that fear factor?

No one feared Mancini either despite him standing up to GPC

 

[Jumanji]

Very simplistic view
I get what you mean with pace we definitely need it in midfield
Our problem is our finishing is shit and we can’t come from behind very well
We then Gift goals at the other end
We score in first five last night we score 5
We concede in first twenty we get beat
No plan b just keep doing same shit
With same result

With pace all over the squad, we don't get beat in my opinion.

That's what Bayern Munich have identified and are building. A squad with quick players in almost every position.

They see where football is and has been headed.
Years of identifying how to beat tiki taka has lead to the Germans moving toward pace in play.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

No one feared Mancini either despite him standing up to GPC

People need to get over Mancini. Loved the bloke and he served his purpose for a while but he wasn't good enough.

 

[robbieh]

I don’t think we/our squad is as great as it’s often trotted out to be in the media.

Whose fault is that?

 

[mosssideblue]

I don’t think we/our squad is as great as it’s often trotted out to be in the media.

I think there is some of that but would add, others have improved too, something often overlooked by some on here

 

[chesterbells]

Fuck me mate, do you see what the media write about us ??

Before last night bt were full of the fact we were overwhelming favourites, how much better our squad was etc.
‘By far the best squad in the PL’ is a line that’s regularly trotted out all season.

 

[Keeper!]

My big brother use to love that first season under Reid said it was class. I was only a toddler so no idea.

your brother is the one with no idea!

 

[jay_mcfc]

As angry as I am right now I would love him to sign up for another 5 years.

But however long he is here for what I really, really want right now is for the senior players like De Bruyne, Sterling, Gundo, Laporte etc to stand up to him. I want them to knock on his door and tell him how shit that was and they don't want to be put in that position again. We expect loyalty from our players yet KDB is 29 and we've just badly let him down when he's at the height of his powers. That cannot keep happening, you don't get too many opportunities at this competition and the ones we get can't be wasted against average teams.

 

[chesterbells]

Whose fault is that?

Dunno mate, I tend to notice it more when we get beaten, but it almost seems like a stick to beat us with, to accentuate the impact of us being beaten.
It’s also used to marginalise and downplay our wins, a kind of ‘oh, well that’s no shock, they have the best squad anyway, what do you expect, let’s move on’ type narrative.

Is that what you were getting at with your question, or were you saying you also don’t think the squad is good enough, and suggesting blame re our recruitment?

Or was it both?!