Seems one, or two, players are starting to question the managers ability to win us Europes biggest prize.
Could be papers making shit up.However i have never seen KDB look so frustrated the other night.He looked ready to blow a Fuse.
Seems one or two players were as suprised as us with Pep system change,and were confused by it.
I think we are all adult enought to accept "Pep" and Pep alone is the reason we were knocked out by an average french side.
So if we are frustrated,you can bet players are also.
It is not a one off either, it is 4 Seasons on the trot that he has got it wrong in the Champions League.
Monaco away we had a healthy lead and could of just played out a bore draw in the away leg to progress.We go there so open we conceed for fun and are unbelievably knocked out.Pep said afterwards he will never,ever,compromise the way he Plays,attack,attack,attack.
Liverpool this one for me was the worst of the fucking lot.Anfield first leg.Not a City fan alive didnt excpet a Klopp Blitzkrieg to try and overwhem us.Other than fucking Pep.That 2 legged tie was over in the first Leg.All we had to do was keep it tight take the Sting out of the Blitzkrieg,Let the scousers tire them selves out.Maybe nick an away goal late.2nd leg we valliantly tried to recover,but the damage was done in the first leg.
Spurs away KDB on the Bench.Say no more on that one.i mean really.Again every City plan alive knew not scoring an away goal would put us out.So it proved.Sure we missed a penalty that night.Not starting KDB was criminal.
Now we can add Lyon to the list.Not even a good side.An average mid table French side.The only way they could win the other night was by Pep changing our system completely.He duly obliges by confusing the whole team,by changing the system from our usual 4-3-3.And by us making our now customary 2,3, calamitous in game fuck ups for them to capitalise on.So again we duly oblige.Many are blaming Kyle Walker,it was the system change that caused him not to know what the fuck to do.Him and fernandinho were to blame.
I know in some Eyes Pep can do no wrong.
He delivered us back to back Titles playing some of the best attacking football i have ever watched.
Personally if i had to choose, i would take that every season over the Champions League.
I am not our owners though.They want this prestegious Trophy.And they deserve it.If it had not been for Pep brain farts in Europe,i think we would have won it last year,and quite possibly have made a Semi-final this year.
Pep has done well in the Premier League.But been shockingly bad in Europe.That is not talking bollocks,thats a reality.
And it is Champions League what our owners want.Add our name to an elite band of Clubs that have won it.