QF 1st Leg Post Match Thread

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jimmygrimblesboots said:
This forum appears to go into default , blame Mahrez and Gundogan when Sterling and Merlin did f*ck as well , it was another average performance and we have had four on the trot , just doing enough is not enough at the sharp end of the season , we need to step up , play our best players and start rolling teams over instead of pussy footing about playing pretty football on our half way line. We have zero aggression at times , when we should battering teams , conserving energy is fine but not when you lose a Champions league quarter final to a Spuds team that were there for the taking.
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Sterling looked dangerous and Merlin did alright. Mahrez is fucking shite. No link up play, no runs in behind, shit crossing, just predictable wank.
 
Believe or not I think being 1-0 down against spurs will suit us. Spurs will have something to defend and drop deeper and deeper and the pressure will tell at some stage in the next leg. Think we were due a loss to be honest, happy we have a chance to turn it around in the next leg and not cost us the league or fa cup. 11 wins on the trot is doable for us.
 
Why oh why playing Delph as LB. He’s been a disaster almost every game there. Always goes in the middle, losing the left flank, missing headers, and against Son this was destined to happen. Was Rashford last year all over. As people have said, when Gundo, Mahrez and Delph are playing together, we drop a lot in quality. Walker also bad today, just like Silva that hasn’t been good for a long time either. Sterling and Laporte my men of the match.
 
Blue Hefner said:
Whilst I don't think he should have played there are definitely 'excuses' for it
1) Mendy is just back and needs nursing
2) Zinchenko is injured
3) Laporte is not a left back
4) Danilo isn't fancied there against decent teams, for whatever reason
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Laporte has had some brilliant games at left back and he would have been a million times better than Delph. Danilo too would have been a better option.

It’s not just his liability at the back either he disrupts our play every time he goes near the ball. Pulling back to get the ball on his right foot or lingering around doing nothing 30 yards from goal when we’re in attack.

I don’t even blame him, it’s not his fault. He’s just out of position and out of his depth.
 
Mon Autre said:
Nobody is saying we should have stuck five in. But we are a team that scores plenty of goals and in a competition where away goals count more, it would have been nice to see a bit more attacking intent or maybe for us to have changed things earlier.

Of course we can still turn it around but we've made it really hard for ourselves.
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Do you not think Pep was trying to avoid ‘doing a Liverpool away’ and being out in the 1st leg?
 
Graceyboy said:
I’m going to stand alone probably.
The line up was a surprise but we are not party to the reasons behind the scenes.
As far as the game management I felt we were doing well. Gundogan with Fernandinho with one of either Delph or Walker depending on which side the ball was coming out of were sitting deep and probing enticing spurs to come out so we can break the lines. We were so so brave and were controlling this tactic for the majority of the game. D Silva forgot his sat nav again but worked to find space. Mahrez worked hard. We weren’t going to go there and play our usual game. It was a European away QF match. We used the same tactic as away to Liverpool this season. Sit a bit deeper and keep it tight. I expected to get to 70mins 0-0 then step the tempo up with in game changes. That brain fart from Delph cocked the plan up. We had to then stabilise when they racked up the tempo. You can’t throw on new players in MF whilst that is happening. We got over that very dangerous period and then we could make the changes.
Disappointed to concede a goal like that against the control of the game. We have more very important games in the next days we have to manage. Don’t let these pundits put you off seeing what happened tonight.
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Nice one, I like the cut of your jib, sick of reading negative comments by some who should know better. I’m all for criticism when it’s justified but we have been on a fantastic run, hampered severely by injuries and ffs, 1-0 down with a home leg to come is hardly a disaster. Wonder if the anti CL brigade will turn up for this one.
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
This forum appears to go into default , blame Mahrez and Gundogan when Sterling and Merlin did f*ck as well , it was another average performance and we have had four on the trot , just doing enough is not enough at the sharp end of the season , we need to step up , play our best players and start rolling teams over instead of pussy footing about playing pretty football on our half way line. We have zero aggression at times , when we should battering teams , conserving energy is fine but not when you lose a Champions league quarter final to a Spuds team that were there for the taking.
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Agree with that,Sterling lost the ball many times and Silva isn´t the player he was 1-2 years ago.I hope Sterling doesn´t start to think that he is Messi now and can take on 3-4 defenders alone all the time, not going to work.
 
I didn’t expect us to win all 3 games against spurs, so we win the other 2 and we are back on track, too many fannies on here slagging the team of, get a grip ffs.
 
Haha there's a load on here tonight sound like rags and dippers fucking defeatist yes we lost but by a single goal and
PaleBlue said:
Ground hog day again - we fail at this level every time, would rather win the league.
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Theres the fucking leg at ours before you wave the white flag
 
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The one thing to take away from this game is that Delph and Mahrez should not play in any games that matter at least until the end of the season.

Delph is the one player that will always give the opposition a chance to take something from the game. Nothing is more certain. Its got to the point where young Zinchenko is looking a far more mature and experienced player. He’s also leagues ahead technically and offers a tremendous amount more going forward.

Mahrez gives us absolutely nothing for 85 minutes. Very occasionally he’ll produce a short moment and then he’ll return to doing fuck all except repeated ineffective step-overs before giving the ball away. It’s literally like playing with one less man. We have several academy players that can contribute more and put in a better shift. We are a different beast when Bernardo or Kevin is out on the wing. I’m sick of it now. There are no signs of improvement. His time is up for me.

Walker offers very little quality going forward. You used to be able rely of him being solid defensively, but his decision making recently has been atrocious. I fear that he’ll cost us in a major game and so I’d lean towards playing Danilo, who is much more composed and intelligent on the ball.

Jesus needs to rid himself of his offside addiction. It’s killing our rhythm. He has the technical quality and intelligence to go past players. He really doesn’t need to play on the edge of offside.

On a positive note, Gundogan didn’t have his worst game, Sterling continues to look lively and Laporte didn’t do much wrong. Still all to play for.
 
Graceyboy said:
I’m going to stand alone probably.
The line up was a surprise but we are not party to the reasons behind the scenes.
As far as the game management I felt we were doing well. Gundogan with Fernandinho with one of either Delph or Walker depending on which side the ball was coming out of were sitting deep and probing enticing spurs to come out so we can break the lines. We were so so brave and were controlling this tactic for the majority of the game. D Silva forgot his sat nav again but worked to find space. Mahrez worked hard. We weren’t going to go there and play our usual game. It was a European away QF match. We used the same tactic as away to Liverpool this season. Sit a bit deeper and keep it tight. I expected to get to 70mins 0-0 then step the tempo up with in game changes. That brain fart from Delph cocked the plan up. We had to then stabilise when they racked up the tempo. You can’t throw on new players in MF whilst that is happening. We got over that very dangerous period and then we could make the changes.
Disappointed to concede a goal like that against the control of the game. We have more very important games in the next days we have to manage. Don’t let these pundits put you off seeing what happened tonight.
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i agree and thought we would scrap a 0-1 . The problem was most of us felt(even Armaan) that Delph was likely to cock up the plan-still not many fit options at left back.
 
I don’t even want to say anything. I’m
Bored or mahrez now. And Delph. I’d rather have jo back playing and sagna with his worst possible performance than ever watch M and D again.
 
gh_mcfc said:
But it’s not quite half time as they have an away goal advantage.

If the get a goal they score we have to score 3 and then match them goal for goal

Plus they may get an extra 30 mins to do it.
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if's buts and maybes IF we get through non of this matters I'll reserve my judgement till then thanks
 
ken tali said:
Agree with that,Sterling lost the ball many times and Silva isn´t the player he was 1-2 years ago.I hope Sterling doesn´t start to think that he is Messi now and can take on 3-4 defenders alone all the time, not going to work.
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Despite that I thought Sterling was still by far our biggest threat
 
Marvin said:
Illogical. Whatever he was planning did not work. He'll get a lot of criticism if we go out and rightly so.
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All IF's, let's calm down and see how if plays out Sunday and Wednesday.

Same people slagging Pep are the ones calling out Klopp for throwing domestic cup games. Its funny how one defeat changes people into needy idiots.
 
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