QF 1st Leg Post Match Thread

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mosssideblue said:
That was far from a strong side that we put out against possible Spur's best and we were not smashed off the park.
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So why put out a side that may get smashed in the first place? That was the sort of line-up I expected at Wembley against a fairly mediocre Brighton team, if KdB was only fit enough for 70 mins in the two games then surely you'd want to use him in the Spurs game? Does this mean he'll start at Palace where he was kicked to fuck last season?
 
lancs blue said:
So why put out a side that may get smashed in the first place? That was the sort of line-up I expected at Wembley against a fairly mediocre Brighton team, if KdB was only fit enough for 70 mins in the two games then surely you'd want to use him in the Spurs game? Does this mean he'll start at Palace where he was kicked to fuck last season?
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Because we have a lot of important games in a short space of time. Had Pep played a team that many on here wanted to see and then lost to Palace at the weekend, all the revisionist shit would have come out about wrong team selection against spurs etc.

Some really need to decide what they want as half the time they moan about the league being more important and then moan like fuck if pep doesn't play all the big guns in a CL game

As it was, that team could have easily won last night. We lost to one goal which was a lapse in concentration, not because we were "smashed off the park"

Some reality needed by some
 
mosssideblue said:
Because we have a lot of important games in a short space of time. Had Pep played a team that many on here wanted to see and then lost to Palace at the weekend, all the revisionist shit would have come out about wrong team selection against spurs etc.

Some really need to decide what they want as half the time they moan about the league being more important and then moan like fuck if pep doesn't play all the big guns in a CL game

As it was, that team could have easily won last night. We lost to one goal which was a lapse in concentration, not because we were "smashed off the park"

Some reality needed by some
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I didn't say we were "smashed off the park", in fact given the selection the players performed reasonably. But your argument cuts both ways, we now need to field a strong side twice in 3 days against Spurs as both are now must-win games, and I'm struggling to find a good reason for Sane's lack of involvement in the two games if he was fully fit.
 
lancs blue said:
I didn't say we were "smashed off the park", in fact given the selection the players performed reasonably. But your argument cuts both ways, we now need to field a strong side twice in 3 days against Spurs as both are now must-win games, and I'm struggling to find a good reason for Sane's lack of involvement in the two games if he was fully fit.
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There's obviously an issue were not aware of regarding Sane, no one would play Mahrez ahead of him otherwise
 
lancs blue said:
I didn't say we were "smashed off the park", in fact given the selection the players performed reasonably. But your argument cuts both ways, we now need to field a strong side twice in 3 days against Spurs as both are now must-win games, and I'm struggling to find a good reason for Sane's lack of involvement in the two games if he was fully fit.
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Simply saying , pep applied game management and,, imo did a decent job,, . We are still in this tie and have rested key players
 
And that me friends was perfect. NoNmajor injuries. Sergio got minutes. Otamendi got game time. Delp also. We are in for a performance against Palace. Aguero to start and score 2 goals. Gundogan on bench. KDB to start. Mendy also.
 
The thing is we have picked up injuries while conserving energy and game managing or rotating. If we keep on thinking this way the season could be over in the blink of an eye and we can rest as many players as we like until the FA cup final.

We have a maximum of eleven games left if we stay in the champions league all the way and if we do we have two weeks rest before the final of it. We have to play our strongest side in every game from now on in. If we lose any from now or even draw the next three games we are out of the champions league and the title race. What happened to getting teams blown away early and then subbing/resting players?

For a manager who preaches that football is about bravery he lacked some of it himself last night. It was also ludicrous to fetch on key players so late in the game they may have well have stayed sat on the bench. Last night like at Anfield last season he went against his beliefs, changed the system and team and as a result got beaten. Thankfully unlike last season last night isn't a lost cause.

As someone else pointed out though the tinkering and resting of players mean we have to play full strength teams now at Palace and Spurs at home and go full throttle in both games. There are no second chances from here in, play our best eleven and go for it!
 
paulchapo said:
The thing is we have picked up injuries while conserving energy and game managing or rotating. If we keep on thinking this way the season could be over in the blink of an eye and we can rest as many players as we like until the FA cup final.

We have a maximum of eleven games left if we stay in the champions league all the way and if we do we have two weeks rest before the final of it. We have to play our strongest side in every game from now on in. If we lose any from now or even draw the next three games we are out of the champions league and the title race. What happened to getting teams blown away early and then subbing/resting players?

For a manager who preaches that football is about bravery he lacked some of it himself last night. It was also ludicrous to fetch on key players so late in the game they may have well have stayed sat on the bench. Last night like at Anfield last season he went against his beliefs, changed the system and team and as a result got beaten. Thankfully unlike last season last night isn't a lost cause.

As someone else pointed out though the tinkering and resting of players mean we have to play full strength teams now at Palace and Spurs at home and go full throttle in both games. There are no second chances from here in, play our best eleven and go for it!
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Look at it another way. We could have played the big guns last night and still not gotten a result. Three critical games in a short space of time, we couldn't afford to play them all in all three risking injuries / fatigue. Nothing wrong with the selection last night in my mind and had the pen gone in, I think that starting 11 would have gone on to score again. I do concede the lateness of the subs was strange, but I suspect pep saw an opportunity as spurs were flagging
 
Ive read about 25 pages on here regarding last nights game, all differing opinions but one thing is for certain, last nights game has gone its finished. So we have to get behind the team next Wednesday, City are more than capable of winning 2 nil or 3-1, I think we will beat Palace 1-0. Pep tried something different, Serg missed a pen lets move on.
 
just before they scored we were dominating the game got on top for the first time ,sadly we let a sloppy goal in and that gave spurs an extra % to see it through, think pep has played the long game here get a win against palace (won't be easy ) and i expect to beat spurs quite comfortably in the return leg
 
The media all love to try and see Ferni get a ban, but the grabbing of the face and blatant hand off of Ferni didn’t even get a foul. He might as well have just walked up and punched him. Conveniently this doesn’t feature in ANY of BT post match analysis.

As for Kane. Serves him right he dirty cnut. He nearly broke Razzas leg with this.
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The UK media golden boy isn’t allowed to do anything wrong, but if a player goes near him it’s a foul.
 
We were 13 games unbeaten, A loss was imminent we can't afford to lose in the PL, lost yesterday and we can still make up for it.
 
bellsouth said:
We’ll only know if that team selection was right at about 4pm on Sunday
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Or at about 10pm a week today.

It seemed to me that our approach to the game and the selection was hugely influenced by the first half at anfield 12 months ago. We played with a degree of restraint that suggested that a priority was to avoid a repeat of that first half nightmare.

If say Barca or Bayern in their prime had suffered a 1-0 defeat against this Spurs team I would be expecting them to go through in the 2nd leg fairly comfortably. The 2nd leg will be tricky, we wouldn't feel safe until 3 up, but if we're as good as I like to think we are, we should pass this test.
 
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