RB Leipzig (A) - Post-match Thread

This game wouldn't have been meaningless for Palmer and McAtee, that's the only frustrating thing about tonight.

Not only would it not have been meaningless, but thirty or even twenty five minutes might have helped to convince McAtee that he‘s got a future at this club.
I had no regrets whatsoever about Sancho going (whatever he becomes in the future). He was offered the best contract that’s ever been offered an academy player with no significant game time. If McAtee goes it will be genuinely regrettable. There are some things you can’t drill into a player. The little I’ve seen of him, he is the genuine deal. Raw, of course. But real class in his play.
We were losing anyway.
 
So let me get this straight...

City needed to field a full strength team and play well and win tonight in order to maintain rhythm and momentum. But Pep should have also played a weaker team full of B-team players and youngsters, treated the game like a free-hit training exercise, and kept our key players fresh for the weekend.

Not sure Pep can really win in that scenario.
 
This game wouldn't have been meaningless for Palmer and McAtee, that's the only frustrating thing about tonight.

The way I see it that's on the senior players.

When Pep does these lineups, which he's done often, he's saying to the senior guys "OK go win this game, control it, take the sting out so the kids can get on and you can have 30-40 minutes off".

And it doesn't need to be 4-0, but the game needs to be controlled, it need to be the kind of game where if a kid has an absolute shocker, we're in control enough that it's OK.

Tonight, the senior players didn't do their bit, and when we got to 50/60 minutes on, the game wasn't suitable for kids to come in. Leipzig were being really aggressive, fouling, pressing incredibly high, getting niggly.




Not only would it not have been meaningless, but thirty or even twenty five minutes might have helped to convince McAtee that he‘s got a future at this club.

Don't think this is an issue anymore, just numbers being finalised.
 
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Well that's 90 minutes of my life I'm not getting back. Absolute dross.

And Walker, you utter pillock.
 

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