RB Leipzig (A) - Post-match Thread

[manimanc]

ok the calm after the storm meaningless game that got us all hot under the collar.
but the truth is we topped the group with a game to play so the hard job was done a couple of weeks ago

Stop talking sense Ste, the softarses will be jabbing you with their pitchforks!

 

[deano ou812]

genuine question - are we a beter team without KDB and Grealish at present..... We know KDB's quality and Im not doubting that for a second but this season has been poor from him....mainly due to clearly not being fit.....but we cantafford passengers and our best displays have come without him or Grealish in the team

We look a far better balanced team,with kdb not playing at the moment,as you mentioned can’t afford passengers in games,organise behind closed door games to get the players who need some sort of match fitness ..

 

[dad1971]

Ive been banging that drum for quite a while,i even made a thread about the situation.KDB,although not quite the force he was,is still one of the best players in the world,however.....i believe we play better as a cohesive unit without him.His omission allows the talents of Bernie,Phil,Gundo and Rodri to flourish and we get the most out of them both individually and collectively.

As for Grealish,he hasn't yet clicked as i believed he would,but its still far too early to be conclusive.Leaving him out would be counter productive.

I honestly don’t think we will see the grealish Peps wants to mould until next season. For now it’s going to be a mixed bag of performance levels from him.

 

[Cobwebcat]

I don’t think Fern is shot at all….like most he needs a run of games which we can’t give him considering Rodri’s form.

I expect his last season with us though. Fern and Carson are ancient!

 

[BM96]

I’m not sure what happened there!

On the quote to mine. I think peps the best thing that's happened to the club. But he ain't perfect and deserved critisim last night.

 

[trevorriley]

meaningless game so what did we expect, i thought we would have seen young players from the start, was a bit confused to see a stronger team last night than last couple of Prem games.

it wasnt an off day it was cant be arsed and stroll. bad passes, no position, just looked like a friendly.

end of day made no difference as we topped the group before KO, i wonder what UEFA will do to stop this type of game in the future, make the last game 4 points for a win ! Or even 1 point for every goal scored !

 

[Didsbury Dave]

ok the calm after the storm meaningless game that got us all hot under the collar.
but the truth is we topped the group with a game to play so the hard job was done a couple of weeks ago

Didn't get me hot on the collar. We lost a dead rubber with half a team out. That's it.

 

[Chid]

Walker gets an automatic 1 game ban for the red card. However, the UEFA Disciplinary panel can look at it and increase the ban up to 3 games. So expect a 3 match ban then as the bent bastards just love to have us over!

 

[Keeper!]

I don’t think Fern is shot at all….like most he needs a run of games which we can’t give him considering Rodri’s form.

I expect his last season with us though. Fern and Carson are ancient!

LOL

He is 36 he is not going to get any sort of run of games.

The answer was to be seen at the start of the season, he had a long summer vacation, a full pre season and still looked knackered in the first games.

Sadly his legs have gone.

 

[Cobwebcat]

LOL

He is 36 he is not going to get any sort of run of games.

The answer was to be seen at the start of the season, he had a long summer vacation, a full pre season and still looked knackered in the first games.

Sadly his legs have gone.

They looked ok while kicking a lovely pass to Jesus resulting in the Bernardo goal Vs Villa.

Im wary of writing him off as I’ve seen BM do it for years only for him to put in a great performance and everyone to post “he’s still got it” !