Thought his team selection was spot on, couple of players let him down. Win our remaining league games and the murderers won’t be lifting the league will they?Pep has dropped some fucking clangers but not tonight mate. We played the perfect game, we've just been on the end of one of those classic sucker punch knockout ties. It's so hard to comprehend.
Think we all need to sleep on it and give it a few days to settle.
With relegation you feel shit, but you go down because you deserve to over the season. You win the Prem because you're the best team. We're out because of a crazy two minutes and a deflection.You'll get the usuals banging on about relegation (but we were shit then) and intimating we're spolt. But feel the same. Thought we'd left this ineptitude behind - but it's never far away.
If it helps it annoyed the Real fans too, and we had to have it back at us for the 30 minutes while they were leaving and we were locked in.
They proper hit the jackpot this season tho. And we get big decisions go our way about as often as Haley’s comet is seenWe've had plenty of easy draws and ref decisions during Pep's era, just luck of the draw at times quite literally.
You do, like you say three times all against big teams is not a coincidence. Compare what they've done to get to the final to the dippers. Just have to hope they have one more zombie resurrection performance left in them if they need it!As gutted as we are you have to admire it.
It annoyed me when I could hear the City fans ole-ing with 5-10 minutes to go.
I respectfully disagree. We scored 5 goals over two legs. We score plenty of goals, or at least plenty enough. We lost the tie because we conceded more goals than the opposition. That is down to the fact that our defence is aging, fragile and sits in front of a keeper who is great with his feet, but has the hands and conventional goalkeeping prowess of Mary Berry.Hard to take but football happens like that sometimes. We can question the keeper, the defending in the last ten minutes or so but ultimately football can just do that to you sometimes.
What I think does stand out over the two legs is that when it matters, at the highest level, the lack of a striker has bitten us on the arse. We just never killer them off because we weren’t clinical enough in front of goal.
Tbh, that’s the most disappointing part of tonight Pep taking off our best player . Rodri was a magnificent tonight. As for Sterling that’s not peps fault, that’s down to Sterling for being utter garbage when we needed him the most.course it’s pep….. thought we were coasting took mahrez rodri off and brought a panzy on and 37 yo….. but NOT peps fault…….
I have a horrible feeling that they will do the fucking 4. Life will not be worth living and sports news will be forever fucked off............... CATASTROPHEEEEEEWe just did pretty much over two legs and still lost so I'm not so sure the scouse twats will have it all their way
Ha, that made me chuckle. What I needed. My eldest went to bed crying, I’ve had an argument with my wife. Fuck it, Istanbul we are coming, with sun block. Night all.Feck me...10th of June!
May as well sell KDB. He'll fry like a vampire in that heat. ;)
Absolutely spot on Steve.
Only Walker has any pace and they are all susceptible to dropping howlers.
Cancelo is a lousy defender, although up the pitch he does some amazing things. Zinny always gives 100%, but in reality he is only a (very reliable) squad player. I would also say the same about Aké, albeit he has improved a fair bit in recent games. Not convinced he will ever get to the level that we really need though to beat the best teams. Stones is injury prone.
The above doesn’t even address the shortcomings of Eddie, but all things considered it isn’t a great setup.
Some players are beyond criticism. Dare to do so and you're not a twoo fan.
After what we did at Athletico we seriously forgot how to see out a lead for a resultWe managed the game well for 89 minutes then stopped, thinking it was won. We, of all teams, should know better.
They are one off games - we are not entitled to win every game… it’s where we finish after 38 games and generally this side has delivered in spades….Khm, khm,...,Spurs at home, losing a game in that way has prepared me for this crap tonight. Although i could not believe it could actually happen. The dippers at home, but even before, losing to Spurs after having 143 shots on goal ...Southampton x 2, Crystal Palace x 2, do you see the pattern? Every time it was made hard for us, we obligingly folded up. I understand people here want to put on a brave face, but for me it is not about losing a game, it is about the manner of losing it.
I disagree about Ake though, he is good, and an international. We just haven't seen much of him. Zinchenko has been forced into his role which isn't his natural position..
Only Walker has any pace and they are all susceptible to dropping howlers.
Cancelo is a lousy defender, although up the pitch he does some amazing things. Zinny always gives 100%, but in reality he is only a (very reliable) squad player. I would also say the same about Aké, albeit he has improved a fair bit in recent games. Not convinced he will ever get to the level that we really need though to beat the best teams. Stones is injury prone.
The above doesn’t even address the shortcomings of Eddie, but all things considered it isn’t a great setup.
what’s that old saying…. it’s all on the manager……. them subs killed us no two ways about it cos it’s there in black and white and pep and City out againnnNo he has not. At 88 minutes we were through with breathing room. How is that Peps fault?
Put it in context fella…. you are watching match of the day.. and one team is two goals up after almost scoring twice in the last few minutes and they have the ball by the oppositions corner flag with 88 mins on the clock and they proceed to concede two goals from there… how on earth would you laugh at the manager? It’s absolutely down to the players at that point.
Pep had done his job.
It works both ways though. Some players are often overly criticised.