There's a productive conversation to be had about our squad and form.Is it any surprise we have declined as a team this year when we have replaced:
Fernandinho with Phillips;
Jesus with Palmer; and
Zinchenko with Gomez?
This summer's transfer window was very poor.
Our recent English transfers have been really poor.The worst performance under Pep. Not the end of the world but a wake-up call. Need to be ruthless to move forward now. Many of those players in the initial team tonight are not going to reach the level we need. We need to offload them in a managed way. Palmer and Gomez will never be elite players. We have blundered with Phillips and Grealish. Move them all on one by one and also Cancelo who looks like a one-season wonder. Our first choice 11 is still fantastic and could win the PL and CL this season. No time for being sentimental and I am sure Pep knows this. We need two fullbacks and back-up for Rodri and perhaps a rapid winger. You can't stand still.
I hope to fuck he’s not in the inverted roleHave to think that he's saving Walker for Saturday...so he can be an inverted RB against an in form Rashford.
Then he should have said it weeks ago and we bowed out thenThat game was like pep saying I don’t want a two legged semi final in January
Most overrated player we haveHis first touch of the game when he tried to control it and it bounced 10 yards straight to a Southampton player set the tone. He lost it again twice in the next 90 seconds and that was as good as it got.
Oh dearThey wouldn’t have if we’d done more to keep them.
He better bloody win the derby then the little bald lunatic.Southampton drew with Arsenal at St Mary's not so long ago in the League. We didn't respect them enough with that team . The Derby was more important for Pep. I can understand that but we must go back to a back four .
Walker right back- no inversion ( Lewis as back up. Can't start Derby but could come on later)
Pick from Stones Ake Akanji as centre backs . I'd even give Laporte the left back position over Cancelo. A good foundation. The rest of the team will follow .
I was amazed the officials allowed itWe were awful, plenty has been and will be said about the poor performances, but that kit clash couldn’t have helped.
Peripheral vision basically useless. At times it genuinely looked like players were struggling to quickly determine which were teammates and which were opposition. Happened even with the players coming on in the second half.
I’d include whoever approved wearing the third kit in the match ratings with a -1/10.