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[East Level 2]

It’s what he does whenever we get a good run he changes everything up. For no reason.

Is there any hope he'll not try to re-invent the wheel before next Saturday?

 

[leighton]

Look we changed the winning formation to get game time into Erling and Akanji which is needed. We don't seem to have a bit of magic. All it took was 1 goal then we would of got more. I don't know why Marmoush didn't start and have Haaland coming on. Hell we could of started both. These results happen. Just means we need to win against Bournemouth at home and make sure we get something at Fulham 4 points should be enough. But we should be winning that game no matter what everyone knows that. Maybe that be the kick in the arse for the FA Cup final we win that we will go on to get the points we need from the remaining 2 games.

 

[blubanjo]

It happens. Nothings certain. Pep knows there's a problem and deserves the time to fix it. If it means we win fuck all this season, so be it. I'll console myself with my vivid memories of multiple trophy lifts, from Brighton to Istanbul.

Last season both Liverpool and Arsenal lost at home, on the same day in April. They were expected to stroll to 3 points, but those results effectively handed us the title. But Klopp and Arteta weren't scrutinised like Pep.

If "happy clapping" is simply acknowledging Peps staggering achievements for our Club, then guilty as charged. He gets a free pass this season from me, and I'll judge him this time next season, if that's OK with you.

Happy Clapper...give me strength.

Mate, some people don't understand football or what it's like to support a team that's not winning a treble every season

I'd be happy if they all fucked off tbf.

 

[Earlyriser]

Watching today and previous games this it is becoming apparent to me that we don't have players who play on the half turn anymore. David, Sergio, Yaya, Leroy and Kev at his best could do that. Now the players would rather pass it back to a free man rather take on a defender or push forward.

Bernardo had it but it's been coached out of him

 

[Blue tiger]

Problem is that Pep looks frazzled and he is stuck with the majority of this awful squad (including 200m of players who he will only play one of)

He's having a poor season like some of the players, but other great managers have hat tough spots and bounced back and weren't binned by their clubs after the first signs of trouble. His first season here 2016/2017 was a poor season too. No trophies etc. The Year after 100 points.

 

[come-on-barney]

Unless pep had an eye on the fa cup and those who didn't start play in the fa cup. Hence the reason for mcatee, Lewis, akanji, haaland and foden starting

Play that side next week and we are in real trouble .

 

[citymad]

Unless pep had an eye on the fa cup and those who didn't start play in the fa cup. Hence the reason for mcatee, Lewis, akanji, haaland and foden starting

The first team players need to play at least every week. No rest needed. Those 5 should not have started today.

 

[East Level 2]

What wrong with MGW? ;-)

From the Calvin Philips pot of signings. Not the level of Scott Sinclair or that other perma-crock we bought around that time, but not up to snuff as one pundit used to say.

 

[Ethan23]

O'Reilly and Marmoush at a minimum for me.
There is no formation or personnel that has worked thos season that did not include those 2.

Not starting them was disrespectful on Pep's part. And we've paid

O'Reilly and Marmoush at a minimum for me.
There is no formation or personnel that has worked thos season that did not include those 2.

Not starting them was disrespectful on Pep's part. And we've paid for that disrespect.

Yeh but you can't honestly say. Not starting a make shift academy LB or Starting Marmoush over Haaland is disrespectful.

Whoever started the game today, should have been enough to get 3 points

 

[Dax777]

Also, while we are at it, can Marmoush take all the indirect set pieces from now on? I get he wasn't there for the first 200 useless corner kicks in this game. Bit once he enters, i want him taking them.

These are the types of basic personnel decisions that are killing us. And that's on Pep. Marmoush is a far superior dead ball specialist than Kev. Fuck seniority, let the better set piece taker take the kicks.

 

[ballbag]

Really poor again. When we're up against teams like that we don't have a clue most of the time. So slow moving up the pitch whenever a break was on from one of their rare ventures into our half.

 

[East Level 2]

I'm curious if we're going to take this turgid football into the CWC.

Don't really care. I'm more bothered what we do in the final PL games and at Wembley.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Well the scouts are gonna have to start earning their crust over the next few weeks,what an absolute shitter of a season

 

[Xhavenjoe]

All away wins in today's games, well, almost all.

 

[Ethan23]

Unless pep had an eye on the fa cup and those who didn't start play in the fa cup. Hence the reason for mcatee, Lewis, akanji, haaland and foden starting

How can you begrudge Akanji , Foden and Haaland starting. Theyve helped us dominate football for the last few years They're hardly make a wish candidates!

 

[we are really here]

The first team players need to play at least every week. No rest needed. Those 5 should not have started today.

That's what I'm saying... he should have kept the same team that's been performing. Haaland, foden, Lewis akanji, all on the bench. Keep the momentum going into the final. Not a turgid, abject performance like that. Only excuse for him starting all of those players considering our recent run

 

[bluegaz13]

I'm old enough to remember all the post-match threads this season of posters calling out Pep for not playing McAtee....

Harsh to judge him in this side as many are struggling.

McAtee is a number 10 not a wide player…..not sure Pep has ever played him in his true position.

Pep said himself that he is great between the lines….so why play him wide !

 

[Ethan23]

I’d have stuck with what worked and not played Foden, given Haaland maybe 45 mins, and put some pace on earlier….fucking ridiculous walking football for 74 minutes when we needed 3 points… just complete arrogance from the manager assuming it would be either a walkover or we didnt need all the points and it was more important to get minutes in returning players legs…utter bollocks and smacks of entitlement imo.

We are entitled to nothing.

Yeh but we all slaged off pep when he wasn't willing to give Mcatee a chance and he was being rumoured with Leverkusen.


If you can't utilise your squad against the joint worst PL team who have already been relagated then you clearly can't trust your squad at all.

This isn't on pep. This is on the quality of the squad

 

[kingn6]

Watching today and previous games this it is becoming apparent to me that we don't have players who play on the half turn anymore. David, Sergio, Yaya, Leroy and Kev at his best could do that. Now the players would rather pass it back to a free man rather take on a defender or push forward.

The two players we miss the most are Mahrez and Silva. They would break down a defence like this.

Silva threading it in, mahrez from a perfect cross, shot or set piece.

 

[deano ou812]

I'm curious if we're going to take this turgid football into the CWC.

Absolutely and next season,there’s a lethargic approach or feel now in the majority of games,I keep saying it how do you go from scintillating football like the centurion season to the dross we are seeing at times this season ..And it’s not all down to injuries aging players..