Sporting CP (A) | CL | Post Match Thread

[red 2 hats]

One of the major issues for me is the lack of goals in this current side, take Haaland out of the equation and no one scores goals, very worrying.

 

[chaddblue]

Just how do you go from dominating them in the first half to getting thrashed ? well it's called not taking your chances and having an absolutely terrible defensive structure, this has been coming all season, Pep surely has to sort it now, yes there are injuries but it's still unacceptable.

We should have been 3 or 4 up before they scored. Just piss poor finishing which has been happening too much this season

But you can't legislate for the defending in that second half. To say it was league two standard is being harsh on league two

 

[bluemoon32]

Unlike who ?

No idea but thats why get gets the big bucks

 

[RayCTID]

Biggest concern for me is that Pep hasn't got a clue how to fix this

The personnel isn't helping. Especially defence.

 

[ProofMCFC]

Apparently the players and coaches are arguing now

 

[manimanc]

Feels like 16/17 all over again, pep has not been backed at all in the transfer window and it’s causing devastating consequences. People thought my criticism of the squad was hyperbole after the Bournemouth game, well unfortunately I’ve been proven correct.

The simple fact is despite having arguably the greatest manager of all time, our squad is so poor I do not believe we will get Top 4 this season unless we sign at least 2 players in the Jan transfer window.

Love it how you only post when we lose.

 

[MMA]

Let's have a sensible discussion without some people calling people "Entitled" or "Fanny Wipes" or "Happy Clappers".

We played some of our best football for 35 minutes. Didn't put chances away. But, we give away the same goal every single game and it has nothing to do with individuals and everything to do with the style of football we play - which is not like pep's first season at all, where everyone was learning something new.

We push everyone into the last 3rd of the pitch and becuase they can pack the box with 7-8 players - they play the odds - leave 2 up, generally quick and hope we give the ball away. Even though we played good football, they still had the 2 best chances in the first half, and scored one of them. Its fucking suicidal football. Their 2nd goal was lovely, you can't argue with that, but that first goal was completely unnecessary if we play a different way.

We're more control based, and i actually think our players (who are fit) are not suited to this. Haaland thrives on through balls that never get played. Savinho (who was absolutely horrendous in that 2nd half - abominable selfish terrible) clearly likes to play fast. Nunes wants to play quick. Rico wants to play quick. Foden plays how he's told, so would play quick. And yet we play slow.

I don't get it, i don't get it at all.

Yep.
Stop the high line shit and drag the oppo all over the pitch.

Bring them out.

Other teams have moved on.

 

[ScottSinclair]

The biggest passenger. And anyone who thinks Haaland deserves his place is kidding themselves.

Worst performer in a team of poor performances.

He can ne frustrating at times, but if it weren't for his inhuman form at the start of the season I think we would be approaching a small crisis right now. If we create for him consistently he will have games like today, but mostly games where he scores at an absurd rate. He isn't the problem at all. No midfielder currently good enough to create anything except Foden in flashes, two talented wingers with no end product and a defence not handling to play a high-line is our problem now. And the sloooooow football that is so poor when we are out of rhytm. It is either gonna click into gear, or this is finally going to be the transitional season we have been waiting for where we see how imbalanced the squad is.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Perspective: We lose our first league game in 2024. We lost a league cup game that 99% of us would have written off given the injury situation, we lose a Champions League game in a new format that noone is used to that under the normal group stages we wouldn't have cared too much about.

I’ll await your wisdom when we get fuck all against Brighton.

 

[Gumzy97]

Honest rebuild we need two midfielders, a goal scoring winger and a Right back