Sporting CP (A) | CL | Post Match Thread

[I'm Blue]

What the hell happened in this game? I see the score 0-1 early on and assumed it was a done deal. Was the score flattering to them?

From the first half performance, yes it was flattering.
On the second half performance, no it wasn’t.
If you’ve seen us defend this season you’ll understand why.
Also doesn’t matter how much possession you have or how many chances you create, if you don’t put the ball in the net and they do then anything else is irrelevant.

 

[johnnytapia]

Barca 2016?

Everton ?

 

[I'm Blue]

I honestly think erling should have played against spurs.

People on here moaning about him getting injured.

It was tailor made for him the way spurs set up.

He would have bagged a hatrick.

Which would have done wonders for the mentality of the "team" and especially for erl.

Bad transfer business means we now have to wrap him in cotton wool unfortunately.
We let Alvarez go and didn’t get a replacement for reasons I still don’t understand.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Our regression is staggering

 

[levets]

Walkers the captain but wouldn’t ask him to sort it, he’ll walk in the meeting with his chopper out windmilling

He’s the right person to crack a few heads, he’s one who speaks honestly, like Bernie did after the game.

 

[manimanc]

I get the feeling we can't put ourselves in that kind of position this year. The margin for error feels like it could be much slimmer.

Listen, if I'm honest with you and I've said this on here a couple of times, I've been waiting for us to hit the brick wall ever since the treble, we'd reached the peak so I thought there would be a natural cooling off and a drop in intensity.
What happened? We went and got four in a row. But I feel this year could be that transition year where we aren't at it and have a rough patch. I could be wrong but we look jaded and maybe feeling a bit sorry for ourselves.
Who knows but I'm not going to kill this team or the manager after all they've done for us.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

@Mad Eyed Screamer

Post a Morrissey track to cheer me up after reading that.

I know we played away and not at home......but....

 

[JewelZee]

Worse performance in half a dozen years, utterly woeful.
Some players need to take a good look in the mirror, and never thought I’d say it but Pep also needs to.
Some selections have been baffling to be totally honest.

Also the Rico experiment needs binning. Back 4 with over lapping fullbacks to work with cutting in wingers.

The Rico experiment is an absolute debacle...

 

[MMA]

Bad transfer business means we now have to wrap him in cotton wool unfortunately.
We let Alvarez go and didn’t get a replacement for reasons I still don’t understand.

But you can't keep doing that.

If every fighter went into a fight not 100% then he'd never fight.

Yes you've got to play the long game but you also have to take the risk or you'd never play.

You can't keep not playing players on ifs buts and maybes.

 

[I'm Blue]

Why didn’t anyone, at any point over the last 4 years, think ‘oh, maybe we should buy a decent backup for Rodri’? No one saw this coming

The problem is you either get a lesser player (Philips) as a backup or you try to get someone better but then they don’t wanna come to sit on the bench cos they’re not pushing Rodri out of this team (Rice)