Sporting CP (A) | CL | Post Match Thread

magistadreadnought said:
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.
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Are you fucking serious?
If so name the poor squad players you're relating to.
 
not nice to lose. Thankfully 2 of the recent losses have been quite meaningless competition-wise, i'd wager all 3 have actually, but obviously it builds a picture of bad form and tactical issues that are getting repetitive.

i thought the 1st half had a lot of decent stuff - Foden looked on it, Savinho's movement was good - but going in level was a bit silly but we've seen that before with City, dominance turning into a good win later in the game. This time is backfired in conjunction with a very shonky looking back line, the shape of it at times looked like a fucked accordion.

Haaland's penalty was a gift, that we spurned, but in truth we cannot continue to paper over cracks. The game was for winning in the first half, the second was a brain fart.

there we have it, we may even lose to Brighton as well, so i suggest people harden themselves a touch and get behind the team. I reckon we wont go into the break without a fight, but i dont think we'll see an instant fix to some on pitch issues. It might take a couple of months but we'll be with Liverpool at the top in a race, come March.
 
69FACUPfinal said:
Yes first up on Sky Sports news ( it was on by default). City never get the headlines on there when we win, absolute cnuts. They are loving it. Fair play to Amorim, he was honest.

Seems to me we've missed a young, decent coach with good ideas.

Personally I think Pep is going, lads know and mojo gone. No excuse for that, but injuries and stupid high line not helping.
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I think you are right.
Quite a few reasons, 12 months doesn't help much, new d of f , but mostly I don't think he will accept his system isn't really working how it used to and needs refreshing.
 
For me, we have to try and fix things bit by bit, starting with the most obvious immediate issue, which is our recent massive increase in susceptibility to counter attacks. I'm not sure if it's caused by Rodri being out, the lack of a consistent back line, the constant need to switch wingers over, or all of the above. We are playing very high, losing possession in midfield (usually on the wings) and are then disorganised in stopping the counter.

In any case, stopping that risk would certainly settle the ship and allow us to begin building confidence as a team again.
 
dajd1984 said:
Is the injury situation not a bit weird?

Grealish - finished the game against Wolves but doesn’t play again cos he’s injured.
Stones - played 90mins v Spurs but doesn’t play again cos he’s suddenly injured.
Dias - wasn’t meant to play v Spurs, but played the first 45, came off at half time, I assume to let someone else take the other 45, but is then injured and doesn’t play again.
Foden - has only played 90mins in the league twice this season, apparently has been ill or injured but has just had a real stop start season with no rhythm at all.

It all just seems weird. I’m not sure I believe it.
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Akanji, injured in a warm up.

Something seems off, the only 2 injuries resulting from match incidents are Rodri and KDB.

Having to rely on less effective inconsistent squad players is killing us.
 
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