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Mr HJ said:
Not being panicky but it would be good if we can stop this poor run now. Pep is the guy that can do it & we will probably look at this thread in 2 months and laugh but not one fan can say we look decent at the moment - we look a poor, unfit side and that is a fact.

No team deserves to keep winning forever unless they work hard and have the tools to change in adversity. Our leadership group has grown older together and I don't see who will step up when things are a bit shit.

When they scored the early goals in the second half every player looked stunned and not sure what to do. We seem to be stuck in the rondo style short passing and unable to change gears like we always have been able to do. It's only 3 games but the way we responded to being under pressure is worrisome.
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A lot are being panicky. Clearly wasn't interested in the Carabou, you could tell that be the substitutions made and I think that was the right decision because we already have a packed schedule without that and the injuries so I don't even count that one.

Bournemouth was understandable given the injuries, they don't concede many and we could have taken a point in the end, We didn't, but that will happen from time to time.

Tonight again the injuries told, it would have been a different game if Haaland had scored and all three penalties were a bit soft in my opinion. Would any of them be given in the PL? Their second one was no worse than the pull back in Savinho in the first half. But this is a blip primarily caused by injuries, we haven't become a bad team overnight, no more than that.
 
hertsblue said:
You cant blame injuries for us being totally dogshit up front. Only Grealish is out, Kev back but looked rusty and will take him a run of games but worrying, other than that, this is what we are left with. Doku/Grealish/Nunes/Savinho/Silva - A complete lack of a emd product let aline goals. And 1 striker only who is missing chance after chance atm.
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Injuries should never ever be an excuse. And if our whole season in all competitions depends on one single player going off injured then we don't deserve to win anything in the next 10 years. This is all on Pep and if he is such a great coach, and I think he is, he should be able to get out the second team out on the pitch and play some coherent tactics. For some reason or other Pep just abandoned every single principle he's been following for years. And letting go of so many good players with replacements nowhere good and this Faustian deal with Haaland is finally bringing results!
 
ysmsa said:
It's a funny old game.

Thought he was his usual shite, nowhere near good enough and doesn't look comfortable or confident.

When he went to the right he was even worse.
Looking across the line and still offside, shit play on the edge of the box resulting in giving away a pen.

If he doesn't play for us again I won't be sorry, a mid table player and a terrible signing for us.

Nothing personal but he's a fish out of water in our team.
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Each to their own but can't help feel he's being made a scapegoat rather unfairly. Of all our attacking players first half I thought he was the best by far, bar the odd flick from Foden.

He fell out it second half and didn't play well on the right but everyone was terrible and he was no worse than any.
 
ancoats said:
But some fans don't understand football is about 2 teams and you can lose
Maybe we are just in a bad run of form, Missing key players and struggling to win go hand in hand,

Also, you start to panic and feel even more pressure from the stands, In the game tonight you could see it after we kept missing you knew its was coming,

Really is this the end of that golden era ? I don't think it is, Pep has big questions to answer about the future and whether he will be at the club for the next rebuild or is he ready to leave and let somebody else have the money

But as the song goes

Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be
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A song also goes

and now the end is nigh.
 
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