UWCL Qualifying tournament - City OUT - lost 1-0 to Real Madrid

Cotontoquinn said:
I think that you are correct. It would be awful - a true Blue - but perfectly understandable. In another team she would have won the Champions League and Ballon D’or but she remained loyal to MCFC.
Can I nominate Keira and Steph Houghton for statues??
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Cousin sent me a text saying Barca are after Walsh. If we lose her we will be in trouble.
 
JRockBlues said:
I'm wondering if the ethos of playing the same way throughout the club regardless of which team is hindering us here.
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I like this point because it's obvious that the players are being lined up like they are on a white board ... 4-3-3 but, when you compare how they actually play with and without the ball, individually and as a collective, it is painful how not like our first team or EDS play. They don't progress the ball, or create overloads with switches of play, or create triangles in the final third to release the winger behind in the 18 yard box, or use pretty much any of the positional play and associated pressing of the men's first team.

On that last point, there was a moment in the first half (?) when Esme was turned around telling another player to press when it was obvious that the trigger had already been and gone. A clear sign that the players are being told 'We do Pep ball' without the necessary training on how to actually do Pep ball.

One of Rinus Michel's central tenets, mentioned in one of the Pep books, was 'compact in defense/expansive in attack'. Pep took that a step further by applying that logic to areas of the field when out of possession. What we've seen in attack is wingers completely isolated, having to fend for themselves against multiple defenders because the opposition know we don't seek overloads and in defense, the entire being scythed through because none of the players are anywhere near each other to be able to press effectively.

(More than I planned to write there, sorry blues ;))
 
Laertes said:
'cos they don't care, we've been coasting on the England spine and the facilities for ages. If they cared, Taylor probably wouldn't have ever got the job but he certainly still wouldn't be there, and we'd have actually seen proper attempts at fixing some of the lingering problems over the last few years.

If anything, the Lionesses showed the value of hiring actual professionals (Wiegman) rather than people the execs get on with (Neville, Sampson). We'd do well to learn that lesson too.


Or we could actually try and properly improve rather than just go for a familiar face. It's not like he had the WSL or UWCL cracked before he left.
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'coasting on the England spine', yes I agree wholeheartedly with that. Now that a fair few have gone we could unravel a little. Really hope Walsh stays.
 
Mr HJ said:
Taylor failed to use the last game as a blueprint in order to beat RM - yes they had some late really good chances but they could have been beaten if we just had a coach who understands how to set up a balanced midfield. Madrid play to their strengths and they did that in both games - our fool changed the entire way we play - it's no wonder some players don't know what to do.
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Wholeheartedly agree with this. This early in the season, there is no reason to rotate. Just put the same team out and make early subs if players are looking fatigued. Crazy to throw the tournament away.
 
Just seen that we lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League qualifying ? Why are the ladies playing so early after the euro's, it's daft and cost Manchester city big time this season



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