West Brom (h) post-match thread

The only time Pep showed any passion was with the pointless rant over time added with the 4th official. Over the white line the players continued their slow pedestrian approach although miraculously we got two chances towards the end.
We never seem to make a last determined effort to score throwing bodies and the ball forward just slow slow sideways backwards and a little forwards with a total lack of zip and urgency.
The last straw was the final kick was a timid backwards ball to a centre half.
 
Concerned to see Pep repeating, yet again, that if we have 26 shots we have to score some of them.

Playing as narrow as we do and asking Rodri to shoot through 8 defenders in the box from 20 yards with his first touch, then blaming him for not scoring, is a tad unfair Pep.
 
Slow boring. Slow boring. Slow boring. It’s like all the players have been given Valium to calm them down.
 
city saint said:
sterling needs taking out he was terrible.even on the right he kept checking back instead of going at them allowing them to reset/we need torres and bernardo kev gundo and foden with jesus and press like fuck.play with pace but get in behind last night when walker came on and added pace was when we started to look like scoring
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Bernardo has offered absolutely nothing for 15 months and Jesus was near invisible last night. People talk about service but Aguero offered more of a threat in 20 minutes than Jesus did all game.
 
In all seriousness apart from the defence minis a left back , Foden and Torres , the rest of starting 11 need a major overhaul.
Who would of thought the defence would be the best thing about Man City in 2020 lol
 
It was like watching one of those Boxing Day matches when a team had clearly overdone the mince pies and Sherry. People talking about missing merlin - we are but in terms of his performance he left us over 18 months ago and we have no answer.
 
Another factor in this malaise could be the coaching or lack of it, this current number two we have, what exactly does he bring to the club, his managing record makes Roy Keane's look good, yes it's downright crap. I think we have major problems here and with Pep not knowing any other way to play, results and performances aren't going to change. Long winter ahead.
 
peace frog said:
A sensible post, take our chances and we would of won that game comfortably, people see the results at the moment and fly off the handle, doesn't help with all the wums, bluemoon is infested by them, that stirs the negativity and people who can't think for themselves decide the wums are right, we controlled the match, we are lacking the david silva player to unlock what is becoming a 10 deep block, I would put kev where gundo was, deep and getting forward, give Bernardo a chance in the middle, we are far off, just need to get through these very defensive teams
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I want to agree with you, I really do but the team has been in decline for 18 months and I really worry that Pep has no idea how to fix it.
It’s not so much the results but the way we are playing - it’s beyond belief with the players we have and the money spent. That first 60 minutes against a crap team was inexcusable as was the finishing.
The decline was not so marked last season because of the very strong base we had but it is now serious in my view.
The club hierarchy does not seem to understand how to address this and Khaldoon’s comment pre season that the legends decide when they leave is completely wrong. Toure kept on too long, David has not been replaced even though 18-19 was really his swan song. The Aguero/striker situation is farcical - where the fuck are we going to get a replacement for him for next season? Haaland is not going to come because we won’t deal with his agent so where is that goal scorer who will make us feared like we were before?
Maybe it is the fans missing and maybe it’s Pep screwing up but it’s so sad to see a team almost devoid of personality and real gut wrenching desire. KDB, Walker and Phil seem to be the only ones so I will forgive their bad moments because they have energy, dynamism and just seem to care.
Remember the monstrous efforts to rein Liverpool in 2 years ago led by Bernardo? That seems to have been replaced by powder puff, tippy tappy sideways shit that Pep once said he hated. What has happened to passing with a purpose and the freedom to create in the last third?
Not getting top 4 would be a disaster
 
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