What's the problem(s)?

[blue for life]

As the season goes on others will slow down and drop points due to the continuous slog of a game every three days. Hopefully it will even itself out.

 

[Damanino]

Does players still trust current tactics 100%? do they believe playing the way we play will get us CL trophy?
Or 95 points in PL at least?

I think they dont trust it and they panic when things go wrong.

We simply collapse during games and panic.

 

[RayCTID]

I'd agree. But aren't other clubs also dealing with that? Everton aren't doing too badly. Or Liverpool. Or Arsenal.

Everton have played a coupld of extra games competitive as well as a couple of friendlies and aren't playing in Europe. Leeds as well. Same with Liverpool and Arsenal.

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

Lack of preseason as well.

Lol- covid not matter now it’s been pointed out that every other team is dealing with it.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

The heirachy are in thrall to Pep so the normal criteria for managers don't seem to apply to him. He had a poor season last time around but seemingly he gets to decide if & when he leaves the club. That doesn't mean he should have been sacked but he should have either committed to stay for a longer period or it should have been a mutually agreed parting of the ways.

At what point is the club going to demand an answer from him? Next May? This is not the Pep of seasons two & three with us.

 

[RayCTID]

Lol- covid not matter now it’s been pointed out that every other team is dealing with it.

It still is. Another supporter expecting the impossible

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Fuck knows but this isn’t the City of 17/18 or 18/19. Nowhere near.

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

It still is. Anothe supporter expecting the impossible

It’s irrelevant as every team is in the same boat which makes your point null and void.

 

[Don Karleone]

As the season goes on others will slow down and drop points due to the continuous slog of a game every three days. Hopefully it will even itself out.

Ah just like the ref decisions.

Don't get your hopes up

 

[RayCTID]

It’s irrelevant as every team is in the same boat which makes your point null and void.

Preseason is essential. We have had nowt. 3 players down with covid (including our key defender) both strikers are out.

 

[jimharri]

Everton have played a coupld of extra games competitive as well as a couple of friendlies and aren't playing in Europe. Leeds as well. Same with Liverpool and Arsenal.

So; it's not down to Covid then?

 

[kaz7]

Do you think other 19 teams don’t have the Covid issue ?

Name who has lost three players to it at the same time

 

[Del_Bosque]

Rodri, Mendy & Mahrez huge problems for me

hate seeing them in the team

We are missing Silva so much

 

[Gaz1105]

Recruiting

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

Rodri, Mendy & Mahrez huge problems for me

hate seeing them in the team

We are missing Silva so much

Rodri was our best player today.

 

[RayCTID]

So; it's not down to Covid then?

Partly down covid.

 

[Danamy]

We've lost our mojo, that killer instinct to go for teams while we've got our knee on their throat, in Peps second season we were beating teams by half time with scoring 2 to 3 goals before the break. At the moment we look like if we don't get that second goal we beat ourselves?

 

[cleavers]

Hmmmm........

I'm guessing you don't agree, maybe it's David then ? Haha.

The biggest problem today was the City players who couldn't pass to other City players, the City players who were constantly getting mugged of the ball by players who were in the championship last season, and greedy twats who think it's all about them and not the team.

Once over that white line, not a lot the coach can do about those things, other than make changes obviously which he tried.

The vast majority that played today were piss poor, and that is what was wrong, all quite simple for my eyes (see last Sunday).

 

[cleavers]

At the moment we look like if we don't get that second goal we beat ourselves?

And we've done exactly the same 2 games in a row, though rather fortunately today, we didn't get beat.

 

[jimharri]

Name who has lost three players to it at the same time

Two of them played today. And as for the third one, most on here wouldn't have him in the team anyway.