Dubaimancityfan wrote:Chinners wrote:Dubaimancityfan wrote:I think most on this thread agree that taking off Raheem was wrong and it's cost us the 2 points. It was an emotional decision by Pep in stark contrast to his reaction and cuddling Raheem in the previous match !! Raheem should have been moved to his preferred position on the right and Diaz should have come on for Bernie. He should have been given a chance to make up for his horrible miss. And why not give Yaya 15 minutes in place of Gundogan who was in effective ? Yaya is not what he used to be but what's the point of having him on the bench and then not use him when we most needed fresh legs and ideas !!
Probably because Yaya is not 'fresh legs' and has no ideas lately.
Yaya played full matches in the EFL Cup, so now he can’t play 15 minutes? Pep complained about having only 6 on the bench and yet he only used one !
Sadly, Yaya should not be anywhere near our squad IMO.
All he’s proved in the games he’s played is that he can no longer be relied upon to do any sort of job for us.
Gundogan is no Silva or KDB unfortunately. His final pass never found the man in the box or he passed when he should have shot, but he consistently broke into their box and got through a tremendous amount of work.
So I don’t think saying he was ineffective tells the whole story.
Sterling was having another bad day at the office even before his miss.
Whether he should have been taken off or not is all subjective if we’re basing it on what he might have done later.
Bernardo laid one on a plate for him and had created a few chances.
Gundogan as I said was creating but just missing the final ball.
Who’s to say one of them wouldn’t have made a breakthrough or Aguero might have got on the end of one.
It’s all speculative.
Pep did what he did and knows his squad better than any of us. He’s done alright with the resources available to him up until now.
I think saying taking off Raheem cost us 2 points is a bit simplistic.
Not scoring the two or three chances we had to put the game beyond Burnley is what cost us. And that’s not hanging Raheem out to dry either.
It’s a team responsibility both attack and defending.
Just let Pep get on with it. If he gets us over the line at the end of the season nobody will care about a substitution or a draw at Burnley.