blues2win wrote:Lewis inverts better than Akanji but I think Pep thinks Akanji is a better defender even at RB. Our wide men aren’t contributing enough goals and assists. Haaland looks very isolated too. If Alvarez is to play I’d like to see him off Haaland maybe feeding off scraps but he’s a good striker.
blues2win wrote:Would you put Rico up against Vinicius Jnr at the Bernabeu or Akanji? He’s going to go with Akanji if Walker isn’t fit.
Mase wrote:blues2win wrote:Would you put Rico up against Vinicius Jnr at the Bernabeu or Akanji? He’s going to go with Akanji if Walker isn’t fit.
Yes.
Arsenal weren’t attacking us, so the extra body in midfield with the ball, which we can all agree that Rico does better, was needed. We were at home to Arsenal, not away to Madrid.
Would you rather play Bobb, that keeps the ball better, or Doku at the Bernabeu. What do you think Pep would do?
salford city wrote:Mase wrote:blues2win wrote:Would you put Rico up against Vinicius Jnr at the Bernabeu or Akanji? He’s going to go with Akanji if Walker isn’t fit.
Yes.
Arsenal weren’t attacking us, so the extra body in midfield with the ball, which we can all agree that Rico does better, was needed. We were at home to Arsenal, not away to Madrid.
Would you rather play Bobb, that keeps the ball better, or Doku at the Bernabeu. What do you think Pep would do?
If walker and stones aren't fit for mafrid away the back four that started yesterday will start without a doubt
ayrshireblue wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:stupot wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:stupot wrote:Thought Gvardiol was quality today, comfortably our best player.
Quality ? what quality was that then ? no crosses and he just stops and passes backwards....fuckall quality to talk of as far as doing his job is concerned.
And as for being our best player..everyone was shit , including our manager who just cannot beat a top 5 team this season.
Bobb should have started as it became obvious after the first 20 mins what kind of game it was going to be -Haaland needs to be dropped IMO...hes become a lazy cunt who has , it seems, developed an attitude of 'if the ball doesn't come to me 5 yards out I'm not going to do anything ' and ill add to this , he cannot control a ball for toffee.
Shockingly bad today.
Quality yes as nearly everyone on here has said and everyone coming out of the stadium. What did Saka their golden boy do and he beat the full back and got into the box a number of times which is more than Foden did.
You're obsessed with not beating a top 5 side Liverpool haven't beaten us or Arsenal and are top. We lost to a freak deflection away at Arsenal or we'd be unbeaten against them as well.
Why was Pep shit by the way, he made 2 attacking substitutions to try and win the game. We can't win every game, it could be an important point come the end.
His job is to get down the line and cross balls into the area - he didn't do it.....that's his job ( or it should be his job ) and he offered nothing as far as a goal threat is concerned ............he played the game without being dispossessed ( apart from one that he managed to get back) for the first time since we bought him.
Obsessed with beating a top 5 team ? yes I am fuckign obsessed with beating a top 5 team as there is fuckall chance of winning a premier league trophy with that stat stapled to us.....its no good beating lesser teams if we cannot beat the top 5 teams is it .
PeP should have hauled off Haaland for the start of the second half and I doubt anyone else would have disagreed. Bobb should have come on as well.
There was no way those same 11 players were going to suddenly start playing like they wanted to win the game in the second half.
I will give Foden a pass for this game as he was obviously jaded because that absolute clown Southgate fucked him up with so many minutes playing for England.
Carl, when do our full backs get down the line and cross? Walker very rarely does it on the right. I don't agree with why Pep tells the players not to do it but I'm not going to criticise a player for doing what the manager tells him, I'd rather criticise the manager for telling him not to do it. We have Haaland in the box so there is no reason not to be firing crosses in to him although I think that heading is another weakness to his game.
zuricity wrote:salford city wrote:zuricity wrote:sheblue wrote:Nick wrote:Drop haaland. Alvarez up top weds
Can't see pep doing it. But many would understand if he did.
If Villa put eleven in their box like Arse did , or other teams do , then swapping Haaland für Alvarez will bring nothing.
Disagree, at least Julian has a touch on him. The ball just pings off Haaland in the main. Bad day at the office yesterday but if Kev isn't on it then neither is Haaland and we have Foden wasted out wide.
Last game he started he was subbed off ( against Liverpool ) because his touch was way off, giving the ball away all the time, which , admittedly is unusual for him. It was as if his national team mate Mac Allister had got to him at the start of the game. He was woeful .
carl_feedthegoat wrote:stupot wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:stupot wrote:Thought Gvardiol was quality today, comfortably our best player.
Quality ? what quality was that then ? no crosses and he just stops and passes backwards....fuckall quality to talk of as far as doing his job is concerned.
And as for being our best player..everyone was shit , including our manager who just cannot beat a top 5 team this season.
Bobb should have started as it became obvious after the first 20 mins what kind of game it was going to be -Haaland needs to be dropped IMO...hes become a lazy cunt who has , it seems, developed an attitude of 'if the ball doesn't come to me 5 yards out I'm not going to do anything ' and ill add to this , he cannot control a ball for toffee.
Shockingly bad today.
Quality yes as nearly everyone on here has said and everyone coming out of the stadium. What did Saka their golden boy do and he beat the full back and got into the box a number of times which is more than Foden did.
You're obsessed with not beating a top 5 side Liverpool haven't beaten us or Arsenal and are top. We lost to a freak deflection away at Arsenal or we'd be unbeaten against them as well.
Why was Pep shit by the way, he made 2 attacking substitutions to try and win the game. We can't win every game, it could be an important point come the end.
His job is to get down the line and cross balls into the area - he didn't do it.....that's his job ( or it should be his job ) and he offered nothing as far as a goal threat is concerned ............he played the game without being dispossessed ( apart from one that he managed to get back) for the first time since we bought him.
Obsessed with beating a top 5 team ? yes I am fuckign obsessed with beating a top 5 team as there is fuckall chance of winning a premier league trophy with that stat stapled to us.....its no good beating lesser teams if we cannot beat the top 5 teams is it .
PeP should have hauled off Haaland for the start of the second half and I doubt anyone else would have disagreed. Bobb should have come on as well.
There was no way those same 11 players were going to suddenly start playing like they wanted to win the game in the second half.
I will give Foden a pass for this game as he was obviously jaded because that absolute clown Southgate fucked him up with so many minutes playing for England.
Outcast wrote:zuricity wrote:salford city wrote:zuricity wrote:sheblue wrote:Drop haaland. Alvarez up top weds
Can't see pep doing it. But many would understand if he did.
If Villa put eleven in their box like Arse did , or other teams do , then swapping Haaland für Alvarez will bring nothing.
Disagree, at least Julian has a touch on him. The ball just pings off Haaland in the main. Bad day at the office yesterday but if Kev isn't on it then neither is Haaland and we have Foden wasted out wide.
Last game he started he was subbed off ( against Liverpool ) because his touch was way off, giving the ball away all the time, which , admittedly is unusual for him. It was as if his national team mate Mac Allister had got to him at the start of the game. He was woeful .
According to you Alverez and Josko are shit but Akanji is world class.
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