Crossie wrote:I want to be entertained.
I’ve seen it all now, I’m grateful, forever. But I want to see entertainment.
That cross on Saturday was the most exciting thing I’ve seen for a long time in our stadium.
We have skill in abundance, imagine Foden unleashed, look at what happened with Grealish, shackled for the greater good. It worked too, great, thanks. But as long as we’re up there, I’m not bothered about perfection football. I want to see risk, flair, skill.
I want to see Kompany/Dias goals, Foden take on 8 players, Doku on fire, Haaland bulldozing, treat us.
Crossie, mate, you’ve absolutely fucking nailed it. I’m with you 100 % and then some.
I didn’t start supporting this club to watch a load of million pound robots playing the safest, most boring version of football imaginable. I’m here for the buzz, the roar, the moments that make you jump out your seat that scare the fucking dog or cat!!.
That rabona the other day? Electric. Proper “I saw it live” stuff. First time in fucking ages watching the whole ground come alive instead of just politely clapping another sideways pass. One bit of outrageous skill and our stadium went mental !! – that’s what football is supposed to feel like.
We’ve won everything there is to win playing Pep football, risk-free way, and its been unreal, most of the time. But somewhere along the line we started treating “not making a mistake” as the ultimate virtue, and now half our players shit themselves to try anything that isn’t pre-approved by Pep.
Just watching Foden taking on three men instead of the easy five-yard boring pass back to the centre-half - Doku taking the piss out of their wingers and defenders. Haaland bullying defenders like they nicked his dinner money. Even the odd Dias worldly from 35 yards !. That’s the stuff that lives rent-free in your head for fucking decades.
Winning matters, of course it does, but never, ever at any cost. If the price of another title is turning into a team of joyless pass pass pass possession possession possession who’d rather die than misplace a fucking pass, then to be honest I’d rather not watch.
Pep loves his controlled robots, and it’s obviously worked But right now I’d swap ten points of possession for ten seconds of pure chaos every single week. Let the lads off the leash sometimes. Let them entertain us ffs and pleased do not have a dig at players who want to ' express ' themselves..allow them to do exactly that.
class. What the fuck has that got to do with the price of fish?
