phips wrote:after the first 30 minutes i was thinking that this was the best performance of the season. but considering how much Napoli dominated the second half i had to retract my thinking.
lucky to get 3 points. huge clearances from Fernandinho and Stones.
some of that playing out of the back is gonna screw us over at some point
stevefromdonny wrote:phips wrote:after the first 30 minutes i was thinking that this was the best performance of the season. but considering how much Napoli dominated the second half i had to retract my thinking.
lucky to get 3 points. huge clearances from Fernandinho and Stones.
some of that playing out of the back is gonna screw us over at some point
shush people don't like you saying that.
but it was a good game and Napoli had a go, 1 pt needed to go throu
The Maine Man wrote:I'm not surprised we weren't at our best for long. Sane, Sterling, Dave and Kev must be fucked. People always say for that money footballers should be able to play several times a week but they're still human. I just hope Pep rotates them all well before we burn out from the intensity.
iwasthere2012 wrote:The Maine Man wrote:I'm not surprised we weren't at our best for long. Sane, Sterling, Dave and Kev must be fucked. People always say for that money footballers should be able to play several times a week but they're still human. I just hope Pep rotates them all well before we burn out from the intensity.
With much better football, but Last might reminded me a little of what I used criticise Liverpool about.
We blitzed them for 30 minutes but should have been well out of sight. We only had two goals to show for our efforts.
We definitely ran out of steam. The out ball from defense to midfield wasn’t there late on, because the movement wasn’t there.
The defense were still playing it out but there was nowhere to release it to.
We need to keep all the front six players fresh, because they are expected to do a tremendous amount of work.
It’s also why we need two excellent FBs for each side of the pitch.
iwasthere2012 wrote:A win is a win, but the lack of concentration and composure in the second half showed that we are not quite at that elite level we are trying to achieve.
A lot of players making poor decisions and losing composure and technique as they went along.
Thought Silva made more errors of judgement in one game than I seen from him ever. He just wouldn’t release the ball.
Sane? Well enough said. Showed terrible technique all game and yet you’d back him to skin a tired defender at the end of a game and score.
Fernandinho and Stones were very good I thought and are becoming real leaders.
Jesus became static as the game went on second half and at times got in the way of a player better positioned.
Bernardo Silva was very good and should have been introduced earlier. Similar with Gundogan but I’d have left Sterling on as he was better than Sane IMO.
That’s my tuppence worth.
Very happy with the win but I hope we learn from that. Pep included.
His report card says ‘could do better’
Oh! the first 30 minutes was as good as it gets and Ederson is the buy of the season as far as I’m concerned. He’s a God.
Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:iwasthere2012 wrote:A win is a win, but the lack of concentration and composure in the second half showed that we are not quite at that elite level we are trying to achieve.
A lot of players making poor decisions and losing composure and technique as they went along.
Thought Silva made more errors of judgement in one game than I seen from him ever. He just wouldn’t release the ball.
Sane? Well enough said. Showed terrible technique all game and yet you’d back him to skin a tired defender at the end of a game and score.
Fernandinho and Stones were very good I thought and are becoming real leaders.
Jesus became static as the game went on second half and at times got in the way of a player better positioned.
Bernardo Silva was very good and should have been introduced earlier. Similar with Gundogan but I’d have left Sterling on as he was better than Sane IMO.
That’s my tuppence worth.
Very happy with the win but I hope we learn from that. Pep included.
His report card says ‘could do better’
Oh! the first 30 minutes was as good as it gets and Ederson is the buy of the season as far as I’m concerned. He’s a God.
This is exactly as I saw it.
Mase wrote:Sanè was awful so he'll most likely drop Sterling for Burnley.
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Quite a bit of negativity on here but I guess no surprise there. Good side Napoli and when we were at our best we blew them away, when we dropped from that they looked more than decent but we still held them off reasonably well.
Yes one or two not at their best through the game but everyone can't play their best all the time. I have no doubt Pep will make some changes in the next few games and it will be interesting to see just how he sees it. Maybe back to Kun and Jesus up top if he doesnt decide to rest Jesus.
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