The guy is a genius and I would give my head a wobble before I criticize him but Why is it that I can see as early as the 20th minute that Cancelo is trying too hard and coughing up possession and losing his man consistently but Pep wont change that?
That Dias who has been poor in lots of games all season, especially in possession and kind lost his head all game.That, when there is no space behind KDB, is unsuitable and you would rather have the extra winger? Why drop Mahrez?
I think we underestimated Spurs and when the game didn't go our way we lost our heads and our shape. I don't understand why when things don't go our way, we don't accept the draw and move on. 63 points at this stage is amazing but mistakes are damaging at this stage of the season and we can't afford more.
The relegation and Top 4 race is far from over and I can see a lot of games where points will be dropped especially if teams are complacent. I am more worried about the teams we are expected to beat than even the liverpool game.
I just hope this was a good wake-up call.
Peps in game management
posted on 20/2/22
Conte showed up Pep’s limitations.
There there.
posted on 20/2/22
comment by I Don't Trusty the Process - Kroenke Out (U21076)
posted 17 minutes ago
You were s*** against us as well but you cheated your way to a win. The least you could have done is beat Spurs as well
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posted on 20/2/22
What do expect him to do? Sub them all? For who?
posted on 20/2/22
The question to the OP is why he suddenly changed from supporting Arsenal the last few year's to City. Can you answer the question gunnersaurus please?
posted on 20/2/22
It's obvious he was fed up of corrupt officials conspiring against Arsenal.
posted on 20/2/22
I thought Cancelo was your best player in the first half. And to be fair, he switched Foden and Sterling and that lead to a goal.
It's not the in game management that lets you down against us, it's the lack of a plan B. You should be sitting deeper trying to expose our back line on the break like we did to yours. But Pep doesn't do that, and he doesn't have to 90% of the time because you have an insane, financially doped club.
posted on 21/2/22
City are brilliant but if you get in their faces and refuse to go away they eventually bend over and let you bum them.
Its why they can cruise to league wins but cant win the Champions League. They get a huge early lead in the league and just cruise to the title but the CL requires a different mentality which Pep teams don't have.
posted on 21/2/22
comment by Assassin Baby - (U1282)
posted 31 minutes ago
City are brilliant but if you get in their faces and refuse to go away they eventually bend over and let you bum them.
Its why they can cruise to league wins but cant win the Champions League. They get a huge early lead in the league and just cruise to the title but the CL requires a different mentality which Pep teams don't have.
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Not sure getting into our faces or any teams faces for that matter is the way to win football matches. Maybe you are confusing this with UFC.
We have shown huge mentality, especially in the league season when we won 14 straight to win the league by a point.
The manager prepares the team to take early leads and dominate games not to be pegged back and fight back all the time. It works 90% of the time.
posted on 21/2/22
Clearly throwing everybody forward was a mistake, Pep doesn't make many but he is only human.
Spurs did what they aimed to do very well, although I think it interesting that had that been a Jose team it would have been labelled as a triumph for parking the bus/anti football but because it is Conte it is lauded as a masterclass. Season is not over by a long way.
posted on 21/2/22
Granted it wasn't City's best performance but Spurs defended better than they have all season.
When Kane & Son are "on it" Spurs are bloody good on the counter attack and they new lads are a big upgrade as they always look to do something positive rather than having a dope like Winks playing where we go nowhere. We never allowed the game to get into a MF battle that we would inevitably lose.
Spurs always give City trouble when they get their heads in check, Saturday was one of those days for Spurs.. all the stars aligned and Kane offered up one of the best CFs performances you are likely to see