To be sure, this is an embarrassing defeat to the worst possible opponent. But let us not forget that we are still in the middle of a rebuilding process, and that we played more games this season than any other team in Europe. There are a few lessons, though, to be drawn from today’s disaster. 1) We can’t compete for four trophies using our best players in every game and get away with it. We were bound to pay for it, sooner or later. 2) We need a top striker, a top right back, a midfielder like De Jong, who is good at breaking the high press, and a top modern keeper, capable of good distribution. 3) Bruno is an important player, but not the right captain. 4) I said this after the Leeds game: we’ll always struggle against managers that practice gegenpress, because the system was developed mainly to break the domination of Guardiola’s total football, which ETH uses. How many times has Guardiola beaten Klopp during his career as manager?
posted on 5/3/23
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 39 minutes ago
comment by Ten Hag Bald is Best Ball at its Facking Finest (U17054)
posted 33 minutes ago
More facking knee jerking going on this evening than a flash mob doing a Beyoncé track.
How do people who watch fifty games of football a season still not understand football?
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Our fans on here are famous for it. Bad day at the office. No more, no less. It happens.
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posted on 5/3/23
comment by New Peebs, Same Year (U3245)
posted 31 minutes ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Ten Hag Bald is Best Ball at its Facking Finest (U17054)
posted 33 minutes ago
More facking knee jerking going on this evening than a flash mob doing a Beyoncé track.
How do people who watch fifty games of football a season still not understand football?
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Our fans on here are famous for it. Bad day at the office. No more, no less. It happens.
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Biggest loss since 1931. No more, no less 🫣
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It happens. Just not very often.
posted on 5/3/23
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
comment by Ten Hag Bald is Best Ball at its Facking Finest (U17054)
posted 33 minutes ago
More facking knee jerking going on this evening than a flash mob doing a Beyoncé track.
How do people who watch fifty games of football a season still not understand football?
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Our fans on here are famous for it. Bad day at the office. No more, no less. It happens.
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I can understand that rival fans are making fun of us, but to see our fans turn against the team and the managers after all the progress that’s been make is beyond me.
posted on 5/3/23
comment by Ten Hag Bald is Best Ball at its Facking Finest (U17054)
posted 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
More facking knee jerking going on this evening than a flash mob doing a Beyoncé track.
How do people who watch fifty games of football a season still not understand football?
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We’re plagued by shallow fans.
posted on 5/3/23
comment by Cesario (U22905)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
comment by Ten Hag Bald is Best Ball at its Facking Finest (U17054)
posted 33 minutes ago
More facking knee jerking going on this evening than a flash mob doing a Beyoncé track.
How do people who watch fifty games of football a season still not understand football?
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Our fans on here are famous for it. Bad day at the office. No more, no less. It happens.
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I can understand that rival fans are making fun of us, but to see our fans turn against the team and the managers after all the progress that’s been make is beyond me.
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The team completely gave up today. I don't think people criticising that pathetic second half showing should be seen as going too far. They deserve criticism because they were utterly awful, conceding embarrassing goal after embarrassing goal.
posted on 5/3/23
To criticize the team’s terrible performance is one thing, but to lose faith in the team and the manager is another.
posted on 5/3/23
comment by Cesario (U22905)
posted 2 minutes ago
To criticize the team’s terrible performance is one thing, but to lose faith in the team and the manager is another.
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True. Though aside from Culer (who doesn't count) I don't think too many have lost faith. Hopefully not anyway
posted on 5/3/23
comment by Cesario (U22905)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Vidicschin (U3584)
posted 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
comment by Ten Hag Bald is Best Ball at its Facking Finest (U17054)
posted 33 minutes ago
More facking knee jerking going on this evening than a flash mob doing a Beyoncé track.
How do people who watch fifty games of football a season still not understand football?
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Our fans on here are famous for it. Bad day at the office. No more, no less. It happens.
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I can understand that rival fans are making fun of us, but to see our fans turn against the team and the managers after all the progress that’s been make is beyond me.
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Maybe I've missed it, but apart from obviously Culèr I think people have been pretty measured and even good-humoured. Those who've questioned the manager today, for instance, have qualified it carefully by saying he's obviously been great in the most part. It's literally the club's worst result for 90 years or something like that, and we are actually pretty good these days. Other thrashings we've taken in recent years have had some mitigating factors - red cards in the 6-1s at home to City and Spurs, Ole nearing the end of the line before the 5-0 against Liverpool - but this really came out of leftfield. I don't remember a side in third place ever losing 7-0. It doesn't really happen. Of course people are going to be wondering what went wrong.
posted on 5/3/23
comment by merrysupersteve (relaxed about the situation) (U1132)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Cesario (U22905)
posted 2 minutes ago
To criticize the team’s terrible performance is one thing, but to lose faith in the team and the manager is another.
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True. Though aside from Culer (who doesn't count) I don't think too many have lost faith. Hopefully not anyway
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This. Not that I've seen anyway. Mainly just people saying that even with our most influential players out there and a trophy in the bag, there is still obviously work to be done in terms of how this team deals with adversity. I'm sure ten Hag will be absolutely fuming about that second half.
posted on 5/3/23
comment by Clockwork Red: With or Wout You (U4892)
posted 25 minutes ago
comment by merrysupersteve (relaxed about the situation) (U1132)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Cesario (U22905)
posted 2 minutes ago
To criticize the team’s terrible performance is one thing, but to lose faith in the team and the manager is another.
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True. Though aside from Culer (who doesn't count) I don't think too many have lost faith. Hopefully not anyway
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This. Not that I've seen anyway. Mainly just people saying that even with our most influential players out there and a trophy in the bag, there is still obviously work to be done in terms of how this team deals with adversity. I'm sure ten Hag will be absolutely fuming about that second half.
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That’s sensible and I’m fine with it.