***Madrid v City CL Official Match Thread***

[carl_feedthegoat]

No idea why he chooses to play Semenyo out wide.

I figure we signed him based on his direct performances for Bournemouth.

The lad has pace and will score Goals, he is not a skilful player. Shit with the Ball at his feet just like Haaland both need to run on to Balls to score not try passing players their selves with the Ball.

What the fuck goes through Pep Head when setting us up like that.

Again 3-0 down at half time. Our genius could and should have corrected the non- existent 1 man midfield. Off should have come his love child (Savinho) on Nico G. Off should have gone the shockingly dreadful Haaland ,on come Cherki, Semenyo becoming the False 9.

Instead he his first Sub was that lanky streak of weak piss Reinders.I mean seriously ?

What was his game plan to counter the Madrid 4-4-2 ? i am guessing it was supposed to be a 4-2-4 that was bad enough against a high press over load. We should have been keeping it tight in the middle. instead this supposed 4-2-4 was more like a 5 - 1 - 4 it was madness Rodri 3,4, yards off the pace since doing his ACL asked to hold the middle on his own as Madrid cut through us like a knife through hot butter.

This Man earns £25,000 000 a Season and has not got a fucking clue.

70 minutes before any meaningful Sub.

Zero game management, shit substitutions and a 1 dimensional style of play making repeatedly banging your Head on a Wall slowly for 97 minutes more appealing.

It’s copy and paste every other week isn’t it !??

[city72]

Worse thing I’ve seen since 2 girls 1 cup

[Slim]

Did anyone else just see Doku flicker out of existence?

https://www.reddit.com/r/MCFC/comments/1rr6q1m/i_know_hes_quick_but_to_disappear_entirely_thats/

Thank god I wasn't the only one.

[Indianablue]

No idea why he chooses to play Semenyo out wide.

I figure we signed him based on his direct performances for Bournemouth.

The lad has pace and will score Goals, he is not a skilful player. Shit with the Ball at his feet just like Haaland both need to run on to Balls to score not try passing players their selves with the Ball.

What the fuck goes through Pep Head when setting us up like that.

Again 3-0 down at half time. Our genius could and should have corrected the non- existent 1 man midfield. Off should have come his love child (Savinho) on Nico G. Off should have gone the shockingly dreadful Haaland ,on come Cherki, Semenyo becoming the False 9.

Instead he his first Sub was that lanky streak of weak piss Reinders.I mean seriously ?

What was his game plan to counter the Madrid 4-4-2 ? i am guessing it was supposed to be a 4-2-4 that was bad enough against a high press over load. We should have been keeping it tight in the middle. instead this supposed 4-2-4 was more like a 5 - 1 - 4 it was madness Rodri 3,4, yards off the pace since doing his ACL asked to hold the middle on his own as Madrid cut through us like a knife through hot butter.

This Man earns £25,000 000 a Season and has not got a fucking clue.

70 minutes before any meaningful Sub.

Zero game management, shit substitutions and a 1 dimensional style of play making repeatedly banging your Head on a Wall slowly for 97 minutes more appealing.

It’s copy and paste every other week isn’t it !??

Past 2 seasons at least

[Hazy2]

It’s on Pep. The first goal was a joke as Courtoir was drilling those balls there during the warm up !! Nico gets a reality check !
A shocking performance from all involved. I said this earlier in the season, we are not good enough….. Exposed and our arse handed to us.

[sheblue]

Pep definitely had a bad night at the office, some of the decisions were baffling.
Having said that we must also look at the players, who largely were shite. Rodri, Khus and Doku tried. Doku had his better performances this season when he came inside with an overlapping full back. That did not happen and he often found him self v 2 and 3 Madrid players, pointless.
O Reilly had a poor game as did Silva and Haaland, but fuck me why Savinhio wasn't taken off after 10 - 15 mins is incredible, it was blatantly clear he was goin to have a stinker.I also want to see Haaland rested at least until we have some players who can put the ball onto a plate for him, at the moment we dont have that and he will continue to struggle.
Go back to the false 9 and play Cherki form fuck sake.

[PeterParker]

Playing Sav was all about I’ve told you so.
Nothing tactical, just arrogance.

Same the way we play. Tiki-taka or nothing else
What is that american saying: my way or the highway?

[carl_feedthegoat]

Pep definitely had a bad night at the office, some of the decisions were baffling.
Having said that we must also look at the players, who largely were shite. Rodri, Khus and Doku tried. Doku had his better performances this season when he came inside with an overlapping full back. That did not happen and he often found him self v 2 and 3 Madrid players, pointless.
O Reilly had a poor game as did Silva and Haaland, but fuck me why Savinhio wasn't taken off after 10 - 15 mins is incredible, it was blatantly clear he was goin to have a stinker.I also want to see Haaland rested at least until we have some players who can put the ball onto a plate for him, at the moment we dont have that and he will continue to struggle.
Go back to the false 9 and play Cherki form fuck sake.

How much fucking rest does Haaland fucking need ? He’s already had a long fucking rest ffs !
Got to stop making excuses for these players - he’s paid 500,000 fucking quid to perform week in and week out , that’s why he gets the highest pay packet in the prem.

He’s been a fucking disgrace since the turn of the year - there is no justification for it.

[Mase]

Valverde has two league goals this season and before last night had zero goals in the CL.

[zabbadabbado]

Playing Sav was all about I’ve told you so.
Nothing tactical, just arrogance.

Same the way we play. Tiki-taka or nothing else
What is that american saying: my way or the highway?

I agree with you regards Savinho.

His Stats support the fact he is shocking.

Zero redeeming qualities.

Yet Pep can not wait to play him at the expense of better players.

[zabbadabbado]

Pep definitely had a bad night at the office, some of the decisions were baffling.
Having said that we must also look at the players, who largely were shite. Rodri, Khus and Doku tried. Doku had his better performances this season when he came inside with an overlapping full back. That did not happen and he often found him self v 2 and 3 Madrid players, pointless.
O Reilly had a poor game as did Silva and Haaland, but fuck me why Savinhio wasn't taken off after 10 - 15 mins is incredible, it was blatantly clear he was goin to have a stinker.I also want to see Haaland rested at least until we have some players who can put the ball onto a plate for him, at the moment we dont have that and he will continue to struggle.
Go back to the false 9 and play Cherki form fuck sake.

How much fucking rest does Haaland fucking need ? He’s already had a long fucking rest ffs !
Got to stop making excuses for these players - he’s paid 500,000 fucking quid to perform week in and week out , that’s why he gets the highest pay packet in the prem.

He’s been a fucking disgrace since the turn of the year - there is no justification for it.

I agree with you Carl.

The Man is living his best life.

Rested with a supposed niggle yet fucks off to Disney Land to do content for his Youtube Channel.

We actually play better without him.

If he is scoring Goals you can accept he is a lazy fucker.

Right now he is contributing nothing. Waving his Hands around a team mates is laughable whilst following Defenders around every game to make sure he doesn't get the Ball. He is taking the piss. Some fans lament on how we don't play to his strengths. This Guy is hiding in every game. Last night Doku made 3 good crosses early on. He was not arsed on getting on the end. Fuck him off until the World Cup. Then sell to the fascists for Big Money.Will fit in well with their Divas.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Pep definitely had a bad night at the office, some of the decisions were baffling.
Having said that we must also look at the players, who largely were shite. Rodri, Khus and Doku tried. Doku had his better performances this season when he came inside with an overlapping full back. That did not happen and he often found him self v 2 and 3 Madrid players, pointless.
O Reilly had a poor game as did Silva and Haaland, but fuck me why Savinhio wasn't taken off after 10 - 15 mins is incredible, it was blatantly clear he was goin to have a stinker.I also want to see Haaland rested at least until we have some players who can put the ball onto a plate for him, at the moment we dont have that and he will continue to struggle.
Go back to the false 9 and play Cherki form fuck sake.

How much fucking rest does Haaland fucking need ? He’s already had a long fucking rest ffs !
Got to stop making excuses for these players - he’s paid 500,000 fucking quid to perform week in and week out , that’s why he gets the highest pay packet in the prem.

He’s been a fucking disgrace since the turn of the year - there is no justification for it.

I agree with you Carl.

The Man is living his best life.

Rested with a supposed niggle yet fucks off to Disney Land to do content for his Youtube Channel.

We actually play better without him.

If he is scoring Goals you can accept he is a lazy fucker.

Right now he is contributing nothing. Waving his Hands around a team mates is laughable whilst following Defenders around every game to make sure he doesn't get the Ball. He is taking the piss. Some fans lament on how we don't play to his strengths. This Guy is hiding in every game. Last night Doku made 3 good crosses early on. He was not arsed on getting on the end. Fuck him off until the World Cup. Then sell to the fascists for Big Money.Will fit in well with their Divas.

Agree on all points

[Harry Dowd scored]

Doesn’t seem long ago that everyone was posting how the PL is stronger than European football, think that claim has run out of steam this week.

[PeterParker]

Playing Sav was all about I’ve told you so.
Nothing tactical, just arrogance.

Same the way we play. Tiki-taka or nothing else
What is that american saying: my way or the highway?

I agree with you regards Savinho.

His Stats support the fact he is shocking.

Zero redeeming qualities.

Yet Pep can not wait to play him at the expense of better players.

The man reminds me of Nero in this competition, ready to burn everything down just to prove a point.

Under his regime, almost every exit in this tournament has come from the same thing: inexplicable decisions. We lost one final largely because of his arrogance, and the one we did win owed more to Lukaku doing what he does best in those moments than to us actually being the better side.

That season we were playing some of the best football I’ve ever seen, yet it still nearly went down the drain because of another baffling tactical choice.

And that’s the problem. Even when things are going well, I can’t fully enjoy it. 99% of the time, I’m just waiting for the moment he finds a way to mess it all up, whether through needless statements that motivate opponents or puzzling squad selections.

I’m still fuming.

[zabbadabbado]

Playing Sav was all about I’ve told you so.
Nothing tactical, just arrogance.

Same the way we play. Tiki-taka or nothing else
What is that american saying: my way or the highway?

I agree with you regards Savinho.

His Stats support the fact he is shocking.

Zero redeeming qualities.

Yet Pep can not wait to play him at the expense of better players.

The man reminds me of Nero in this competition, ready to burn everything down just to prove a point.

Under his regime, almost every exit in this tournament has come from the same thing: inexplicable decisions. We lost one final largely because of his arrogance, and the one we did win owed more to Lukaku doing what he does best in those moments than to us actually being the better side.

That season we were playing some of the best football I’ve ever seen, yet it still nearly went down the drain because of another baffling tactical choice.

And that’s the problem. Even when things are going well, I can’t fully enjoy it. 99% of the time, I’m just waiting for the moment he finds a way to mess it all up, whether through needless statements that motivate opponents or puzzling squad selections.

I’m still fuming.

I agree.

He an not help himself. I think it stems from his constant need to feed his own narcissism.

He plays 11 players in their best position and we win. It means MSM/fans will only be talking about the team.

In his Head he is thinking fuck that, no one will be talking about my genius.

Meaning he is constantly trying to reinvent the Wheel to feed his Ego.

Last night the obvious choice as full back was Nunez. Has been one of the best in Europe this Season playing as Left back. So our genius decides to drop him and play Nico Reilly.The same O'Reilly who has added something to our midfield. It is crazy shit.Last 16 of the Champions League and there he is fucking about dropping players making calamitous choices. There are no words.

I actually have a theory on what the arrogant cunt thought. He thought Madrid are shit and there for the taking.

I play the best starting 11 we win this game and everyone will only be talking about the team, best 11 in their best positions.

Fuck that shit.I am going to do some weird shit with team selection and play a ridiculous 4-2-4 formation and we will win because Madrid are shit.

I can tell everyone afterwards i am a fucking genius with my ridiculous unnecessary team selections. And it was the only reason we won.

And you are right about Inter Milan he nearly fucked that Final up. And the reality is we were very lucky.

His entire career with us there have been dozens of games where the best team lost because of him. Lost count of the European campaigns there have been that many.

It is his constant need to feed his ego that he is a genius.

The Title wins have been great over a Season we can mostly absorb his Ego feeding.

One off high pressure games he is a shockingly bad Manager. This season beaten by under 13 Care taker managers/Pilots and a Guy that sold used Cars.

He has to have a team filled with the best players in World football. And even then there will still be major Brain farts in high pressure games against equals and rivals over a season with his constant need to feed the Ego by reinventing the Wheel..

We are much better as a team than he has us playing this is a fact.

We could have played our best 11 last night in their best positions and come away with something.

[Harry Dowd scored]

Playing Sav was all about I’ve told you so.
Nothing tactical, just arrogance.

Same the way we play. Tiki-taka or nothing else
What is that american saying: my way or the highway?

I agree with you regards Savinho.

His Stats support the fact he is shocking.

Zero redeeming qualities.

Yet Pep can not wait to play him at the expense of better players.

The man reminds me of Nero in this competition, ready to burn everything down just to prove a point.

Under his regime, almost every exit in this tournament has come from the same thing: inexplicable decisions. We lost one final largely because of his arrogance, and the one we did win owed more to Lukaku doing what he does best in those moments than to us actually being the better side.

That season we were playing some of the best football I’ve ever seen, yet it still nearly went down the drain because of another baffling tactical choice.

And that’s the problem. Even when things are going well, I can’t fully enjoy it. 99% of the time, I’m just waiting for the moment he finds a way to mess it all up, whether through needless statements that motivate opponents or puzzling squad selections.

I’m still fuming.

I agree.

He an not help himself. I think it stems from his constant need to feed his own narcissism.

He plays 11 players in their best position and we win. It means MSM/fans will only be talking about the team.

In his Head he is thinking fuck that, no one will be talking about my genius.

Meaning he is constantly trying to reinvent the Wheel to feed his Ego.

Last night the obvious choice as full back was Nunez. Has been one of the best in Europe this Season playing as Left back. So our genius decides to drop him and play Nico Reilly.The same O'Reilly who has added something to our midfield. It is crazy shit.Last 16 of the Champions League and there he is fucking about dropping players making calamitous choices. There are no words.

I actually have a theory on what the arrogant cunt thought. He thought Madrid are shit and there for the taking.

I play the best starting 11 we win this game and everyone will only be talking about the team, best 11 in their best positions.

Fuck that shit.I am going to do some weird shit with team selection and play a ridiculous 4-2-4 formation and we will win because Madrid are shit.

I can tell everyone afterwards i am a fucking genius with my ridiculous unnecessary team selections. And it was the only reason we won.

And you are right about Inter Milan he nearly fucked that Final up. And the reality is we were very lucky.

His entire career with us there have been dozens of games where the best team lost because of him. Lost count of the European campaigns there have been that many.

It is his constant need to feed his ego that he is a genius.

The Title wins have been great over a Season we can mostly absorb his Ego feeding.

One off high pressure games he is a shockingly bad Manager. This season beaten by under 13 Care taker managers/Pilots and a Guy that sold used Cars.

He has to have a team filled with the best players in World football. And even then there will still be major Brain farts in high pressure games against equals and rivals over a season with his constant need to feed the Ego by reinventing the Wheel..

We are much better as a team than he has us playing this is a fact.

We could have played our best 11 last night in their best positions and come away with something.

Fantastic post well done Zabba

[bigblue]

this is a good rundown of our obvious tactical failings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Chncbl9Yc

[Harry Dowd scored]

Pep’s view -:

Pep Guardiola: “I have an opinion about the game in Madrid, and it’s not going to change. We did very, very good things. We could be better, yeah…

The first 19, 20 minutes before the first goal was exceptional. I would say one of the best we have played there. In terms of going there to make a threat, and we were threatening.

[Indianablue]

Doesn’t seem long ago that everyone was posting how the PL is stronger than European football, think that claim has run out of steam this week.

Never saw it that way. Our league is seen as great because it seems to be competitive. In truth the good teams have become worse and the poorer teams are in with a shout of getting a result.
United, Liverpool, Chelsea, and lastly ourselves are a shadow of the great teams that went before.
Arsenal are winning by finding a formula at set pieces that is essentially breaking the rules of the game, both defensively and offensively. The PL are begging for Arsenal to win, and then the results of the 115 enquiry will be published.
Our biggest star fails continuously on the big stage. Our manager is lauded as one of the best but i don't think he's close. A myopic blinkered thinker that got most of his knowledge learning from Cruyff and ergo Michels but without the where with all to vary the style and approach when necessary.
Our big stars have left our club and that of our english competitors. I often think that our success was created by them DESPITE our manager rather than because of him.
Our current players are good, but our manager cannot get a tune our of them, he is tone deaf

[Indianablue]

Playing Sav was all about I’ve told you so.
Nothing tactical, just arrogance.

Same the way we play. Tiki-taka or nothing else
What is that american saying: my way or the highway?

I agree with you regards Savinho.

His Stats support the fact he is shocking.

Zero redeeming qualities.

Yet Pep can not wait to play him at the expense of better players.

The man reminds me of Nero in this competition, ready to burn everything down just to prove a point.

Under his regime, almost every exit in this tournament has come from the same thing: inexplicable decisions. We lost one final largely because of his arrogance, and the one we did win owed more to Lukaku doing what he does best in those moments than to us actually being the better side.

That season we were playing some of the best football I’ve ever seen, yet it still nearly went down the drain because of another baffling tactical choice.

And that’s the problem. Even when things are going well, I can’t fully enjoy it. 99% of the time, I’m just waiting for the moment he finds a way to mess it all up, whether through needless statements that motivate opponents or puzzling squad selections.

I’m still fuming.

I agree.

He an not help himself. I think it stems from his constant need to feed his own narcissism.

He plays 11 players in their best position and we win. It means MSM/fans will only be talking about the team.

In his Head he is thinking fuck that, no one will be talking about my genius.

Meaning he is constantly trying to reinvent the Wheel to feed his Ego.

Last night the obvious choice as full back was Nunez. Has been one of the best in Europe this Season playing as Left back. So our genius decides to drop him and play Nico Reilly.The same O'Reilly who has added something to our midfield. It is crazy shit.Last 16 of the Champions League and there he is fucking about dropping players making calamitous choices. There are no words.

I actually have a theory on what the arrogant cunt thought. He thought Madrid are shit and there for the taking.

I play the best starting 11 we win this game and everyone will only be talking about the team, best 11 in their best positions.

Fuck that shit.I am going to do some weird shit with team selection and play a ridiculous 4-2-4 formation and we will win because Madrid are shit.

I can tell everyone afterwards i am a fucking genius with my ridiculous unnecessary team selections. And it was the only reason we won.

And you are right about Inter Milan he nearly fucked that Final up. And the reality is we were very lucky.

His entire career with us there have been dozens of games where the best team lost because of him. Lost count of the European campaigns there have been that many.

It is his constant need to feed his ego that he is a genius.

The Title wins have been great over a Season we can mostly absorb his Ego feeding.

One off high pressure games he is a shockingly bad Manager. This season beaten by under 13 Care taker managers/Pilots and a Guy that sold used Cars.

He has to have a team filled with the best players in World football. And even then there will still be major Brain farts in high pressure games against equals and rivals over a season with his constant need to feed the Ego by reinventing the Wheel..

We are much better as a team than he has us playing this is a fact.

We could have played our best 11 last night in their best positions and come away with something.

Fantastic post well done Zabba

It echoes my own sentiments as well Zabba