That's the worry the same line gets rolled out everytime but no plan of action to change these piss poor performances against the big sides ever materalises.Firstly...I love Mopo and what he has done and is doing for the club and he has my 100% support.
But when we lose...his excuses and more worryingly analysis is way off point.
He said the same after our feeble display against the Ar$e.
MoPo...you HAVE to start finding a PLAN B against the bigger teams away from home and you HAVE to start substituting the obvious (Trippier yesterday).
You need a plan B MoPo.
Please....I don't want to lose the faith I have in you and your project.
This sense of inferiority happens everytime we play a top side so there has to be a mentality issue as we have long suspected which shows no sign of changing."The solution is an alternative plan? No. The solution is improve and deepen the resolution of the plan that we have" - Marcelo Bielsa
Fully believe in the manager & what he wants to achieve, however it is the execution of said plan that is what ought to be questioned.
The manner in which everything was done was woefully executed by a number of players. Lots of balls played in behind players, so that they have to continuously go backwards, or face into danger. Balls ought to have been played to their mate's furthest foot, so that they can open up the pitch. Pep's team always looked to play the ball, so that their mate could play forward. Its the minute details that made the difference in the game.
Man City's off the ball movement also facilitated this because they all looked to play on the half-turn & if they weren't they offloaded with urgency, so that they could be in a position to play forward. Their boys didn't hang around on the ball either; they moved in one-touch as much as possible. Too many of our guys spent too much time trying to over-complicate the game by moving the ball in a laboured manner. Very few instances where we moved the ball with a purpose & urgency. The best bit of play was when we moved the ball out from the back, which led to Trippier's overhit cross. Instances like that were few & far between.
We were never close enough to press & Dembele was one of the guilty culprits of not being close enough. We were slow to everything & quite rightly we lost because Man City were razor sharp. We had proper possession against Man City, however our movement of the ball seemed timid & scared, which echoed a sense of inferiority more than anything.
I don't believe we need to necessarily have a completely alternate plan, but a better execution of the one already in place.
I like Bielsa's approach and attitude to the game and by extension MPs. However, it has to be noted that Bielsa has not won much As a coach and his system burns players and teams out after a few seasons.
There has to be a Plan B. Yes, have faith in Plan A but to blindly believe in it is a stubbornness that won't get rewarded. See Martin Jol, Ossis Ardiles, AVB, Christian Gross.
I said at the time of the WHU cup loss that we wasted a chance of silverware for our league title aspiration. I also said it was folly as City would win the league by double digits. Just over a month later and we are now out of the title race as well as a cup.
Pochettino and the players need to start winning things and can't afford to look down their noses at the League Cup.
The attitude that was on show in the second half v West Ham was in evidence from kick off yesterday. It was also there when we played Arsenal and away at Leicester in the first half.
This is more than a blip and MP needs to reestablish last year's consistency.
Fucking plan B? What is this? It seems everyone seems to know what it is.Firstly...I love Mopo and what he has done and is doing for the club and he has my 100% support.
But when we lose...his excuses and more worryingly analysis is way off point.
He said the same after our feeble display against the Ar$e.
MoPo...you HAVE to start finding a PLAN B against the bigger teams away from home and you HAVE to start substituting the obvious (Trippier yesterday).
You need a plan B MoPo.
Please....I don't want to lose the faith I have in you and your project.
Very glad for you.That's the worry the same line gets rolled out everytime but no plan of action to change these piss poor performances against the big sides ever materalises.
We have still to go to Chelsea and Liverpool yet so are we to expect a clean sweep of defeats to all our rivals away I'm certainly gearing up to expect that as i can't see anything different along with pochs excuses.