We were rubbish in both games……..you’ve been rubbish all season.
How you getting on in europe???? Just for reference, we are in the last 16 of the champions league. Poor in the premier, brilliant in the champions league
It's a conundrum re the poor PL performance vs good CL performance.
We are in a similar boat - wiped the floor with AC Milan and struggled against Brighton, Brentford, Palace and a sub-par MUFC.
Some of the issues is that teams not competing in Cup runs are always well rested when they come up against those teams that are as well as the former having less opportunity to pick up injuries. Not much can be done about that though.
Also, there is the problem that the Top 6 teams face when playing domestically with the rest* of the league is the 5-4-1 tactics employed by playing for a draw and a hopeful hit and run counter to win.
*Not that Brighton did this against us yesterday - we lost that due to an idiot playing two strikers as WB's against a home team that were going to (and did) come at us with a high press.
Pep was talking about this(the two banks of defenders) yesterday - about how frustrating and difficult it is to deal with. Completely stymies those games affected though.
What's the answer?
Bigger pitches (virtually impossible), less players in a side eg 10, or may be half or even no points for a draw etc?
