*****The Official Champions vs Olympique Lyonnais Match Thread*****

[BlueSuedeSambas 53,862]

4 minutes ago, Valance1690 said:

Definitely didn't have his best game but was miles away from our worst player

1st name in the midfield at the weekend again & it's not even close.

No point even trying to have a debate about it with that poster. Davis could score a hatrick and play like Pirlo and he would still say he was shite

 

[STEPPS BOY 74,045]

Absolutely fucking sick of seeing 3 midfielders who pass the ball back and sideways..

As for the two number 10’s absolutely woeful yet again in a game that matters.

Kents lack of awareness for first goal was shocking. The second is absolutely criminal.

Again, two goals conceded at home and it would be interesting to see how many goals we’ve conceded in first fifteen minutes of second half this season.

[esquire8 42,902]

2 minutes ago, KingKirk said:

BT looking for a problem that just isn't there. 

We've been rotten but sit clear at the top of the league. 

Mind the tarriers last season?

Started shite but gave it the "it's what champions do" When scraping out wins? 

Champions scrape wins when they've played brilliantly before then and start going through a rough patch. They don't begin the season shite.

[johanhentze 14,096]

11 minutes ago, Cracked Actor said:

So we are bottom of the group, nice. 

What the fuck???? Thats like Arsenal being top of the leauge on 1st matchday - means absolutely fuck all. Get a grip!!!

[folkestoneger 8,165]

4 minutes ago, Moody Blue said:

Tin hat on, I don’t think Lundstram was anywhere near as bad as being made out. However, Kamara, Davis and Aribo were dreadful. 

Beaten by a better team but SG needs to sort out our form pretty quickly, we look so disjointed and lacking purpose in our play. A poor summer in the transfer market haunting us at the moment.  Flat as a pancake. 

Lundstram looked a lot better 2nd half especially when Davis went off. Maybe just too many similar players on the pitch when we don’t need them all at once

[esquire8 42,902]

2 minutes ago, billscott said:

forgot about him  surely he has to play either sunday or next wed

Don't worry. In a few weeks after we still haven't seen him play the rest of us will forget he is even there.

[Smell the hotdog 4,016]

3 minutes ago, King Jela said:

Meh. They didn't wow me tbh but it was basically a training game for them. Couldn't get near them. They'll win the group. We've got other fish to fry tbh. 

Midfield to front they’re miles ahead hence the training game vibe.

French and Brazilian national team players to be fair and that Ekambi was class again.

[Vision 16,729]

There's a reason why we got results previously against the likes of Porto, Midtjylland, Braga and Benfica we emptied the tank and left everything out on the park.

We know there's always gonna be a gulf in budgets but unless we give it 110% against these teams there's no point turning up.

[blueoutthedome 87]

Kamara and aribo were shite there is no fight in the team and no support from midfield for Morelos end off

[TheKingObv 10,647]

1 minute ago, STEPPS BOY said:

Absolutely fucking sick of seeing 3 midfielders who pass the ball back and sideways..

As for the two number 10’s absolutely woeful yet again in a game that matters.

Kents lack of awareness for first goal was shocking. The second is absolutely criminal.

Again, two goals conceded at home and it would be interesting to see how many goals we’ve conceded in first fifteen minutes of second half this season.

Aye.

We lack passing ability in the midfield.

As good as Kamara is, passing really isn't his best attribute. Then you have Davis and Lundstram who prefer to keep it simple.

[theclothmonster 1,709]

Really sad to see what has become of our attacking play. No movement, no give and go, no pulling players out of positions, front three constantly outnumbered and isolated when they get the ball. Something needs to change because papping the ball out wide and crossing to noone in the box(when it finally clears the first man) isn't going to cut it. There's absolutely no mobility in that midfield three and our best chances come from long balls that bypass them completely. 

[Drunk and disorderly. 14,499]

4 minutes ago, Moody Blue Legend said:

Shagger didn’t even have that much to do but I feel we were outclassed.  Strange one.

We were indeed outclassed.

We had our moments but they controlled the game. Not often you see that at Ibrox and it is hard to watch.

Lyon will romp this table and beat teams by 3+ goals away. 

We have to improve in the final third and quickly. Been the case all season. 

 

[Smell the hotdog 4,016]

3 minutes ago, DBBTB said:

No point even trying to have a debate about it with that poster. Davis could score a hatrick and play like Pirlo and he would still say he was shite

 

Davis was horrific tonight, no getting away from it. Deserved to get dragged off early.

[ZZed 4,510]

Davis was poor tonight and slowed everything down. Lundstram looks like a midfield Duffy, carthorse of a player.

[johanhentze 14,096]

2 minutes ago, esquire8 said:

Mind the tarriers last season?

Started shite but gave it the "it's what champions do" When scraping out wins? 

Champions scrape wins when they've played brilliantly before then and start going through a rough patch. They don't begin the season shite.

See... sometimes they actually do.

[chris182 6,310]

6 minutes ago, KingKirk said:

BT looking for a problem that just isn't there. 

We've been rotten but sit clear at the top of the league. 

There quite clearly is a problem IMO. Our form backs that up.

[Cracked Actor 722]

2 minutes ago, johanhentze said:

What the fuck???? Thats like Arsenal being top of the leauge on 1st matchday - means absolutely fuck all. Get a grip!!!

Sarcasm, but also true. The only way is up. 

[Swagger 8,106]

6 minutes ago, falkirkNS said:

Champions league???

Cam you imagine the doins we'd be getting???

All about the cash though - simple as that. We need the money and need to starve celtic of the same. 

[Ivybank 4,588]

No Kent or sakala for Sunday😞

[ritchieshearercaldow 22,161]

Get a good convincing result at the weekend and forget about tonight, that’s a must

[BigBearButt 3,652]

Just now, DBBTB said:

No point even trying to have a debate about it with that poster. Davis could score a hatrick and play like Pirlo and he would still say he was shite

 

when has he ever done that?

Im just a realist and I dont see what he offers us and brings to the team. He is supposed to be this player that sprays out defence splitting passes...... goldson creates more from cb than davis. He slows our play down far too much for me and the majority of his passes as 5 yards to the side if you are lucky but mainly back to one of the cbs

[WilliamMunny 3,242]

2nd was always the realistic aim. Still got plenty chances to makes that happen.

[esquire8 42,902]

Just now, Ivybank said:

No Kent or sakala for Sunday😞

What happened with Sakala? Don't say hes fucked again.

[johanhentze 14,096]

2 minutes ago, TheKingObv said:

Aye.

We lack passing ability in the midfield.

As good as Kamara is, passing really isn't his best attribute. Then you have Davis and Lundstram who prefer to keep it simple.

Whit?? Thats seriously one of his best attributes and has been for a long time. Players dont always turn up, and sometimes go through bad patches, but to just come out with stuff like that?? come on..

[KBOO72 4,375]

Just now, esquire8 said:

What happened with Sakala? Don't say hes fucked again.

Just shite.