PSG away Wednesday 5th March 8pm

[Cerbie]

Robertson was the more unlucky of our FBs last night for me as he was up against the PSG flank that has blistering pace.

PSG's left flank is quick, but their right flank is another level again for pace.


He had Hakimi and Dembele coming at him all game long and Diaz was not doing an awful lot of effective tracking back and neither was Diaz enough of a pace threat to force Hakimi to sit a bit deeper so that Roberston only had one player to contend with.


What was very interesting last night is how we fared against a team that was set up very much in a Klopp style and that was full of really good players in their prime.

Yes we relied on a Doc P tier performance from Alisson, but we did see how a Slot team would go in terms of tactic and formation against a faster team that presses like mad and that holds possession well.

Put a bit more pace and physicality into our starting XI last night, specifically in both FB positions and on one of the wings, and I think we would have weathered the storm better and been far more of a threat on the counter.

Would go as far as to say if Bradley and Gomez were fully fit and they started at RB and LB, that we would have been better able to build from the back.

Be careful now; that bold bit is showing delusions of grandeur.

I agree that Bradley and Gomez would have changed the dynamic, and we would have been less reliant on Ali to save the day.

[Catrin]

What do people make of Dembele's performance last night? He looked an absolute worldie at times and gave Robertson a torrid time in the first half especially. But he is 27/28 and has averaged close to 1 in 2 whilst playing in France but only 1 in 5 in Spain and Germany. Did he just have one of those nights where everything he tries come off for him?

[Doc_Piptorious]

Be careful now; that bold bit is showing delusions of grandeur.

I agree that Bradley and Gomez would have changed the dynamic, and we would have been less reliant on Ali to save the day.

It would were it an untruth.



My greatness is only matched by my modesty.

[Norbs]

Our sucker punch is close now...........

[Doc_Piptorious]

What do people make of Dembele's performance last night? He looked an absolute worldie at times and gave Robertson a torrid time in the first half especially. But he is 27/28 and has averaged close to 1 in 2 whilst playing in France but only 1 in 5 in Spain and Germany. Did he just have one of those nights where everything he tries come off for him?

He has often looked world class throughout his career, but has been so much of a sick note that he seems to be constantly coming back from injuries and taking time to get back up to speed.

That said, this season he has avoided niggles more than he usually does and has been tearing defences to bits on a regular basis.


Meant to be a bit of an arsehole away from the pitch though.

[ronanm]

We won last night when we should've lost but were on receiving end of similar last time we played in that stadium

[Norbs]

And how many times have we been on the receiving end over the years! I remember Ashley Ward for Barnsley, there's been loads of others

[Doc_Piptorious]

And how many times have we been on the receiving end over the years! I remember Ashley Ward for Barnsley, there's been loads of others

Under Slot we have very quickly become a team that will wrech heads.

We play well and we will probably beat you.


We play badly and we will probably find a way to at worse not lose to you.


Is the kind of thing that gets into the heads of players when they have to play against us.

[vlahka]

The psg fan noise must be on a tape, it didn't change at the time when we scored... fake.

Plenty of teams do this. Should be banned.

[Kenneth]

Do they really?

[baitman]

Plenty of teams do this. Should be banned.

I have heard that city do it too.

[labourRed]

Sums it up pretty well.





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I said before the game that PSG have a great array of attacking talent and even with a low block they are more than capable outside the box. Biggest concern is their wingers up against our fullbacks, we'll need a plan for that because frankly that's a mismatch.

I didn't expect Alisson to be that good. I thought they were pretty good outside of the box but Alisson was certainly a match for them.

I don't know what we can do about their wingers though.

[peterbread]

Think if one game can be used to highlight the importance of something we once had and need again it was last night's game.


PSG, on both flanks, showed just how effect it is to have two pacy full backs sitting behind wingers with genuine pace.


Time after time their full backs would camp on the centre line, or in our half, and then be there to facilitate their wingers.


We had zero pace on our flanks (or anywhere up front) until Nunez came on.

Might be Kerkez and Bradley next season. Would definitely change the dynamic of the team.

[Irishnev]

And how many times have we been on the receiving end over the years! I remember Ashley Ward for Barnsley, there's been loads of others

CL final vs Madrid, Courtois had similar numbers to what Ali put up last night

[fidget]

I bet he was over the moon he travelled across the Atlantic to see the match


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He was probably also checking up on the charity he bull****ted he was going to give all of his PSG wages to.