All ifs buts and maybes today.They all clearly left it all out there.
We got so close. I can’t shake constant though of ‘if only’ feeling.
Genuinely don’t think that will be an issue at the weekend.The bears in the stadium on saturday need to show appreciation for the players loud and proud.
Honestly. Away to f*ck with this. How did Gio let us down exactly? Got us much further than Gerrard would and with a team missing a recognised striker in the semi final and taking it all the way to the last kick of the ball in the final.Big John certainly didn't let anyone down. Neither did Bassey.
The manager and the rest did though and to be honest - they should be sorry.
We needed to go for that game and Gio just didn't go for it. He done amazing to get there then just didn't go for it. A one off game that needed everyone performing and it just took him too long to make changes, again.Honestly. Away to f*ck with this. How did Gio let us down exactly? Got us much further than Gerrard would and with a team missing a recognised striker in the semi final and taking it all the way to the last kick of the ball in the final.
Every last player will be absolutely devastated, but they let no one down. If they hadn’t tried a leg or looked disinterested, maybe your point would stand. That was a team that is running on fumes and with several key, quality players out. Sick of reading stuff like this today.
Hear, Hear.John Lundstrum has let no one down.
Not really sure what you mean by going for it, but if you mean all out attack, then that'd most likely have been suicide given Frankfurt's main threat is on the counter attack. Add into the fact we were playing in 30 degree heat and going all out attack would have drained the players even more.We needed to go for that game and Gio just didn't go for it. He done amazing to get there then just didn't go for it. A one off game that needed everyone performing and it just took him too long to make changes, again.
It was a winnable game. We need to get a striker on much, much sooner that we did. We needed to be replacing players that were absolutely abysmal or just not working. Like Kent.
I am not going to apologise for being disappointed as %^*& at probably the biggest game in my lifetime getting decided the way it was when I genuinely feel the manager didn't make the right calls on more than one occasion during the game.
Sakala done more in his short time on the pitch than a good portion of the team so not sure where the idea he is lacking at this level comes from. He would have been a damn sight more effective on the pitch than some of the others.Not really sure what you mean by going for it, but if you mean all out attack, then that'd most likely have been suicide given Frankfurt's main threat is on the counter attack. Add into the fact we were playing in 30 degree heat and going all out attack would have drained the players even more.
And what striker did we have to bring on? Sakala is badly lacking at this level, and Roofe clearly wasn't fit enough to play any longer than a handful of minutes, hence why he was only brought on at the death for penalties. Asides from them, who would you replace Kent with? Gio had extremely limited options on the bench, especially in the attacking positions.
It wasn't Gio's fault that Goldson inexplicably failed to clear his lines for their goal, or that an experienced, quality player like Ramsey hit a pitiful penalty. I'm as disappointed as you mate, but to say the manager and players, minus Lundstram and Bassey, let us down is shocking.