Is this a problem with the team?
We had a week to prepare for this game; Liverpool played last Tuesday and had to travel to London and back as well. Watching that, a few of the boys were blowing at 75 mins and Liverpool seemed to have the legs on us late on.
Unless an unlikely collapse happens we will be playing Tuesday/Wednesday in the Champions league and Saturday/ Sunday in EPL next season and against elite teams. The conditioning of the boys will need looking at in the summer.
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Stamina issues.
comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted on 9/4/23
It's Anfield. We are always dead on our feet there
posted on 9/4/23
I don't think it's a stamina issue we just lost control of the game and couldn't get it back. We do have to look at the squad irrespective of the outcome of the season. Arteta has got to look at certain players and make some decisions in the sumner. Smith-Rowe should be getting minutes for whatever reason he's not so that is a problem. Tierney as well should have played more.
I want to see if Arteta is ruthless, I'm not saying that we need to get rid of the likes of Xhaka and Partey but I want to see if Arteta can be objective with certain players. We've seen it with players like Aubameyang he didn't like, can he see when players have passed their peak. It was one of Wenger's biggest failures his sentimentality clouded his judgement.
At the very least in the summer we need players who can realistically challenge these players. Jorginho was very much a sticky plaster and obviously not a long term solution.
comment by 50 No longer trusting the process (U1147)
posted on 9/4/23
They did run an awful lot but the intensity wasn’t there as you’d expect. Need to get those peds City use
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