BigPoppaPump
Reeling from Laca & Kos nightmares
@Idiotologue killed @BigPoppaPump in this thread you love to see it
Lol I just got the Soyunvu transfer wrong, Pepe is still a disappointed regardless. Never worth the money we invested.
@Idiotologue killed @BigPoppaPump in this thread you love to see it
Lol I just got the Soyunvu transfer wrong, Pepe is still a disappointed regardless. Never worth the money we invested.
and then made a nothing point when he called you out, wasnt your best moment, never noticed this other poster before, one to watch
I assume you wanted him to perform well despite playing in a crap team?Still it's not about me, I'm talking about Pepe being a disappointment. I don't think it's unfair to want some sort of impact from him this season, it's frustrating watching our record signing be ineffective out there.
I assume you wanted him to perform well despite playing in a crap team?
Only person doing that is Aubamayang and that’s because he’s a world class goal scorer. Were you expecting Pepe to be at that kind of level?
Pepe is more expensive than Auba, so why is it unreasonable to expect him to be able to carry the team more than Auba can? Why is it unreasonable to expect Pepe to be world class too?
Pepe is 24 years old, he is not a 18 year old like Martinelli. The fact that an 18 year old is outshining him should be seen as something that is shameful for Pepe.
Auba had 1½ year left on his contract and were unsettled. Pepe had 3-4 years left and was settled.Pepe is more expensive than Auba, so why is it unreasonable to expect him to be able to carry the team more than Auba can? Why is it unreasonable to expect Pepe to be world class too?
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So because we paid more than Auba for him you now expect the price tag to give him powers and suddenly make him world class when he never has been?Pepe is more expensive than Auba, so why is it unreasonable to expect him to be able to carry the team more than Auba can? Why is it unreasonable to expect Pepe to be world class too?
Any post like this requires my standard response. God I miss Sanchez, that little warrior! When he was at his peak with us he was one heck of a player.Pepe needs a psychologist more than anything. (Although it's so easy to judge from the outside)
He makes a great run in a game which changes the tide of the play, then disappears again. I'm asking myself every single game, why doesn't a player who can put not one, but two free kicks into the top corner in one game, a player who can dribble past van Dijk, who can nutmeg basically anyone:
Why isn't he running at the defenses all the time? Why isn't he shooting all the time?
I mean that's what Alexis did so effectively, even though he was always hit and miss, but he tried running at defenses 10-15 times a game. Maybe 7-10 will fail, but the defenses will sit back, they will ask the wingers to track back, double up and stop pressing us so high as they usually do.
I'd contemplate playing Pepe as a no 10 purely based on his ability to keep the ball, beat 2-3 markers and get the ball out of danger.
I assume you wanted him to perform well despite playing in a crap team?
Only person doing that is Aubamayang and that’s because he’s a world class goal scorer. Were you expecting Pepe to be at that kind of level?
You’ve let the price tag get to you. Yes he has to prove the price tag correct but he’s got the length of his contract to do that, not five months of our worst season since God knows when. There’s countless examples of players who had to adapt and didn’t look good doing it before going up a level.
Not sure why you always choose the cynical route.
We have gone from a 1st/2nd place team, to a 3rd/4th place team, to a 5th/6th place team...are we now a "lets just finish in the top half of the table" team
I don't think you are (unlike some others in this thread) I'm just wondering what your expectations were/are if you expected him to come in and have such an effect on our team.So what should I expect from him?
Of course I choose the cynical route we're 10th ffs, if I was being negative and we were getting results then I'd understand but really I'm being the rational one if anything.