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I agree. The difference he will have at City is that the team are a lot wider so he would have less room for errors than he did at Napoli but I think he should adapt well. His balls in behind will give an adadde dimension and him being able to bring the ball out of the defence will mean that...

Ideally. The other 8 being press resistant would help City in that they won't have to reset more and allow them to construct attacks closer to the oppsotion goal which means, more bodies behind the ball, more players in counter pressing positions and less danger of being counter attacked...

Less 'resets' when contructing attacking moves. Sane improving his decision making in off the ball movement, the angles he is pressing at and following his man on his blind side when the team are in their retreating part of their defensive phase. Kevin de Bruyne being rotated a bit more as he...

you could always go an rewtch full matches? It's difficult to judge how good someone is defensivley from highlights.

Great decision. Pep Guardiola always spoke about staying a season too long. There was a lot of pressure on him as thier whole season boiled down to one game. I have it on good authority that he didn't like the little amount of power he had in terms of transfers and how he wasn't backed by the...

Interesting that on German speaking Bayern forums most don't mind if Thiago is sold and Chris Falk has said that BAyern are willing to listen to offers if the right one comes. Bayern currenlty have too many players in their central axis so they need to offload some players for sure. The problem...

Fernandinho's passing is not on the same level and if you believe so I'm not arguing with you. Especially when the lines get tighter. His main strengths are that he allows City to win aerial balls and second balls in the midfield which Pep Guardiola identified as a problem in his first season.

Playing as a false 9 for Conte and playing as a false 9 for Pep Guardiola are different things. Strange that you are using that to judge him. Messi would struggle if he is isolated between the lines and has no passing options and receives long balls with no ball to feet. Where was Hazard...

Forward pass that progresses play. Think of a pass along the Y-axis when the lines are extremely tight. At this present moment in time Jorghino is the most positionally accurate midfielder in Europe in all aspects, out of possession in possession. He is superior to Busquets at playing passes...

This would be a fantastic signing and I think Pep Guardiola might be the person to push Hazard to being a bit more agressive in the final third. Great press resistance, probably the 2nd best dribbler after Lionel Messi. His mentality at the moment is that of a midfielder, which is one of the...

The perfect pivote for Pep Guardiola. His positional play in that position is the best I have arguably ever seen to the nth degree, in terms of body positioning and shoulder feints and one touch especially with the vertical pass. It's almost cheating that he is going to Manchester City and...

I'm glad he has renewed. I hope he has a similar effect on Manchester City that Johan Cruijff had on Barcelona and Ajax. Unlike at Barcelona where he was fighting both outside attacks and internal attacks from the Rosell journalists, he looks so relaxed at City that his beard might actually...

Good to see. I always get a strange feeling watching his interviews. Almost everything he says is almost word for word what Johan Cruijff was saying regularly in the 80s and 90s in interviews. It's bordering on plagiarism! Good to see the great mans ideals still live on.

I agree. It is hard to pick one player but I chose David Silva because his skill set is unique in your team. Fernandinho is irreplaceable as is Raheem Sterling who has the best penetration, press resistance and off the ball movement of the forwards. Gabriel Jesus has been a big miss...

Mourinho is the modern day Fabio Capello. Since the dawn of Pep Guardiola's Barcelona, the "modern" tactical trends that most of the elite coaches utilise are Automatisms in attack and co-ordinated pressing schemes. The exponents of these are Antonio Conte, Jurgen Klopp, Maurico Pochettino...

I would say David Silva as he is the only player in the team capable of high press resistance and strategic passing.

As I said from the start, he simply does not fit Pep Guardiola's team. He still does not cut off passing lanes effectively, his finishing is erratic which was his truly elite attribute, he is lethargic after consistently closing down the opposition and it affects the rest of his game and his...

You are spot on. At Barcelona he had to be the press officer to defend the club from attacks because once Joan Laporta left he became the face of the club. Sandro Rosell was also anti-Cruijff so both he and Pep Guardiola were at odds as we saw from his rant against the board to be left alone...

I have a feeling he will play further forward. As for him joining City, I think Pep Guardiola might be inclined to play him further forward rather than as a holder becuase of the way City defend. Stopping counter attacks is their defensive perogative so I think a more mobile #6 would be...

He would be a perfect fit. He already has an idea of what Pep Guardiola requires so would adapt faster. He would come for the pre season which is the most important time for absorbing Pep's tactical instructions. Once he comes I would not be surprised if Aguero is let go.