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My squad for next season:

Ederson, Bravo, Gunn
Hernandez, Fabinho, Maffeo
Stones, Kompany, Laporte, Kolarov, Van Dijk (If we can sell Otamendi)
Silva, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Delph, Fernandinho, Garcia
Jesus, Llorente, Alexis, Sane, Sterling, Roberts

This allows us to play both 4atb and 3atb

------------Jesus-------------​
Sane - Silva - De Bruyne - Alexis
---Gundogan - Fabinho----
Laporte - Van Dijk - Stones
-----------Ederson-----------

If Silva/KDB are injured or need a rest, Gundo moves forward with Fernandinho/Delph/Garcia taking his place.

If Jesus needs a rest, Alexis goes up front with Sterling/ Roberts taking his place. I'm not too keen on Llorente but he's good in the air and would be on the bench most of the time anyway. Iheanacho and Unal are better off playing regular football on loan.

If we want to switch to a 4atb, Hernandez plays along with Fabinho/Maffeo at RB
 
Murph said:
I'd be very happy with him, I certainly prefer him to Carvalho who we've been linked with. Isco would be more competition for Silva and De Bruyne really.
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I don't think we know that. Isco, Silva, KDB, Dinho, Garcia, Gundogan is a great midfield IMO. That is where midfield money should be spent. Buy Fabinho as well as a RB and you get a guy that can also slot into the DM role if needed but would normally play RB and drift in to pack the midfield when in possession.

That is a far better strategy IMO than not buying Isco and buying Fabinho as a midfielder which means we are still in the market for a RB.

Ultimately its a pick between two options:

Isco (or a midfielder of his quality) + Fabinho

or

Fabinho + a yet unknown RB.

Its an obvious choice to me.
 
Serg10Aguero said:
My squad for next season:

Ederson, Bravo, Gunn
Hernandez, Fabinho, Maffeo
Stones, Kompany, Laporte, Kolarov, Van Dijk (If we can sell Otamendi)
Silva, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Delph, Fernandinho, Garcia
Jesus, Llorente, Alexis, Sane, Sterling, Roberts

This allows us to play both 4atb and 3atb

------------Jesus-------------​
Sane - Silva - De Bruyne - Alexis
---Gundogan - Fabinho----
Laporte - Van Dijk - Stones
-----------Ederson-----------

If Silva/KDB are injured or need a rest, Gundo moves forward with Fernandinho/Delph/Garcia taking his place.

If Jesus needs a rest, Alexis goes up front with Sterling/ Roberts taking his place. I'm not too keen on Llorente but he's good in the air and would be on the bench most of the time anyway. Iheanacho and Unal are better off playing regular football on loan.

If we want to switch to a 4atb, Hernandez plays along with Fabinho/Maffeo at RB
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Sterling should be one the first person in that side
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
so we are just going to rotate every game then ? it wouldn't make any sense, to have an unsettled team every game. our best players will play every game, just like every club in football pretty much. madrid - bale, ronaldo will always start. chelsea - hazard and costa will always start. sterling, sane, jesus, ageuro and say roberts are more the good enough
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I agree. My point is that if we want goals we will have the right lineup to get them. That lineup will include Sanchez as a winger.

When Pep talks about there not being enough end product do you really think swapping out our one consistent goal scorer for Sanchez instead of a winger who isn't as much of a goal threat is the right choice?

If anything I see Sterling's position in more doubt with Sanchez coming than Agueros. Jesus is Agueros main competition.
 
Sunset said:
We could have a Forward line of Jesus - Aguero - Sanchez next year.

Why isn't anybody talking about that?

That's exponentially better than Sane -Jesus -Sterling.
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Because there's a flaw in the first choice, hence we're actively looking to change it...

I'd take that last 3 now without hesitation, it will be the best front 3 in world football in 12 months
 
waspish said:
Sterling should be one the first person in that side
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It's amazing isn't it? Every time I think his performances must have won over the fans, I come to the transfer forum and people are tripping over themselves to drop him.
 
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer said:
Because there's a flaw in the first choice, hence we're actively looking to change it...

I'd take that last 3 now without hesitation, it will be the best front 3 in world football in 12 months
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If this is true then there is no real reason to go after Sanchez.

I believe a lot of people like you are falsely scapegoating Aguero for not finishing chances. Yea he's missed more than normal but he's also the only one finishing at all, outside of Sane ( who is doing quite well after his first few months but is still nowhere near Agueros clinical level).

Replacing Aguero with Jesus next year might lead to a lot goals but it won't be because of Jesus, it will be because of our vastly improved stability at the back giving the front more freedom to expand the space around the box because we have the skill to set up shop further up the field.

There's going to be a rude awakening if Aguero leaves and we have no consistent goal scorer outside of three 21 years olds.

There will always be moments where the perfectly laid out plan doesn't work in which case you need magic. Aguero is magic.

I'm not sure anybody else is. Sanchez sure isn't.
 
Sunset said:
I agree. My point is that if we want goals we will have the right lineup to get them. That lineup will include Sanchez as a winger.

When Pep talks about there not being enough end product do you really think swapping out our one consistent goal scorer for Sanchez instead of a winger who isn't as much of a goal threat is the right choice?

If anything I see Sterling's position in more doubt with Sanchez coming than Agueros. Jesus is Agueros main competition.
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there is no way sterlings position is in doubt. hes been one of our best players. the only way i can see sanchez coming here is if we get rid of ageuro.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
so we are just going to rotate every game then ? it wouldn't make any sense, to have an unsettled team every game. our best players will play every game, just like every club in football pretty much. madrid - bale, ronaldo will always start. chelsea - hazard and costa will always start. sterling, sane, jesus, ageuro and say roberts are more the good enough
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I'd agree that this a 'sensible' argument -but I'd also say that there is an argument to say that the ability to embrace change is a powerful 'skill' that could raise the level of performance to another level. Yes, it may be unsettling at first if egos are used to the comfort zone and conventionality of being 'settled' but with perseverance it can be a powerful route for growth.
 
arfurclue said:
I'd agree that this a 'sensible' argument -but I'd also say that there is an argument to say that the ability to embrace change is a powerful 'skill' that could raise the level of performance to another level. Yes, it may be unsettling at first if egos are used to the comfort zone and conventionality of being 'settled' but with perseverance it can be a powerful route for growth.
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are there any other teams that rotate that much though ? usually when players aren't playing they become unhappy and request a move. also if say sanchez is in his best form, hes not going to be dropped, so we will have an unhappy player on the bench.
 
No such thing as a starting 11 these days. I can see a front 5 made up of Sane, Sterling, Silva, GJ, KDB, Sanchez and Aguero. When fit/available that is 5 on the pitch and 2 (potential game changers) to come on in every game. Sanchez can cover all those positions and Gabriel can play right across the frontline. It provides great options. Gundogan also covers as DM or for KDB/ Silva.

I see a much smaller but more flexible squad going forward. Fabhino fits as DM or FB and Kolorov as FB or CB. This agility will be our strength and our fall back options will be our youngsters. I can see us with a squad of only 20/21 players.
 
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Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
are there any other teams that rotate that much though ? usually when players aren't playing they become unhappy and request a move. also if say sanchez is in his best form, hes not going to be dropped, so we will have an unhappy player on the bench.
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The only team I can think of having similar would be Bayern Lewandoski, Muller, Robben, Ribery, Costa and Coman though they aren't all fit very often, where the younger Costa and Coman would correspond to Sane, Jesus and Sterling. Whether you can keep them all happy is the issue I am just reading Pep Evolution and he has played 235 against parked buses though.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
are there any other teams that rotate that much though ? usually when players aren't playing they become unhappy and request a move. also if say sanchez is in his best form, hes not going to be dropped, so we will have an unhappy player on the bench.
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Off the top of my head I can't think of any, no. And I'm by no means 'qualified' in football management. Just from having seen bits of Guardiola's bayern and having read some of how he works (no, that doesn't make me an expert...) it just feels like there something here that could be a beautiful union of the principles of total football/positional game and the attritional demands of the english game. Pep speaks constantly wanting to learn - so I wonder if this might be one solution he might end up looking at, that is outside the box of how the game is currently coached?
 
Serg10Aguero said:
My squad for next season:

Ederson, Bravo, Gunn
Hernandez, Fabinho, Maffeo
Stones, Kompany, Laporte, Kolarov, Van Dijk (If we can sell Otamendi)
Silva, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Delph, Fernandinho, Garcia
Jesus, Llorente, Alexis, Sane, Sterling, Roberts

This allows us to play both 4atb and 3atb

------------Jesus-------------​
Sane - Silva - De Bruyne - Alexis
---Gundogan - Fabinho----
Laporte - Van Dijk - Stones
-----------Ederson-----------

If Silva/KDB are injured or need a rest, Gundo moves forward with Fernandinho/Delph/Garcia taking his place.

If Jesus needs a rest, Alexis goes up front with Sterling/ Roberts taking his place. I'm not too keen on Llorente but he's good in the air and would be on the bench most of the time anyway. Iheanacho and Unal are better off playing regular football on loan.

If we want to switch to a 4atb, Hernandez plays along with Fabinho/Maffeo at RB
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Imagine replacing Aguero with Llorente... ohhh dear.
 
It really is starting to baffle me how some people actually would not mind Aguero go. I suppose that is the modern day Manchester City fan as opposed to the Maine Road die hard fan.

Just sit and think about what Aguero has achieved for us and how many goals he scores for us, then think carefully if you want to see him leave the club. Completely and utterly bonkers.

As for Alexis, said it all along get him signed up. Brilliant player.
 
MadchesterCity said:
Yeah madness, the time for Aguero to leave is not yet now
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Yes it is, the timing is perfect, the reason the squad needs such an overhaul is because we've dragged our heals in the past and not kept things fresh. There's value in selling Aguero now otherwise he'll just stay and go stale on huge wages and harder to shift ala Yaya. We've had the best out of him so now's the time to cash in on him, we need to move with the style and times.

A front three and the movement of Sane......Aubameyang........Jesus, now that's got the juices flowing!
 
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