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[manimanc]

Pep started Gund at on the right wing against Liverpool and he failed famously.

 

[Dribble]

I am right. He started on the right and played there for most of the first half.

I must be dreaming too. If it was the CL 1/4 final first leg at Klanfield, then yes, I remember Gundog starting on the right & it being a disaster.

IIRC, I'm sure Pep swapped him back to the middle in the 2nd half & he was eventually subbed........

 

[blueparrot]

Not necessarily. Bernardo and Sane/Sterling are completely different types of players. Pep prefers a player that can hold possession and successfully take on multiple defenders on the right. Sane and Sterling are not that kind of player.

So despite having 3 wide players , an injured KDB all season he usually preferred Bernardo wide. What does that suggest to you. I’m one who thought Bernardo would play central, the evidence so far suggests Pep thinks otherwise.

 

[Dribble]

So despite having 3 wide players , an injured KDB all season he usually preferred Bernardo wide. What does that suggest to you.

Personally I think this had more to do with the poor form of Mahrez & Sane. If both were on it, I'm sure Bernardo would have played centrally more often than not. The fact he was played wide so often days more about how the season's of Mahrez & Sane panned out.

 

[Topbins]

So despite having 3 wide players , an injured KDB all season he usually preferred Bernardo wide. What does that suggest to you. I’m one who thought Bernardo would play central, the evidence so far suggests Pep thinks otherwise.

Bernardo naturally drifts inside anyway, at times putting in a shift everywhere, like he did at home to Liverpool.
As games develop Pep has also tended to play him as one of the number 8s, or defiantly more centrally.
I've seen this happen a lot when debruyne comes on and takes up a position on the right to whip in those pearlers from deep.
Bernardo starting on the left in front of others indicates to me that Pep starts with the world class player in form.
Eventually I think he will more regularly take up a more central position, particularly with the potential introduction of Cancelo.

 

[blueparrot]

Bernardo naturally drifts inside anyway, at times putting in a shift everywhere, like he did at home to Liverpool.
As games develop Pep has also tended to play him as one of the number 8s, or defiantly more centrally.
I've seen this happen a lot when debruyne comes on and takes up a position on the right to whip in those pearlers from deep.
Bernardo starting on the left in front of others indicates to me that Pep starts with the world class player in form.
Eventually I think he will more regularly take up a more central position, particularly with the potential introduction of Cancelo.

With a fit Mendy or even Angelino and Cancelo available there would definitely be games where the wide players will be required to tuck in and Bernardo would be perfect on the right. Having those 2 full backs available will open up lots of options as well as Sane , Mahrez and Sane. We won’t have a fixed system and there will be game time for everyone that con show they are versatile and adaptable.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I am right. He started on the right and played there for most of the first half.

Ok, using your 5 posts, I think you’ve been an abject failure of a poster.

Easy this analysis lark

 

[blue oli]

Ok, using your 5 posts, I think you’ve been an abject failure of a poster.

Easy this analysis lark

Paul powers rash was 18% bushier than Alan Harper’s - dam it I’m at this analysis lark too now

 

[aguero93:20]

Ok, using your 5 posts, I think you’ve been an abject failure of a poster.

Easy this analysis lark

I like him.

 

[Topbins]

With a fit Mendy or even Angelino and Cancelo available there would definitely be games where the wide players will be required to tuck in and Bernardo would be perfect on the right. Having those 2 full backs available will open up lots of options as well as Sane , Mahrez and Sane. We won’t have a fixed system and there will be game time for everyone that con show they are versatile and adaptable.

Yeh your right but I think it depends on how Pep wants them to set up. I think as you say the system will be fluid, one minute the fullbacks are inverted flooding the midfield, but the next their flying down the wing creating overlaps, its when this happens I expect to see the likes of BSilva exploiting spaces in the opposing teams third.

 

[Zenmanc]

With a fit Mendy

Unfortunately the realistic definition of that is him playing 3 straight matches then being out a month. Rinse and repeat. Can we just bulk Zinch up by 25 lbs, stretch him 3 inches and give him a tad more pace? It's as much an option as 'a fit Mendy'.

 

[blueparrot]

Unfortunately the realistic definition of that is him playing 3 straight matches then being out a month. Rinse and repeat. Can we just bulk Zinch up by 25 lbs, stretch him 3 inches and give him a tad more pace? It's as much an option as 'a fit Mendy'.

I guess that’s why we are bringing Angelino back as extra insurance.

 

[GoldenLitefut]

So despite having 3 wide players , an injured KDB all season he usually preferred Bernardo wide. What does that suggest to you. I’m one who thought Bernardo would play central, the evidence so far suggests Pep thinks otherwise.

As I have said, it suggests that Pep believed he only had one option for a tricky dribbler who can hold possession on the right.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

:)

 

[cityboy1]

Unfortunately the realistic definition of that is him playing 3 straight matches then being out a month. Rinse and repeat. Can we just bulk Zinch up by 25 lbs, stretch him 3 inches and give him a tad more pace? It's as much an option as 'a fit Mendy'.

I think pep has finally realised that going into the season with one option to play fullback is a bad idea.

 

[richards30]

:)

Come on tolm, simplify it for us thickos!! Lol

 

[razman]

:)

There is :) this time !!

 

[Blue Coop]

Feels like Sanè new deal incoming to me.

Best signing of the summer, too.

 

[Delphinho]

:)

Showman? Neymar confirmed

 

[leo_city]

:)

By the time someone deciphers this it'll be August