Pep's new approach

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Beanhead

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Dare I say that it looks a far more suitable approach for him to finally win what our owners ultimately want?

We look like a cultured European giant. Play like this deep into the competition and we would be a a nightmare against any side over two legs.

I honestly believe the hunger for CL glory has instigated this change in approach.. but it might just see us good in the PL too.

I’m excited about this season now. It seems fresh.
 
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We're getting there.

Worth mentioning that in both title winning seasons we put in some fantastic performances against top 6 sides where we looked a cultured team.

We are as good defensively now as we were at our peak in 18/19. And in theory we should only improve. All we need to do is not drop a bollock or two.
 
TheThirdDeano said:
As soon as we start taking our chances properly we’ll be fucking unstoppable
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toss up between keeping Kev further forward and letting Jesus play with that width and an actually roaming Gundogan around him, rotating a false 9 into that hole seems to be causing a whole heap of problems for the opposition.
 
Beanhead said:
Dare I say that it looks a far more suitable approach for him to finally win what our owners ultimately want?

We look like a cultured European giant. Play like this deep into the competition and we would be a a nightmare against any side over two legs.

I honestly believe the hunger for CL glory has instigated this change in approach.. but it might just see us good in the PL too.

I’m excited about this season now. It seems fresh.
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No, the whole footy season is a farce as was most of last season... Lets hope in the future we can get back to normal.
 
TheThirdDeano said:
As soon as we start taking our chances properly we’ll be fucking unstoppable
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This.

We look as good as a defensive unit as I can ever remember. In 18/19 we were god defensively but mainly because the other team never had the ball and we pressed so high.

We’re giving teams a little more possession these days but giving ourselves the option of a counter attack.

If we can find a clinical centre forward to gobble up our chances we are in serious business.
 
TheThirdDeano said:
As soon as we start taking our chances properly we’ll be fucking unstoppable
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I'm sorry to say it but I think the biggest culprit and the biggest failure at the moment is Raheem Sterling, when he gets in good positions he seems to either run into people , fall over or lose possession giving the opponent's a chance to break.
I just feel we could do with someone in that position who could turn those opportunities into goals.
 
Blu3m00n91 said:
The occasional brain fart in defence is what cost is in Europe every season. You can’t make mistakes at that level in the latter stages you always get punished. I honestly believe we would of won the CL in 18/19 if it wasn’t for silly mistakes in that Spurs game
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What?
In the first leg Aguero missed a penalty .
2nd leg they had a clear hand given as a goal and then City given offside 10 seconds from the end
 
We have been praising our defensive pairing of Stones and Dias a lot (rightly so), but I think the main reason for this change is Pep. After the Laporte mistake vs spurs, He got pissed of heavily and started pressing on clean sheets a fuck a lot.

Benching Laporte and saying in the press conferences multiple times that "Make a mistake and you are out" drilled home the message. We were giving away lot of stupid penalties and goals which seems to have dried these days completely. It feels like the defenders have a no-nonsense approach these days. If the opponent wants to score vs us they should be using their skill and break us down, we should not be gifting them. Pretty sure Pep drilled this home.
 
Said, this in the post-match thread, worth quoting again as relevant here I think--
'Credit to Pep. He took a gamble and worked on the defence at a sacrifice to forward play (injuries aside) and look how Stones emerged and Dias became the fuckin man. We took a few hits with this switch of focus, a dip, and we all felt it, but now we are on that upward curve and its a fuckin joy to watch once again. Top work Pep, I squirmed but never doubted you.'
 
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