Manchester_lalala
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That was as bad as performance than the one he put in against Barcelona last season.
Worst 3 performances of the season (Spurs, Liverpool and Stoke) all featured Fernando in CM and MD at CB. I'd get rid of both as soon as possible.
Like Bony, he's awful.
He does play better in a midfield 3 though.
I don't understand how the management don't recognise this. There was no choice but to play MD today but his legs have gone and he knows it. You can see that he knows he is in trouble when he's faced with a one on one or a race to the ball. Gone by end of the season if not before.
Fernando simply isn't good enough and Pellegrini is now so stubborn that he will stand by some of these players when they are clearly not up to it for whatever reason. Bony, Sterling, Fernando, Navas and MD are being carried and are not showing the right quality.
Fundamentally today though, they all lacked the heart that is needed to win games like this one. Not one person showed the desire of premier league winners and we were embarrassed by a good Stoke side. But the fact that Pellegrini was out-thought tactically by Mark Hughes is the most despairing part. I hope this love affair with Pep comes off because with so many sides in the hunt this year we really need to buck our ideas up and get stuck in. The players without the bottle to do that should just leave now.
so would anyone who is billed as a centre mid. a central 3 in a team that will most likely dominate possession is a gimme, id do alright in a central 3 for City
presumably now out for a spell as well?
The way he went off I think he has made his own mind up that he is out for a while.
Not a lot has been made of the way he walked off the pitch but im fucking fuming.
MIssed that bit what happened?
Well he was holding his hammy. If he did indeed pull it then fair enough you can't carry on, but if he's back in a week or so there will be some serious questions asked.It looked to me like he just walked off the pitch and sat on he bench leaving us with 10 men whilst 2-0 down.
If im wrong i will apologise to the lad but if im right, unforgivable.
Well he was holding his hammy. If he did indeed pull it then fair enough you can't carry on, but if he's back in a week or so there will be some serious questions asked.