The hybrid LCB/LB role when we play a back 3 is such a perfect fit for him. Deserves huge credit for turning his City career around since the start of last season
The narrative that we can’t “control” games with Doku is starting to stink of confirmation bias. Not to diminish what Jack brings to the team, but the shouts that we lost something when he came off are nonsensical. Naturally we lost momentum due to the sub/injury but we regained control, Ederson...
Doesn’t replace domestic leagues and is an open competition that can be qualified for via sporting merit. Free to watch. Owned by the clubs and not corrupted by UEFA or FIFA.
Why are people so against this again?
We have enough to go for the 4 peat but the squad has lost quality and is a bit unbalanced. Arsenal have caught up and Liverpool seem to be the threat they were in previous years.
Gundogan was more or less a complete 8 and we failed to replace him adequately (Bellingham, Paqueta).
Kovacic is...
Played in 3 different positions in the last 3 games. His best performance and the one game we won was due to his influence inside.
Sorry Pep I’m not buying it that he can’t be trusted there when Alvarez is the alternative.
Akanji moving into midfield DOES NOT WORK. I recall he tried it in the first half vs Fulham and we were piss poor, was reintroduced against Chelsea at the Bridge and we’ve been crumbling since. Think the issue has been compounded by the injuries and/or lack of trust in Kovacic and Nunes
We were 2-0 down and he had offered absolutely zero in the final third or in terms of control.
Really? Because we seemed to play with a lot more urgency when he came on. Something that Pep also alluded to in his presser. Of course this would’ve been helped by Alvarez and Rico’s change of...
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