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does anyone else think that he plays zabba when johnson plays cos with micah playin there is no need for johnson in front of him
Nelly's Left Foot said:FantasyIreland said:It annoys me.We are a far better,more fluid and threatening side with our first choice fullbacks as they are simply better footballers and offer us far more creative options.
Had they played,our goal difference could have improved by a greater margin and i would have some fingernails left .....
Not 100% sure if we have first choice full backs! Most might think it's Micah and Clichy but the manager has rung the changes so often it's not easy to tell.
I assume he changes them as they do so much work up and down the line (more than other positions?) and he thinks they need resting but maybe it's not just that and he plays the ones he thinks are best suited to the opposition.Or are they all as good as each other in their roles
brad the blue said:Never mind the full backs. Why didn't he go with two up top against a very poor villa side? I know we won but it should have been a comfortable win.
citymad said:Nelly's Left Foot said:FantasyIreland said:It annoys me.We are a far better,more fluid and threatening side with our first choice fullbacks as they are simply better footballers and offer us far more creative options.
Had they played,our goal difference could have improved by a greater margin and i would have some fingernails left .....
Not 100% sure if we have first choice full backs! Most might think it's Micah and Clichy but the manager has rung the changes so often it's not easy to tell.
I assume he changes them as they do so much work up and down the line (more than other positions?) and he thinks they need resting but maybe it's not just that and he plays the ones he thinks are best suited to the opposition.Or are they all as good as each other in their roles
But surely he sees that Clichy is a far far better left back than Kolarov. I would guess 95% of fans/pundits agree with this. It really is quite amazing when you think about it. You never see Assou ekkotu or Evra being rested do you ? Perhaps i'm overrating Clichy too much but to me there is no competition he is clearly a better footballing left back.
20sbc07 said:citymad said:Nelly's Left Foot said:Not 100% sure if we have first choice full backs! Most might think it's Micah and Clichy but the manager has rung the changes so often it's not easy to tell.
I assume he changes them as they do so much work up and down the line (more than other positions?) and he thinks they need resting but maybe it's not just that and he plays the ones he thinks are best suited to the opposition.Or are they all as good as each other in their roles
But surely he sees that Clichy is a far far better left back than Kolarov. I would guess 95% of fans/pundits agree with this. It really is quite amazing when you think about it. You never see Assou ekkotu or Evra being rested do you ? Perhaps i'm overrating Clichy too much but to me there is no competition he is clearly a better footballing left back.
What do you think this forum would be like if Mancini played Micah and Clichy and they got injured? Everyone would be asking why he used his best full backs against a weak Villa team when we have Porto coming up.
I think Kolarov and Zab both had a decent game today, they done their job.
Marvin said:It's even better winning without Clichy, Micah, Nasri, Edin, Balotelli and Yaya. Rested players are usually stronger in the next game and it shows our strength in depth
BlueAnorak said:We're playing Porto on Thursday.
Mancini expects his fullbacks to run twice as far as everyone else.
FantasyIreland said:Great win don't get me wrong but we'll just brush over the fact we were clinging on at the end after creating very few real chances throughout the game.
Down purely to poor team selection.