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Agreed. I get the feeling that in the final 3rd Pep will try to use him to draw defenders out with his ball carrying skills, leaving the space open for Haaland to run into. He can also drop back in a double pivot if needed and can help carry the ball out from the back ala Bernardo. I think...

It will be interesting to see if Pep uses Alvarez with Haaland together more. I think against sides that sit deeper we probably will with Rico inverting and having wingers like Jack and Phil/Mahrez who can drop deeper when playing out from the back to give more control. The CB's seeemed to be...

Kev is one of the best at quick transitions when the ball turns over. The problem atm is that Haaland is running, but opposition CB's are blocking the passing lanes into him because he's central. Kev's passing at his best was when we had Sane and Sterling running into space from the wings. We...

You better get out of here Enzo. There's going to be trouble.

You better get out of here Enzo. There's going to be trouble.

I doubt Pep will stick to doing that in every game. At times he'd want a FB high and wide.

"He won't have any space to run in behind."

That was a bit of a rope a dope.

You could add Bakayoko and Morata to that amongst others.

Nope. Particularly the analysis at 5:48

If you advance the fullbacks, most likely one of the 8's will have to drop to be an extra holding midfielder along with Rodri to protect against counters. Then it becomes a 4-2-3-1.

I think it depends on how Pep lines up this season. If he plays more with a 4-2-3-1 then that means the fullbacks would push up. Cancelo isn't ideal for doing this on the left to create width. So possibility for Zinch to rotate with Cucurella if he comes while Cancelo rotating with Walker...

I agree that Zinch is a good at attacking. He does well to advance the ball up the pitch under a high press. He does well linking up with the left winger and left sided 8. However, the one thing he cannot do is to defend the way Walker does on the left and I think that's the one thing we are...

The difference is though that Walker has the option of overlapping in attack at times. Similar with Cancelo. He can either stay further back or go up to link up with the left sided winger so it's more options in attack. When you play with 3 CB's it's predictable that they won't add anything...

I think you are right to an extent. I think he was slightly injured, but could have played if called upon. I think with only having two left footed CB's, Pep rather had gone with Fernandinho. Ake can only play on the left and Laporte isn't as good on the right. Also Laporte is needed for his...

Some good shouts in Hermoso and Martinez. I didn't know Martinez was in his last year. They'd both be decent if they wanted to come. Weirdly Spain's NT has more left sided CB's than right. Laporte and Torres would probably be in before these 2. If anything it could enhance their chances...

There were a few links to Bastoni a while back who actually isn't going to the WC with Italy. His agent did say he wouldn't be leaving Inter, however.

It was a great cross. I'm not taking anything away from it. I said in an earlier post, it was a pin point, but just as it worked, you can't expect a high cross from the byline to work every time. It does get headed out at times. Just like Rodri's goal. Great goal, but you can't expect those...

The change of Zinchenko changed the game to begin with. We gave Villa more problems with that to start. Jesus had a chance he couldn't put in the net. Sterling changed it as well, but we could have also put Cancelo wide. Cancelo was holding with Rodri at that point. Now we have Phillips he...

Not for me. I get that people might not think he's the greatest defender, but some massively under rate Laporte's distribution from the back and in attack down the left. When he's not in the team we struggle to mount attacks. Even Dias being a better defender doesn't do what Laporte does when...