If he isn’t happy with Grealish, I would ask why does he keep playing the same way? If you were Grealish and Pep was telling you that he isn’t happy with this pass back, negative dross, you would change, no? So either Grealish isn’t listening to Pep, or Pep is telling him to keep doing it. I struggle to imagine a scenario where Pep is telling him it’s not good enough, Grealish continues to ignore him but Pep picks him regardless.ah but Pep wants possession with purpose (or bravery as he often refers to it) - ie creating space, moving the opponent....Grealish doesnt do this. You are presuming that Pep is happy with his performances.......what he says to the media about any players is not necessarily the actual truth.....
If Grealish doesnt start performing he will be benched and so he should be. He only started today as Foden had had no pre season
agree to an extent. but I meant how both take on their defender and always cut in and never go past their defender with pace which is unlike a modern winger and more like a attacking 8.No.
They played exactly the opposite role. Grealish task is to attract as much defenders to create room on the opposite flank. And Mahrez task is to use this room after switch to finish. In recent podcast by Pol they discussed about how Mahrez enjoyed these switches which boosted his stats.
However - it is not the most efficient way to use our squad now after two new strikers joined. Mahrez is no longer the best finisher and the tactics should build on how to utilize the strikers instead of creating room for Mahrez.
I am not blaming him ...just saying we need a change. But Pep still used the same game plan today and it was not efficient today.
Foden should stay on the wing for a few more years. his explosiveness on the final third is needed for this team.Agree with this - and feel it is a "problem" we've had with a few players over the recent years: KDB and Bernardo have moved centrally to great effect, I feel Grealish and Foden also would be better centrally. Alvarez yet to be seen but wouldn't shock me if he doesn't look a natural wide man either.
Sane, Sterling and Mahrez have been our only real wingers recently, and two of them have left. We've lost a lot of the width we used to have.
Like you say having Cancelo (and Walker) on the pitch only seems to exacerbate this, Cancelo takes up the space at LW, and Walker isn't a great attacking fullback. It does feel like the balance is off and we lack width without a natural LB coming in - on paper Cancelo RB and Cucurella* (or other) at LB would look a much more balanced team.
^^^ THISNo.
They played exactly the opposite role. Grealish task is to attract as much defenders to create room on the opposite flank. And Mahrez task is to use this room after switch to finish. In recent podcast by Pol they discussed about how Mahrez enjoyed these switches which boosted his stats.
However - it is not the most efficient way to use our squad now after two new strikers joined. Mahrez is no longer the best finisher and the tactics should build on how to utilize the strikers instead of creating room for Mahrez.
I am not blaming him ...just saying we need a change. But Pep still used the same game plan today and it was not efficient today.
Trying to play him into formIf he isn’t happy with Grealish, I would ask why does he keep playing the same way? If you were Grealish and Pep was telling you that he isn’t happy with this pass back, negative dross, you would change, no? So either Grealish isn’t listening to Pep, or Pep is telling him to keep doing it. I struggle to imagine a scenario where Pep is telling him it’s not good enough, Grealish continues to ignore him but Pep picks him regardless.