19 | Ilkay Gundogan - 2024/25

[applejuice]

This is Kova's first match back and we are managing Kev's fitness very carefully. Despite Gundo struggling there are no real alternatives to take him out of the starting line up. McAtee hasn't been outstanding either in his starts to merit a place in the side other than cup games.

Nope. Even without considering McAtee
Doku and Savio can play on the wing to release Grealish or Bernado to replace Gundo. They can run and that is a huge positive comparing to current Gundo - sadly. I really love him as a player but his legs are gone.

 

[RayCTID]

Nope. Even without considering McAtee
Doku and Savio can play on the wing to release Grealish or Bernado to replace Gundo. They can run and that is a huge positive comparing to current Gundo - sadly. I really love him as a player but his legs are gone.

Pep values control in midfield and despite Gundo's lack mobility he has kept most of his technical ability.

 

[applejuice]

Pep values control in midfield and despite Gundo's lack mobility he has kept most of his technical ability.

What kind of control is it?

 

[Chak19]

Pep values control in midfield and despite Gundo's lack mobility he has kept most of his technical ability.

Control isn't having 70 percent possession and doing fuck all with it while allowing the opposition countless chances whenever they have the ball, Gundo also isn't keeping the ball as well as he used to , he gets dispossessed too easily now and he doesn't think as quickly anymore.

 

[simon23]

He cant control the game anymore.....he loses the ball when pressed, cant move past people or run past people....aint a goal scoring threat anymore....cant defend at all (never his strongest point) - we are literally playing with a man down with him on the pitch - we would be better starting one of the young lads from the academy that can at least run.

 

[RayCTID]

What kind of control is it?

Possesion for starters

 

[blue wang]

Grealish central, Doku on the wing. Offers more control and threat. Gundo should be doing his work from behind the scenes.

 

[Trojan1962]

Grealish central, Doku on the wing. Offers more control and threat. Gundo should be doing his work from behind the scenes.

Can’t understand why pep won’t do this it worked when we beat Forest recently.

 

[MichaelBBack]

I really feel for him.

Brought in surely with the intention of being a leader in the dressing room and coming on to see out games or score the odd goal in the last half hour, seeing out his career with another couple of medals maybe.

Instead he's being asked to play the role and minutes of a player several years younger, fitter, and faster. He's clearly still got the awareness and tactical ability, that's never going away, but you can see his body not quite keeping up with his mind.

It's particularly miserable to see, at a time when we're already miserable as sin to watch. It doesn't and shouldn't take anything away from his City legacy though.

 

[Chak19]

Can’t understand why pep won’t do this it worked when we beat Forest recently.

Well because he tried it again against Juve and it failed miserably.