Eccles Blue
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I wouldn’t believe Sam Lee if he said Eccles Blue lives in Eccles until I’d checked twice that I still do!! ;-) :-)
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5 | John Stones - 2023/24
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decmancity
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Could be absolutely anything. Issues at home, health issues within his family or maybe hes been going at 50% in training because he's frightened of injury ahead of the euros.Why was his focus off precisely when the title was being decided? Strange that.
HelloCity
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Why was his focus off precisely when the title was being decided? Strange that.
It wasn’t. He’s talking utter bollocks.
Pretty clear Akanji just came in and was playing well.
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Akanji playing well is not the level of Stones playing well, not at all.
It makes sense to me that he had a treble hangover, especially with how hard he worked to win it.
I have always thought he was a big match player. Brings it in the big knockouts and crunch matches. He will have a great euros.
It makes sense to me that he had a treble hangover, especially with how hard he worked to win it.
I have always thought he was a big match player. Brings it in the big knockouts and crunch matches. He will have a great euros.
There is no treble hangover, there is a season that never got going due to multiple injuries and a ridiculous decision not to advocate for himself at the last England camp.
It is true that John is better than Akanji in the 'John Stones role'.
Yet, our tactics have evolved and (for the moment at least) that role doesn't actually exist. The change in tactics might be because Pep felt teams had worked us out, or through necessity because John just hasn't been available to play it to its full effect.
Regardless of the reason we have been playing with traditional CBs, and on form Akanji has been better. To say the two players are not at the same level when 'playing well' is a moot point, to play well, you have to play, and John just hasn't been available enough.
It is true that John is better than Akanji in the 'John Stones role'.
Yet, our tactics have evolved and (for the moment at least) that role doesn't actually exist. The change in tactics might be because Pep felt teams had worked us out, or through necessity because John just hasn't been available to play it to its full effect.
Regardless of the reason we have been playing with traditional CBs, and on form Akanji has been better. To say the two players are not at the same level when 'playing well' is a moot point, to play well, you have to play, and John just hasn't been available enough.
gray740
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Hi Sam .I think he is good. Surprised so many here don’t; he is probably the only journalist who actually pays attention to the football City play
Macca77macca
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Hi Sam .
Such wit
gray740
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Such delusion.Such wit
Macca77macca
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The change in tactics might be because Pep felt teams had worked us out
No one had worked it out
There is no treble hangover, there is a season that never got going due to multiple injuries
Not doing whats required to maintain fitness/prevent injury = treble hangover
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Such delusion.
Because I listen to a particular podcast ?
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