Blue Streak
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Watching City this season set's me off thinking?
We play lovely technical football, passing and rotating. More than often through the middle, although when Johnson is involved or the fullback's 'bomb forward' we can stretch teams down the flanks as well.
But what if we had a midfielder who would literally just get the ball and 'drive forward' with it? Watching footage of Colin Bell first got me thinking about this. Then I remembered the very similar contribution Micheal Johnson made when he broke into the team. For other's think of Gerrard or Lampard at there absolute best for Liverpool and Chelsea. Now I know Yaya is capable of this and as much as I love him, he does at times appear to be playing as though he has a fridge freezer strapped to his back and after a lung bursting run is absolutely knackered.
Not knocking our current system by any means. More of a case of wondering if this could be another option? We all know Mancini is willing to change tactics and players depending on who we are playing so perhaps this might be worth looking into?
We play lovely technical football, passing and rotating. More than often through the middle, although when Johnson is involved or the fullback's 'bomb forward' we can stretch teams down the flanks as well.
But what if we had a midfielder who would literally just get the ball and 'drive forward' with it? Watching footage of Colin Bell first got me thinking about this. Then I remembered the very similar contribution Micheal Johnson made when he broke into the team. For other's think of Gerrard or Lampard at there absolute best for Liverpool and Chelsea. Now I know Yaya is capable of this and as much as I love him, he does at times appear to be playing as though he has a fridge freezer strapped to his back and after a lung bursting run is absolutely knackered.
Not knocking our current system by any means. More of a case of wondering if this could be another option? We all know Mancini is willing to change tactics and players depending on who we are playing so perhaps this might be worth looking into?