Another transitional season? No.

[kaz7]

It's not people wishing for the end Karen, it's a desire to see the succesion happen as seamlessly as possible. If Jesus doesn't get game time he'll leave and then we're left in a situation where we're trying to bed in two brand new strikers when Aguero goes.

Jesus is going on international duty for two weeks, Aguero has a couple of weeks off, who is most likely to start the first game back, you'd have to say Aguero, so give Jesus the start against Wolves.

I get that but it's a season too soon,it's too soon to park a player like sergio,if he was decrepid and we were having to wheel him out then fair enough,if gabby can't wait then he can't wait,we'll deal with it

 

[Rolee]

I get that but it's a season too soon,it's too soon to park a player like sergio,if he was decrepid and we were having to wheel him out then fair enough,if gabby can't wait then he can't wait,we'll deal with it

I'm by no means suggesting we park him, just divvy up the playing time a bit more. Aguero has played nearly twice the minutes Jesus has so far, 3 times the league starts.

 

[cityboy1]

I think the sergio needing a run of games is a repeated myth,he scored in every game till he was left out,it's a mistake to drop him out when he is firing and playing well,gabby would be making a mistake if he leaves,i'm afraid every striker we have had in the last 8 yrs has suffered from not being sergio,i can't accept people saying he should now play 2nd fiddle to the next generation when he is better than he has ever been,it's sergio ffs,make the most of him,i can't accept people wishing for the end,that is not so much aimed at you,they know who they are

He does need continous games to really get into his stride hes not exacly rotation friendly. I dont agree at all with the people lumping aguero with our againg players that need to be looked after btw hes younger than both silva and fernandinho and is still probably one of the best striker (if not best) in the league he can still easily keep up with the likes of salah and aubamayang goals wise while playing less than them. I think dropping him for jesus is not an option as aguero just leads that front line better im not sure jesus is a good option as a loan striker where as aguero is probably the best in the world at it providing he gets the service. We should try jesus on the left so we can sterling back on the right where hes best imo.

 

[cityboy1]

I'm by no means suggesting we park him, just divvy up the playing time a bit more. Aguero has played nearly twice the minutes Jesus has so far, 3 times the league starts.

The best solution is to get jesus on the left like he is for brazil with mendy or angelino overlapping him

 

[kaz7]

I'm by no means suggesting we park him, just divvy up the playing time a bit more. Aguero has played nearly twice the minutes Jesus has so far, 3 times the league starts.

I really expected with sane out pep would put gabby on the left and sergio up top,it's a way to get them both on the pitch,pep is obviously see something we are not,maybe a different manager would do something different but who knows,i think all roads lead back to sergio still being at the top

 

[Rolee]

The best solution is to get jesus on the left like he is for brazil with mendy or angelino overlapping him

I really expected with sane out pep would put gabby on the left and sergio up top,it's a way to get them both on the pitch,pep is obviously see something we are not,maybe a different manager would do something different but who knows,i think all roads lead back to sergio still being at the top

I do like that idea of Jesus on the left, I'm afraid we're going to lose him and we'll be kicking ourselves if we do. I'm not disputing Aguero as our number one striker, just want to see Jesus get his fair share to help him develop and to convince him to stick around.

 

[kaz7]

He does need continous games to really get into his stride hes not exacly rotation friendly. I dont agree at all with the people lumping aguero with our againg players that need to be looked after btw hes younger than both silva and fernandinho and is still probably one of the best striker (if not best) in the league he can still easily keep up with the likes of salah and aubamayang goals wise while playing less than them. I think dropping him for jesus is not an option as aguero just leads that front line better im not sure jesus is a good option as a loan striker where as aguero is probably the best in the world at it providing he gets the service. We should try jesus on the left so we can sterling back on the right where hes best imo.

I agree,i have been saying about gabby on the left,to me he is not a leading the line striker,i prefer the out and out striker at the front,i accept i am probably old fashioned in that view,the offsides bug me as i've said a million times,maybe he is not being played instead of sergio because he wastes so many chances doing that when we might only get 1,i am aware of the catch 22 we find ourselves in but it's been the same with all the strikers that have found themselves in the same team as sergio

 

[cityboy1]

I agree,i have been saying about gabby on the left,to me he is not a leading the line striker,i prefer the out and out striker at the front,i accept i am probably old fashioned in that view,the offsides bug me as i've said a million times,maybe he is not being played instead of sergio because he wastes so many chances doing that when we might only get 1,i am aware of the catch 22 we find ourselves in but it's been the same with all the strikers that have found themselves in the same team as sergio

We cant drop one of the best strikers on the planet for a kid who cant really lead the line i actually think he would play so much better in the same team as aguero preferably on the left like you said. He could be the wide forward were crying out for.

 

[Rolee]

We cant drop one of the best strikers on the planet for a kid who cant really lead the line i actually think he would play so much better in the same team as aguero preferably on the left like you said. He could be the wide forward were crying out for.

He can lead the line though, recall looking at the stats last season and neither our goals per game or points per game suffered when Jesus started instead of Aguero.

 

[Agueroooooo16]

I do like that idea of Jesus on the left, I'm afraid we're going to lose him and we'll be kicking ourselves if we do. I'm not disputing Aguero as our number one striker, just want to see Jesus get his fair share to help him develop and to convince him to stick around.

I’m good with Jesus on the left too. Then we can quit playing Bernardo on the wing and put him in midfield where he’s much stronger. Foden and Silva can provide rotation to KDB and Bernardo. Then I’d use Gundogan as backup to Rodri since he is much more useful playing from a slightly deeper position.

 

[kaz7]

He can lead the line though, recall looking at the stats last season and neither our goals per game or points per game suffered when Jesus started instead of Aguero.

You can't say they are anything like the same though,sergio wants only to score,he has tunnel vision in that regard

 

[Rolee]

You can't say they are anything like the same though,sergio wants only to score,he has tunnel vision in that regard

They're very different but equally effective. I believe Jesus has a better goal return than Aguero had at the same age too, open to correction on that.

 

[Father Paul]

I don't see it as a transitional season. We lost our captain and leader and didn't replace him and have subsequently had injuries to our two best CBs. We have also lost Sane to injury and De Bruyne was missing. Throw in Mendy and his fitness and that is like Liverpool being without Van Dijk, Matip, Robertson, Mane and Wijnaldum. It changes things and makes it a lot harder to play as well.

It is handling the injuries as best as we can. In attack, generally we are fine but we cannot rely on Fernandinho and Otamendi to cope with counter attacks. I would like to see Pep react and put Garcia in. Walker going off left us weak to the pace on the break because Zinchenko is also slow and Cancelo is much higher up the pitch. Pep has often used Walker to protect us from counter attacks with his pace.

The league isn't over but Pep needs to review things and build for the future. I think most of us would be fine with a transitional season if it meant Foden, Garcia and Jesus had fully established themselves in our team.

I think we have headed straight into what will be a short but perhaps painful transition. Vinny is gone, David is going and Fern and Kun have at most two seasons left and Otto is likely to be off soon too. The three players mentioned above all need more game time as they should form part of the next generation and hopefully Foden and Garcia will fill the slots vacated by Dave and Otto. This still leaves a few new recruits over the next couple of seasons and if Pep confirms his departure in 2021 or perhaps leaves prematurely next May the task of replacement may be left to the new manager. While we are most certainly short at CB this group of players when everybody is fit is still a formidable outfit. In a sense modern management and planning necessitates a degree of on-going transition rather than waiting for a squad to reach the end of the road together. Therefore,I predict a relatively stable period ahead, notwithstanding the current predicament, and the key issue over the next two years may well be who replaces Pep.

 

[cityboy1]

He can lead the line though, recall looking at the stats last season and neither our goals per game or points per game suffered when Jesus started instead of Aguero.

He can do it but aguero does it a lot better though i think his attributes would make him deadly as a wide forward pep just needs to drop mahrez shift sterling over to the right and get jesus on at the left

 

[kaz7]

They're very different but equally effective. I believe Jesus has a better goal return than Aguero had at the same age too, open to correction on that.

That's a meaningless stat though,there are a million other variables,i think gabby is more suited to play with someone else than alone,the situation will sort it out naturally,you have to say pep has his reasons with what he is doing

 

[cityboy1]

I think we have headed straight into what will be a short but perhaps painful transition. Vinny is gone, David is going and Fern and Kun have at most two seasons left and Otto is likely to be off soon too. The three players mentioned above all need more game time as they should form part of the next generation and hopefully Foden and Garcia will fill the slots vacated by Dave and Otto. This still leaves a few new recruits over the next couple of seasons and if Pep confirms his departure in 2021 or perhaps leaves prematurely next May the task of replacement may be left to the new manager. While we are most certainly short at CB this group of players when everybody is fit is still a formidable outfit. In a sense modern management and planning necessitates a degree of on-going transition rather than waiting for a squad to reach the end of the road together. Therefore,I predict a relatively stable period ahead, notwithstanding the current predicament, and the key issue over the next two years may well be who replaces Pep.

We just have a lot of injurys were not in transition bar vinny and maybe silva we have all the replacements ready to go

 

[cityboy1]

They're very different but equally effective. I believe Jesus has a better goal return than Aguero had at the same age too, open to correction on that.

Aguero played for athletico at jesuss age didnt he? either way jesus has been part of one of the best premier league teams ever its not a fair comparison as he will get more goals in this team than aguero could in that athletico team

 

[alexmcity]

Jesus has been quite productive since January. Even if you don't count the goals against lower level opposition in the Carabao Cup, he has been scoring goals. The idea that he can't lead the line is based on old memories. He provides better physical presence than Sergio and his link up play is quite good actually. Our best chance against Wolves came when he created an opening for Cancelo who passed it to Bernardo. He started also the attack for the 2nd goal against Zagreb. He can play well outside the box, he can score goals and he can press. I didn't see any drop in quality in our attack when he played against West Ham and Everton away. He scored the first goal in both games and did generally well.

 

[alexmcity]

Unfortunately, we are still in transition. Replacing legends like Kompany, Silva, Dinho and Kun was always going to be very difficult, even for a manager like Pep and for a club with our financial power. Especially with so many injuries.

Personally, I expect that we will finish the season very strongly and the transition will be completed over the next few months. Might not be enough for the PL title, but who knows? Once we add Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Bernardo and Jesus to the starting XI, we will be very strong again. Might be wrong, but I believe in Pep and the players.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

More importantly than a transistion with players is we are going to have to adapt and change our approach to games.

The parked bus route is our achilles heal, and one we dont look like having an aswer to. Its all well having possesdion with a pkayer like rodri passing the ball side to side, but we are left with no space for the forwards and that leads to frustration and a lack of chances

It us up to Pep to address this because you can bet that every team will park the bus against us and look to expose our weakness on the counter.

Do we have to start drawing teams out instead of compressing them in their own half and making the pitch super small.

I believe we should be exploring it. Because there is one thing the PL is known for, that the other teams will wise up and adapt in order to get points to stay in the division...unlike other leagues like Spain/Italy because the money is not that great