Has Pellegrini mentally already decided to go with Bony and Aguero up front?
If Jovetic is not going to play when we have no Yaya Toure, and Nasri in midfeld and we have a half-fit Aguero (who always takes weeks to get back to his best) then when is he going to start?
These two players (Jovetic and Dzeko) should be crucial to City keeping the points ticking over while the ACON is on, and I fear their heads will already be gone.
I just don't see what Pellegrini was thinking yesterday and hope it has no ramifications for the games ahead.
We can probably beat Boro with that team, and draw at Chelsea which will be good results and perhaps Pellegrini thinks that get that far we'll have Aguero approaching his best and players coming back so he thinks might as well get used to this set up asap as that's what I am going with for the next month. I think that's what Pellegrini's thinking was yesterday. He has decided to go with one up top whilst Yaya and Nasri are absent and wants the players to adapt asap. OK with Nasri and Yaya in midfield. Very difficult without them.
There are all kinds of consequences
If Jovetic is not going to play when we have no Yaya Toure, and Nasri in midfeld and we have a half-fit Aguero (who always takes weeks to get back to his best) then when is he going to start?
These two players (Jovetic and Dzeko) should be crucial to City keeping the points ticking over while the ACON is on, and I fear their heads will already be gone.
I just don't see what Pellegrini was thinking yesterday and hope it has no ramifications for the games ahead.
We can probably beat Boro with that team, and draw at Chelsea which will be good results and perhaps Pellegrini thinks that get that far we'll have Aguero approaching his best and players coming back so he thinks might as well get used to this set up asap as that's what I am going with for the next month. I think that's what Pellegrini's thinking was yesterday. He has decided to go with one up top whilst Yaya and Nasri are absent and wants the players to adapt asap. OK with Nasri and Yaya in midfield. Very difficult without them.
There are all kinds of consequences