He's missed the most 'big chances' in the league by a wide margin and is underperforming his xG as it stands. He's getting plenty of good chances.The problem is the team are not creating enough good chances for him, IMO, and we are not attempting enough through balls.
He was the best of a bad bunch until he poked his leg out again.A couple of weeks ago I’d have strongly agreed with this, but he was much better against Spurs and our best outfield player by some distance last night. He’s getting there.
I think that’s our biggest problem.
Rodri is by far our most important player and we always struggle without him.
It’s incredibly difficult to find an alternative to him but that has to be our priority.
Nunes and Kova are excellent players but not able to do his job, nor is Stones.
Another issue for me is LB. Ake is better than Guardiol for me but I guess Pep needs to justify the outlay for Josko. I would v much like to see him play at CB with Ake at LB.
The elephant in the room is Dias. His form has been well below his norm and I think he needs a rest. Love the guy but there’s definitely something not right with him atm.
'Nuna and Kova are excellent players" ..Not sure how you arrive at that conclusion.I think that’s our biggest problem.
Rodri is by far our most important player and we always struggle without him.
It’s incredibly difficult to find an alternative to him but that has to be our priority.
Nunes and Kova are excellent players but not able to do his job, nor is Stones.
Another issue for me is LB. Ake is better than Guardiol for me but I guess Pep needs to justify the outlay for Josko. I would v much like to see him play at CB with Ake at LB.
The elephant in the room is Dias. His form has been well below his norm and I think he needs a rest. Love the guy but there’s definitely something not right with him atm.
'Nuna and Kova are excellent players" ..Not sure how you arrive at that conclusion.
What Eccles ?, Granada land or the second division ;-)We are Manchester City the BEST TEAM IN THE LAND AND ALL THE WORLD and we’ll be fine and normal service will be resumed very soon.
I do wonder how some people would have coped in the really bad days of yore though. ;-) We’ve been down and we’ll be back up.
We need to go back to basics. There are teams playing "Peps Way" way better than we and there are too many players getting caught or making the wrong choices.
It'd been glorious to watch, but we don't have the personal to pull it off at the moment.
Let's trying something different; like knocking it long and picking up 2nd ball, actually trying to play Haaland through when he's made his umpteenth run behind the line and crossing the fucking ball instead of turning back (that was so frustrating by Kova in the last minute)
Not "Peps Way" but at least we'll become less predictable.
Full faith we'll turn this around, but some resetting and tactical thought are needed.
CTID.
He was the best of a bad bunch until he poked his leg out again.
2 players some thought weren't good enough when they first arrived you mean ?They don't look anywhere near good enough even when I wear my bluest tinted glasses.
If he thinks they're "excellent players", I'd love to hear what the bloke thought of Gundogan and Fernandinho.
True, but he’s probably the only one who stuck a leg out all night!He was the best of a bad bunch until he poked his leg out again.