Bruno Peres

Dax777 said:
Yes he is. He makes lots of silly decision. But he is a thousand times more skilled than Kolarov, a thousand times faster, and about 2ice as good at ball retention. But just like Kolarov he takes silly shots like the one that went in against Juve, but didn't against Sassuolo and others, and he so.wtimes dribbles into culdesacs like Adam Johnson used to do back in the day.

But what he brings is a legitimate threat to start a counterattack in the blink of an eye, the dribbling abilities and speed threat that forces players to back off him and creates the passing lanes to continue possession and loads of energy.

That's why I was raving about him months ago when most didn't think he was worth a mention.

Our possession capacity and our pressure is what's going to fix our defense. Not any individual defender or group of defenders for that matter.

In fact, the way I see it, it's our strikers midfielders and wingers who'd need to up their game defensively. Our defenders are probably going to have an easier time doing their jobs. Granted you can't be shit, but you wouldn't need to be running around playing hwro quenching fires all over the field.

By the way, it's the reason why I think Zichencho ens up becoming our leftback too.
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Most players with pace and a bit of skill will be good in peps team as he like players to close the ball down and recover possession .if he signs we have pace all over the team
 
Rammy Blue said:
Is this a clarkie?

Close on 20mil for a 26 year old full back and you wonder if we'll loan him out?????

Fucking pmsl.
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not a clarkie and i no we will keep him but just a bit pissed off we seem to be buying players then loaning them out or looking to nuy to loan ot moreno,zinchenko,mooney,roberts
 
uwe rosler 28 said:
not a clarkie and i no we will keep him but just a bit pissed off we seem to be buying players then loaning them out or looking to nuy to loan ot moreno,zinchenko,mooney,roberts
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You loan players so they an gain experience and develop as footballers. I don't know who Mooney is and we haven't signed Moreno yet.
 
GeorgeHeslop'sTackle. said:
Not in centre mid, we don't... Needed urgently.
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I don't see pace in the CM positions needed as much as possession skills to be honest. Pep's teams play rather compact. The pace is needed in the CB's and the wingers tracking back for balls over the top. Having Peres and his pace would also help break up counters.
 
Dax777 said:
DeBryune? Fernandihno?
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Quick enough to stop us getting getting constantly caught on the counter (Vis- a vis, last season).... Really?

Poor Fernando was like King Kanute at times last season, continually left completely alone to battle heroically, though ultimatly in vain, against constant raging incoming tides
 
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Just seen that vid CItyWatch posted. Albeit it's one video, bloody 'ell. Alaba style that. Sign him up. Just what we need.
 
GeorgeHeslop'sTackle. said:
Quick enough to stop us getting getting constantly caught on the counter (Vis- a vis, last season).... Really?

Poor Fernando was like King Kanute at times last season, continually left completely alone to battle heroically against raging incoming tides
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Our system is what will limit counters, not the quickness of individual players. But that said, Dihno is about top end in quickness for a CM. Not too many are quicker.
 
GeorgeHeslop'sTackle. said:
Quick enough to stop us getting getting constantly caught on the counter (Vis- a vis, last season).... Really?

Poor Fernando was like King Kanute at times last season, continually left completely alone to battle heroically, though ultimatly in vain, against constant raging incoming tides
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Ugh, I'm going to do it.. I'm going to be yet another twat quoting Pep confidential.. Fuck it.

Finding a solid solution to counter attacks was one of Peps main jobs at Bayern. Rapid and accurate counter attacks are a trademark of the Bundesliga. There is quite a bit in the book about the whole system used to severely reduce the risk of being caught, involving a line high enough that is definitely going to scare the shit out of fans. But there is also a stat in there about the amount of counters Bayern ended up conceding once they got the system down, and it was extreeeemely low. If I can be bothered I'll dig it out and find it. Needless to say it's not going to be down to just Fernandinho playing superman anymore, so we shouldn't worry. That's not to say he wont prioritize another system if he feels the main dangers of the Premier league are different to the Bundesliga, but we'll see. Having players who are fast as fuck will never hurt though in any case.
 
uwe rosler 28 said:
not a clarkie and i no we will keep him but just a bit pissed off we seem to be buying players then loaning them out or looking to nuy to loan ot moreno,zinchenko,mooney,roberts
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We don't keep doing it though.

We've bought Roberts and Unal so far. Roberts was kept with the team for 6 months because they hoped he was ready, obviously not, Unal couldn't get a work permit.

Zinchenko is going into the first team, unless he and his agent have been outright lied to.

Mooy, Lejeune, Sobrino, Caceres and Brattan are just not City signings. You just have to separate them off as CFG signings.

Moreno is one of the best talents in South America but hasn't signed yet.

So its 2 players we've "speculated" on, although could be three, and Roberts shouldn't really count because they tried to integrate him immediately, probably would if not for his injury and Pellegrini's overly cautious approach.

Hardly Chelsea's 30 player loan army is it?

Fact is, every top club does it now. Barcelona do it, Real Madrid do it, Bayern set up deals in advance so they stay at the current club but commit their future to Bayern.

It's the way of the world now and is doing it with 2 players isn't keeping me up at night. We are clearly doing it because they should go into our first team, not like Chelsea who have no intention of bringing most of them in.
 
adrianr said:
Ugh, I'm going to do it.. I'm going to be yet another twat quoting Pep confidential.. Fuck it.

Finding a solid solution to counter attacks was one of Peps main jobs at Bayern. Rapid and accurate counter attacks are a trademark of the Bundesliga. There is quite a bit in the book about the whole system used to severely reduce the risk of being caught, involving a line high enough that is definitely going to scare the shit out of fans. But there is also a stat in there about the amount of counters Bayern ended up conceding once they got the system down, and it was extreeeemely low. If I can be bothered I'll dig it out and find it. Needless to say it's not going to be down to just Fernandinho playing superman anymore, so we shouldn't worry. That's not to say he wont prioritize another system if he feels the main dangers of the Premier league are different to the Bundesliga, but we'll see. Having players who are fast as fuck will never hurt though in any case.
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I'm glad he went to the Bundesliga before us tbh. It's an easier transition to the prem as it's a lot closer to the prem style than La Liga so he'll have learnt some very useful things there applicable here too.

Can't bloody wait.

Wasn't it his first season when they played us in the CL at our place where they were already passing around us all game for fun? Think they won 3-1? Obviously they were CL champions at that point so different story to here, but we were in top form then too. Point is, he seemed to have the mainframe of his system down by around October with them so hopefully it won't be a long transition until we start playing it well.
 
adrianr said:
Ugh, I'm going to do it.. I'm going to be yet another twat quoting Pep confidential.. Fuck it.

Finding a solid solution to counter attacks was one of Peps main jobs at Bayern. Rapid and accurate counter attacks are a trademark of the Bundesliga. There is quite a bit in the book about the whole system used to severely reduce the risk of being caught, involving a line high enough that is definitely going to scare the shit out of fans. But there is also a stat in there about the amount of counters Bayern ended up conceding once they got the system down, and it was extreeeemely low. If I can be bothered I'll dig it out and find it. Needless to say it's not going to be down to just Fernandinho playing superman anymore, so we shouldn't worry. That's not to say he wont prioritize another system if he feels the main dangers of the Premier league are different to the Bundesliga, but we'll see. Having players who are fast as fuck will never hurt though in any case.
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You mean we'll be playing an even higher line than Pellers favoured.... All season!! F*ck me!! my heart won't stand it. I'll be pushing up the daisies by January.
 
GeorgeHeslop'sTackle. said:
You mean we'll be playing an even higher line than Pellers favoured.... All season!! F*ck me!! my heart won't stand it. I'll be pushing up the daisies by January.
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There's a big difference in the two. Pellegrini played an offside trap on the 18 yard box without pressing the ball. That's what killed us for the most part. Pep won't do that. He'll play a high line, but when we lose the ball the midfielders will press to try to get it back while the wingers track back. The CB's will have to be quick though.
 
Im most excited about this signing than any other we make if we get him, will make a nice change having a fullback with real pace!
 
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