john@staustell
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Tricky_Trev said:
As long as we dont play like the City of 1996....................
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Can we play like Barcelona ?
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As long as we dont play like the City of 1996....................
or 1997/1998 ....
anyway, that Barcelona formation is so fluid, that's the beauty of it. When they played Villareal at weekend, it was more of a 3-4-3 to include Fabregas in the midfield.
As others have said, let's play our way and let others worry about us .... eek!!
anyway, that Barcelona formation is so fluid, that's the beauty of it. When they played Villareal at weekend, it was more of a 3-4-3 to include Fabregas in the midfield.
As others have said, let's play our way and let others worry about us .... eek!!
The wrong question for me.
Should be "Can we win?" Week in, week out, regardless of form, injuries, suspensions, conditions? It's been a good start but in all fairness, it's been a gentle-ish start to the season... We'll know better by Christmas. And if we're top of the table at the end of the season, I frankly won't care whether we're playing like Partick Thistle...
Should be "Can we win?" Week in, week out, regardless of form, injuries, suspensions, conditions? It's been a good start but in all fairness, it's been a gentle-ish start to the season... We'll know better by Christmas. And if we're top of the table at the end of the season, I frankly won't care whether we're playing like Partick Thistle...
Am I the only one that though the Spurs game wasn't that Barca esque?
If you watch them, they constantly make little triangles and just knock it between them, we didn't do that once. Plus I feel like we were far more direct than they are. The only way it was similar was some of the movement to open up passes, for example the way Nasri set up the first goal.
If you watch them, they constantly make little triangles and just knock it between them, we didn't do that once. Plus I feel like we were far more direct than they are. The only way it was similar was some of the movement to open up passes, for example the way Nasri set up the first goal.
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As people have said above we play differently to Barca as we don't just pass for passing sake like Barca do, we pass to move forward and we create triangles to move the ball forward whilst Barca seem to pass just for passing sake and that is the difference in my opinion
MCFC 4 EVER said:As people have said above we play differently to Barca as we don't just pass for passing sake like Barca do, we pass to move forward and we create triangles to move the ball forward whilst Barca seem to pass just for passing sake and that is the difference in my opinion
That's right, they really need us to show them how it's done ;)
Don't think Barca pass for the sake of it they are constantly trying to move the oposition around to open up gaps, they are patient in posession untill these gaps appear that is why they are not constantly going forwards.MCFC 4 EVER said:we don't just pass for passing sake like Barca do,
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That is more or less what I meant the difference which I have seen in these 1st three games and with the Barca games are that whenever we have the ball we pass to attack and score quickly whilst Barca would pass the ball around and as you said open up spaces patiently to attackCityfan said:Don't think Barca pass for the sake of it they are constantly trying to move the oposition around to open up gaps, they are patient in posession untill these gaps appear that is why they are not constantly going forwards.MCFC 4 EVER said:we don't just pass for passing sake like Barca do,
Would anybody like to see this tried out and when? Barcelonaesque possession could be obtained.
This would scare the shit out of any side in pure attacking potency, though probably best to see it against weaker opposition, though it would be unfair? :)
I'm not saying this is better than the lineup against Spurs, would just be interesting to see that attack unleashed. Perhaps Balo instead of Tevez to give a three-pronged attack with three entirely different kinds of forward - when his head is right.
-----------Dzeko-----------
----Aguero------Tevez------
------Nasri------Silva-------
-----------Yaya-----------
Clichy-Lescott-Kompany-Richards
----------Hart---------------
Might also be depicted as
---Aguero-Dzeko-Tevez---
------------------------
----Nasri--Yaya--Silva-----
-------------------------
Clichy-Lescott-Kompany-Micah
-----------Hart------------
This would scare the shit out of any side in pure attacking potency, though probably best to see it against weaker opposition, though it would be unfair? :)
I'm not saying this is better than the lineup against Spurs, would just be interesting to see that attack unleashed. Perhaps Balo instead of Tevez to give a three-pronged attack with three entirely different kinds of forward - when his head is right.
-----------Dzeko-----------
----Aguero------Tevez------
------Nasri------Silva-------
-----------Yaya-----------
Clichy-Lescott-Kompany-Richards
----------Hart---------------
Might also be depicted as
---Aguero-Dzeko-Tevez---
------------------------
----Nasri--Yaya--Silva-----
-------------------------
Clichy-Lescott-Kompany-Micah
-----------Hart------------
byronic said:Would anybody like to see this tried out and when? Barcelonaesque possession could be obtained.
This would scare the shit out of any side in pure attacking potency, though probably best to see it against weaker opposition, though it would be unfair? :)
I'm not saying this is better than the lineup against Spurs, would just be interesting to see that attack unleashed. Perhaps Balo instead of Tevez to give a three-pronged attack with three entirely different kinds of forward - when his head is right.
-----------Dzeko-----------
----Aguero------Tevez------
------Nasri------Silva-------
-----------Yaya-----------
Clichy-Lescott-Kompany-Richards
----------Hart---------------
Might also be depicted as
---Aguero-Dzeko-Tevez---
------------------------
----Nasri--Yaya--Silva-----
-------------------------
Clichy-Lescott-Kompany-Micah
-----------Hart------------
---Aguero-Nasri-Tevez---
------------------------
----Micah--Yaya--Silva-----
-------------------------
Clichy-Lescott-Kompany----zab
-------Hart------------
Close the defense & let the rest have fun