Cavani Speculation/News 3 (or 4)

[Nixon_The_Bike_Thief]

Cavani to Chelsea, Shaarawy to Napoli and Tevez to Milan? If so, where does that leave us?

In the billiard room with the lead pipe and a **** in scarlet !

 

[FrancoisToure]

If we play with one striker we don't need more than three. Guidetti is untested though. IMO not really the equivalent of Isco. Isco has proven it on a larger stage. Three proven strikers and Guidetti on loan to Swansea after they sell Michu would do me.

But if our intention is to sign Cavani we will surely be playing with two strikers. There's no way we'll rotate Aguero and Cavani on and off the bench, they'll be there together (most games at least) with Aguero probably behind Cavani in a recreation of the Forlan/Aguero partnership. We COULD play with one if the other is injured/unavailable though. This is how Atletico used to line up with Aguero and Forlan and neither really suffered, they had a great partnership with loads of goals:

Agreed if we get Cavani that changes everything. I was considering the circumstances if we don't get Cavani.

 

[Rammyblues]

Don't you need 4 academy players in the c/l 24 ?

Ideally to have a 25 man squad but we don't have 4 players we have only three and that is taking a risk with Johanssen being 3rd keeper as we did last year. The other two are Richards and Guidetti and if what I am hearing is correct Guidetti might and I say only might be going to Sunderland on loan.

 

[kp789]

with a strike force of Dzeko, Aguero and Guidetti.

That's sort of scary to be honest.

Some on here think that'll be enough to compete on all fronts... Aguero is 100% nailed on to regain his best form (and stay fit... after 3 separate injuries this season), Pellegrini will transform Dzeko into the best target man in the world (despite fundamental problems in Dzeko's game such as low compatibility with our brand of football),

This wont be an issue as I believe our brand of football will change under Pellegrini and as a result Dzeko will thrive under it. With wingers and him as a poaching target man it could be perfect.

 

[your mothers lover]

cavani won't go to city. he's to expensive and now that barcelona have confirmed interest in torres you you just know that chelsea are going to activate cavani's buy out clause. torres won't be a chelsea player when the season starts. i've been hearing that jovetic & gomez is considered by the city board. i would love to see cavani at city but due to the ffp & and also having problems with offloading tevez is the real problem right now. isco & pellegrini will announced the same day.

 

[LoveCity]

That's sort of scary to be honest.

Some on here think that'll be enough to compete on all fronts... Aguero is 100% nailed on to regain his best form (and stay fit... after 3 separate injuries this season), Pellegrini will transform Dzeko into the best target man in the world (despite fundamental problems in Dzeko's game such as low compatibility with our brand of football),

This wont be an issue as I believe our brand of football will change under Pellegrini and as a result Dzeko will thrive under it. With wingers and him as a poaching target man it could be perfect.

Our style will still be based around possession and passing, it isn't going to be this overhaul people think - just faster. Pellegrini has used wingers quite sparingly in the past, so they may be an option for him rather than the primary style. We'll never line up with two traditional wingers IMO. We'll still be going through the middle a lot and we won't be turning into United and Bayern with 30 crosses per game. And Dzeko isn't very good technically so is still going to have many of the same issues.

 

[City Raider]

why don't we just save ourselves £40-50m and sign whoever Atletico Madrid are replacing Falcao with? ;)

 

[kp789]

Some on here think that'll be enough to compete on all fronts... Aguero is 100% nailed on to regain his best form (and stay fit... after 3 separate injuries this season), Pellegrini will transform Dzeko into the best target man in the world (despite fundamental problems in Dzeko's game such as low compatibility with our brand of football),

This wont be an issue as I believe our brand of football will change under Pellegrini and as a result Dzeko will thrive under it. With wingers and him as a poaching target man it could be perfect.

Our style will still be based around possession and passing, it isn't going to be this overhaul people think - just faster. Pellegrini has used wingers quite sparingly in the past, so they may be an option for him rather than the primary style. We'll never line up with two traditional wingers IMO. We'll still be going through the middle a lot and we won't be turning into United and Bayern with 30 crosses per game. And Dzeko isn't very good technically so is still going to have many of the same issues.

So are you thinking Isco and Navas will be playing more centrally? If we really are going for the 4-3-3 model then I can see their being 2 distinct ways to go about it. Play with two forward wide men able to either beat the man, cross it to the central striker or play it centrally toward a three man midfield of Fernandinho/Rodwell , Yaya and Barry/Milner/Garcia. Alternatively, we play with 2 or even 3 'strikers' up front so Tevez, Dzeko and Aguero or perhaps, 2 'strikers' and a wider player such as Silva/Isco/Navas and then have 2 holding players and an advanced playmaker type in Silva or Nasri, perhaps even Yaya, however I think he is more effective moving forward late in the game as it creates another dimension of attack and forces the opposition to adapt and change. The second option would be perhaps more fitting and adaptive to all players that we have.

 

[NoahCity]

This wont be an issue as I believe our brand of football will change under Pellegrini and as a result Dzeko will thrive under it. With wingers and him as a poaching target man it could be perfect.

Our style will still be based around possession and passing, it isn't going to be this overhaul people think - just faster. Pellegrini has used wingers quite sparingly in the past, so they may be an option for him rather than the primary style. We'll never line up with two traditional wingers IMO. We'll still be going through the middle a lot and we won't be turning into United and Bayern with 30 crosses per game. And Dzeko isn't very good technically so is still going to have many of the same issues.

So are you thinking Isco and Navas will be playing more centrally? If we really are going for the 4-3-3 model then I can see their being 2 distinct ways to go about it. Play with two forward wide men able to either beat the man, cross it to the central striker or play it centrally toward a three man midfield of Fernandinho/Rodwell , Yaya and Barry/Milner/Garcia. Alternatively, we play with 2 or even 3 'strikers' up front so Tevez, Dzeko and Aguero or perhaps, 2 'strikers' and a wider player such as Silva/Isco/Navas and then have 2 holding players and an advanced playmaker type in Silva or Nasri, perhaps even Yaya, however I think he is more effective moving forward late in the game as it creates another dimension of attack and forces the opposition to adapt and change. The second option would be perhaps more fitting and adaptive to all players that we have.

is it "confirmed that 4-3-3 will be the formation we go with next year? Or might Pellegrini use 4-2-3-1 (which I think suits our players more)?

 

[zeven]

Our style will still be based around possession and passing, it isn't going to be this overhaul people think - just faster. Pellegrini has used wingers quite sparingly in the past, so they may be an option for him rather than the primary style. We'll never line up with two traditional wingers IMO. We'll still be going through the middle a lot and we won't be turning into United and Bayern with 30 crosses per game. And Dzeko isn't very good technically so is still going to have many of the same issues.

So are you thinking Isco and Navas will be playing more centrally? If we really are going for the 4-3-3 model then I can see their being 2 distinct ways to go about it. Play with two forward wide men able to either beat the man, cross it to the central striker or play it centrally toward a three man midfield of Fernandinho/Rodwell , Yaya and Barry/Milner/Garcia. Alternatively, we play with 2 or even 3 'strikers' up front so Tevez, Dzeko and Aguero or perhaps, 2 'strikers' and a wider player such as Silva/Isco/Navas and then have 2 holding players and an advanced playmaker type in Silva or Nasri, perhaps even Yaya, however I think he is more effective moving forward late in the game as it creates another dimension of attack and forces the opposition to adapt and change. The second option would be perhaps more fitting and adaptive to all players that we have.

is it "confirmed that 4-3-3 will be the formation we go with next year? Or might Pellegrini use 4-2-3-1 (which I think suits our players more)?

Pellegrine decides formation. the acadamy however will play 4-3-3