BongoCityzen
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Did he tell you?
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Jonsilfab
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He may be referring to the resident ITK on the City subreddit.When did VVD tell you that
If Kimmich is too teeny for CB then I'd still spend gazillions on him for CM. The guy has the determination/decision-making X factor that so many players inexplicably don't have (which is weird when you consider they've been playing in a team since they were 5 or 6).
But if we aren't after him then okeedokee.
But if we aren't after him then okeedokee.
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Would that include the Wembley Champions League final where he made United's attack look like a league 2 side that turned up for the play-offs early?
Also if you're just going to copy things off transfermarkt then you're going to make yourself look like a tit.
He played there for the majority of the season...closer to 30 games than 7. I know that because I watched that team, and didn't rely on someone filling in a website with his position.
Considering Abidal, Pique, Milito and Puyol started almost 120 games between them that season, there's no way Mascherano played 30 games at centre back.
avoidconfusion
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I can smell something!
think that was me. Sorry. Isn't technology great.I can smell something!
chesterguy
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Probably because they 1) aren't common, and 2) The league is full of dinosaurs obsessed with size and pace like Pulis, Moyes and Allaradyce.
The issue is in this country a lot of teams play hoofball rather than football. It is one of the reasons that England dont do well. We have managers in this league who do not focus on possession like they do in Spain and Italy but believe in a kick and rush style. Hence we have seen Crouch and Carroll get a load of England caps. Therefore having a smaller defence would cause City problems over the course of a season. It is why we have to look for a very specific type of player who can to combat that style of football whilst at the same time having the necessary ball skills to play the possession based football so loved by Pep
Considering Abidal, Pique, Milito and Puyol started almost 120 games between them that season, there's no way Mascherano played 30 games at centre back.
Abidal the left back playing 41 games impacts on Mascherano playing at CB does it?
Milito only played 16 games
Puyol missed the entire second half of the season through injury, where Mascherano-Pique was the starting CB partnership, which they'd also used when Puyol had smaller injuries in the early stage of the season.
The issue is in this country a lot of teams play hoofball rather than football. It is one of the reasons that England dont do well. We have managers in this league who do not focus on possession like they do in Spain and Italy but believe in a kick and rush style. Hence we have seen Crouch and Carroll get a load of England caps. Therefore having a smaller defence would cause City problems over the course of a season. It is why we have to look for a very specific type of player who can to combat that style of football whilst at the same time having the necessary ball skills to play the possession based football so loved by Pep
No team in England plays 2 giant CF together, so it's not an issue. You put the big man on the Carroll, Benteke, and let the smaller player pick up the ball after the challenge, or anyone running off the big man.
Is it a smoggy?I can smell something!