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blueinsa
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Ahhh could have....right.
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Ahhh could have....right.
drthingy
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My neck hurts after watching the shower of shite that the rags call football.
When sterling, sane, aguero ran at them they what themselves. Shame aguero and sterling didn't take their first half chances.
Positives: vinny immense, Zabba and Ota looked good.
Jesus still looks like he has it!!
When sterling, sane, aguero ran at them they what themselves. Shame aguero and sterling didn't take their first half chances.
Positives: vinny immense, Zabba and Ota looked good.
Jesus still looks like he has it!!
ono
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I think the biggest story that nobody is talking about is Aguero's finishing or lack of. Everybody talks about the back line but you could probably look at almost every dropped point this season and point to a missed sitter from one of the forwards. Nobody outside our fan base appears to have noticed how consistently poor we are in front of goal.
Given that Sane, Sterling and Jesus are clearly the future, is it time to make a change with Aguero and bring in a striker who is maybe more clinical, is more comfortable finishing from crosses and actually poses an aerial threat from crosses?
Would a Lewandowksi type of player open up our game more? At the minute we simply cannot cross the ball until we are in the 4th or 5th phase of an attack, where the opposition may have cleared the ball 3 or 4 times only for us to push them back. Only then do we look capable of getting enough bodies in the box to make crossing seem worthwhile. Too many of our players simply cannot move the ball quick enough for us to be able to create chances without going wide, yet when we go wide, none our forwards are clinical enough finishing from crosses. On top of that, practically every cross has to have a tonne of pace on it as we have no aerial threat.
Having an aerial threat would allow us to cross earlier in the attacking phase (or would at least make us less predictable) and would probably open up more space for our other attackers.
I do realise the idea of moving on from Aguero does sound ridiculous, but given the money we have invested in our younger attackers we are clearly going to stick with and probably start them (as was the case in Jan). Now do we continue to field the same attacking personnel next season in the hope that this seasons sitter-fest is a freak run of bad luck or do we maybe look closer at the reasons behind the missed chances and make a bold move?
Given that Sane, Sterling and Jesus are clearly the future, is it time to make a change with Aguero and bring in a striker who is maybe more clinical, is more comfortable finishing from crosses and actually poses an aerial threat from crosses?
Would a Lewandowksi type of player open up our game more? At the minute we simply cannot cross the ball until we are in the 4th or 5th phase of an attack, where the opposition may have cleared the ball 3 or 4 times only for us to push them back. Only then do we look capable of getting enough bodies in the box to make crossing seem worthwhile. Too many of our players simply cannot move the ball quick enough for us to be able to create chances without going wide, yet when we go wide, none our forwards are clinical enough finishing from crosses. On top of that, practically every cross has to have a tonne of pace on it as we have no aerial threat.
Having an aerial threat would allow us to cross earlier in the attacking phase (or would at least make us less predictable) and would probably open up more space for our other attackers.
I do realise the idea of moving on from Aguero does sound ridiculous, but given the money we have invested in our younger attackers we are clearly going to stick with and probably start them (as was the case in Jan). Now do we continue to field the same attacking personnel next season in the hope that this seasons sitter-fest is a freak run of bad luck or do we maybe look closer at the reasons behind the missed chances and make a bold move?
radcliffe1309
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Bore off Red shite !
Machiavelli
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Why didn't you say so earlier? This new information changes things considerably.I understand completely what I am seeing, and guarantee I have played football to a better standard than you, have been paid to play
Blue Llama
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Than go and support them or any Mourinho team.
Do you fully understand English?
simon23
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Because they weren't very good, it's not the build up that's the problem.
i disagree...i thought our build up/final cross/pass were really poor...a couple of decent balls in by KDB...one at the start one near the end but they would have both been worlds if Aguero had finished either especially the second......sane sterling and navas when he came on (and not unsurprisingly) were all poor when it came to the final ball......and there was nothing like a silva esque pass by KDB or anyone else all night......we do miss him and we don't have anyone at present who can fill his boots when he aint on the pitch and yo need someone like him when facing 10 defenders
BlueAnorak
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Should have won. Didn't. Story of our season. At least we didn't lose