Still a fact the longer he’s in the job the better.Could be level on points next week.
I thought he was taking too many touches on the ball when we were pressing for an equaliser in the later stages. He needed to move it on quicker before the space was closed. One of our better players out there today though.
He does seem to look down his nose at pace, physicality and aerial abilty these days, as if they aren’t perfectly valid parts of the game.Missing a striker obviously, as others have said. Someone to offer a penalty box presence/aerial threat and poaching ability.
Also could do with drive in centre midfield. A Yaya type of player, somebody to take the game by the scruff of the neck and even bully the opposition's midfielders. We haven't really had that since he stopped playing regularly.
We have players that offer different type of "drive" from midfield, Kevin's runs on the counter, Phil's direct running and Gundo's frank Lampard like ability of drifting into the box during a slow build-up and scoring. But we still don't have anyone with the physicality or that has all of what Yaya had.
And both are the types of player that Pep is unlikely to buy or pick to start regularly.
thats what he saidSorry but that’s nonsense pal. The red card and the offside were hard to take but they were the correct calls. We did that to ourselves today
Not in my opinion, we shouldn’t be starting either of Kev or Gundo at the moment, we need what pace and energy we have to be on the pitch - front 5 should be Phil, Grealish, Bernie, Jesus and Mahrez.Drop Kev start Gundogan. Foden can drop deep from the false nine or wing and Ilkay can push up to get into positions to score.
Should give more options for the midfield to move the ball quicker, and can more adaptable against teams squeezing the space in the midfield.
Last few games it feels like the weight of expectation on Foden is dragging him down.
Due to KDB and Sterling's demise , on-form he's our most creative player.
Hopefully the others step-up, if not how did we get to this situation where we rely so heavily on a 21 year old?
He hasn’t yet got the experience to carry the rest of the team and, as you say, gets dragged down with them. There will come the day though in the near future…Last few games it feels like the weight of expectation on Foden is dragging him down.
Due to KDB and Sterling's demise , on-form he's our most creative player.
Hopefully the others step-up, if not how did we get to this situation where we rely so heavily on a 21 year old?
We won't be signing anyone in January mate, infact I'm not even sure we'll sign a striker next summer. Doesn't seem to be a desperate need for one from the top brass at CityAbysmal player recruitment over the past three years, and our failure to keep Leroy Sane. It's going to bite us very hard next season if we don't buy well in January and next summer.