mike channon´s windmill
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Some advice to MP
Take a look at the performances of Atletico, in particular last nights fantastic job on that white trash.
Look at your fellow South American "chollo" Simeone and see how you can ingrain just some of the togetherness, commitment, purpose, determination and downright will to win into our individuals the way he has inbued the very same qualities into the DNA of Atletico´s players. They play with the passion of the fans, something Simeone understands fully. We would get ripped a new one by Atleti based on yesterdays aberration. It simply can´t go on. Twice we thought the game was won and complacency reared its ugly head. We thought it was game over. We were taught a costly lesson. We could be 15 points adrift before too long at this rate.
I have now returned to the natural default setting of expecting nothing from City as frankly I don´t know WHAT to expect one week to the next. Maybe it´s the sensible attitude to take atm as it takes the pressure off and some of us (yes me!!) might take things a bit more in our stride.
Make no mistake , yesterday was an abomination and anyone who really thinks it was anything less is dodging the issue. The two strikers up top yesterday was a combination hardly anyone on this forum would have sanctioned - it clearly didn´t work so why did he insist on it in the first place? Our pass and move play seems to have been thrown out with the bathwater in favour of a scum type wing play bombardment. This was supposed to compliment and provide a plan B to our normal strategy , not become the blueprint for our style of play. There were gaping gaps between the lines of what appeared to be a 4-2-2-2 formation, spaces fully exploited for 2 of the Villa goals. Why on earth weren´t we defending with 2 banks of four if it was supposed to be a 4-4-2 set up?
Disjointed, lacking purpose and devoid of the ruthlessness required from a squad of such quality which leaves me frankly bemused
I sincerely hope we haven´t picked a dud
Take a look at the performances of Atletico, in particular last nights fantastic job on that white trash.
Look at your fellow South American "chollo" Simeone and see how you can ingrain just some of the togetherness, commitment, purpose, determination and downright will to win into our individuals the way he has inbued the very same qualities into the DNA of Atletico´s players. They play with the passion of the fans, something Simeone understands fully. We would get ripped a new one by Atleti based on yesterdays aberration. It simply can´t go on. Twice we thought the game was won and complacency reared its ugly head. We thought it was game over. We were taught a costly lesson. We could be 15 points adrift before too long at this rate.
I have now returned to the natural default setting of expecting nothing from City as frankly I don´t know WHAT to expect one week to the next. Maybe it´s the sensible attitude to take atm as it takes the pressure off and some of us (yes me!!) might take things a bit more in our stride.
Make no mistake , yesterday was an abomination and anyone who really thinks it was anything less is dodging the issue. The two strikers up top yesterday was a combination hardly anyone on this forum would have sanctioned - it clearly didn´t work so why did he insist on it in the first place? Our pass and move play seems to have been thrown out with the bathwater in favour of a scum type wing play bombardment. This was supposed to compliment and provide a plan B to our normal strategy , not become the blueprint for our style of play. There were gaping gaps between the lines of what appeared to be a 4-2-2-2 formation, spaces fully exploited for 2 of the Villa goals. Why on earth weren´t we defending with 2 banks of four if it was supposed to be a 4-4-2 set up?
Disjointed, lacking purpose and devoid of the ruthlessness required from a squad of such quality which leaves me frankly bemused
I sincerely hope we haven´t picked a dud