without a dream
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crystal_mais said:Didsbury Dave said:BlueAnorak said:Pellegrini gambled on getting a win in Moscow, but if luck had been against us we could have drawn or lost.
I really don't know what the subs were all about - all were 'like for like' replacing our better players with inferior ones. I guess he must be 'lucky' to have come out of that unscathed. Under Mancini if we were in the lead with 20 mins to go the game would be shut down and we would not lose (only one exception to this in a competitive game from memory) under Pellegrini you just don't know what is going to happen. We need to score 3 away from home to be sure of a win and that is for certain.
Honestly I can't see us winning the Prem or getting much further than the last 16 in the CL without far better use of substitutes and tactics than were shown last night. For example, he revisited the high defensive line last night and it nearly cost us on three occasions.
So far, as you may gather, I am not particularly impressed.
We will see on Sunday if my fears are justified.
He obviously went like for like to keep a bit of freshness about players who will start on Sunday, and to keep the system the same because we looked like we were going to score every time we attacked. He's clearly a very bold manager who thinks that if you are a better team you should stay on the front foot instead of inviting teams on.
DD my only concern is Chelsea will play on the counter. Would you play an extra midfielder and play Yaya in an advanced role with Negredo on the bench
I would, based on what we've seen so far I'm convinced Pellegrini won't. It will be an exciting game but we'll need to be clinical, you can't keep missing great chances against good sides.