BosnianDragon said:
simon23 said:
At the moment this is my take on it:
As an attacking team we have more options ( a plan b so to speak)..we do vary our way of attacking now which we didnt really do under RM. However are we attacking better? IMHO no we arent.....maybe to me this is because our football isnt as attractive as it was (however I will say that we are moving the ball quicker in some games which is good to see)
Defensively we are a shambles regardless of what the stats say. We are all over the palce every time someone attacks us whether it results in a goal or a chance or not..........as individuals and as a unit we have gone backwards hugely in this area...part of this can be blamed on the absence of VK but a large part of it is also down to MP..whether it be his rotation of other players at the back or poor team selection/tactics in the midfield area...we are simply wide open a lot of the time.
My overall feeling is that we wont get near wining the league (cup ccmps are a bit of a lottery and can come down to the luck of the draw and teams having on or off days)...the league for me is the guideline and is more important than the champs league (though i understand why financially this is important)....winning the league says to me that we are the best team in the country and imho we are not looking like getting anywhere near that at the moment
I dont want MP gone I want him to succeed BUT he has got an awful lot to do for me and I havent been impressed by what Ive seen so far (even in games where we have won at times)
So far I see MP just changing players (based on media pressure) and not have real attempt to improve our deffense (for most of part he did not even realize he has deffense issues). Football is a game that evolves and you have to follow the trend. Instead analayzing games, founding basic/foundation problem, indentifaying new approach/tactics to correct problem, training deffense on new tactics and finaly implementing tactics in match; he decided for cheap solutions by changing players which in betwen lines means putting all blame on them. In reality he just scratched the surface, but it is a good way to temporary save your authority.
Some good points in there. I heard some talking head on Talkshite this morning saying how Pellegrini had recognised that we had defensive problems, but was 'not allowed' to pay 30million for Pepe, who he had identified as the solution. As I recall, the attempt to sign Pepe was a knee-jerk reaction following Vinnie's injury against Newcastle. Pellegrini made no attempt to bolster our defence pre-season - As I see it, prior to Vinnie getting injured, Pellegrini thought he had a perfect squad (bar Isco).
The guy is suspect at best.
I still think we'll win the league this year despite the bad start - we've got too many great players to f*ck up all season (I hope...), but Pellegrini needs to start respecting all the clubs in the prem. This ain't Spain by any means. To date he's been pretty well outsmarted by such master tactitians as Clueless, the shit-smearer, and Fatboy Bruce... it doesn't bode well.
