I think priorities were at play, just maybe not the ones we'd like to hear.
Genuine question, had we been playing Boro in the carling cup on Wed night d'you think he'd have picked the same team because I don't. I think the risk would've been run with Otamendi and Fernandinho on the basis that they would get a rest mid week. What grates is that Delph didn't get a start when his performance when he came on showed he's ready to start.
I'm probably one of Toure's biggest fans, but i totally agree with that. Mind you I don't think Pellegrini will. If anything I suspect his substitution at half time was as much about 'saving' him for Juve as it was about his abortion of a performance in the first half.
I can see the logic with him starting in Turin, actually. However, on Saturday, it should have been Delph! Some clever man-management is now required and maybe Yaya will have a 'knock' and so not start against Southampton.I'm probably one of Toure's biggest fans, but i totally agree with that. Mind you I don't think Pellegrini will. If anything I suspect his substitution at half time was as much about 'saving' him for Juve as it was about his abortion of a performance in the first half.
Mate I think you're doing us a great disservice. We handed a very good team their arses on a plate and it was all down to the way we set up and the personnel we used which was down to Manuel and that's why our subsequent performances have been so hard to take. How can Manuel go from that to Liverpool on Saturday? It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.In our home leg they were well organised and restricted our play. In our return game they were very similar to us on Saturday totally unbalanced allowing us to play at will through them. Fuck me they even made Bony look good.
But that might have also helped with the one formation we have played that actually works for us. But why stick with that we might as well change it.
I can see the logic with him starting in Turin, actually.
I'd suspect almost certainly they would have been "risked". Pelle's main target would appear to be CL and winning the group and the pressure for that must come from above. On this theme, one scary thought that YayA was pulled against Liverpool not because it wasn't working but resting him also for Juve.
I think priorities were at play, just maybe not the ones we'd like to hear.
Genuine question, had we been playing Boro in the carling cup on Wed night d'you think he'd have picked the same team because I don't. I think the risk would've been run with Otamendi and Fernandinho on the basis that they would get a rest mid week. What grates is that Delph didn't get a start when his performance when he came on showed he's ready to start.
Indeed. So what's the manager doing about it?Depends upon which Toure turns up. And that in a microcosm is the problem with this City side.
I suspect that topping the group is the current priority, and I actually think the state of the league in general has reinforced that. If there was a significant gap between us and the top of the table it'd be i reckon a different story. But in a season where really, nobody looks like an outstanding side, I think the higher ups can justify resting certain players on Saturday night for the sake of topping the group.