Tricky_Trev
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Like Sarri’s insistence that Jorginho should play deep and Kante moved into a different role. People thought he was mad and turned on him. Now Lampard does the same.
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Fernandinho needs to go back into midfield
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warringtonblue
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We have lost a world class centre half, and moved a world class defensive midfield player to cover for him, therefore we are light in 2 positions, and it shows
Colin Bells Boots
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Pep’s too stubborn to admit he got this wrong. Yes it worked for him with Mascherano at Barca and Lahm, to an extent at BM but PL is a totally different league and you face more challenges from all teams unlike in Spain & Germany
Who shall I trust here ?
A random on BM of one of the best managers in football ?
Not solely about this game, just an observation on the season so far.
I thought Rodri was excellent vs Burnley but he's still settling in and we miss the athleticism and defensive nous of Fern in there, which then gives players like De Bruyne a springboard to work off.
I know we have injuries but I'd put Eric Garcia at the back if it meant we could get Fern into midfield.
I know we have other issues but that is one of my biggest takeaways so far.
We may as well experiment now the title has gone, so long as we keep the gap to fourth place safe. We are leaking goals with him at centre half, so not sure how much harm it would do to get two traditional centre halves and Fern protecting them.
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blueinsa
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We have lost a world class centre half, and moved a world class defensive midfield player to cover for him, therefore we are light in 2 positions, and it shows
This.
Coley4
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Ferdy in my opinion is one of the best DM in the world and don't get playing him at CB, he is a great tackler, gets around the pitch,reads the game well and is great on the ball but is not strong enough and to small to play against the bigger PM strikers. It's a lose lose playing him CB.This.
If Laporte was fit I actually think we could have played Garcia a lot more as Laporte makes anyone alongside him look brilliant.I wonder if Laporte would have been fit would Pep maintain a CB duo of Laporte-Fernandinho?
He really doesnt trust a duo of Stones-Otamendi that is certain.
One thing's for sure we need to get him a brilliant centre back partner in the summer.
Judge the results. Utd had 30% possession but looked likely to score every time they attacked. it was the same at Newcastle. Fernandinho just retreats and doesn't sense danger.Who shall I trust here ?
A random on BM of one of the best managers in football ?
He's not Pep's 1st choice. Stones and Laporte are. Then we tried Otamendi. That didn't work so in came Fernandinho. He's been no better. I wanted him to give Garcia a chance but perhaps Pep thinks he's not ready. If he makes mistakes it could be very damaging for his development.
We went into this season having lost Kompany and losing laporte to injury killed us. Nothing we have done has worked and now we look vulnerable and I think we will continue to look vulnerable until Laporte returns. Fernandinho, David Silva and Aguero are all in their 30s and their game is not as good as it was. Aguero will probably continue for another 12 months. In my opinion we should look to the future now and bring through young replacements where possible. We haven't done that very well.
More like Sane outside and Phil Foden Centrally :(Mahrez central and Cancelo out wide?