really wish we cracked the 3 at the back this first half of the season. pretty sure pep didn't try much 3 at the back at the first season at bayern, but he tried it a fair few times here. maybe it's because he thinks the fullbacks are crap and not worth using or he was gearing up to use a 3-5-2 formation.
would love to see g. jesus up top with aguero. it would allow aguero to not be the only one pressing up top, might help get aguero get a bit of service, or allow g. jesus to work on the shoulder and aguero to drop into space between the lines.
not sure i like the idea of putting jesus on the left wing. firstly that's where my boy sane plays and with de bruyne and aguero central, we have enough goal threat through the middle, we need someone to attack the byline and not cut inside (which is why i love sane left and sterling right).
hopefully we put out a defence which will do our attacking players justiceYou see the goal 'your boi' Sane scored v Arsenal?????? Well imagine 3 players interchangable at doing just that... Headaches galore for opposing managers and if it clicks, one of the most frightening 3 in Europe in 18 months time..
Same............Jesus.............sterling
I like the idea of that, but think Sterling and Sane are wasted as wingbacks, and secondly not vey good ones. I just see a front three of any 3 from Aguero, Jesus, Sane and Sterling. With Nolito, Roberts and Iheanacho in reserve.really wish we cracked the 3 at the back this first half of the season. pretty sure pep didn't try much 3 at the back at the first season at bayern, but he tried it a fair few times here. maybe it's because he thinks the fullbacks are crap and not worth using or he was gearing up to use a 3-5-2 formation.
would love to see g. jesus up top with aguero. it would allow aguero to not be the only one pressing up top, might help get aguero get a bit of service, or allow g. jesus to work on the shoulder and aguero to drop into space between the lines.
not sure i like the idea of putting jesus on the left wing. firstly that's where my boy sane plays and with de bruyne and aguero central, we have enough goal threat through the middle, we need someone to attack the byline and not cut inside (which is why i love sane left and sterling right).
Personally I'd of gone with the latter (;
Again some are unable to grasp what is actually written, if there's one person I'd be listening to with regards to the kids attributes it's @Neville Kneville...
Where the hell this idea of a poor first touch has manifested from I have no idea...
On the flip side, he is being hyped up, and it 'could' be detrimental to his impact, however, having watched him numerous times, I'm convinced he's the type of player who may feed off the excitement that is resonating.... The problem we have with a number of our core support is not affording players time (should it be a slow start)...
One thing is for sure though is he's expected to be the 'new' face of MCFC, it will be what half the sales pitch was about, replacing the old guard and bringing in the new era... No pressure then (:
When are we going to see pics of him training?
Thanks for that.
It would tally with what I have heard Tim Vickery day.
Especially first touch , he seems very excited by him.
And he was spot on with Otamendi.
Hahaha - perfect response.
I had to resist the temptation to reply to the other post that mentioned his dodgy first touch as I wasn't quite sure what to write without it sounding confrontational.
I love Tim Vickery's passion, he knows his South American football. But he said Paulinho was a far better player than Fernandinho and said he was more excited by Marlos Moreno than Gabriel Jesus, so I think he's prone to the odd misjudgement ;-)
He also said, when at the height of his powers, that he couldn't understand the hype around Zabba and that he didn't personally rate him.
Not the biggest Vickery fan myself.
Am sure he watches a lot of South American footie, but he talks a good game for me. Coupled with the fact that he is regularly on talkspurt as well, puts him further down in my estimations!
Agree. In the Brazilian league last season only two players had more "unsuccessful touches" (108) than him. He did also have the fifth most unsuccessful take ons and only 20th most succeeded ones. This is nothing strange from a young player and if anything it shows he doesnt hide after a bad action. But reading some of the posts in here you seem to think he will be a guaranteed starter, some thinks he'll take the PL by storm and one even saying that he's better than Firmino which is a big doubt for me.Hahaha! You're using his career highlights video as justification that he never has a heavy touch?! Seriously?! Hahaha!
As I've clarified above mate, his technique and touch are excellent. But he's 19 and still developing. He does have the odd heavy touch and overruns the ball every now and again. Similar to how Iheanacho does. I wouldn't say Iheanacho has bad technique, but he's still developing.
I doubt there are many Youtube compilation videos of Gabriel's or Iheanacho's heavy touches, but that doesn't mean they don't have the odd one.
I think he's going to be brilliant for us, I'm really excited to see him, but people saying he's more intelligent than Aguero, better than Anelka was at that age, and already has technique as good as Aguero's, they're setting him up for a fail and putting too much pressure on the lad.
I probably want him to succeed more than anyone we've ever bought because he's got the potential to be a superstar. But I feel some are expecting too much too soon from him.
Agree. In the Brazilian league last season only two players had more "unsuccessful touches" (108) than him. He did also have the fifth most unsuccessful take ons and only 20th most succeeded ones. This is nothing strange from a young player and if anything it shows he doesnt hide after a bad action. But reading some of the posts in here you seem to think he will be a guaranteed starter, some thinks he'll take the PL by storm and one even saying that he's better than Firmino which is a big doubt for me.
He's already a very good player and one of the best 19yo players in the world. But having those kind of expectations can't do anything good I feel. If he's doing his best Memphis impression during these first months I'd obviously be a bit worried, but I wouldnt write of him at all as hes 19yo and coming from another continent to the Premier League. It wouldnt be strange if he needed a few months to adapt.
Once again I have to say that I think he's a very good player that some day will be world class. But I don't think he will be a starter week in week out this season and if that is the case I hope our fans stands by him and give him the support he'll need instead off whining at him and start doubting his obvious talent.
Cheers mate. It was from whoscored.com .Great post mate, thanks for sharing. Where did you get the statistic of his 108 "unsuccessful touches" last season from? I'd be very interested to see how that stat compares with Aguero, Tevez, DeBruyne, Silva, Yaya etc who people have compared his technique to.
I'm surprised he had the third most heavy touches in the entire Brazilian league. From what I've seen he does have some room for improvement in that area, but that stat does seem excessively high. Particularly considering that he doesn't have a single bad touch in his Youtube highlights video ;-)
Hahaha! You're using his career highlights video as justification that he never has a heavy touch?! Seriously?! Hahaha!
As I've clarified above mate, his technique and touch are excellent. But he's 19 and still developing. He does have the odd heavy touch and overruns the ball every now and again. Similar to how Iheanacho does. I wouldn't say Iheanacho has bad technique, but he's still developing.
I doubt there are many Youtube compilation videos of Gabriel's or Iheanacho's heavy touches, but that doesn't mean they don't have the odd one.
I think he's going to be brilliant for us, I'm really excited to see him, but people saying he's more intelligent than Aguero, better than Anelka was at that age, and already has technique as good as Aguero's, they're setting him up for a fail and putting too much pressure on the lad.
I probably want him to succeed more than anyone we've ever bought because he's got the potential to be a superstar. But I feel some are expecting too much too soon from him.
Cheers mate. It was from whoscored.com .
In comparison Aguero had the most unsuccessful touches in our team last season with 59. De Bruyne second with 42 (Yaya 25 and Silva 20). However as someone else pointed out the pitches in Brazil are not PL quality and that may affect his numbers. He also played at least 300 more minutes than the players I previous mentioned from City last season.
really wish we cracked the 3 at the back this first half of the season. pretty sure pep didn't try much 3 at the back at the first season at bayern, but he tried it a fair few times here. maybe it's because he thinks the fullbacks are crap and not worth using or he was gearing up to use a 3-5-2 formation.
would love to see g. jesus up top with aguero. it would allow aguero to not be the only one pressing up top, might help get aguero get a bit of service, or allow g. jesus to work on the shoulder and aguero to drop into space between the lines.
not sure i like the idea of putting jesus on the left wing. firstly that's where my boy sane plays and with de bruyne and aguero central, we have enough goal threat through the middle, we need someone to attack the byline and not cut inside (which is why i love sane left and sterling right).
Wasn't a dig at you mate - that's why I didn't respond to your post, because it might have come over as that.
As for the rest of your post - 100% agree - see my last post as back up.