Gundogan as an attacking midfielder

The problem is, hes not playing as a am(hes not penetrstive enough anyway if he did play one). He is playing in a double pivot with Rodri to help our defence out because Otamendi is a wanker. Our playstyle is getting Laporte or the pivot on the ball and have him pass crisply through the lines to one of KdB or Silva(who looks done). If the pass is not on for them the wingers have acres of space for themselves.

With Gundo alongside the pivot he usually hides alongside him and positions himself wrongly so the only pass that is on is a backpass. Very visible today, when a progressive and usually solid passer Rodri got caught hanging on the ball more times than he has the whole season so far because he has learned to pass it into space, but everytime he looks for the space, the german coward is positioned slightly behind to the left with his back turned to goal.

We get away with it when Gundo is the sole pivot, because hes decent at passing under no pressure, terrible defender though. He defiently has technical ability and we will never know how good he would of been with no injuries. But he is not good enough to play for us as often as he does
 
He is so ineffective again a team sitting back as his chip ball doesn't work. Rodri had no options in midfield today, he had to keep going back. If De bruyne isn't available then he has to play bernardo or even foden in cm instead
 
City are going through a transitional period where David Silva Aguero and Fenandinho are maybe all a little slower than their peak of last season.
Coupled with too many injuries the team looks sluggish and wooden.
Nowe to do with Gundogan who's been one of our best players since Christmas.
 
Pep’s obsession with him is getting weird now. Don’t know if he gave him promises before he signed the new contract, but fuck me. How he stayed on the pitch for the full 90 today is just absolutely bonkers.
It’s not like we have a player widely regarded as player of the season last year who played most of it in that position on the bench either.
 

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