It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

Pollocksheader said:
I’m not saying we are bad. Liverpool concede much more chances than we do from what I see, yet we have conceded the same haven’t we? They play a high line too. Pointless getting into it further when people can’t even look at the state each week. Look at the shots on goals conceded then look at what we’ve conceded. Ederson has saved 60 shots this season. Conceded 24. So pretty more than a quarter of shots on target have gone in. Yeah that doesn’t account for unstoppable goals but also doesn’t account for fluffed pea rollers he will save with ease.
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I know all the stats pal, you can point them out all you like the bottom line is we will be champions for the 4th time in 5 seasons, can we impove? of course we can, czn Ederson improve? of course he can but he is key to the way we play, i wouldn’t swap phim for anyone else, i’ll leave it that.
 
It's a shame we appear to be losing both he and Ferna in the same summer. That's a lot of upheaval in midfield. I would have liked Bellingham to replace him but as that's unlikely we should go for De Jong, he's almost identical in terms of playstyle so should fit in seamlessly. Looks like Nunes will replace Ferna.
 
bluenova said:
The reason is that if you play a high line, then you give up quality chances.

Playing against a low block it's very difficult for our players to get into the box with the ball. If they take a shot, it's likely to have a low chance of scoring, because there are often 3 or 4 players, trying to block it.

Our success at defending set plays shows that when our defence is set in place, they're difficult to beat. The problem is that because we play so far up the pitch, when play turns over, if we don't manage to regain possession quickly, then most of our players are either behind the ball, or running back towards goal, and there tends to be lots of space to play in.

So, the attackers will find it easier to get closer to the goal, where it's obviously easier to score, and our defence will often have just one player trying to block a shot while running into position.
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Thats why when playing a high line is mitigated by having fast defenders to quickly track back. If city keeps such a high line it's only fair that it also has defenders that could quickly run back to our goal post.
 
Out: Fernandinho, Gundogan

In: de Jong, Nunes?

Would really freshen things up a de Jong - Gundo swap would help both clubs... Will be sad to see him go, though
 
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