It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

RayCTID said:
It is keeping the 4th one interested that is the key.
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I think Ake is interested and would have played more but for injuries. Still think he may stay. Whatever or who ever I think we need a 4 th centre back because it only takes 2 injuries and we are playinfpg with one centre back. Obviously that can happen with 4 but 4 does provide an extra safety net, we have room if Ake goes ,so why wouldn’t we.
 
St.Pauli support said:
Have a look at the number of CBs of opponent squads that play 3 at the back, eg Chelsea. We won't do that.
Btw, we want to dominate matches with a proven and - as they say - very complicated system. We won't change that for fun.
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Check last time Pep had the alternative of multiple striking options and an overlapping leftback. Used that system until either Mendy broke or the strikers did.

It’s definitely an option. And City usually tactically set up almost with a hybrid 3atb when Cancelo is on the left and Walker cutting in more on the right.
 
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I'm in the camp that playing 30/35 games a season is 'sellable ' to players.
Is it just the principle that YOU have to start every game even if there was 100 games a season (its coming)?
'Do you want to play injured or fatigued therefore loosing your place?'
'Or do you want to be fit and fresh in every game you play and therefore able to give your best?'
I don't buy that players insist on being 1st choice, not these days. It feels like it's a think from the past that belongs in hoof football and breaking players legs in a tackle. Things have moved on. IMHO.
 
The Pandorica Opened said:
No idea how people can watch Pep football for six years and still think that each player must be confined to one "true" position. Foden is a winger. Grealish is a winger. They're both also midfielders. That versatility has, time and time again, been mentioned as a key feature which attracts Pep to a player, so why don't we value that same quality as he does? Foden, Grealish, Mahrez are all "true" wingers, as far as I'm concerned. As is Palmer. Bernardo can chip in there too, as can Alvarez. The only flaw is that they're all similar in their preference of coming inside, lack of lightning pace, lack of preference for playing high-and-wide. But the idea that we have a great dearth of wingers is just silly.
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Agree...just not Zinny at wing...
 
blueparrot said:
I think Ake is interested and would have played more but for injuries. Still think he may stay. Whatever or who ever I think we need a 4 th centre back because it only takes 2 injuries and we are playinfpg with one centre back. Obviously that can happen with 4 but 4 does provide an extra safety net, we have room if Ake goes ,so why wouldn’t we.
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This season could be completely opposite to the title run and all our main CB's stay healthy and we have an extra one being totally left out of the important games of the season and is the one who just get the Domestic cups and dead rubber Champions League games while we rest either one of the 3.
 
kun said:
Bollocks. That is now. After moving to a central midfield role for Ukraine and LB for City.

Look how many appearances he has out wide: 30. Look how many in AM: 12.

He may have considered himself a number 10 but most of his senior appearances up until 2017 were on the wings.
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Wing back or wide mid in 4-4-2...NEVER, EVER a winger in a 4-3-3 as a pro...
 
Mr-Mertle said:
He was quoted to Spurs at 70-80 million pounds in April. Even if he was 50-60 it's too much for a fourth choice CB. We should be looking for someone PL proven who won't mind not playing week in and week out.
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Who says Kounde would be 4th choice?
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Pep is convinced we don't need to replace Sterling for the left and Zinchenko should fill the requirement for him and the left back rotation.

Hope the lad trusts Pep :)
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So no more wingers then? Would like to think we’d need a bit more pace out wide, like Leao, but I guess the club knows what they’re doing
 
It won’t be Kounde. I get people say ‘he may not fourth choice’, so then Stones, Dias or Laporte will be. Kounde starts at CB for almost any club, as do the other 3 we have so makes no sense for Kounde to join imo, and as nice as it would be to have 20+ world class players, it won’t happen.
 
The thing is the 3 in front also back themselves. While the competition for places would be healthy there is always one that misses out and eventually that one will get the hump and would want to leave. And we would be back to square one looking to bring another one in.
 
DeBlueLou said:
Check last time Pep had the alternative of multiple striking options and an overlapping leftback. Used that system until either Mendy broke or the strikers did.

It’s definitely an option. And City usually tactically set up almost with a hybrid 3atb when Cancelo is on the left and Walker cutting in more on the right.
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The difference is though that Walker has the option of overlapping in attack at times. Similar with Cancelo. He can either stay further back or go up to link up with the left sided winger so it's more options in attack. When you play with 3 CB's it's predictable that they won't add anything going forward.
 
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