Given Sterling especially plays a fair bit as second striker or a false 9 in a lot of our games too.
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Given Sterling especially plays a fair bit as second striker or a false 9 in a lot of our games too.
ninjamonkey
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Why? I think it’s clear from the players we are targeting that we want to play considerably more often with wing backs instead of wingers. Cancelo and Angelino, added to Mendy, gives us that possibility. Plus, Sané is only our 3rd choice winger, so the change is to give more minutes to Mahrez and a change tactically to let Mendy/Angelino/Cancelo be the width more often. If we are wanting to play with wing backs more than we do currently, we should not be worried about losing a winger and gaining a wing back. If anything it gives us more flexibility.
I wouldn’t be looking at those potential signings to mean we’re going to a 5 at the back system. Angelino by all accounts is an opportunistic buy rather than a planned purchase with zero consequences given he provides cover in a problem position where there’s injury concerns, costs peanuts and doesn’t take up a squad space. Cancelo will only come as a direct replacement for Danilo if he choses to leave who is an attacking fullback himself and all reports are suggesting we’re not desperate to show him the door.
Granted that formation will be an option without relying on Mendy being fit but I doubt we will see it much if at all, it limits the amount of technicians Pep can get in the middle of the park at once, which we know from his own words he favours doing and why we’ve seen Bernardo out wide a lot and those weird experimental formations where we had about 6 central midfielders on the pitch at once against arsenal
better dead than red
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I read it. If you meant the second part you would not have written the first part.You mustn't of read the bit where I say that I've given him the benefit of the doubt and that it was most likely a misunderstanding.
Pot kettle black on the oversensitive claims mate. Give your head a wobble.
Stoned Rose
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Why? I think it’s clear from the players we are targeting that we want to play considerably more often with wing backs instead of wingers. Cancelo and Angelino, added to Mendy, gives us that possibility. Plus, Sané is only our 3rd choice winger, so the change is to give more minutes to Mahrez and a change tactically to let Mendy/Angelino/Cancelo be the width more often. If we are wanting to play with wing backs more than we do currently, we should not be worried about losing a winger and gaining a wing back. If anything it gives us more flexibility.
That’s poor wumming by your usual standards Trevor.
The bit where you said we’d be relying on Mendy, who’s proven over 2 seasons, is never fit was a whopper and it just went further downhill from there.
St.Pauli support
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How to write about Man City transfer news and still get dippers involved somehow in the headline...
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc
How to write about Man City transfer news and still get dippers involved somehow in the headline...
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc
Lol typical of them
bumbleblue
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It's sooooo quiet.
It's sooooo quiet.
Not for long
When do you think the first signing will get done?Not for long
kaz7
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Lol,we can all guess something is about to happenNot for long