It's Quiet thread 14 - 'do one' edition

[simon23]

Mane gets COVID breaking Sky news
Don’t really remember much said about Laporte Mahrez and Gundogan
That says a lot

thats a big loss for them - he is a player id have in our team any day (starting 11) well before the likes of Salah, Kane etc etc

 

[simon23]

Just don’t see this as a 90 point season for anyone. Lots of teams have strengthened.

think it will be closer but unless we improve i do think its the scousers again unfortunately - id rather chelsea won it and they could be a threat but it may take time for them to click. Everton may push a few teams this season

 

[grim up north]

Ive noted the similarities between Barry and Rodri before - however the difference here is not the players (though there are some differences - Barry was even more complete in the dark arts of winning free kicks for instance) - the difference is the team they are playing in

Barry had 4 very good defenders behind him whose main purpose was to defend -with Rodri he has two fullbacks flying forward all the time - leaving space behind them - one of them cant defend either (Barry had Zabba, Clichy and even Sagna (I think) who were all competent defenders not to mention Kompany, Lescott (who was a very basic defender but he could defend)

Our style of play is a lot more exposed than it was under Mancini -thats not a criticism of either styles as both had success and produced great football (peps football is much more attractive to watch but Mancini's was pretty good to)

Thats why Rodri is more exposed - teams also play differently against us now...when we won the title with Mancini, teams would try and play against us - now the vast majority sit back and just hit us with pace on the break - thats why the liverpools, utd and Wolves (last season) all did us over...leicester this season already - some teams have the players to exploit us (Mane, Salah, Vardy Rashford, Greenwood, and most of Wolves front line as well) - the lieks of Burnley dont

This maybe why Pep has started with Both Rodri and Ferna in his games so far - it fell apart when ferna was taken off vs Leicester (but in the interst of fairness Wolves could/should have scored 2-3 against us as well)

now with Dias this might change - he is front foot defender...he will try and stop those counters before they happen - ths will at times lead to mistakes, yellow cards (Maybe even red) but this may also push the back line further forward and compress that huge gapping gap between our midfield two and back line - the only issue is the bal over the top and into the channels behind our fullbacks...with walker thats not such an issue (though its not perfect) but on our left hand side mendy gets caught in two minds all the time and gets exposed...he then also doesnt get back quick enough when we lose possession - this is why teams target our left side..they know its easy to expose him

If we are in for a elft back (though we may not get one) Pep et al. have clearly lost a bit of faith in mendy.

We are probably in for a left back as Mendy cannot possibly play every game

 

[Big Dave Watson]

May I try a different tack and ask where you get your info? I don’t need names; just enough to promote/support your credentials.

Cheers.

I don’t need to promote/support my credentials. Just check the success rate, that’s all that matters.

 

[simon23]

We are probably in for a left back as Mendy cannot possibly play every game

Yeah by the sounds of it we are but there is a question whether it will get done or not due to time and possibly Zinchenko (thats what the MUEN are saying at least) - though ive seen others on here saying it isnt dependant upon Zinchenko

Get a left back in and id be more confident.
Just a shame and bad luck with what has happened to Jesus and Kun at the same time

 

[chesterbells]

thats a big loss for them - he is a player id have in our team any day (starting 11) well before the likes of Salah, Kane etc etc

But with the international break, won’t it just be a loss for them for 1 game(?)

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

thats a big loss for them - he is a player id have in our team any day (starting 11) well before the likes of Salah, Kane etc etc

A fortnights isolation means he misses just this weekends match , miss the internationals and come back fresh as a daisy

 

[simon23]

But with the international break, won’t it just be a loss for them for 1 game(?)

No idea -lucky again if it is.

Think we may at least get Jesus back after the internationals wont we?

 

[Big Dave Watson]

Never said it was true - as i just said i was taking the piss (not joke - thats different altogether) about your posting style - thats just fact - your posting style is always the same - short blunt statements with no explanation or substance.....

You try to come across as if you know and you dont - you just make a 50-50 statement - you know nothing and just because some of them come true doesnt mean you know anything - you just have a 50-50 chance of being right.

You are correct though - you do make it easy.

As for upset - far from it - more like laughing at you as most of the forum does

There there. Stop the sobbing, I understand your frustration.

 

[simon23]

A fortnights isolation means he misses just this weekends match , miss the internationals and come back fresh as a daisy

yeah soeone else just mentioned that - forgot about the international break - god i hate this break - it invariably causes us issues every season with injuries