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

[Keeper!]

Well if you’re including the wide forwards we don’t have 2 do we. Sterling scored plenty last season and is on 3 this.

All their front players can play down the middle and well, ours can't, as we witnessed yesterday, Mahrez was pathetic

 

[WRicko]

4/5 on the last count

Who are they then ?

 

[vincent]

Salah, Jaws, Joda, Mane and the Belgium dude Ogi

All 5 can play wide or down the middle

Mahrez and Sterling useless down the center

Wtf you going on about. They’re not strikers and you know it. And if we had Origi as our back up striker no doubt you would be shouting from the roof tops saying he simply isn’t good enough. Also I mentioned this before; how many out and out strikers do Bayern have ?

 

[blueparrot]

All their front players can play down the middle and well, ours can't, as we witnessed yesterday, Mahrez was pathetic

Yes right, without getting into a debate on which players can do what, you said we had 2 then go on to move the goalposts for liverpool to include all their forward players to make 5. It’s almost like yougo out of your way to make them better, and our players hopeless.

 

[Keeper!]

This team 2 years ago was devastating the way the players were always inter changing positions, especially the front 3, we now seem so rigid and so very predictable.

 

[richards30]

Ederson
Walker
Dias
Laporte
Ake
Rodri
De bruyne
Bernardo Silva
Foden
Sterling
Aguero

everyone fit that is a cracking team!! Plus options from the bench of steffen, cancelo, stones, Mendy, Gundogan, Fernandinho and gabby? It’s the getting the Lads fit and injury and Covid free that seems the biggest issue?

 

[lasereyes]

This team 2 years ago was devastating the way the players were always inter changing positions, especially the front 3, we now seem so rigid and so very predictable.

We've lost Sane and Aguero/Jesus are injured. We're also off a much shorter pre-season prep period than any other team (except United who are hardly lighting it up themselves). That would impact any team. Let's see how we do as the season progresses, players return and new players like Torres settle in.

I personally think Bernardo coming back is going to be a major turning point. You saw signs in his cameo yesterday - he has the energy we have been missing.

 

[Keeper!]

Yes right, without getting into a debate on which players can do what, you said we had 2 then go on to move the goalposts for liverpool to include all their forward players to make 5. It’s almost like yougo out of your way to make them better, and our players hopeless.

their front players are now better than ours, only Sterling would get near their side.

 

[kupest]

Wtf you going on about. They’re not strikers and you know it. And if we had Origi as our back up striker no doubt you would be shouting from the roof tops saying he simply isn’t good enough. Also I mentioned this before; how many out and out strikers do Bayern have ?

It's just a random post to make a point, while literally doing the opposite. Maybe we should sign 50 million players as 3rd backup in all positions.

 

[Plain Speaking]

We were being overrun well before Fernandinho left. Mahrez off for Delap was worth a try yesterday rather than bringing on Fernandinho who didnt add much. We clearly lasted better than Leeds yesterday and finished the game well on top - having a target in the middle could have paid dividends.

Ferny seemed clearly furious at being taken off against Leicester. I disagree we were being overrun at the time. The relative score change speaks for itself, that the change didn't work.

I also thought Ferny was great when he came on yesterday, one of the reasons we finished the game on top and wrestled the momentum from them. They were on top in the second half until he came on.

Yesterday we had 23 goal attempts but only 2 on target. I agree we should be getting more from Mahrez (and Sterling!).