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Dribble said:
We have 2 world class strikers who have goals in them & I'm sure with a bit of fine tuning, they'll start finding the net sooner rather than later.

In terms of teams parking the bus, one thing I've noticed this season so far is that we're the only club that other teams are doing this to, which shows how feared we are.

Swansea & WHU tried to play against ManUre, Newcastle played against Spurs, Liverpool struggled in their first 2 matches as did Arsenal, and we saw what happened to Chelsea on the opening day.

However, with our first two matches we faced team buses parked in front of their goal mouths. I agree with most that Pep got the formation wrong against Everton because Damilo was less than impressive as a left wing back against BHA & Sane IS NOT a wing back.

Our 3 at the back formation requires Walker/Danilo on the right & Mendy (injured) and A Nother on the left. Because of this, Pep has tried to fit square pegs in round holes & we've struggled. He also saw how Everton targeted our defensive left, which is why he switched Otamendi & Kompany. He'll also knows that other clubs will attempt the same until he plugs this gap.

In terms of our striking options, we only have Aguero & Jesus. There is no chance that we'll continue playing both of them after the international break when the League Cup & Champions League kick in & we start playing 3 matches a week. We will have to rotate & this will determine our future formations, as I think Pep will substitute an attacker for an additional attacking midfielder.

I honestly think that because of the money we've spent in this window so far, that many think we'll hit the ground running straight away. Well many thought just the arrival of Pep last season would guarantee us the title, and look how that ended up!

Chelsea started shit last season, but once Conte had got used to the league & his players, Chelsea made up for their poor start & stormed to the league title. It will take us time to bed in & we will just have to adjust to other teams' reluctance to play against us.

I'm sure given time it will come together. Many won't thank me for saying this, but I don't believe we'll see the best of our team until next season, & I don't think we'll see the full results of Pep's tenure until 2019/20.

This is how badly damaged our club was. FFP & our previous manager devasted us, and I always believed it would take hundreds of millions, a manager like Guardiola & 3-4 seasons of solid growth before we reach our peak of 2012 & progress beyond it. We just need to have patience & have faith in Pep & our owner.

I can't think of two better people & the team behind them who are better placed in world football to get us to where we need to be.
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I agree with what you say but the fact remains that we already create many chances for our strikers or anyone else for that matter to shoot.

Shooting on target will cure the goal famine.
 
Dribble said:
We have 2 world class strikers who have goals in them & I'm sure with a bit of fine tuning, they'll start finding the net sooner rather than later.

In terms of teams parking the bus, one thing I've noticed this season so far is that we're the only club that other teams are doing this to, which shows how feared we are.

Swansea & WHU tried to play against ManUre, Newcastle played against Spurs, Liverpool struggled in their first 2 matches as did Arsenal, and we saw what happened to Chelsea on the opening day.

However, with our first two matches we faced team buses parked in front of their goal mouths. I agree with most that Pep got the formation wrong against Everton because Damilo was less than impressive as a left wing back against BHA & Sane IS NOT a wing back.

Our 3 at the back formation requires Walker/Danilo on the right & Mendy (injured) and A Nother on the left. Because of this, Pep has tried to fit square pegs in round holes & we've struggled. He also saw how Everton targeted our defensive left, which is why he switched Otamendi & Kompany. He'll also knows that other clubs will attempt the same until he plugs this gap.

In terms of our striking options, we only have Aguero & Jesus. There is no chance that we'll continue playing both of them after the international break when the League Cup & Champions League kick in & we start playing 3 matches a week. We will have to rotate & this will determine our future formations, as I think Pep will substitute an attacker for an additional attacking midfielder.

I honestly think that because of the money we've spent in this window so far, that many think we'll hit the ground running straight away. Well many thought just the arrival of Pep last season would guarantee us the title, and look how that ended up!

Chelsea started shit last season, but once Conte had got used to the league & his players, Chelsea made up for their poor start & stormed to the league title. It will take us time to bed in & we will just have to adjust to other teams' reluctance to play against us.

I'm sure given time it will come together. Many won't thank me for saying this, but I don't believe we'll see the best of our team until next season, & I don't think we'll see the full results of Pep's tenure until 2019/20.

This is how badly damaged our club was. FFP & our previous manager devasted us, and I always believed it would take hundreds of millions, a manager like Guardiola & 3-4 seasons of solid growth before we reach our peak of 2012 & progress beyond it. We just need to have patience & have faith in Pep & our owner.

I can't think of two better people & the team behind them who are better placed in world football to get us to where we need to be.
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Personally i dont think jesus can be termed world class at thiz stage of his career. Potential to be world class is definately there though. I also think in order to get the best out of jesus he needs to play as a lone striker.
 
Citizen in Pakistan said:
Personally i dont think jesus can be termed world class at thiz stage of his career. Potential to be world class is definately there though. I also think in order to get the best out of jesus he needs to play as a lone striker.
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To be worthy of the 'World Class' tag, he has to produce it over time. What he has done, is produce a number of world class performances so far in his career.
 
We don't have 2 world class strikers.

We have a kid of 19, who has all the potential in the world and who COULD become very, very good, even world class.

And we have a great player, who maybe is past his best and at the very least is a very different player to the one who used to terrorize defenders with incredible pace and hunger.
 
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We don't have 2 world class strikers.

We have a kid of 19, who has all the potential in the world and who COULD become very, very good, even world class.

And we have a great player, who maybe is past his best and at the very least is a very different player to the one who used to terrorize defenders with incredible pace and hunger.
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This. Some people on here are just plain deluded if they think Jesus is world class. He's at a similar level to rashford currently, they're mostly potential at this stage with the odd moment of world class.
 
Keeper! said:
We don't have 2 world class strikers.

We have a kid of 19, who has all the potential in the world and who COULD become very, very good, even world class.

And we have a great player, who maybe is past his best and at the very least is a very different player to the one who used to terrorize defenders with incredible pace and hunger.
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He had his most prolific season ever for us last season did the decline happen in the summer break ?
 
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