Lack of pace on the wings

[nellyonthewing]

Keeping 2 players out wide but with no intention to turn and take on their fullback is ok to create space in the middle for our fullbacks to come inside That’s all very well until we lose the ball.

 

[NZBlue]

Feel sorry for Grealish, think hes a square peg in a round hole.

No pace to beat defenders, would be far better in the middle.

Im afraid my thoughts now are that he should not have been bought.

I've always thought he was bought when Bernie was nailed on to leave. Now that hasn't happened Jack's not really been needed

 

[Cityinmyheart]

Too slow....too slow

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Foden and Bernie back in please

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Agreed walker and cancelo with at least 1 of foden or alvarez on the wing and possibly bernie in the middle for legs.

 

[JRockBlues]

When a team plays mostly with a back 8 then pace is irrelevant. What matters more is moving the ball quicker. Grealish and Mahrez both like their touches though which inevitably slows us down especially when we play without the overlapping fullbacks.

 

[schfc6]

Foden and Bernie back in please

It’s been the same for a few years now. If the game is tough, we desperately need Foden & Bernardo’s energy.

 

[nellyonthewing]

When a team plays mostly with a back 8 then pace is irrelevant. What matters more is moving the ball quicker. Grealish and Mahrez both like their touches though which inevitably slows us down especially when we play without the overlapping fullbacks.

We played as in previous games predominantly down the left flank . There was a ton of room on the right to run into but no one did. The one time Mahrez ran into the box we scored. He never tried it again after that.

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

Feel sorry for Grealish, think hes a square peg in a round hole.

No pace to beat defenders, would be far better in the middle.

Im afraid my thoughts now are that he should not have been bought.

I thought that the second he signed 100 on a player in a position we didn't need

 

[Mancity0303]

Well we all knew this was gonna happen, when we didn't replace Sterling. Oh well, we did, with PALMER :-)
Need a new world class winger asap.