LucahArchie10
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Sterling being No 1
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stonerblue
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Whenever the team is pushed up the pitch, Walker defends against the breakaway almost single -handedly and i cannot recall anyone getting the better of him. He mops up with ease.Totally agree. Walker is a huge player for us against pacy and aggressive teams like Leeds. He seems to be very under-rated generally. I think he has played the best football of his career this season. He is also a leader on the field.
Sterling being No 1
Glad you think Sterling’s our best striker. He’s not appreciated enough on here so we’ll done for showing your support like all good supporters should
Toulousain85
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If Bayern had been behind Leipzig or on equal points, would they have started with that lineup? I'm not so sure. Do you think KdB, Mahrez, Gundo were in good shape before the Leeds game knowing how much they'd played since Jan?Bayern did not have the choice to play anything else because of a small squad and injuries. They even had to play players that had problems the day before. And - as Demichelis' U23 is fighting for staying in the 3rd league (what is very important for the club's talent development and we needed 8 years to get back from 4th into 3rd and there is 5 fourth leagues that fight for 3 spots going up) Bayern could not just take the best under 23s.
Bayern started with a Kimmich/Müller double pivot with Dantas as no. 10 who is great on the ball but has the physics of a U15 player. He actually did pretty fine - better than I have seen him in the matches he did for the U23.
Flick said after the match that he wanted to give Kimmich and Müller atleast a 20 minute rest at the end of the match - but as other players had problems he could not. Kimmich ran 12.8 km Saturday against Leipzig, probably not less atleast not less intensive against PSG and 13.1 km yesterday. We only have 6 days between both PSG matches - not 8. And play the teams ranked 2nd and 3rd in the league away directly before and after the PSG matches.
Point is City now have a big advantage over Dortmund in terms of physicality. I fully expect us to go out & grind them down in Germany.
We have a mental block at QF stage, everyone knows it. But this is exactly why you don't want to add fatigue on top of it.
When we lost against Leeds, we created a mental need to "bounce back". If you have been winning too many games, in fact you might have the burden of "continuing the run" or complacency might creep in. We've lost so many CL kncokouts despite good form in the league that it almost feels like a league loss would be a better preparation than a win.
Grassland Blue
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'IF' the rags win their games in hand.on paper 14 points, but 8 if UTd win games in hand. So a lot closer and not a sure thing at all
Spuds away first up...
stonerblue
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I kind of saw it coming yesterday and that was before ko.We were shit yesterday. I am only talking about that specific performance not the team in general. I cannot accept a defeat in that manner. If you can fair play.
As alluded to up-thread, wednesdays game picked yesterdays team (as expected) and when manager and players have one eye on that it follows that an organised and determined unit (Leeds) have a good chance of turning us over.
Yes, losing it shit, and losing against ten men is even shitter but it was 90 minutes in a season where we have been simply phenomenal. I can most certainly accept the defeat with good grace and without the need to think the end of the world is nigh.
Sterling has gone backwards for the best part of a year, he needs to wake up or he will have no future at this club.Maybe, with Phil playing so well, its the first time Sterling has to plY for his place. Trying to impress is not suiting him.
He's the most undervalued player at the club, still have him over Cancelo, the latter looked good during this run but the last month has been found out by the opposition and it shows in his form.Whenever the team is pushed up the pitch, Walker defends against the breakaway almost single -handedly and i cannot recall anyone getting the better of him. He mops up with ease.
eyalluvitt
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Very true, against fast direct teams he is the man, missing against United and dirty Leeds and we paid the price.Whenever the team is pushed up the pitch, Walker defends against the breakaway almost single -handedly and i cannot recall anyone getting the better of him. He mops up with ease.