List of reasons we have been so poor this year.

[Bojinov The Bull]

This is going to be a bit ranty im afraid! Need to say this stuff its annoying me.

-Messed around with a back 5 for far too long, unsettled the defence completely.
-Kompany has been terrible! Marking, distribution, decision making has all been bad.
-Defence/midfield seem to prefer to play short, sideways dangerous passes instead of getting it forward away from trouble.
-Brought in the likes of Garcia/Rodwell and Sinclair to replace De Jong & Johnson, they are no better if not worse.
-Midfield is always far too deep, never pressing high up the pitch anymore.
-Nasri & Silva would track back and get forward with a very high work rate last year, this year they tend to just sit behind the strikers and wait for the ball.
-Toure seems to have the soul responsibility of being able to move past the half way line with the ball and if he doesn't have a good game like that night then it's terrible.


We need to get a set back 4, play them together NO MATTER WHAT for at least 6 games unless there is an injury. We then need 1 defensive midfielder like Garcia/Barry and play Rodwell and Toure as box to box midfielders in front of him to be able to link the defence and attack together. If Sinclair is going to play then play a front 3 with him and Aguero either side of Dzeko/Balotelli then for the champions league play 1 fucking striker!!! 5 in midfield, watch all the good European sides they pack the midfield we lose out every single fucking time!!

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

- Selling De Jong

- Shite Transfers in positions we didn't need to add

- Playing two in midfield

- Playing Yaya so deep

- Crap substitutions

- Still having no top quality winger or deep lying playmaker

- Constant rotation in personnel and formations

 

[citijin]

change mancini

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

This is going to be a bit ranty im afraid! Need to say this stuff its annoying me.

-Messed around with a back 5 for far too long, unsettled the defence completely.
-Kompany has been terrible! Marking, distribution, decision making has all been bad.
-Defence/midfield seem to prefer to play short, sideways dangerous passes instead of getting it forward away from trouble.
-Brought in the likes of Garcia/Rodwell and Sinclair to replace De Jong & Johnson, they are no better if not worse.
-Midfield is always far too deep, never pressing high up the pitch anymore.
-Nasri & Silva would track back and get forward with a very high work rate last year, this year they tend to just sit behind the strikers and wait for the ball.
-Toure seems to have the soul responsibility of being able to move past the half way line with the ball and if he doesn't have a good game like that night then it's terrible.


We need to get a set back 4, play them together NO MATTER WHAT for at least 6 games unless there is an injury. We then need 1 defensive midfielder like Garcia/Barry and play Rodwell and Toure as box to box midfielders in front of him to be able to link the defence and attack together. If Sinclair is going to play then play a front 3 with him and Aguero either side of Dzeko/Balotelli then for the champions league play 1 fucking striker!!! 5 in midfield, watch all the good European sides they pack the midfield we lose out every single fucking time!!

Now would you play the 'terrible' Kompany in this set back four?

 

[decmancity]

- Selling De Jong

- Shite Transfers in positions we didn't need to add

- Playing two in midfield

- Playing Yaya so deep

- Crap substitutions

- Still having no top quality winger or deep lying playmaker

- Constant rotation in personnel and formations

I find myself constantly replying to you without really realising it.

1- Wouldn't sign a new contract what else was we to do? Keep him and then let him go for nothing then have to sign a replacement?

2- Debatable.

3- We won the prem playing 2 midfielders so that isn't the problem.

4- He is coming deep because he is trying to influence the game. Haven't seen one game where he has been stuck in defensive mid like he was at Barca.

5- Really? puts on Dzeko he scores v Fulham, puts on Dzeko/Kola v Real both score, puts on Balo last night he scores. Stop talking shite.

6- We don't play with wingers so what is the point of having fucking Robben sat on the bench. We had the option to sign a DLP and we didn't does that not tell you something?

7- Agreed. Although rotation is good at stages we shouldn't be doing it now.

 

[Blue Haze]

- Selling De Jong

- Shite Transfers in positions we didn't need to add

- Playing two in midfield

- Playing Yaya so deep

- Crap substitutions

- Still having no top quality winger or deep lying playmaker

- Constant rotation in personnel and formations

Only this

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

- Selling De Jong

- Shite Transfers in positions we didn't need to add

- Playing two in midfield

- Playing Yaya so deep

- Crap substitutions

- Still having no top quality winger or deep lying playmaker

- Constant rotation in personnel and formations

I find myself constantly replying to you without really realising it.

1- Wouldn't sign a new contract what else was we to do? Keep him and then let him go for nothing then have to sign a replacement? If we really did only get 3.5mill then yes I would rather have kept him and let him go on a free at end of the season (He may have even signed a new contract).

2- Debatable. There we much better players we have got for pretty cheap e.g Dembele, Corzola, Benat etc

3- We won the prem playing 2 midfielders so that isn't the problem. Disagree I think more and more teams are finding weaknesses in the formation, we aren't utilising Yaya attacking capabilities with it and it definately wont get us far in the CL as was shown last night and against Napoli and Bayern last season.

4- He is coming deep because he is trying to influence the game. Haven't seen one game where he has been stuck in defensive mid like he was at Barca.

5- Really? puts on Dzeko he scores v Fulham, puts on Dzeko/Kola v Real both score, puts on Balo last night he scores. Stop talking shite. I was mainly talking about bringing Kolarov yesterday and going 5 at the back.

6- We don't play with wingers so what is the point of having fucking Robben sat on the bench. We had the option to sign a DLP and we didn't does that not tell you something? Why did we try and sign Hazzard? and a deep lying playmaker like Vidal would be perfect in a 4-2-3-1 like we played against Fulham allowing Yaya not having to drop deep.

7- Agreed. Although rotation is good at stages we shouldn't be doing it now.

 

[mammutly]

We haven't been poor this year.

One of only 3 unbeaten teams in the premier league.

At least 90% of the other premier league clubs would love to be as poor as us.

The reason we are not slaying everyone else is partly because we are Champions now and that gives all the other teams a bit of added motivation. We also had too many players in the Euros and a few joining us late.

There isn't much wrong though and looking for reasons "why we are so poor" with our form is frankly ridiculous. We're a long fucking way from being poor.

 

[Ducado]

We haven't been poor this year.

One of only 3 unbeaten teams in the premier league.

At least 90% of the other premier league clubs would love to be as poor as us.

The reason we are not slaying everyone else is partly because we are Champions now and that gives all the other teams a bit of added motivation. We also had too many players in the Euros and a few joining us late.

There isn't much wrong though and looking for reasons "why we are so poor" with our form is frankly ridiculous. We're a long fucking way from being poor.

Spot on, it's been a slow start and things have not been flowing like they had, but in a way it's to be expected, last night if anything will give them a kick up the back side, but we are a long way from been poor, I do wish some people would get a little perspective

 

[Comrade Buka]

We haven't been poor this year.

One of only 3 unbeaten teams in the premier league.

So we are aiming to draw all our games?