moomba said:I agree to an extent about formations, although I think the one we played yesterday was closer to the one that I think makes best use of the players we have. But when you have individuals playing like ours are you are going struggle regardless of the formation you play.
For me the midfield wasnt particularly effective as Yaya was used more as an attacking player so much was left to Fernando, and Fernandinho who are both out of form. Particularly when teams break on us Yaya is nowhere to be seen so for me I'd have him sit deeper and pick and choose his moments to get forward. Think we'd be a lot more solid, and wouldnt lose out much going forward.
Bayern will be interesting as I think we'll pack the midfield, but without Yaya we might have three workers in there as opposed to the one or two we usually have.
I just dont think the midfield "triangle" of Yaya, Fernando, Fernandhino works. They all want to play centrally, none of them helps the full backs. At no stage yesterday did it look as if City had the extra man in midfield. Too often yesterday Fernando and Fernandhino were about 10m apart one in front of the other.
We need someone to play the Gareth Barry role, to add balance to the midfield.