Manuel Pellegrini (cont)

[kaz7]

Today was kind of the nadir of Pellegrini's limitations as manager.

Playing Fernando in a 442 against a bottom 3 side at home despite him proving time and time again how diabolical he is in that role. Make no mistake, if Yaya was available it would have been a straight swap, one for one. No tactical tweaks, no slight change in shape, nothing, just Fernando out, Yaya in. So that means he's asking Fernando to do what Yaya does. Staggering.

He realised his ridiculous error at half time and put Silva centre mid for the second half and stayed 442. This despite the fact Silva has not played a single game at centre mid in a 442 in his entire career. He kept Nasri on the wing, despite the fact he's played the majority of his career in the middle. Strange.

We played better in the second half, had them on the ropes, looked like scoring, then he brought Dzeko off. Perhaps he was not fit enough to play 90 minutes, so we'll give him a pass on that. But he then brings Milner on. And plays him up front!! Like for like. Lol.

Now when all 3 strikers were out, in an emergency, Milner put in an admirable shift up front. But he's no more a centre forward than he is Komodo Dragon. His movement, touch, decision making was so poor up there that I actually felt sorry for the lad. Of course he got a lot of cheers for the running around though, this is Milner afterall. Took his goal superbly well from a free kick.

So as one last throw of the dice he brings Jovetic on, great, he can go up front and Milner can go in midfield. No, Silva off. Bizarre. Jovetic left wing, even more bizarre.

The last 25 minutes the team didn't know what the fuck they were doing. The ultimate Rag Arse Rovers. It made our calamitous away performance at Ajax look like a study in organised tactical efficiency.

Desperate for a goal to save our season, our tactical genius of a manager is sat on the bench while the season implodes around him. No urging the team on, no demanding focus and quality, no rocket up the arse. Just chilled out befuddlement. After all "a coach does his work in the week, once the game starts, there's very little the coach can do." You can imagine Fergurson, Mourinho, Mancini and Guadiola taking a similar view and sitting calmly on the bench as the season falls apart at home against Hull.

But Pellegrini has "trust" in the players, and that's all you need isn't it? Try telling that to Jovetic.

No-one can argue with that tonight :)

 

[john blue]

Today was kind of the nadir of Pellegrini's limitations as manager.

Playing Fernando in a 442 against a bottom 3 side at home despite him proving time and time again how diabolical he is in that role. Make no mistake, if Yaya was available it would have been a straight swap, one for one. No tactical tweaks, no slight change in shape, nothing, just Fernando out, Yaya in. So that means he's asking Fernando to do what Yaya does. Staggering.

He realised his ridiculous error at half time and put Silva centre mid for the second half and stayed 442. This despite the fact Silva has not played a single game at centre mid in a 442 in his entire career. He kept Nasri on the wing, despite the fact he's played the majority of his career in the middle. Strange.

We played better in the second half, had them on the ropes, looked like scoring, then he brought Dzeko off. Perhaps he was not fit enough to play 90 minutes, so we'll give him a pass on that. But he then brings Milner on. And plays him up front!! Like for like. Lol.

Now when all 3 strikers were out, in an emergency, Milner put in an admirable shift up front. But he's no more a centre forward than he is Komodo Dragon. His movement, touch, decision making was so poor up there that I actually felt sorry for the lad. Of course he got a lot of cheers for the running around though, this is Milner afterall. Took his goal superbly well from a free kick.

So as one last throw of the dice he brings Jovetic on, great, he can go up front and Milner can go in midfield. No, Silva off. Bizarre. Jovetic left wing, even more bizarre.

The last 25 minutes the team didn't know what the fuck they were doing. The ultimate Rag Arse Rovers. It made our calamitous away performance at Ajax look like a study in organised tactical efficiency.

Desperate for a goal to save our season, our tactical genius of a manager is sat on the bench while the season implodes around him. No urging the team on, no demanding focus and quality, no rocket up the arse. Just chilled out befuddlement. After all "a coach does his work in the week, once the game starts, there's very little the coach can do." You can imagine Fergurson, Mourinho, Mancini and Guadiola taking a similar view and sitting calmly on the bench as the season falls apart at home against Hull.

But Pellegrini has "trust" in the players, and that's all you need isn't it? Try telling that to Jovetic.

No-one can argue with that tonight :)

SAYS IT ALL.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Today was kind of the nadir of Pellegrini's limitations as manager.

Playing Fernando in a 442 against a bottom 3 side at home despite him proving time and time again how diabolical he is in that role. Make no mistake, if Yaya was available it would have been a straight swap, one for one. No tactical tweaks, no slight change in shape, nothing, just Fernando out, Yaya in. So that means he's asking Fernando to do what Yaya does. Staggering.

He realised his ridiculous error at half time and put Silva centre mid for the second half and stayed 442. This despite the fact Silva has not played a single game at centre mid in a 442 in his entire career. He kept Nasri on the wing, despite the fact he's played the majority of his career in the middle. Strange.

We played better in the second half, had them on the ropes, looked like scoring, then he brought Dzeko off. Perhaps he was not fit enough to play 90 minutes, so we'll give him a pass on that. But he then brings Milner on. And plays him up front!! Like for like. Lol.

Now when all 3 strikers were out, in an emergency, Milner put in an admirable shift up front. But he's no more a centre forward than he is Komodo Dragon. His movement, touch, decision making was so poor up there that I actually felt sorry for the lad. Of course he got a lot of cheers for the running around though, this is Milner afterall. Took his goal superbly well from a free kick.

So as one last throw of the dice he brings Jovetic on, great, he can go up front and Milner can go in midfield. No, Silva off. Bizarre. Jovetic left wing, even more bizarre.

The last 25 minutes the team didn't know what the fuck they were doing. The ultimate Rag Arse Rovers. It made our calamitous away performance at Ajax look like a study in organised tactical efficiency.

Desperate for a goal to save our season, our tactical genius of a manager is sat on the bench while the season implodes around him. No urging the team on, no demanding focus and quality, no rocket up the arse. Just chilled out befuddlement. After all "a coach does his work in the week, once the game starts, there's very little the coach can do." You can imagine Fergurson, Mourinho, Mancini and Guadiola taking a similar view and sitting calmly on the bench as the season falls apart at home against Hull.

But Pellegrini has "trust" in the players, and that's all you need isn't it? Try telling that to Jovetic.

There's a fair amount of truth in some parts of your post but overall it's let down by claiming Silva played centre mid in a 4-4-2 and having a go at Jimmy who did well in his cameo.

 

[hilts]

He is a very average manager who was given a good squad of players, his obsession with rotation is beyond laughable, what kind of message is it to a player that if you play well or poorly you will get a set amount of games anyhow, great motivation, nice bloke though

 

[bugsyblue]

He has to go now.

 

[spacecadet]

He's rotated himself in to a spin... For no bloody reason.

 

[hilts]

He has to go now.

wont happen unless we get mullered by barca and top 4 looks in serious danger

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Today was kind of the nadir of Pellegrini's limitations as manager.

Playing Fernando in a 442 against a bottom 3 side at home despite him proving time and time again how diabolical he is in that role. Make no mistake, if Yaya was available it would have been a straight swap, one for one. No tactical tweaks, no slight change in shape, nothing, just Fernando out, Yaya in. So that means he's asking Fernando to do what Yaya does. Staggering.

He realised his ridiculous error at half time and put Silva centre mid for the second half and stayed 442. This despite the fact Silva has not played a single game at centre mid in a 442 in his entire career. He kept Nasri on the wing, despite the fact he's played the majority of his career in the middle. Strange.

We played better in the second half, had them on the ropes, looked like scoring, then he brought Dzeko off. Perhaps he was not fit enough to play 90 minutes, so we'll give him a pass on that. But he then brings Milner on. And plays him up front!! Like for like. Lol.

Now when all 3 strikers were out, in an emergency, Milner put in an admirable shift up front. But he's no more a centre forward than he is Komodo Dragon. His movement, touch, decision making was so poor up there that I actually felt sorry for the lad. Of course he got a lot of cheers for the running around though, this is Milner afterall. Took his goal superbly well from a free kick.

So as one last throw of the dice he brings Jovetic on, great, he can go up front and Milner can go in midfield. No, Silva off. Bizarre. Jovetic left wing, even more bizarre.

The last 25 minutes the team didn't know what the fuck they were doing. The ultimate Rag Arse Rovers. It made our calamitous away performance at Ajax look like a study in organised tactical efficiency.

Desperate for a goal to save our season, our tactical genius of a manager is sat on the bench while the season implodes around him. No urging the team on, no demanding focus and quality, no rocket up the arse. Just chilled out befuddlement. After all "a coach does his work in the week, once the game starts, there's very little the coach can do." You can imagine Fergurson, Mourinho, Mancini and Guadiola taking a similar view and sitting calmly on the bench as the season falls apart at home against Hull.

But Pellegrini has "trust" in the players, and that's all you need isn't it? Try telling that to Jovetic.

There's a fair amount of truth in some parts of your post but overall it's let down by claiming Silva played centre mid in a 4-4-2 and having a go at Jimmy who did well in his cameo.

Silva played at the point of a diamond midfield. Wierd because it's the first time I've ever seen Pellegrini play that formation.

I thought the starting lineup looked fine and the first half problem was an appalling lack of intensity and continual 'safe' passing. But the subs smacked of panic. Why on Gods earth did he keep Nasri on the field? He wasn't fit. Navas came on at the right time but that should have been a straight swap for Nasri. And lampard for fernando. Despite the pressure we were shapeless and lacking in creative ideas.

It was a dreadful performance from the team and the manager. The worst of the season. Really disappointing.

 

[crazyadi]

so are we now allowed to call for pellegrini to be shown the door without being called a rag or a WUM?

He is less than useless, Mancini was head a shoulders above this guy as our manager. Some of the players should have been shipped out not Mancini.
Have spent months telling my son that pellegrini is not the manager for us, he defended him at every opportunity, he now is seeing that i am right. Only the most blind fan would defend him now FFS we were playing relegation fodder, PATHETIC!

While we sit and laugh at the scum and their apparent clueless manager, a win tomorrow would put them just 3 points behind us we are in serious danager of not making a CL spot next season, but all the head in the sand supporters just cant see it!

 

[grim up north]

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