Media Thread 2020/21

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Mid Wales blue said:
You’d think the media would be all over themselves, analysing our last 10 games, and all the different formations Pep has used.

4-3-3
3-2-3-2
2-3-4-1
2-5-3
3-4-3

I’m sure these few formations could fill the entire sports section of any media outlet!


Or they could just carry on with their heads deep in the sands wishing it was all a bad dream.
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You’ve missed one: 4-2-4. Twice he’s changed to that: half Time against Liverpool and then at half time v Southampton last Wednesday.
 
Asa's left peg said:
You still get pundits saying, he should have put his foot through it, when Pep is praising the new crop of managers for playing football. Hoddle could play but obviously he didn't want his defenders to do it.
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Hoddle was a huge underachiever as a player and manager. He had good technical skills but was one of the laziest players I have ever seen. He would have been hopeless in the modern game where most players have to be able to attack and defend.
 
Just been watching Saints v Brighton and I am amazed that no team has picked up on that football genius that is Mark Lawrenson as their manager. Telling both teams how they should be playing the game. The best one was 'that should be the keepers' as the ball fell into his hands.
 
OB1 said:
Our formations and tactics are quite fascinating and a clear demonstration of how hard it is to ascribe one set of phone numbers to a team but most especially a Pep team. For one thing there tends to be a difference between the offensive and defensive shape but one of the keys is fluidity and of course having players in the right positions for the situation in the game at any one time.

I'd generally describe the overriding shape of the run we have been on as 3-2-5 although I thought yesterday was more 3-3-4 but the lines are never perfectly separated or straight if you look at average positions, which I do for every game.

City's current three at the back approach is different from an old school three at the back; not least because we return to a back four if in our defensive shape.

Some thing that I thought was interesting that I had forgotten knowing until I reread it this morning was that Lillo apparently was the guy who originally came up with the 4-2-3-1 formation in his early days managing in Spain.
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For us fans to see what’s happening each game, and the actual changes to the shape within the 90 mins is unheard of.
These are the things that should be written about us, not the same old shit that gets put out there.
 
@BluePhil8 said:
I actually love it now. They’re trying to throw these figures out like we’re spunking money away when we have the 3 best centre backs in the League and combined they cost 2x Harry Maguires. They’re instead highlighting how well ran we are and how well we buy.

Meanwhile last night on the radio the female host said ‘wow, look at that bench’ and proceeded to name Steffan (£5m), Zinchenko (less than £1m), Foden (free). Aguero £35m, Fernandinho £30m. Whoopee fucking do we’ve assembled a world class squad and some of them have been dirt cheap in comparison to some of the dross out ‘rivals’ spend money on.

The real eye should be on United for spending hundreds of millions of Maguire, Martial, Pogba, Lukaku, Dialo, Shaw, Wan Bissaka, Sanchez, Lindleof and Baily with nothing to show for it in 10 years.
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Not entirely true...they have £474 million in debt to show how badly the club is run but it’s ok to have debt as long as you continue to bleed the 6 billion fans dry each season. Don’t be putting a downer on the scum. Ole is great and has brought them along way from 6th:)
 
Fred_Quimby said:
Just been watching Saints v Brighton and I am amazed that no team has picked up on that football genius that is Mark Lawrenson as their manager. Telling both teams how they should be playing the game. The best one was 'that should be the keepers' as the ball fell into his hands.
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I think it was Rory Bremner who used to impersonate Lawrenson brilliantly

Lawro sat there doing his analysis of a player
"What age is he, 19,20,21,22 and how many goals has he scored, 11, 12, 13 14.......15"
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
Hoddle was a huge underachiever as a player and manager. He had good technical skills but was one of the laziest players I have ever seen. He would have been hopeless in the modern game where most players have to be able to attack and defend.
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Loads of talent and ability, as much as anyone around at the time, but he was a bone idle poser
 
Asa's left peg said:
You still get pundits saying, he should have put his foot through it, when Pep is praising the new crop of managers for playing football. Hoddle could play but obviously he didn't want his defenders to do it.
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Hoddle is a complete twonk as a commentator.

There was a moment last night when Gabby fired a shot from the right of the area across the keeper which was heading for the far corner as the keeper saved it. Hoddle pipes up ' He should have shot more across the keeper there'.

Knob - Any more 'across the keeper' and it would have gone out for a f*cking throw in on the far side.
 
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