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Think you misunderstood, I was referring to his naivety in setting up in a 442 against the best team in the world, who were essentially playing 6 in midfield.

It proved to be naive didn't it because we got absolutely outclassed and were lucky to only concede 3. Good job he changed it after 70 minutes, but a shame it took him so long.

It has absolutley nothing to do with the shape...we simply couldn;t keep possesion with the players we had.

-- Thu Jan 23, 2014 2:44 am --

I was at the game mate, I saw it for myself. If you were at that game and thought Silva for Aguero was like for like then you're on drugs.

Silva was a second striker at the Allianze Arena . Without the ball our formation was 4-4-2 .

If your opinion is that Silva came on for Kun and played exactly the same role, only he did it far better, despite never having played there for City before, that's a lovely idea, but unfortunately for you it's just wrong. :)

Precisely. 442 with Aguero being asked to drop deeper behind Negredo or Dzeko, is not the same thing as Silva playing that role behind Aguero.

 

[Danamy]

It has absolutley nothing to do with the shape...we simply couldn;t keep possesion with the players we had.

-- Thu Jan 23, 2014 2:44 am --



Silva was a second striker at the Allianze Arena . Without the ball our formation was 4-4-2 .

If your opinion is that Silva came on for Kun and played exactly the same role, only he did it far better, despite never having played there for City before, that's a lovely idea, but unfortunately for you it's just wrong. :)

As I said, Silva was a second striker at the Allianze Arena ... A second striker is a deep lying striker .. one that is responsible for scoring goals and creating chances. Examples of second striker = Rooney, Tevez, Jovetic, etc ..

Tell me, what formation is this:

And who is standing next to Dzeko ?

Is this Bluemoons version of spot the ball?