Perhaps it's not their fault, but when we go to Newcastle with a stretched side and don't feel able to play either player then that tells you they have flopped.
I would play Rodri. City are wide open when teams counter-attack us. Stick Rodri in there, and give him a run. Rodri in for Gundog. Foden in for Silva. We bought Rodri to replace Fernandinho but somehow now think Gundog is better in that deep role? He's never been any good as a defensive-minded player. #
We're hard-hit by injury but I don't understand the choices Pep is making. They seem to leave us with a pne-paced pedestrian midfield which is vulnerable to counter-attack and too slow in possession.
Point taken OB but I'm really struggling to get my nut round how injuries can make the lad leather every pass he plays?
We are so slow going forward which used to be our biggest threat. Sane is a huge miss but Silva and Gundogan for me are the biggest culprits. I’d get rid of the Fernandinho experiment (even though I thought he played well today - he’d play well anywhere) and go back to what made us so good. Fern in DM, KDB and Foden in midfield. Use Rodri over time and build up his confidence over the rest of the season as he learns the PL, but fern for me is the king still of that position and we miss so much his forward passing that so often creates the momentum for our attacks.Perhaps it's not their fault, but when we go to Newcastle with a stretched side and don't feel able to play either player then that tells you they have flopped.
I would play Rodri. City are wide open when teams counter-attack us. Stick Rodri in there, and give him a run. Rodri in for Gundog. Foden in for Silva. We bought Rodri to replace Fernandinho but somehow now think Gundog is better in that deep role? He's never been any good as a defensive-minded player. #
We're hard-hit by injury but I don't understand the choices Pep is making. They seem to leave us with a pne-paced pedestrian midfield which is vulnerable to counter-attack and too slow in possession.
In his attempts to leather the ball on every pass or cross he miss kicks it because technically he is so fucking poor and its why so many balls either hit a defender or go astray.
I literally can not cope watching him any longer.
Flopped ffs and hw many ways can you bash dave,boring nowWell we bought new players who were suppsoed to re=charge City but they flopped.
We also have young players who could have the same effect. pep refuses to play them.
Our defending is especially poor.
Where would we be had we brought in Foden for Silva and Garcia for laporte? I reckon we'd be a lot better off, but that is with the benefit of hindsight.
Point taken OB but I'm really struggling to get my nut round how injuries can make the lad leather every pass he plays?
How can you say Fernandinho played well today? City had virtually nothing to do defeinsively but he gave away a stupid free-kick and really could have been sent off. That was almost unforgivable. If Stones did that he'd be rightly castigated.We are so slow going forward which used to be our biggest threat. Sane is a huge miss but Silva and Gundogan for me are the biggest culprits. I’d get rid of the Fernandinho experiment (even though I thought he played well today - he’d play well anywhere) and go back to what made us so good. Fern in DM, KDB and Foden in midfield. Use Rodri over time and build up his confidence over the rest of the season as he learns the PL, but fern for me is the king still of that position and we miss so much his forward passing that so often creates the momentum for our attacks.
I think Mendy's injuries have taken a major toll on him and his confidence is low. Whether he can recover and develop his game is a unknowable; although plenty have opinions on it.
He made 5 changes today to a team that weas very "pedestrian" and "predictable" on Tuesday night, so at the moment I'm not holding my breath.Very pedestrian, predictable football at the minute. I hope pep can ring the changes that get us back to convincing performances.
We are so slow going forward which used to be our biggest threat. Sane is a huge miss but Silva and Gundogan for me are the biggest culprits. I’d get rid of the Fernandinho experiment (even though I thought he played well today - he’d play well anywhere) and go back to what made us so good. Fern in DM, KDB and Foden in midfield. Use Rodri over time and build up his confidence over the rest of the season as he learns the PL, but fern for me is the king still of that position and we miss so much his forward passing that so often creates the momentum for our attacks.