Nottingham Forest (H) - Sat 23rd Sept, 15:00 | PL | Pre-Match Thread

[swindinho]

Ball carrying galore. The likes of Doku, Alvarez, Phil, Nunes and Gvardiol excelling at this. This iteration of city is gonna be quite fun.

Seems as though Pep has purposely gone this way. Beat the man with the ball and you create the spare man.

 

[Ric_010]

Anyone interested in the pre match stuff it just started on USA Network.

You watching on IPTV?

 

[oldius]

Plus let's be honest Gomez isn't very good!

I disagree.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Plus let's be honest Gomez isn't very good!

Gomez could have had 5 assists in 50 minutes against Belgrade.

 

[MadchesterCity]

I don’t agree, he’s much better when playing further upfield, not as a fullback.

But not at the expense of Doku in Premier League, Cup yes

 

[oldius]

Seems as though Pep has purposely gone this way. Beat the man with the ball and you create the spare man.

There is no doubt, IMO. As teams have grown accustomed to our domination of the ball and our relentless passing game, they began to learn that a deep block, populating the passing lanes with bodies, could frustrate for long periods. Once again, Pep shows why he is a truly great manager, by beginning to incorporate more players who can move at pace with the ball. This negates the ease of blocking the passing lanes as the way to beat us - we now can pass, or beat the man.

 

[TrentGrisham]

It's actually an interesting lineup for Forest. It's another very low block with a lot of pace in their wing-backs. Potentially a game we need to win in the second half.

 

[OntarioBlue]

Plus let's be honest Gomez isn't very good!

Behave, give the boy a chance. He was very good on Tuesday, he’s clearly a winger or a wing back and not a full back.

 

[FatedBlue77]

Seems as though Pep has purposely gone this way. Beat the man with the ball and you create the spare man.

Agree. Especially with more teams deploying tighter man-marking systems passing itself won’t be enough so why not just beat entire presses yourself by dribbling your way out??

 

[TCIB]

You watching on IPTV?

I can neither deny nor confirm that Ric ;)