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Our attack - what's off?
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nellyonthewing
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Playing very deep and a huge hole in the middle where KDB has to do all the running. Two wide men who cannot beat a fullback nor cross to the one midget forward who is also socially isolated in the extreme from anyone else in the team.
Newquayblue
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Have to say fatigue could account for our general dip in performance.Slow tempo in the midfield.
Everything is going through KDB so all the workload is on him which is tiring him out.
The creativity needs to be shared with someone else but it’s hard to do that when it’s Rodri and Gundo you’re playing with since they play deeper.
PannickAtTheDisco
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Continuity, energy, optimal formation and mentality.
Exeter Blue I am here
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Simple answer. Fernandinho.
He used to whip the front five left and right, like Messala driving his horses onward in Ben Hur, and if anyone did manage to beat the initial press he'd be on hand himself to shove a serrated hub cap through their spokes and ride his chariot over their broken bodies for good measure. That dynamism is completely absent from both Gunders and Plodri, who play everything sideways and backwards, who never feature in the opposition penalty area, and who don't have the legs to get back and cover if we lose possession (I lost count of the times that Salah dropped 10 yards off Dias and Laporte yesterday and was able to receive the ball and turn without any City midfielder being within 5 light years of him. It was bloody painful to watch. The fact that there are 2 of them as well (Rodri & Gundog) means we are always short-handed going forward and that our attacking players find themselves isolated. How Pep doesn't see it is beyond me. 2nd half once the tempo slowed down they were fine, but that first 30 minutes was an absolute shambles and we were lucky not to be 2 or 3 goals adrift
He used to whip the front five left and right, like Messala driving his horses onward in Ben Hur, and if anyone did manage to beat the initial press he'd be on hand himself to shove a serrated hub cap through their spokes and ride his chariot over their broken bodies for good measure. That dynamism is completely absent from both Gunders and Plodri, who play everything sideways and backwards, who never feature in the opposition penalty area, and who don't have the legs to get back and cover if we lose possession (I lost count of the times that Salah dropped 10 yards off Dias and Laporte yesterday and was able to receive the ball and turn without any City midfielder being within 5 light years of him. It was bloody painful to watch. The fact that there are 2 of them as well (Rodri & Gundog) means we are always short-handed going forward and that our attacking players find themselves isolated. How Pep doesn't see it is beyond me. 2nd half once the tempo slowed down they were fine, but that first 30 minutes was an absolute shambles and we were lucky not to be 2 or 3 goals adrift
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SamBlue
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Two injured strikers, Sterling off the boil completely, KdB as the player supposedly creating 'million' chances hit rock bottom of his form, Merlin doesn't live here anymore, Riyad and Bernardo turned into pure luxury players playing futsal in their own world (what does Bernardo actually do in our team, anybody's guess?), Foden is like an atom, he is here/he is not here, Gundogan is not able to stay near the box where he is able to do something, because he's been constantly dragged back to sort out things when we are pressed, counter attack became a far fetched idea like universal basic income, we all know it would sort out a few things, but we are unable to execute it, Pep and his system being incompatible with any possibility we actually shoot on goal from further than 8 yards and so on....
Newman Noggs
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I think that we are transitioning from a high-risk attacking game into a more pragmatic defensive one and, as a result, slightly falling between two stools. The defense is improved , the attack, relying on Sterling and Mahrez is worse.
I'm wondering if this marks the transition to a new manager.
I'm wondering if this marks the transition to a new manager.
lancs blue
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And combine that with a clearly exhausted KdB.Playing two holding midfielders nearly every game isn’t helping to start with.
purplenose
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Need new one probably two new strikers.
Aguero cannot be relied upon, he know has to be seen as a luxury not a vital part of the team.
Sterling simply not good enough
Mahrez as above
Jesus the only one likely to cut it going forward but will not weigh in with the volume of goals required from your leading scorer, but will get a good few and important ones too.
We need a couple of natural finishers we simply have not got any. Torres and Foden will score a fair few as will DeBruyne. We need a couple of lads who are goalscorers fisrt and foremost perhaps one being a more traditional centre forward to offer another dimension. A Dzecko type player perhaps.
Yes the midfield has questions that need answering but they still create a decent amount of chances, enough for a good striker to fill his boots and some. This problem is about the most basic requirement in the game of football, Scoring goals and we simply do not have the players who can do that at the level required.
If Liverpool had our chances yesterday the win the game.
Aguero cannot be relied upon, he know has to be seen as a luxury not a vital part of the team.
Sterling simply not good enough
Mahrez as above
Jesus the only one likely to cut it going forward but will not weigh in with the volume of goals required from your leading scorer, but will get a good few and important ones too.
We need a couple of natural finishers we simply have not got any. Torres and Foden will score a fair few as will DeBruyne. We need a couple of lads who are goalscorers fisrt and foremost perhaps one being a more traditional centre forward to offer another dimension. A Dzecko type player perhaps.
Yes the midfield has questions that need answering but they still create a decent amount of chances, enough for a good striker to fill his boots and some. This problem is about the most basic requirement in the game of football, Scoring goals and we simply do not have the players who can do that at the level required.
If Liverpool had our chances yesterday the win the game.
xgorton
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I would fuck Mahrez and Gundog off and cash in Sterling,then go big on a striker.