Very intrigued to see the facts of that two man midfield working against sides of equivalent ability, or against sides that press and counter quickly. Especially over the past year or so.
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Our inability to set up properly for big games
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Very intrigued to see the facts of that two man midfield working against sides of equivalent ability, or against sides that press and counter quickly. Especially over the past year or so.
Dribble
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TBH we're royally fucked if anyone thinks Manuel will do anything different after nearly 3 years in charge! Yes when his arse has been on the line he's shown he can be pragmatic, get the result and entertain along the way. The problem is he wants to win every game by a cricket score no matter who we play, whether home or away without taking the opposition or our current form and available playing staff into consideration, so in Manuel's mind if he's going at the end of the season, he may as well go out his way.Yeah.
I just wonder at what point he might think that we could win the title by a margin if we just go for results rather than attempting to be Brazil in every game. After all, it can hardly be the case that his job depends on us playing a certain style of football, seing as he's gone anyway.
He could line up with 5 central defenders & Joe Hart at centre forward & nobody can do anything to him. He has complete freedom to do whatever it takes, to win the title.
Bersant Celina summed this up perfectly when he said Manuel's half time talk basically consisted of 'Same as the first half lads. By the law of averages having Yaya in a midfield 2 and having our slowest available back four playing a high line against Leicester's rapier like attack is bound to work at some point'. The way forward for us right now was shown against Sevilla & Villa away. We won both matches, were solid and scored goals so what's the problem you may ask? It's not Manuel's way, but if he's going at the end of the season anyway why should he be bothered?
I honestly do think he wants to go out on a high, but he wants to prove he can do it his way even though it's been mostly failing for the last 18 months considering the talent we have available. It's the definition of madness if I've ever seen it.
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So when we played Liverpool - a team who like to press - and started with Fernando and Toure in midfield, with fernandinho on the bench, you think we were well prepared?I don't believe we lack preparation. For me it's down to the players. They lack any responsibility and shirk their jobs.
Manc in London
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How many games against the top 6 have we played with Aguero, Kompany and Silva starting over the last two years? I would think very few.
Along with Pep, the thing we need more than most is a full scale of the injuries we are picking up.
Along with Pep, the thing we need more than most is a full scale of the injuries we are picking up.
Dribble said what I was thinking.
Where did this bit come from though?
Where did this bit come from though?
Bersant Celina summed this up perfectly when he said Manuel's half time talk basically consisted of 'Same as the first half lads. By the law of averages having Yaya in a midfield 2 and having our slowest available back four playing a high line against Leicester's rapier like attack is bound to work at some point'.
Dribble
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Save you breath mate.......So when we played Liverpool - a team who like to press - and started with Fernando and Toure in midfield, with Fernandinho on the bench, you think we were well prepared?
r.soleofsalford
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So when we played Liverpool - a team who like to press - and started with Fernando and Toure in midfield, with fernandinho on the bench, you think we were well prepared?
its unbelieveable isnt it. pep should stay where he is obviously, having a new manager wont make a scrap of difference if you listen to some loons on here.
Walking on the blue moon
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So when we played Liverpool - a team who like to press - and started with Fernando and Toure in midfield, with fernandinho on the bench, you think we were well prepared?
I thought that time had something to do with Fernandinho just back from international duty and the fitness level was low?
flb
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TBH we're royally fucked if anyone thinks Manuel will do anything different after nearly 3 years in charge! Yes when his arse has been on the line he's shown he can be pragmatic, get the result and entertain along the way. The problem is he wants to win every game by a cricket score no matter who we play, whether home or away without taking the opposition or our current form and available playing staff into consideration, so in Manuel's mind if he's going at the end of the season, he may as well go out his way.
Bersant Celina summed this up perfectly when he said Manuel's half time talk basically consisted of 'Same as the first half lads. By the law of averages having Yaya in a midfield 2 and having our slowest available back four playing a high line against Leicester's rapier like attack is bound to work at some point'. The way forward for us right now was shown against Sevilla & Villa away. We won both matches, were solid and scored goals so what's the problem you may ask? It's not Manuel's way, but if he's going at the end of the season anyway why should he be bothered?
I honestly do think he wants to go out on a high, but he wants to prove he can do it his way which has been failing for the last 18 months. It's the definition of madness if I've ever seen it.
Perhaps he's just happy with having the two bits of silverware he won in his first season-still a win win on his CV
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its unbelieveable isnt it. pep should stay where he is obviously, having a new manager wont make a scrap of difference if you listen to some loons on here.
Having Pep will make a difference, but just because Pep is so good doesn't mean that Pellegrini is so bad.
Pep has somewhat a sizable amount of haters at Bayern too (quite an unreasonable lot in my opinion), and I hope that when Pep comes, some loons here will not turn against him in bad times like they did Pellegrini.