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Amen to that Brother
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Pep Guardiola - 2022/23
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Pep has to drill into the team the fact that having Haaland doesn't mean the other players can't score. We need to remember we won the title twice without a recognised striker. Only Foden and Alvarez seem to want to score themselves.
The other players all seem happy to pass it around until they can look to play to Haaland. Trust our usual process and get the other players stepping up. It might mean we ignore a bursting run from him on occasion but that is the balance the side is still failing to get right. Haaland isn't involved much in the rest of the game, and whilst we laugh at that when he has 21 goals in the league, we have fewer points than we would expect, and that's because we are not playing to create chances and score as a team, we are seemingly just waiting for a chance to find him. And it's costing us.
The other players all seem happy to pass it around until they can look to play to Haaland. Trust our usual process and get the other players stepping up. It might mean we ignore a bursting run from him on occasion but that is the balance the side is still failing to get right. Haaland isn't involved much in the rest of the game, and whilst we laugh at that when he has 21 goals in the league, we have fewer points than we would expect, and that's because we are not playing to create chances and score as a team, we are seemingly just waiting for a chance to find him. And it's costing us.
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It's difficult to understand Pep's strategy.. Our lack of energy and pace is alarming..
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Weird one, when the modern game is all about pace but Pep sets us up & asks players to play a game without using pace.
What i know about football you could put on a pin head compared to Pep but its weird to me.
What i know about football you could put on a pin head compared to Pep but its weird to me.
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From that XI yesterday, only Haaland had any pace in the entire starting team. Not good that.Weird one, when the modern game is all about pace but Pep sets us up & asks players to play a game without using pace.
What i know about football you could put on a pin head compared to Pep but it’s weird to me.
Can’t really understand the thinking at the moment. He’s obviously, from the start of the season, had a clear idea of a preferred way of setting up to get the best out of Haaland - full back tucking in with Rodri, two advanced midfielders (with Gundogan looking to get up alongside Haaland), inverted wingers. But it’s just not clicked, nor does it look like clicking. We’re too slow in attack with Grealish and Mahrez, we lack a goalscorer beyond Haaland, teams are happy to allow our fullbacks to have the ball, knowing they pose very little threat (esp. without Cancelo in the side). And we look weak defensively, not helped by the constant changes.
All pretty frustrating, and needs sorting as soon as possible if we’re going to be in with any chance of staying with Arsenal.
Can’t help but think a more orthodox back four, Bernardo alongside Rodri, De Bruyne as the 10, and Foden in the front three would serve us better.
All pretty frustrating, and needs sorting as soon as possible if we’re going to be in with any chance of staying with Arsenal.
Can’t help but think a more orthodox back four, Bernardo alongside Rodri, De Bruyne as the 10, and Foden in the front three would serve us better.
All about control and the players not Overexertion themselves because of the amount of games we have coming up! It’s worked last few season and we ended up strong to the last game of the season! We will see if Arsenal approach of 100mph football will get them over the line..
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One of those players, KDB looked shattered about half way through the first half yet stayed on.On the back of a World Cup, why has he decided to play roughly the same team for 3 tough games in 9 days and the other hardly used off the bench.
Wouldn’t mind if it was his best team
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doing a great job,2nd in the league,through in the champs league, through in the fa cup,through in the league cup , won 4 of the last 5 titles , changed english football pretty much through every league, not looked but probably has the highest win percentage of any pl manager , wouldn't swap him or his ideas for anyone, and a home draw with everton wont change that.
doing a great job,2nd in the league,through in the champs league, through in the fa cup,through in the league cup , won 4 of the last 5 titles , changed english football pretty much through every league, not looked but probably has the highest win percentage of any pl manager , wouldn't swap him or his ideas for anyone, and a home draw with everton wont change that.
Yeah it’s just the way football is the more you win the more you want to in more! We are spoiled really we just won back to back titles and we greedy for a 3rd! Eventually we will fall back into the pack and will go years without winning the league because one thing for certain nothing lasts for ever! As long as we keep competing for the big titles Trophies and can live with that after the 10/12 years we have had! Love us to win champs league to round it all off before pep leaves…
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