Sergio Aguero - 2017/18 performances

[SWP's back]

Course I get it,Sergio scores his goals in the box or just outside,not from the half way line,the success of the team is there for all to see,and as this is the Aguero thread,he needs defending against the grief he gets about not scoring more goals,you have answered the reason as to why that is,but a different approach regarding the striking options is sometimes needed.

As for the name calling,grow a pair lad,you give as good as you get

So that’s all you need say when defending him then. If people slag him off for not scoring then people should point out that he’s sacrificing his normal play for the good of the team and it’s working very well over the season so far.

He was off his game last night but not as much as Ederson, Danilo, Ota, Stones or Dinho. Games like that happen by fortunately it’s few and far between and we still nearly came away with a draw in the hardest domestic game of the season so we can all chill out a bit.

But I don’t agree with your suggestion that he just goes back to playing in the opposition box for the remainder of the season as that would then fuck up our entire game plan. What Aguero needs is Jesus to come back so he can be rested and rotated more.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

sad to say it but Jesus is a much better fit when we play 3 up top

 

[dave_blue12]

He needs to be replaced.

Been a great player and is a City legend but he doesn't fit this team.

 

[mmc]

What hurts me the most is the fact I know Aguero doesn’t fit the role he’s being asked to do. Yet for a while now he hasn’t actually been clinical enough to justify only being a fox in the box.

In a hypothetical world I’d take lewandowski over aguero for this team any day of the week.

 

[meeesh]

It's absolutely staggering that after 18 wins in a row, 15 points clear at the table, beating 130 year old European records etc. people would still suggest we should change our way of playing to make one player look better.

If there's a solution to Aguero not playing well, it's him getting better at what Pep wants him to do, not Pep telling him to just stay in the box and take it easy while the rest of the team suffers for it.

Same applies for any player.

Maybe he can't play that role as good as he is expected to ?

Have you thought that at any stage ?

 

[domalino]

Maybe he can't play that role as good as he is expected to ?

Have you thought that at any stage ?

Then, sad as it is, he'd have to go and someone who can play the role will be brought in. I don't believe that's the case though.

He's had games where he's done it all, so it is possible for him to do, he just needs to find some consistency and get better at it. He's a fantastic footballer, and what Pep wants him to do is hard but not impossible by any means.

If Sterling can go from 6 goals a season to on target for 30, if KDB can go from #10 to allround midfielder, if Otamendi can stop diving in and become one of the best defenders in the country, then Aguero can learn to drop into midfield, press, take part in build up play and still get into dangerous areas to finish off moves as well.

 

[meeesh]

So that’s all you need say when defending him then. If people slag him off for not scoring then people should point out that he’s sacrificing his normal play for the good of the team and it’s working very well over the season so far.

He was off his game last night but not as much as Ederson, Danilo, Ota, Stones or Dinho. Games like that happen by fortunately it’s few and far between and we still nearly came away with a draw in the hardest domestic game of the season so we can all chill out a bit.

But I don’t agree with your suggestion that he just goes back to playing in the opposition box for the remainder of the season as that would then fuck up our entire game plan. What Aguero needs is Jesus to come back so he can be rested and rotated more.

I totally agree,I don't want to sound contradictive about this,but his game is suffering as a consequence,although the rest of the team are doing well,it seems obvious to some that Aguero isn't,as replacements are being suggested...............again

 

[meeesh]

Then, sad as it is, he'd have to go and someone who can play the role will be brought in. I don't believe that's the case though.

He's had games where he's done it all, so it is possible for him to do, he just needs to find some consistency and get better at it. He's a fantastic footballer, and what Pep wants him to do is hard but not impossible by any means.

I'd prefer,well,for rest of this season anyway,that he lurks around the oppositions box and fires some goals in,not being isolated on the half way line,after chasing back,blowing out of his arse,let us use him best as we know and have seen over past 6 years,a goalscorer

 

[domalino]

I'd prefer,well,for rest of this season anyway,that he lurks around the oppositions box and fires some goals in,not being isolated on the half way line,after chasing back,blowing out of his arse,let us use him best as we know and have seen over past 6 years,a goalscorer

Why.

Why the fuck would you want to throw away a game plan and style of play which has put us 15 points at the top of the table FFS. There is absolutely no logic to what you're suggesting.

 

[Sir peace frog]

he looked well off the pace yesterday , he wasn't on his own though ,big decisions to be made on aguero in the summer.

watch him score a hatrick v Newcastle now, wouldn't surprise me.