Sergio Aguero - 2017/18 performances

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Gabriel said:
My concern is when the ball goes out wide and we're in behind the opponent; you rarely see Aguero attack the front post at speed and get ahead of his marker these days. The goal he got at Boro in the cup for me is the trademark striker's goal, and these days he has started to drop back too much or not even bother making that run.
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I was going to make the same remark as the bolded and I do not mean to knock him down as even Jesus has his downsides and has a lot to do to come close to equalling
Aguero's impact since he's been here but if you've been observing, you'll notice that Jesus has a knack for running in behind the last defender. Playing this way he is bound to get caught in offside traps but in persisting with this approach he has scored a number of goals (a couple offside goals inclusive). I'd like to see him play tomorrow.
 
Needs to up his game again to the level he was at before the car crash at the moment he is at the last two season's level and it isn't good enough
 
I think he's suffering from the lack of Mendy.

He's always been at his best in a 2 up top and without Mendy that can't happen. I mean, people are blaming the car crash but Mendy got injured the week before and I think that's more significant.


Signing a natural LB in January could make the difference
 
Last two games he played were below average. The problem is that Jesus isn't in any better form too. KDB is bit below the standards from earlier this season. That's the main reason why we had to grind last few wins, it all felt to Sterling.

We need our strikers back in form asap. Or at least one of them. It's tricky part of the season and it's going to be hard to continue grinding the wins like this for long.
 
Its not really just Aguero, or Silva's absence or Sane's absence or Mendy or Debryune's form. Its all of the above.

We have dropped form the last 3 games. Its all the players.

Some of it is due to teams realizing it is stupid to try to play us straight up or even to be slightly defensive.

There is 1 way to play us in the minds of most. Park the bus deep and stay that way. Then hope to nick something on set pieces.

And it has ruffled us a bit. We still don't have a good solution for it yet.

Hopefully we will eventually.. And our play will pick up
 
Pep rotating players is disruptive but essential with the amount of games we have ahead of us. Kun has two markers every game and is a proven goal scorer and legend. Don't give up on the kid, across the road they have a player who hasn't scored in 11 games and he isn't fit to lace Kuns boots, don't hear too many dissenters over there. Kun is king, wait for the derby.
 
There’s a bit of an elephant in the room with the whole Aguero situation. I fucking love the guy but he’s lost so, so much pace and is nowhere near as ruthless as what he once was. Still a fabulous player though.
 
Dax777 said:
Its not really just Aguero, or Silva's absence or Sane's absence or Mendy or Debryune's form. Its all of the above.

We have dropped form the last 3 games. Its all the players.

Some of it is due to teams realizing it is stupid to try to play us straight up or even to be slightly defensive.

There is 1 way to play us in the minds of most. Park the bus deep and stay that way. Then hope to nick something on set pieces.

And it has ruffled us a bit. We still don't have a good solution for it yet.

Hopefully we will eventually.. And our play will pick up
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This is where losing Mendy is going to affect us the most. We'd be playing a back 3 every game against these buses if Mendy was available. Could even imagine playing Fernandinho as part of that 3, to allow another midfielder. We'd swamp the middle with bodies, force them to defend narrower and narrower, or attack the right through Sterling, shift them over, then a quick switch to Mendy at the right moment to get behind them and drill a ball into Jesus/Aguero for a tap-in. If Sané had done a better job when tested at wing back, we'd be playing that already, imo.
 
nellyonthewing said:
I'd give him a 2/10 today. Yes its hard against a mass defence but ffs his movement is awful and makes it easy to defend.
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There's no movement he can do that will compensate for the fact he's usually the only player in the box, up against 5 or 6 of theirs. He tried to find space by going wide or dropping deep but that just hurts us because we do need someone fixing the defenders there. It's a thankless job, but he's doing it well and I think that's why he's playing over Jesus every week these days.

As soon as Jesus came on, Aguero looked a lot more threatening as well, it's a tactical problem not an Aguero problem.
 
Jesus brings soooo much more to our play. Sane - Jesus - Sterling has to be our front three against the scum
 
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