Something’s changed

[Didsbury Dave]

Bump. Something has changed. Just a dozen games ago many on here (me included) were bumping our gums re ‘not liking’ this iteration of us as much as others. Now look at us.
So what has changed to transform our performance?
Is it Dias return to his best form?
Is it Cancelo getting the bums rush?
Grealish and Ake? A combination of these factors? Are we playing faster?
What do folk think?

All of those things but even more importantly Pep has cajoled KDB back to his best. I suspect he's man managed him very carefully, maybe with a rocket up his arse or some clever reverse psycology. The extra body in the midfield with John Stones also frees him up to roam.

Let's not forget that right at the beginning of this run of form Pep bollocked all of us. Now look.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Bump. Something has changed. Just a dozen games ago many on here (me included) were bumping our gums re ‘not liking’ this iteration of us as much as others. Now look at us.
So what has changed to transform our performance?
Is it Dias return to his best form?
Is it Cancelo getting the bums rush?
Grealish and Ake? A combination of these factors? Are we playing faster?
What do folk think?

Akanji as a false right back and stones as a false DM.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Stones and Dias, high tides that raise all ships.

Grealish being able to express himself more in the new formation.

I also think the Premier League trying to fuck us over has brought the team and the fans closer together.

 

[train man]

Fuck me, the lyrics were written for Pep's time... amazing!
Not joking, a Stranglers epiphany!!
Pep should play it at high volume as he enters every presser, before any of those fuckin twats open their mouths!

 

[Andouble]

Stones and Dias, high tides that raise all ships.

Grealish being able to express himself more in the new formation.

I also think the Premier League trying to fuck us over has brought the team and the fans closer together.

Have we lost since the PL charged us?

 

[KS55]

Stones and Dias, high tides that raise all ships.

Grealish being able to express himself more in the new formation.

I also think the Premier League trying to fuck us over has brought the team and the fans closer together.

Strong defence inculcates confidence in attacking players.

 

[_hitro_mcfc_]

Have we lost since the PL charged us?

Just a couple of draws. No losses

 

[PistonBlue]

We just remembered we're the best football team this country has ever seen

 

[Rammy Blue]

Lots of good answers that all have had a part, I’d say though that binning Cancelo is the one that really flicked the switch.

 

[Ysabel 123]

I honestly think that the World Cup had a big bearing on the first part of our season, the pressure on a lot of our players (as with most of the top PL teams players) was huge. Then we had the Cancello stories and the Premier League charges. It is like something has solidified us as a team!

I do also think that drawing Bayern in the CL (the hardest possible draw) has made us up things.

Then you look at what Pep has done by putting Stones in midfield. He done the exact same thing with Phillip Lahm. A player who won everything including the world cup as a Left Back, then got reinvented in midfield under Pep!