SamTheGuru
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I am a critique of Mahrez but come on....
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Southampton (A) - Carabao Cup | Post Match Thread
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we just need to go back to basics in my opinionIt seems to me that Guardiola would rather play every other player into rhythm and pairing than two strikers, this season.
Maybe he's bothered by the Aguero and Jesus pairing from time to time in the past?
Who the F knows, but something needs to change.
grealish haaland foden/marhez front line with bernie and kdb and rodri behind with actual fullbacks none of this inverted nonsence. if he needs to stop counter attacks sit bernie at side of rodri and give kev a free role.
pep needs to stop the experiments since weve come back from wold cup with had inverted full back in rico (whos been amazing) but that results in 3 at the back which i dont like, rodri centre back, kyle centre back, joao winger. Like just go simple 433 and get back to muscle memory instead of experimenting nonsence.
wolviedinho
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Newcastle played well before the World Cup. Arsenal seem to be doing ok. United got their act together until we give them a good slap on Saturday. Spurs seem ok.its not an easy excuse its got its merits. mentally it will have affected performaces normally after disappointment they have a few weeks to get over it this time they dont. Look at how long it took certain players to get over the euros in 21/22 season we didnt have the greatest of performances at beginning of last season. Its also obvious teams who are performing better since restart newcastle ect havent had many players go to world cup
Most of our players didn’t play all the games at the World Cup. Most sat on their ass or played bit part roles. No excuse imo.
SamTheGuru
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I see what you are saying, but it became very evident that both Grealish and Foden are far away from commanding a game.It's only the Carabao cup luckily. Lets hope that Pep learn's his lesson and understands the depth of our squad tails off very quickly.
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Glad we’re out of it to be honest. Bigger fish to fry. Can tell we got beat this poisonous thread is massive. Some of the bile in here is awful. Pity some of the posters don’t take /go to matches actually trying to create an atmosphere and positive one and get behind the best City team and most consistently entertaining team I’ve ever seen on this planet. Pep is a living legend. Champions Mcfc
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The defence (and midfield) was a much bigger issue, and why lost.Grealish, Palmer, Foden and Phillips all starting together meant even with Alvarez we were looking to get lucky to get a goal from offense.
Newcastle played well before the World Cup. Arsenal seem to be doing ok. United got their act together until we give them a good slap on Saturday. Spurs seem ok.
Most of our players didn’t play all the games at the World Cup. Most sat on their ass or played bit part roles. No excuse imo.
spurs have you watched much of them since the world cup theyve not been great. people are trying to find reasons as something seems off with the squad and weve just come back from a world cup. yes were not playing great but comparing us to other teams. united who they played since coming back from world cup or actually since we spanked them in october? newcasle have considerably less games to navigate so can actually name the same team most games.
our players sitting on the bench isnt great it takes them out of match rhythm we will be fine once playing every 3 days again. the season split into 2. we dont know whos got niggles, not fit, peps mentioned body language amonst a few of our players so maybe the world cup was an issue.
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we just need to go back to basics in my opinion
grealish haaland foden/marhez front line with bernie and kdb and rodri behind with actual fullbacks none of this inverted nonsence. if he needs to stop counter attacks sit bernie at side of rodri and give kev a free role.
pep needs to stop the experiments since weve come back from wold cup with had inverted full back in rico (whos been amazing) but that results in 3 at the back which i dont like, rodri centre back, kyle centre back, joao winger. Like just go simple 433 and get back to muscle memory instead of experimenting nonsence.
For me it's not the formation experimentation, it's the right players for those roles.
One incorrect one can cause issues, but not major. Two or more and you're f'ked, which is what happened, setting off a domino effect of poor play and positioning.