Starting XI for next season, your prediction.

[Bluethemaway]

g180aj wrote:
------------------------Hart------------------------
------------Kompany(C)----Lescott----------------
Richards-------------------------------------Clichy
-----------------------Dejong----------------------
--------------Yaya---------------Nasri-------------
----Aguero-----------------------------Silva-------
-----------------------Balotelli-----------------------

subs: Taylor,Zabaletta,Savic,Barry,Milner,A.Johnson, Dzeko.

This please,not changing too much, but adding a touch more quality.

 

[lostgalaxy]

a 4-3-1-2

Hart

Richards Kompany Lescott Clichy

Toure De Jong Milner

Silva

Augero Balotelli

Weiss as Silva back up.

Johnson and Phillips to come in when we play 4-2-3-1.

Boyata will be tried as a defensive mid, a back up for De Jong.

Dzeko may never really fit in. I doubt Mancini ever wanted him.

 

[zangatangring]

a 4-3-1-2

Hart

Richards Kompany Lescott Clichy

Toure De Jong Milner

Silva

Augero Balotelli

Weiss as Silva back up.

Johnson and Phillips to come in when we play 4-2-3-1.

Boyata will be tried as a defensive mid, a back up for De Jong.

Dzeko may never really fit in. I doubt Mancini ever wanted him.

So why'd you think he got him then?

 

[chaser]

Hart(1)
Romero(25)

Richards(2) Kompany(4) Subotic(3) Clichy(22)
Zabaleta(5) Toure(28) Lescott(19) Kolarov(13)

Yaya Toure(24) Modric(14)
Barry(18) de Jong(34)


Nasri(8) Sneijder(10) Silva(21)
A. Johnson(11) Milner(16) Balotelli(45)

Aguero(7)
Dzeko(9)

We can only dream?

 

[HellasLEAF]

a few notes...

- Clichy over Kolarov
- Yaya and NDJ start every match
- Nasri should be more central to take advantage of his goal scoring ability.
- I like Balotelli on the left. he has pace and likes to cut in and shoot
- Aguero starts. Dzeko on the bench

-------------Hart

Richards - Kompany - Lescott - Clichy

------------De Jong

--Yaya Toure --Nasri----Silva

------------------Balotelli
--------Aguero

 

[Akira]

a 4-3-1-2

Hart

Richards Kompany Lescott Clichy

Toure De Jong Milner

Silva

Augero Balotelli

Weiss as Silva back up.

Johnson and Phillips to come in when we play 4-2-3-1.

Boyata will be tried as a defensive mid, a back up for De Jong.

Dzeko may never really fit in. I doubt Mancini ever wanted him.

It took me about 10 seconds of hard thinking to realize who you were referring to.

 

[bobom]

A lot of these teams seem very narrow...

 

[Three_Hat-tricks]

A lot of these teams seem very narrow...

Yes, but the width is supplied by the full-backs.

 

[bobom]

A lot of these teams seem very narrow...

Yes, but the width is supplied by the full-backs.

In theory, yes, you're right. Our midfielders all have the tendency to cut back infield, so the full-backs overlap. But for that to work, firstly the fullbacks need to be able to whip in great crosses. Clichy looks great going forward, but of the others, Kolarov's crossing isn't great, and while Richards can go forward like a truck, I'm not convinced he can put the kind of crosses in that will put defences under pressure. And secondly, I think attacking fullbacks are most effective when they're playing behind wide players than when they're expected to provide the width on their own...

I'm not sure it's a major problem or not - just an observation.

 

[blue soon?]

Am i the only one that wants to see nasri further up and silva in the middle? As in:
------------------------Hart------------------------
------------Kompany(C)-------Savic----------------
Richards-------------------------------------Clichy
-----------------------Dejong----------------------
--------------Yaya---------------Silva-------------
-------Nasri---------------------------Balotelli-------
-----------------------Aguero-----------------------

just seems to me like silva more cuts through defences with his vision and passing, whereas nasri is a dribbler and a lot more effective in-front of goal no?
and I know putting savic ahead of lescott is naive and wishful thinking but i just cant get over that kenwin moment in the final..