Ditto. Felt he struggled against Arsenal in the pre-season, albeit that was alongside Fernando. Had a decent match with little to do for me, good passion, good in the air, but won't be good enough against stronger teams - what happens to him when Kompany & Otamendi are fit is my question, backup left back, first choice left back, 4th choice CB, starting CB or sold? Still seems up in the air.
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I would say guaranteed to stay-offers so many options. Pep clearly likes him and rates him. I've always felt Kolarov needs love and Pep's tendency to publicly praise players will boost his confidence like so many of the players.Ditto. Felt he struggled against Arsenal in the pre-season, albeit that was alongside Fernando. Had a decent match with little to do for me, good passion, good in the air, but won't be good enough against stronger teams - what happens to him when Kompany & Otamendi are fit is my question, backup left back, first choice left back, 4th choice CB, starting CB or sold? Still seems up in the air.
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What exactly is a 50M player these days? Thought Sterling played well regardless of the valuation placed on his head. Stones will not be happy about their goal but over all he looked sloid and composedIf you really think Sterling is 50M player then you live in imaginary world, and Stones was at fault for goal cough cough...
That doesnt change the fact I want them to succeed here, and unlike most I dont slag our own players at every opportunity.
According to your logic we must blindly love every player we are linked with, yet its ok to call them different names when they are here (like Kolarov, Bony, Fernando, Hart etc)
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Generally a good all round display despite some rough edges. One criticism was the very poor level of shooting which hopefully will be addressed.I saw nothing yesterday to dispel the notion that Pep is way ahead of the pack in terms of taking the game forward.
I adore possession football: I hate it when our opponents have the ball. I was also delighted though when Kolarov knew the best option was to clear the ball high and long forward.
Obviously possession has to have a purpose beyond keeping the ball away from the opposition but I do enjoy the weaving of pretty patterns as the team works its way into position for the next assault on the opposition's goal. The team does need to be creating more attempts on goal but I fear even if we top those charts, again, some are going to complain of boredom if we average 70% plus possession.
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I would say guaranteed to stay-offers so many options. Pep clearly likes him and rates him. I've always felt Kolarov needs love and Pep's tendency to publicly praise players will boost his confidence like so many of the players.
Perhaps Kolorov enjoys the discipline that a manager like Pep brings, he was certainly better under firebrand Mancini than he was under the soppy old labrador which was Pellegrini.
if he can get a player like Kolorov to perform like that then he will do for me.
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Generally a good all round display despite some rough edges. One criticism was the very poor level of shooting which hopefully will be addressed.
Absolutely. Awful & weak. One decent effort from Nolito which we will see go in once or twice this season I think.
With decent shooting power & accuracy & also taking the shots quicker we wouldn't have had a close game imo. But other than that I was delighted.
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Surley you mean bloodhound?Perhaps Kolorov enjoys the discipline that a manager like Pep brings, he was certainly better under firebrand Mancini than he was under the soppy old labrador which was Pellegrini.
if he can get a player like Kolorov to perform like that then he will do for me.
Kolorov was outstanding - hopefully not a one off.
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Got to keep you fanboys grounded! :-)
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Oh I'm not ready to get carried away but given the disjointed preseason and current state of the squad, the performance on Saturday was, at worst, in line with my expectations so I am content with progress.
I anticipate some bumps in the road but I hope we don't hit one in Romania.
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Oh I'm not ready to get carried away but given the disjointed preseason and current state of the squad, the performance on Saturday was, at worst, in line with my expectations so I am content with progress.
I anticipate some bumps in the road but I hope we don't hit one in Romania.
Can't see that but I think until November it will be a bit hit and miss. Sane and Gundogan will help when they come in. We could do with another signing for me.
Now that teams have actually witnessed this passing out from the back, they will be swarming all over us, waiting for that mistake that's let's face it is going to happen at some point with the current personnel. However if we can move the ball more quickly and pass more accurately then we should be able to catch some teams out once we bypass their swarm. Some of our passing was terrible on Saturday.
The main thing for me is that there is clearly a plan whereby for the last 2 years we just haven't had that in the majority of games, always relying on individual brilliance.
There was also much more team spirit evident which was good to see and we worked as hard as they did which again as not always been the case in the previous seasons.
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Guardiola doesn't mind playing long ball's at all:Can't see that but I think until November it will be a bit hit and miss. Sane and Gundogan will help when they come in. We could do with another signing for me.
Now that teams have actually witnessed this passing out from the back, they will be swarming all over us, waiting for that mistake that's let's face it is going to happen at some point with the current personnel. However if we can move the ball more quickly and pass more accurately then we should be able to catch some teams out once we bypass their swarm. Some of our passing was terrible on Saturday.
The main thing for me is that there is clearly a plan whereby for the last 2 years we just haven't had that in the majority of games, always relying on individual brilliance.
There was also much more team spirit evident which was good to see and we worked as hard as they did which again as not always been the case in the previous seasons.
(Goals 1 and 3)
If the need arises through a high press from the opposition, especially if they have a high defensive line, he'll just ask the team to go long.
On team spirit, he's said that is the first thing he's tried to build here because without that tactics don't matter