Chick Counterfly said:
remoh said:
Yes. Sarcasm. Well done you for spotting it.
;) ;)
Okay, well I would stand by everything I said there.
I guess you have your own examples of what's changed, but as you haven't detailed any of of them, that's all I can do, guess!
Sorry for the delay in my replying, but I thought you had gone to bed so I went to mine. Here we go;
You must have noticed how, for many games this season, our defence and midfield kept possession by passing sideways or up and back and back again.
Keeping possession is vital, but to do it as we did meant that our eventual approach to the opposition 18yd box was faced with virtually the whole of their team lined up and waiting. That's when we ran out of ideas as well as space.
Yaya Toure, apart from the occasional rampage forward, has been on basically defensive duties - making a seven man defence, often at home against poor opposition, until Tevez' injury forced a re-jig to try to form a link between defence and midfield. As you know, this worked very well and was the beginning of our late spurt.
Now, we no longer see such long delays getting the ball upfield ( Hart is also using the big boot, which I have never liked, but at least it is better than the slow approach) our forwards must think that it's their birthday. Perhaps this might even persuade Tevez to stay now that he will get a better service!
To sum up:
Allowing Yaya up front(almost) and abandoning the slow build-up, have been the major changes in the last few, vital games. These changes in Mancini's tactics saved our season.
Without a terrific squad, we could not have got away with it. Most of my thanks go to them and Sheikh Mansour.
Roberto has done some learning. When he learns the value of a good pair of wingers, playing on their correct sides, we'll be away.<br /><br />-- Mon May 23, 2011 3:00 pm --<br /><br />
samharris said:
To all those that hijacked this thread with their own agendas ..grow the fuck up ..this is a thankyou thread ffs..
When you say hijackers, I take it you mean those who took a thank-you thread and turned it into an attack on those of us who have a different opinion about Mancini. Agreed.
