I’m all for experience. I think after 1 win in 10, Pep should really be changing the tactics a bit. I am not really seeing that.
To simple that for PepKovacic will come in and kick a few of the moaners in their midfield. Add Foden in the side and overpower them with quicker movement.
Avoid pushing all outfield players upfield and stop the long hoof.
No fannies in this game so that means Savinho and Nunes can’t play. Hopefully Akanji will be fit as if not I have no idea what we will play at the back.
Such as cos I’ve not noticed any changesPep is changing the tactics "a bit" all the time, whether fans notice it is another thing.
Also, significant tactical changes may be counterproductive when you have tried to implement a certain way of playing football for 8-9 years. You don't change what has won you 6 from 7 titles and two trebles because you have injuries and fans don't get you.
I think you're on to something here.
I'd consider Nunes at the wing and push Bernardo in for Gundo's spot.. or for Kova since he isn't likely fit.
Play a deep line, stay solid and hard to beat, and build from that.
"He'll pick up rickets next". Spat my tea out with that one Chappo :-DThe first derby in a long time I'm actually dreading. We are so easy to play against at the moment I'd back any side to score at least once against us. Palace two, Feyenoord three, Spurs four, Juventus two. All pretty average sides in my opinion yet three of them beat us and if Palace had taken their chances so would they. On the other side of the coin we are struggling for goals ourselves.
Now the rags are a bang average side but Fernandez is better than anyone in our midfield atm given current form. Their pace on the counter attack will get behind us time after time. As for us every single player is underperforming and some are unrecognisable as the players that won everything. Walker, Gvardiol, Ederson, Gundogan have been atrocious. Bernardo is a shadow of his former self and Kev too. Foden is always ill with something or other, he's like a fucking deprived malnourished kid from Victorian England, he'll pick up rickets next.
If there's one game that could galvanise the whole club it's this one. Sadly I fear we'll all be moaning about the same old failings and licking our wounds again at the end.
I think it can. The presence of a Bruno in there alone stops the 'rot'I have the same old boring argument in my local with guys older than me.
They bang on about under Pearce, Alan Ball era and the likes.
Yes, I was also there.when we were shit. But back then we weren't one of the richest clubs in the world, with a manager that had world class players at his disposal and Midfielders collecting Balon 'dor honours.
We are so far removed from those days now.
Commenting on the here and now we are absolutely devoid of any idea on how to win a football match.
The manager keeps setting us up with the same formation and personnel that are letting him down week after week.
Yes he's limited with injuries but the team he puts out there should be doing a lot better.
We are wasteful up top, have no creativity in midfield and leak goals like a sieve.
This won't and can't be fixed in the January window.
IMO opinion we will struggle for top 4.