I have to say, I thought that was one of Navas' best ever city games. I thought he was excellent. Silva was unbelievable, Yaya was back to his dominant best, and the whole defence was solid.
My early season prediction is, IF we can beat the chavs on Sunday, we will be top of the league for the whole season, and win it by 14 points.
How's that for confidence.
Be interesting to see any maps or whatever from the game to get a greater idea of what the formation really was. Looking at the personnel it would be 4231, but silva did roam everywhere, and often pick the ball up deep near Toure, so perhaps it was a 433. Whatever, it was unbelievably fluid, and an absolutely dominant performance, away from home against a traditionally tough manager (although he didn't get it right).Interesting. I felt Silva's starting position was often enough parallel to Toure on his right hand side. It's a hair we're splitting defo but yeah it looked fucking great. The thought of adding one or two top class players to that side is mouth watering.
Are you happy enough with the balance of the side I know it's been a worry of yours ?
It definitely wasn't 443, Mike Dean would have noticed (though it did take him about 70 minutes to notice any fouls on Silva).so perhaps it was a 443
Very good....! 433!!!It definitely wasn't 443, Mike Dean would have noticed (though it did take him about 70 minutes to notice any fouls on Silva).
Jacob was a disgrace last night for them, cynical hacking of Silva the moment he came on the pitch, he wasn't afforded any protection from Dean whatsoever , Dave is made of stern stuff though and can handle it.It definitely wasn't 443, Mike Dean would have noticed (though it did take him about 70 minutes to notice any fouls on Silva).
Maybe why Pulis went 2 up front?
Navas gets himself in good positions and tries hard, but it appeared to me that whatever move we had broke down with him just about every time he touched it. He can't beat his man, doesn't get a good cross in, and can't escape trouble.