GaudinoMotors
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They play behind our midfield.
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What's Happened To Our Defence?
- Thread starter jrb
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Defense has been bad but we have absolutely no control in the midfield right now.
We are allowing ourselves to let our game be dictated to by the opposition and that didn't happen last year.
Losing Gundogan, whom for me was the best midfielder in the world last year at controlling games and basically saying to the opposition "you are playing at my pace", I think we realize now how good he was. One of our all time top 10.players ever, maybe top 5.
We are allowing ourselves to let our game be dictated to by the opposition and that didn't happen last year.
Losing Gundogan, whom for me was the best midfielder in the world last year at controlling games and basically saying to the opposition "you are playing at my pace", I think we realize now how good he was. One of our all time top 10.players ever, maybe top 5.
come-on-barney
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Can we change the title to ‘What has happened to our midfield’ which then impacts the defence.
RobinHood
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No Johnny Boulders.
These.Gvardiol is never a full back, should be played in the middle or not at all.
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We’re third with the best goal difference and 3 points off the top. Chelsea was a game we’ve not been part of for years, a freak game but thoroughly enjoyable amongst processions. Today they had 3 chances. We slept. I’m assuming you mean our defensive play, not just the defenders. I’m not scratching my head wondering what’s happened having lost Gunders and Mahrez’s control and Kev’s control, work rate and danger, John Stones’ dominance. It’s a new cycle, it’ll take a bit of time and if you ask any fan in the PL who they think will win the league from the current standing, the majority will say us. Let’s enjoy some unpredictability and it will make it even sweeter when we win when it really counts.
wolviedinho
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We usually defend from the front.
Teams are beating the press by playing quick accurate passes across the back line and into midfield.
losing more 50/50 duels.
Short in midfield control leaving us easy to play through.
New players are not consistent and maybe not as good as the players they replaced.
No Kev or Stones. Especially the latter in keeping the middle tight and a big help to Rodri.
You can’t ignore last seasons achievements and the impact it seems to be having.
Pep is also going easy on the players that achieved so much. We can’t start attacking them now after what they have given us. Hopefully the down turn won’t last too long.
Expectations need to be reevaluated.
Suck it up and onto Villa we go.
Teams are beating the press by playing quick accurate passes across the back line and into midfield.
losing more 50/50 duels.
Short in midfield control leaving us easy to play through.
New players are not consistent and maybe not as good as the players they replaced.
No Kev or Stones. Especially the latter in keeping the middle tight and a big help to Rodri.
You can’t ignore last seasons achievements and the impact it seems to be having.
Pep is also going easy on the players that achieved so much. We can’t start attacking them now after what they have given us. Hopefully the down turn won’t last too long.
Expectations need to be reevaluated.
Suck it up and onto Villa we go.
Can we change the title to ‘What has happened to our midfield’ which then impacts the defence.
We could. I thought of that. But at the end of the day the defence (and the keeper ) stop the goals being conceded. Or should do.
EL APACHE TEVEZ
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What’s happened to the team
meltonblue
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Gvardiol at left back, not getting the midfield balance and Doku and Foden offering a lot less than Grealish and Mahrez defensively.
We aren’t set up well enough to contain counters at the mo. That’s fine if we score more but the other issue is we aren’t taking our chances and so leaving ourselves more vulnerable as we’re not killing the game off and reverting to countering ourselves.
We aren’t set up well enough to contain counters at the mo. That’s fine if we score more but the other issue is we aren’t taking our chances and so leaving ourselves more vulnerable as we’re not killing the game off and reverting to countering ourselves.
Rodri is knackered and the club didnt bring in a good enough player to rotate with him.
Midfield also overrun as Stones is made of glass and his absence is huge.
Akanji isn't good enough for that role.
Inclusion of Alvarez means one less body in midfield.
Intensity has dropped off and some are playing like they've completed football.
Midfield also overrun as Stones is made of glass and his absence is huge.
Akanji isn't good enough for that role.
Inclusion of Alvarez means one less body in midfield.
Intensity has dropped off and some are playing like they've completed football.