What's the problem(s)?

[FCBarca]

Injuries

A big part of it, no Kun or Jesus are significant scoring losses alone

Mahrez too often a passenger rather than driver

Fullbacks still adding nothing to the attack despite having reinforced the central defense well

There’s currently inadequate world class protagonists in XI but that will improve with Bernardo & Aguero. I’m just surprised FBs have not been addressed

 

[alexmcity]

A big part of it, no Kun or Jesus are significant scoring losses alone

Mahrez too often a passenger rather than driver

Fullbacks still adding nothing to the attack despite having reinforced the central defense well

There’s currently inadequate world class protagonists in XI but that will improve with Bernardo & Aguero. I’m just surprised FBs have not been addressed

FBs didn't offer much when we won 198 pts over 2 seasons, which even Barca have never done.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Went to bed thinking of City and feeling shite. Woke up at 5 thinking of City and feeling shite.

Thinking when the 1st signs started showing that this teams fantastic era of supremacy was over, because IMO, over it is.

Started thinking of Pep and whether he is happy here. Whether his wife is still living in Spain and where his kids are.

Whether he wants to stay, whether he will stay.

 

[A57 the snake]

Although we won the case it was Uefa’s intention To destabilise the club for that I think they’ve succeeded we’ve had to spend far to much time in the law courts fighting for our European existence rather than negotiating for players etc. We’ve been focusing on this lost time in other areas.

 

[FCBarca]

FBs didn't offer much when we won 198 pts over 2 seasons, which even Barca have never done.

Sané on left & Sterling on right papers over that - not clinical enough against a Bielsa that posed plenty of problems for Liverpool too

Injuries key but FBs a big problem too

 

[urban genie]

Two injured strikers that are also very good at linking up play add to that the other players who did that well one has left us amd the other is off sick with covid

Leaves us a little muddled up in the final third, we could have killed leeds off in the first 20 min, we didn't they grew more confident the reactions after have been with time to refelct majorly over the top.

I am gonna be honest here, with Silva gone we are actually missing Gundongen when in his playmaker role.

False 9 won't work without commited players on the flanks and a silva type just behind.


Mahrez and mendy are still fuckinguseless though :-)

 

[PragueBlue]

FBs didn't offer much when we won 198 pts over 2 seasons, which even Barca have never done.

FBs didn't really need to over commit going forwards then because we had natural width with Sterling and Sane. They would play as inverted FBs in almost a DM position alongside(wish) Fernandinho and that want we were able to cover counter attacks and support Fernandinho better. I believe Ake and Walker could still do a similar job and it would make us less open.

With inverted wingers, we need our FBs to provide the width and so they have to bomb forward more which leaves us light on cover when we lose the ball and the opposition counter attack. Added to that our FBs don't offer much going forwards anyway.

Get Aguero/Jesus back, play Ake and Walker as inverted FBs supporting Rodri or Fernandinho (or whoever), Get the front 5 or 6 fit enough to press hard and most of our problems are solved. That was how we played when we were at our best.

I don't think the problem is personnel (other than not being fit enough), more that the tactics don't bring out the best in them. It's all very disjointed rather than the team functioning as a unit.

 

[HaalandEffect]

We have the world's greatest football coach and he needs help on his defence? you must be joking.

Our defensive issues are down to the said manager, you set up your side to get the best out of the players available, our manager sets up his side for total football regardless, unless we play in the latter stages of the Champions league and then he sh1ts himeslf.

The offensive does he have no problem with, our weak link is errors and counter attacks against us.
Zidane have better record in CL than Pep.

 

[Keeper!]

Maybe its the 3 amigos ( Txiki, Ferran & Pep )

But I think Pep have ruined his best formula after the centurion season.

The offensive does he have no problem with, our weak link is errors and counter attacks against us.
Zidane have better record in CL than Pep.

Our attacking is nothing like the level of two years ago, it's so predictable.

Mahrez, great talent but he is not a City player, slow, greedy, easy to read, and goes missing in action.

Sterling is half the player he was when he had Sane on the opposite wing.

Our attacking lacks pace and energy.

 

[Keeper!]

The Barca model is no longer fit for purpose.

I hate to say this but Klopp and his like have changed the game, pace, power and energy have to be no1 to win the title.

Possession based football is no longer the answer.

Pep has been sussed out and will have to change.