greasedupdeafguy
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LACK OF WIDTH
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Why we are misfiring...
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We're playing no worse than we were between December and April last season.<br /><br />-- Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:22 pm --<br /><br />
Also an overbalanced in the squad in midfield of defensive players to attacking creative players. We have Yaya Milner Barry García Rodwell and Razak (six) for two positions in the XI, and Silva Nasri Sinclair and Suarez (four) for two or three positions in the XI.
I look at all of the other top sides in Europe (Barça München Dortmund Madrid and Juve) and none of them use four strikers on rotation like we do. But they do have lots of pace and width and a greater abundance of attacking/creative midfielders.
I do agree with this.greasedupdeafguy said:LACK OF WIDTH
Also an overbalanced in the squad in midfield of defensive players to attacking creative players. We have Yaya Milner Barry García Rodwell and Razak (six) for two positions in the XI, and Silva Nasri Sinclair and Suarez (four) for two or three positions in the XI.
I look at all of the other top sides in Europe (Barça München Dortmund Madrid and Juve) and none of them use four strikers on rotation like we do. But they do have lots of pace and width and a greater abundance of attacking/creative midfielders.
greasedupdeafguy
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Agree with that, people forget how poor we were in some matches like against Swansea, Arsenal, Everton etc.Caveman said:We're playing no worse than we were between December and April last season.
-- Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:22 pm --
I do agree with this.greasedupdeafguy said:LACK OF WIDTH
Also an overbalanced in the squad in midfield of defensive players to attacking creative players. We have Yaya Milner Barry García Rodwell and Razak (six) for two positions in the XI, and Silva Nasri Sinclair and Suarez (four) for two or three positions in the XI.
I look at all of the other top sides in Europe (Barça München Dortmund Madrid and Juve) and none of them use four strikers on rotation like we do. But they do have lots of pace and width and a greater abundance of attacking/creative midfielders.
grim up north
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Caveman said:We're playing no worse than we were between December and April last season.
-- Sun Dec 02, 2012 6:22 pm --
I do agree with this.greasedupdeafguy said:LACK OF WIDTH
Also an overbalanced in the squad in midfield of defensive players to attacking creative players. We have Yaya Milner Barry García Rodwell and Razak (six) for two positions in the XI, and Silva Nasri Sinclair and Suarez (four) for two or three positions in the XI.
I look at all of the other top sides in Europe (Barça München Dortmund Madrid and Juve) and none of them use four strikers on rotation like we do. But they do have lots of pace and width and a greater abundance of attacking/creative midfielders.
Plenty of crosses going in yesterday from our fullbacks
sir baconface
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Some good analysis above. Looks like it could turn into a 2-horse race and while we can acknowledge our own shortcomings, look at the rags: 3 defeats and a shite defence. If we beat them next week, and go top before Xmas, everyone's going to start taking a more optimistic view.
Ducado
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Marvin said:What heights of last season?
You should re-phrase that the the first two months of last season. After the wins at Spurs and Man Utd, teams learned that it was suicide to go toe to toe and now all coaches change tactics for Manchester City games
Games are dictated not just by MCFC but by the tactics and approach of the opponents.
We had these topics in the latter part of last season too.
I defy any team to play flowing football against the likes of an Everton team intent on winning free-kick after free-kick and whose priority is to shut down the space and stop City playing. In these games you have to score first, and even then the opponents will still more than likely stick to their strategy
We're playing very well in my view. The art of winning the title is not to play at 100% every week, but to do enough to win so that come February and March you still have something left in the tank. It's a marathon.
Completely agree with that I can't see why other can not see it
another generation
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Forgive my Cellarite view, but are we almost too close to the goal when crosses/corners come in? Just seem a bit bunched up at times. Zonal striking?
Chippy_boy
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Love_Each_Day said:We've always been poor on the counter under Mancini.
Er, 6-1 at the swamp? Breathtaking counter attacking goals.
And what about that sublime Dzeko - AJ - Aguero counter attack against Arsenal?
We CAN do it, but for some reason we chose to just dick about most of the time. I have no clue why.
Chippy_boy said:Love_Each_Day said:We've always been poor on the counter under Mancini.
Er, 6-1 at the swamp? Breathtaking counter attacking goals.
And what about that sublime Dzeko - AJ - Aguero counter attack against Arsenal?
We CAN do it, but for some reason we chose to just dick about most of the time. I have no clue why.
Not many teams leave themselves as short of numbers at the back against us as arsenal and united did