Willy has to play in the Final

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mancity dan said:
It is a final.

In a final, you play your best 11 available.

That includes the goalkeeper.

No room for sentiment, because Willy has started the previous rounds.

Joe has to be in net.
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I just hope Manuel has a re-think after that performance against Chelsea. Surely he wants to go out with a trophy? Hart MUST play.
 
Tim of the Oak said:
A big let of goalkeeping is organising the back four. Joe is a world class shot stopper and immense at one on ones but Hart will know he can improve in other areas!
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The goal keeper does not get a say in how the defenders line up. That's the manager.
 
SWP's back said:
The goal keeper does not get a say in how the defenders line up. That's the manager.
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I think it is reasonable to suggest that if any of the defenders or the goalkeeper had a genuine say in how we set up defensively, we wouldn't have set up how we have done for most of the last two and a half years.
 
If you want silverware you play your best side irrespective of the players who got you there. If you want to be seen as luvvie duvvie with all the players you will pick the same players who have acted as second string. For me this trophy needs to be won so best team.
 
Willy Caballero has now conceded 28 goals in just 18 appearances for Man City in all competitions.
He managed 3 clean sheets out of the 18 matches.

Let that sink in.
 
Think you've lost it Tim! This is worse than when you campaigned for the Belgian Blues to get free tickets and a welcome banner!
 
Yet another thread slating Pellegrini. It does become a bit tiresome in every thread.
Before he came here he was perceived as some sort of master tactician. Solid defensively and often using a 4-2-2-2 system with wide full backs, a solid back 2 and a wide man who often cuts inside.
In five years at Villarreal the philosophy served him well as he took a club from a town with a population of just 45,000 to the Champions League semi-finals in 2006.
In 2008 they finished above Barcelona.
In 2009 he went to Madrid with Raul and Guti messing everyone about then gets Benzema and Kaka parachuted in and sees Ronaldo out for 6 weeks. A lucky manager he most certainly isn't.
He then goes to Malaga and oversees the only second debutant team to make the last 8 of the CL. The first was in 2006. Villarreal, as managed by Pellegrini. Malaga were a very dodgy decision away from the CL semi final.
When he arrived at Málaga Pellegrini outlined his ideas to World Soccer: "to be attacking, to try to take control of the game, to take responsibility, to be attractive. There are small differences of course, depending on what players you have, but there is a footballing concept and a concept of spectacle that is non‑negotiable."
Like Villarreal, Málaga wanted possession, playing out from deep and pushing high to win the ball. Their wide men, interiores rather than exteriores, came inside to create a numerical advantage in the middle of the pitch. In the absence of Cazorla, players at opposite ends of their careers, Isco and Joaquín, took on greater creative responsibility: both have been superb. Every training session is based around the ball and Pellegrini listens to his players. Yet those who have worked with him suggest that he is far tougher than his elegant, well-mannered public persona suggests.
Sometimes I do wonder whether the players get off a little to easily. I note people hoping he goes to Chelsea. I hope not. They currently have players far better suited to playing his way than our players are.
I'm not saying he hasn't made mistakes because he obviously has but I do sometimes wonder about the level of criticism which frankly borders on the absurd.
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
Yet another thread slating Pellegrini. It does become a bit tiresome in every thread.
Before he came here he was perceived as some sort of master tactician. Solid defensively and often using a 4-2-2-2 system with wide full backs, a solid back 2 and a wide man who often cuts inside.
In five years at Villarreal the philosophy served him well as he took a club from a town with a population of just 45,000 to the Champions League semi-finals in 2006.
In 2008 they finished above Barcelona.
In 2009 he went to Madrid with Raul and Guti messing everyone about then gets Benzema and Kaka parachuted in and sees Ronaldo out for 6 weeks. A lucky manager he most certainly isn't.
He then goes to Malaga and oversees the only second debutant team to make the last 8 of the CL. The first was in 2006. Villarreal, as managed by Pellegrini. Malaga were a very dodgy decision away from the CL semi final.
When he arrived at Málaga Pellegrini outlined his ideas to World Soccer: "to be attacking, to try to take control of the game, to take responsibility, to be attractive. There are small differences of course, depending on what players you have, but there is a footballing concept and a concept of spectacle that is non‑negotiable."
Like Villarreal, Málaga wanted possession, playing out from deep and pushing high to win the ball. Their wide men, interiores rather than exteriores, came inside to create a numerical advantage in the middle of the pitch. In the absence of Cazorla, players at opposite ends of their careers, Isco and Joaquín, took on greater creative responsibility: both have been superb. Every training session is based around the ball and Pellegrini listens to his players. Yet those who have worked with him suggest that he is far tougher than his elegant, well-mannered public persona suggests.
Sometimes I do wonder whether the players get off a little to easily. I note people hoping he goes to Chelsea. I hope not. They currently have players far better suited to playing his way than our players are.
I'm not saying he hasn't made mistakes because he obviously has but I do sometimes wonder about the level of criticism which frankly borders on the absurd.
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I bet Chelsea fans cannot wait to get this tactical genius you describe.
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
Yet another thread slating Pellegrini. It does become a bit tiresome in every thread.
Before he came here he was perceived as some sort of master tactician. Solid defensively and often using a 4-2-2-2 system with wide full backs, a solid back 2 and a wide man who often cuts inside.
In five years at Villarreal the philosophy served him well as he took a club from a town with a population of just 45,000 to the Champions League semi-finals in 2006.
In 2008 they finished above Barcelona.
In 2009 he went to Madrid with Raul and Guti messing everyone about then gets Benzema and Kaka parachuted in and sees Ronaldo out for 6 weeks. A lucky manager he most certainly isn't.
He then goes to Malaga and oversees the only second debutant team to make the last 8 of the CL. The first was in 2006. Villarreal, as managed by Pellegrini. Malaga were a very dodgy decision away from the CL semi final.
When he arrived at Málaga Pellegrini outlined his ideas to World Soccer: "to be attacking, to try to take control of the game, to take responsibility, to be attractive. There are small differences of course, depending on what players you have, but there is a footballing concept and a concept of spectacle that is non‑negotiable."
Like Villarreal, Málaga wanted possession, playing out from deep and pushing high to win the ball. Their wide men, interiores rather than exteriores, came inside to create a numerical advantage in the middle of the pitch. In the absence of Cazorla, players at opposite ends of their careers, Isco and Joaquín, took on greater creative responsibility: both have been superb. Every training session is based around the ball and Pellegrini listens to his players. Yet those who have worked with him suggest that he is far tougher than his elegant, well-mannered public persona suggests.
Sometimes I do wonder whether the players get off a little to easily. I note people hoping he goes to Chelsea. I hope not. They currently have players far better suited to playing his way than our players are.
I'm not saying he hasn't made mistakes because he obviously has but I do sometimes wonder about the level of criticism which frankly borders on the absurd.
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Great post!
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
Yet another thread slating Pellegrini. It does become a bit tiresome in every thread.
Before he came here he was perceived as some sort of master tactician. Solid defensively and often using a 4-2-2-2 system with wide full backs, a solid back 2 and a wide man who often cuts inside.
In five years at Villarreal the philosophy served him well as he took a club from a town with a population of just 45,000 to the Champions League semi-finals in 2006.
In 2008 they finished above Barcelona.
In 2009 he went to Madrid with Raul and Guti messing everyone about then gets Benzema and Kaka parachuted in and sees Ronaldo out for 6 weeks. A lucky manager he most certainly isn't.
He then goes to Malaga and oversees the only second debutant team to make the last 8 of the CL. The first was in 2006. Villarreal, as managed by Pellegrini. Malaga were a very dodgy decision away from the CL semi final.
When he arrived at Málaga Pellegrini outlined his ideas to World Soccer: "to be attacking, to try to take control of the game, to take responsibility, to be attractive. There are small differences of course, depending on what players you have, but there is a footballing concept and a concept of spectacle that is non‑negotiable."
Like Villarreal, Málaga wanted possession, playing out from deep and pushing high to win the ball. Their wide men, interiores rather than exteriores, came inside to create a numerical advantage in the middle of the pitch. In the absence of Cazorla, players at opposite ends of their careers, Isco and Joaquín, took on greater creative responsibility: both have been superb. Every training session is based around the ball and Pellegrini listens to his players. Yet those who have worked with him suggest that he is far tougher than his elegant, well-mannered public persona suggests.
Sometimes I do wonder whether the players get off a little to easily. I note people hoping he goes to Chelsea. I hope not. They currently have players far better suited to playing his way than our players are.
I'm not saying he hasn't made mistakes because he obviously has but I do sometimes wonder about the level of criticism which frankly borders on the absurd.
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The last 2 seasons here has shown him to be out of his depth and stubborn as shit,he deserves what he is getting at this moment in time
 
karen7 said:
The last 2 seasons here has shown him to be out of his depth and stubborn as shit,he deserves what he is getting at this moment in time
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Thing is Karen, we want this trophy on Sunday and it would really hurt if we came home empty handed. If he doesn't put out his best team then it's abit of a slap In the face to those who really want this and those who are spending what little they have to go and support them
 
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