Why do you tell me that if the homepage of Bundesliga.de tells me different? And Bayern has all kind of matches in which Alonso has different roles depending who he plays with. Today he e.g. had 19 sprints, 50 intensive runs - the one in midfield who does not have the big running data is Thiago, not Alonso. When Alonso is playing with Vidal and Müller he is running less than when he plays with Thiago. Against Wolfsburg last weekend he had 69 intensive runs.
Maybe it looks sometimes different in matches - but the data pages just tell me different.
He probably want to go in the summer like every summer but actually for real this time and he is getting older. One of these clubs will offer him super money to go and that way he doesn't play for a rivalKeep him
No it doesn't. I looked up at the score board and at times we had 70 to 80% possession. When we have the ball he's good. He might not have the surging runs to break up a back 4, but he has the passing and shooting.Today's performance illustrated how much he was missed at Clanfield - especially when he is in the mood
I think we sometimes try and close opponents down when it would be better to sit a little. Fernandinho did it quite a lot yesterday and as a result, Villa's attackers got into some dangerous situations. Same with Otamendi in general.No it doesn't. I looked up at the score board and at times we had 70 to 80% possession. When we have the ball he's good. He might not have the surging runs to break up a back 4, but he has the passing and shooting.
In the big games he's more a liability as his inability to close opponents down when we don't have the ball hurts us. We end up having to use players like Fernandinho in defensive roles, or Fernando to cover him
The difference between City v weak sides like Villa etc who we routinely put away, and the better teams like Liverpool, Spurs, Leicester etc is stark. All comes down to our midfield. Yaya has physically declined and we don't seem to have anyone who can come in.
City have the best record against teams in the bottom half of the league, and the worst record against the top half. All down to the inability of our midfield to close opponents down.
so you are telling me that the player (Alonso) today that cramped up so badly towards the end of the game that he had to be replaced did 19 sprints and 50 intensive runs... how are the intensive runs defined? i am genuinely asking because what Alonso does i really do not call intensive or sprint (he was never known for sprinting by the way)....
wether we disagree on how intense he gets i promise you that Yaya can do whatever Alonso does then some...