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Thing is city don’t look like they are trying to take the initiative. Not this season… boring to watch man. Had to turn off the game at the weekend cuz it’s too robotic for me. All those ball playing midfielders and no one looks to release your world class forward? This why I don’t wanna see players under this current pep. Kills their creativity. Let’s just blame it on playing grealish
have you ever played football? cowardly is def the wrong word.
especially considering the counter tactics and the amount of goals scored
No one is saying that possession based football is cowardly though. Arsenal play possession based and it’s great to watch. I feel like we see this from every pep team eventually. Bayern and Barca were both boring af towards the end.. but football is also subjective.. and this form of city is just not for me. Regardless of resultsRegardless of Citys play this season which I do think some of our players have lacked initiative I would not call a possession based football cowardly compared to other forms. I still think this is mainly on the players Pep doesn’t preach possession for possession sake never has its possession with a purpose he’s gone on and on about how dudes need to find Haaland more in pressers. Where I do fault pep is if some of these players are not gonna play with that purpose don’t play them you still control the lineup. He don’t kill creativity. Mahrez, KDB foden are still who they are he just asks dudes not to be dumb but keep that edge which isn’t something crazy to ask for too class players to strike that balance.
Grealish has been great for us this season especially since the World Cup he’s been key for us. Been better than marhez but people don’t see that cause Mahrez gets the goals
LB - Mendy, Fran
CB - Militao, Rudiger, Alaba, Vallejo
RB - Carvajal, LV, Odrizola, Vini Tobias
Only Nacho is a free agent, there's not really a place for him.
A lot of those guys have 1-2 years left, they're just gonna see out their contractsThink Mendy will be on his way. Vallejo is a wash. Carvajal and LV are both great servants, but respectively unreliable. Odriozola should've been sold years ago.
Still think Nacho gets solid game time on either flank AND in the middle.
I do agree that possession based football does get boring when the players get complacent after time. Either have to change the players or change the manager to fix that. Think we have a chance to do that refresh with Gundogan and Bernardo most likely gone this summer.No one is saying that possession based football is cowardly though. Arsenal play possession based and it’s great to watch. I feel like we see this from every pep team eventually. Bayern and Barca were both boring af towards the end.. but football is also subjective.. and this form of city is just not for me. Regardless of results
I’ll take your word on jack. You watch them more than me.. the few times I have seen him, I just feel like he stands out (not for good reasons) in this type of team. What’s up with foden, man tore us apart before WC..
risk aversion is just terrible and lazy framingThink I already did! It’s risk aversion football, that emphasizes passing the ball into the net
I guess you have to defend it cuz it’s in your clubs dna
Lol shut up.. it’s glorified keep away..you being too pretentiousrisk aversion is just terrible and lazy framing
and not only that, you're actually wrong if you think that's what it's about.
it's incredibly difficult to execute and it's undeniably successful.
Welp
He looks a lot leaner rn
nah fam. you are tripping. the stats don’t lie. not sure where the debate is other than, “i don’t like it.”Lol shut up.. it’s glorified keep away..you being too pretentious
Completely agree with a lot of whats been said but I guess I’m just a fan boy I think Jack Grealish is world class. He never loses the ball and he is a nightmare to defend. He also works back well to help defensively. Has a really good work rate.
I do think the problem lies in not finding more ways to get the ball in behind to Halland. There is some clout to the argument that City are better without him because everyone seems to be used to that style of play. I think it will come with time though. It’s not as plug and play as people seem to think