|
|
Topic Originator: saltonsgonagetu
Date: Mon 2 Dec 00:22
We`ve all watched the Pars trying to fo the playing out from the back usually unsuccessful, and said why with limited ability players , it`s OK for ManCity with thier players worth millions doing it, but after today where Liverpool made them seem really ordinary, especially when trying to play out from the back , maybe Pep ball has had its time, as City were constantly caught out by a long ball over the right back to Salah .
|
|
|
|
|
|
Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol
Date: Mon 2 Dec 05:19
After the "stay humble" episode I`m sure a great many supporters are enjoying watching City falter.
I don`t wanna go down like disco.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Mon 2 Dec 06:58
I can`t see Pep abandoning his favoured style of play, which he also used at Barca and Bayern, Salton.
There`s no doubt City are on a very poor run of form, but it`s not solely down to playing style. Even the best players are not immune from injuries and loss of form. Confidence is a huge factor. A team on a good run, like Liverpool now, will go out convinced they can beat all comers. City, on the other hand, will be apprehensive and tentative and now wondering if they`ll ever win another game.
Poor runs happen to every team at some point. I remember Liverpool suffering a similar crisis under Klopp. Didn`t they lose 4 or 5 home games on the spin against unfancied opposition, as PL champions? Man U also had a spell when a number of smaller clubs recorded their first wins at OT. Spurs are just Spurs. They can demolish the top sides and then fail against those they`re expected to beat.
City and Pep will eventually come good again with the players they have, but they`ve no chance of winning a 5th consecutive title. Even the most ardent City fan will concede that this is good for English football, just like it was good for the domestic championships of Germany and Scotland when Leverkeusan and Rangers toppled Bayern and Celtic, respectively.
Not your average Sunday League player.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Topic Originator: Rusty Shackleford
Date: Mon 2 Dec 08:44
No I just think they`re out of form. Gvardiol clearly has PTSD from playing Doak, hasn`t kicked a ball since.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Topic Originator: TAFKA_Super_Petrie
Date: Mon 2 Dec 09:39
Cannot overstate how much they miss Rodri.
Similar to all the fan fare that Iniesta & Xavi (quite rightly) used to receive, if Busquets wasn`t playing it was a huge gap to fill.
---------------------------------------------------------------
"People always talk about Ronaldinho and magic, but I didn't see him today. I saw Henrik Larsson; that's where the magic was."
|
|
|
|
|
|
Topic Originator: kelty_par
Date: Mon 2 Dec 10:40
Pep really doesn`t deal well with adversity or with criticism. Which makes their current predicament hilarious.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Topic Originator: CitizenPar
Date: Mon 2 Dec 11:02
I know I`m in a minority here, but I actually like playing out from the back rather than the big, often aimless kick up the park. Okay, I accept you need the players capable of playing that way, but when it works I don`t find it at all boring. To be even more controversial, I`m also a big fan of Deniz. Lots of Continental keepers don`t come off their line, they often leave crosses to their defence!
|
|
|
|
|
|
