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Fred is awfull, and you clearly see once again that Pogba in a double pivot is not working. Its basicly like playing Fred alone.
Fred is awfull, and you clearly see once again that Pogba in a double pivot is not working. Its basicly like playing Fred alone.
I would bring back Moyes....at least he is a decent coach.If you think signings will solve our problems, I feel sorry for you.
Clearly DM is not the issue here, its that we do not have a midfielder who can run the game with his passing, we are devoid of someone to dictate our play.
Exactly.Exactly. Having Rice in place of Fred is not going to change the fact that Pogba keeps losing the ball when he plays deeper. Buying a pure DM, contrary to popular opinion, solves nothing.
We need a proper CM who is good on the ball. Stop this obsession with playing Pogba as a CM next to a "destroyer" to unlock him.
Gundogan is an amazing CM who runs the game very well, Pogba is not and does not. You are only showing that you are missing the point.This myth that Pogba can't play in midfield rears its head again. I have seen City dominate games with Gundogan as DM and Silva as CM. We are struggling becussr the positions our players pick up when we have the ball is not good enough. How many passing options do our players have?
Yes we need a midfielder or two but the problems run much deeper.
It is. Not as huge as a manager problem though. Everyone in the world knows that Fred - Pogba duo will never ever work. Everyone except the most important person it seems, the manager himself. That lineup we put out today is suicidal and we are extremely lucky to go into HT still at 0-0.Wow. Our midfield is a huge problem isn't it.
Bingo.We are a coaching staff short of an elite side.
I mean we are getting totally dominated by a midfield composed of Neves and Moutinho, we're not facing Pep's Barca ffs there's only so much you can attribute to players.
The entire coaching staff needs to be blamed. There are clueless personnel in chargeIt is. Not as huge as a manager problem though. Everyone in the world knows that Fred - Pogba duo will never ever work. Everyone except the most important person it seems, the manager himself. That lineup we put out today is suicidal and we are extremely lucky to go into HT still at 0-0.
Gunfogan would look lost playing in the position Fred is for us. You don't just throw players on and ask them to perform. How does any individual player solve the problem of the midfielder on the ball constantly being outnumbered?Gundogan is an amazing CM who runs the game very well, Pogba is not and does not. You are only showing that you are missing the point.
Gundogan doesn't play the same role as Fred, he plays the Pogba position and he could be doing a MUCH better job than Pogba is now. Pogba should be on the left.Gunfogan would look lost playing in the position Fred is for us. You don't just throw players on and ask them to perform. How does any individual player solve the problem of the midfielder on the ball constantly being outnumbered?
This is unfortunately true, you look at Ole's starting line ups and you can predict the problems the team will face and you wonder how he, who manages them all week, can't anticipate some of the issues with his team. Players like Matic, Mata, Lingard and even Fred, in spite of his good performances someday, should have been gone a long time ago. Now with a couple of days before the window closes we are being shown what a poor midfield we have yet we have clowns and semi retired players collecting ½ a million a week.Ole and his coaching staff are the biggest handicap.
Sign prime Keane, prime Essien, nothing would change. It's a tactical issue, not a personnel one. Team looks clueless when pressed, been for 3 years now.
You're missing the point. Gundogan has played DM for City loads of times and looked comfortable. Gundogan would struggle if he was playing DM for us.Gundogan doesn't play the same role as Fred, he plays the Pogba position and he could be doing a MUCH better job than Pogba is now. Pogba should be on the left.
You are missing the point, Pogba is not doing what he is supposed to be doing in that position, which is where most of our problems come from. Hes not dictating play at all, in fact hes gone completely missing. We are looking for someone in the midfield to start running things, looking at Pogba, and there is nothing there. We are playing without someone doing the most important influential role.You're missing the point. Gundogan has played DM for City loads of times and looked comfortable. Gundogan would struggle if he was playing DM for us.
People dwell too much on individual performances. In the last two games, our midfielders a have been outnumbered every time they got the ball. That's not on the individual player. That's on the team structure. Better players can paper over the cracks but when midfielders are outnumbered, they usually struggle. City's midifielders are never outnumbered. That's why Pep can get away with playing attackers in deeper positions.
Was waiting for thatDM & manager yes.