sheblue wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Bit pointless giving marks for that game where we were totally outclassed technically,individually and tactically.
We were losing almost every ball in the air,every ball in tackles.They were moving the ball around midfield as if we only had mannequins and with such good touch and movement our players were getting dizzy.I remain stunned that Pellegrini didn't at least try to stop them.When we got the ball and they pressed hard and fast there didn't seem to be a way out so we played long and lost it by either being offside or plain soft.
When they had the ball and we tried to press we left gaping holes for them to play it out.I can't think of a player deserving even a 6 tonight but sadly I think Joe Hart needs a break.On his best form he might have stopped all 3 tonight and 2 for definite.
I thought Fernandinho was head and shoulders better than any other City player & it's a great pity he fucked up & got caught on the ball. It still shouldn't have ended in a goal though.
If the Count doesn't immediately learn from this & totally change our tactics v Bayern next time, he isn't going to learn, & should be sacked. I can accept us losing again, but I can't accept us not at least trying to adapt.
the thing is he hasnt showed signs that he is learning from his errors. he is not a young manager.
it was blatantly clear that the side needed changing from less than 15 mins into the game yet he persisted with an isolated and over run midfiled until about the 67th minute. this i cant get at all. why were the changes not made earlier? there has been too many blunders and cant see it changing short term. surely surely a man of his experience, or some of his staff can see these mistakes.
In the Premier League his 'errors' are mainly down to individuals not doing as they are supposed to & I recon his system will probably work eventually when they all start doing it.
Last night however, we played against 6 mids & no strikers, all camped in our half & all running & chasing. At one point, I saw Nasri turn round after tracking back 70 yards surrounded by Bayern players, to find Aguero Dzeko & Yaya still hadn't got over the halfway line to help & he was shouting at them & waving his arms as to where they were supposed to be.
Clearly, the front 2 are supposed to do the running in order for us to fit more strikers into the team, & clearly they are not going to do it, & clearly Yaya should be thought of as an attacking player in these kind of games, not a centre mid. He runs about, but he doesn't do it to any effect. Mancini never learned that in all the years of managing him.
Pep doesn't always play that way. He did so because he knows we are fucking dangerous. He sorted us out.
Now I want to see the Count realise the same about Bayern & take some action to counter them, like Pep has done with us.
If we do, I recon we will see a very different game. If we don't, he should probably retire.
Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:48 pm