dazby wrote:Let's face facts, it was Sven who initiated City into the possession based play. Leslie and Mancio have developed it.
sweenyuk wrote:even some of the advertising hoardings were moved closer to the pitch last night to prevent the long throw in's, great attention to detail
Sideshow Bob wrote:was thinking the exact same thing last night, ted. bob has clearly been studying a lot of barca film, b/c this constant, high pressing game is entirely new for us. have our tactics changed since the early season, or is it just that our fitness has improved?
Ted Hughes wrote:I've mentioned on here that I was wondering if Bob's attacks on AJ's workrate were down to the fact that he wanted to try out him, Nasri & Silva, in a Barca style team & it would only work if we closed down with 11 players. Well we did it last night & strung together 861passes. Not only that, we hunted Stoke's defenders like wolves when they had the ball. For all of Stoke's rolling over, it would have been unthinkable for Bob to even attempt to put out a side like this v Stoke even a year ago, we just didn't have the positive attitude to keep the ball & defend high up when we lost it.
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