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| |  Posted 30/01/2008 12:25:17 | |
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| | I was thinking about this last night and have convinced myself that things are not quite as bad as they seem. Hopefully we will manage to scrape a result tonight with the strikers we have available and then we play the arse and the rags where we probably wouldn't expect to get any points and it is probably more important that the defense performs. Then we have no game and don't play again until 25th Feb. By this time Sturridge will be much fitter, Boji could be almost there (possibly on the bench) and Castillo may only be a week away from fitness. In addition our midfield may be boosted by the return of Johnson. See everything will be fine Less of the negativity. Always the optimist, that's me! |
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| | | Posted 30/01/2008 12:34:27 | |
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| Our problem is that we have spent every match since that goal Bianchi had against West Ham (opening day) playing a system that doesnt suit for a striker. When was the last goal we saw that was a City player running round a defender and slotting it in. Our game has been down the left, cross to no one, win ball back down the right,across the 18 yard box, back to left side...We havent played to a 'strikers game' for a long tome now and the mid-field will need to adjust accordingly. That could take a while. I dont mean to be too pessimistic but that is how I see it, maybe we'll adjust quicker than I imagine.
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| | | Posted 30/01/2008 12:41:05 | |
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| | Good points Danny. There is nothing wrong with creating goals from crosses from the wing and it is probably the best way to create chances, we scored a couple of good goals against Blackburn. But really we need to start creating chances from the right to take away the predictability. Add that to the odd goal down the middle and we would be ok. Let's see how we do when Boji and Johnson are back. |
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| | | Posted 30/01/2008 12:46:46 | |
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| Danny's Studs (30/01/2008)
Our problem is that we have spent every match since that goal Bianchi had against West Ham (opening day) playing a system that doesnt suit for a striker. When was the last goal we saw that was a City player running round a defender and slotting it in. Our game has been down the left, cross to no one, win ball back down the right,across the 18 yard box, back to left side...We havent played to a 'strikers game' for a long tome now and the mid-field will need to adjust accordingly. That could take a while. I dont mean to be too pessimistic but that is how I see it, maybe we'll adjust quicker than I imagine.Danny that is spot on to a T. I think two strikers is a must to get on crosses etc.
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| | | Posted 30/01/2008 13:51:17 | |
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| Chicken Balti Pie (30/01/2008)
Danny's Studs (30/01/2008)
Our problem is that we have spent every match since that goal Bianchi had against West Ham (opening day) playing a system that doesnt suit for a striker. When was the last goal we saw that was a City player running round a defender and slotting it in. Our game has been down the left, cross to no one, win ball back down the right,across the 18 yard box, back to left side...We havent played to a 'strikers game' for a long tome now and the mid-field will need to adjust accordingly. That could take a while. I dont mean to be too pessimistic but that is how I see it, maybe we'll adjust quicker than I imagine.Danny that is spot on to a T. I think two strikers is a must to get on crosses etc. I agree, though he is outstanding i do think we cater too much for Elano at the moment, I think Sven should try playing 4-4-2 for a bit with Elano on the right, Johnson and Hammann in the middle and Petrov on the left. Maybe even drop Elano for a couple of games to freshen him up a bit. |
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| | | Posted 31/01/2008 20:54:51 | |
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| | That might work as a stop-gap until we get a proper right winger, save for the fact Johnson isn't available. |
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| | | Posted 15/02/2008 12:40:07 | |
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| Our Tommy (30/01/2008)
I was thinking about this last night and have convinced myself that things are not quite as bad as they seem. Hopefully we will manage to scrape a result tonight with the strikers we have available and then we play the arse and the rags where we probably wouldn't expect to get any points and it is probably more important that the defense performs. Then we have no game and don't play again until 25th Feb. By this time Sturridge will be much fitter, Boji could be almost there (possibly on the bench) and Castillo may only be a week away from fitness. In addition our midfield may be boosted by the return of Johnson. See everything will be fine Less of the negativity. Always the optimist, that's me! Told you everything was going to be ok! |
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