Monaco 3 vs 1 Man City (6-6)FT,City out
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Re: Monaco 3 vs 1 Man City (6-6)FT,City out
i noticed that Pep's City doesn't like being attacked.okidoki wrote:Pep plays only one way, been really disappointed with him.
The teams that have attacked City fearlessly this season have caused them lots of problems and got lots of joy, starting with Celtic in the group stages that was the first sign.
The game against Liverpool this Sunday should be fun to watch.
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Re: Monaco 3 vs 1 Man City (5-5)FT,City out
I don't know that defending or lack thereof was necessarily the key issue in the loss. For me it was clearly the inability to convert the chances created. And there were a legion of them...green4life wrote:Anyway, this loss is squarely on naive Pep tactics. Defending is part of the game. You take a 2 goal lead to France yet you start only one recognized central midfielder while allowing Yaya to rot on the bench. Wharraheck. He could've helped to shore up the midfield and also help defend aerial set plays. Na wa.
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Re: Monaco 3 vs 1 Man City (6-6)FT,City out
Who is their second striker? Lukaku is in unbelievable form right now.Synopsis wrote:Pls make Iheanacho to Everton happen.
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Re: Monaco 3 vs 1 Man City (6-6)FT,City out
Arouna Koné I believe. Lukaku is rumored to be leaving this Summer.Tbite wrote:Who is their second striker? Lukaku is in unbelievable form right now.Synopsis wrote:Pls make Iheanacho to Everton happen.
Re: Monaco 3 vs 1 Man City (6-6)FT,City out
ihanacho to athletico, Griezman to United. but will nacho move outside Epl..
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Re: Monaco 3 vs 1 Man City (6-6)FT,City out
Yaya Toure is from which part of Europe?metalalloy wrote:The token 2 minutes they give you house negroes to pacify you? wake me up when he is a meaningful part of the team. Till then, NO NACHO, NO CITY!!!!tfco wrote:metalalloy wrote: no Nacho, no City!
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p.s - nacho did play.
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Re: Monaco 3 vs 1 Man City (6-6)FT,City out
Everton signed Lookman recently so Iheanacho should join a club like Spurs or Arsenal or even LiverpoolSynopsis wrote:Pls make Iheanacho to Everton happen.
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Re: Monaco 3 vs 1 Man City (5-5)FT,City out
The presumption is had they scored one of the missed chances, they would've kept scoring but that's theory and not reality. In reality, when they did score, Monaco took over the initiative and eventually scored the winning goal. What could've happened is not bankable. What's bankable though, is what you already have or had on the score board like the 5 goals from leg 1 and the 1 goal last night before they scored the third. In both of those bankable situations, City was in the driver's seat and in control of their destiny.txj wrote:I don't know that defending or lack thereof was necessarily the key issue in the loss. For me it was clearly the inability to convert the chances created. And there were a legion of them...green4life wrote:Anyway, this loss is squarely on naive Pep tactics. Defending is part of the game. You take a 2 goal lead to France yet you start only one recognized central midfielder while allowing Yaya to rot on the bench. Wharraheck. He could've helped to shore up the midfield and also help defend aerial set plays. Na wa.
This is CL. There are no easy opponents at this level of the competition. Yaya played well in the first leg and even though Pep initially started with an attacking plan - which I understand because its his philosophy, and even though I disagree with his approach, Yaya wasn't an option when they were down and chasing the game at 0-2 but he could and should have brought on Yaya after they had finally managed to battle back and edge ahead on away goals rule with less than 20 mins left. Generally, when teams are holding onto a slim lead with less than 20mins left against a difficult opponent (especially away from home), the manager tightens up the remaining midfield gaps with subs with further consideration on defending set pieces and obvious desperate aerial balls that are lumped in the box with the clock winding down. All the winning manger do this including many that have an attacking philosophy. This one is mostly on Pep and I'm far from his biggest critic but he & City didn't have to go out like this. They should be in the QF.
Re: Monaco 3 vs 1 Man City (6-6)FT,City out
The way his team passed the ball lethargically at the back was annoying. They got caught too many time. Defending is part of the game, man.
Guardiola continued: "It's not about the defence. Today was not about that. Why was the second half a problem with the defence?
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Re: Monaco 3 vs 1 Man City (5-5)FT,City out
Because Monaco didn't have "a legion of chances" that they could have scored from, right?txj wrote:I don't know that defending or lack thereof was necessarily the key issue in the loss. For me it was clearly the inability to convert the chances created. And there were a legion of them...green4life wrote:Anyway, this loss is squarely on naive Pep tactics. Defending is part of the game. You take a 2 goal lead to France yet you start only one recognized central midfielder while allowing Yaya to rot on the bench. Wharraheck. He could've helped to shore up the midfield and also help defend aerial set plays. Na wa.
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Re: Monaco 3 vs 1 Man City (5-5)FT,City out
No mind am.anointed wrote:Because Monaco didn't have "a legion of chances" that they could have scored from, right?txj wrote:I don't know that defending or lack thereof was necessarily the key issue in the loss. For me it was clearly the inability to convert the chances created. And there were a legion of them...green4life wrote:Anyway, this loss is squarely on naive Pep tactics. Defending is part of the game. You take a 2 goal lead to France yet you start only one recognized central midfielder while allowing Yaya to rot on the bench. Wharraheck. He could've helped to shore up the midfield and also help defend aerial set plays. Na wa.
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Sevilla did the same against LCFC and I kept thinking "wtf"anointed wrote:The way his team passed the ball lethargically at the back was annoying. They got caught too many time. Defending is part of the game, man.Guardiola continued: "It's not about the defence. Today was not about that. Why was the second half a problem with the defence?
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39287162
You are played a team that is pressing you, and here you are passing at the back
Do these NDL coaches scout their opponents?
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Source?Samora Machel wrote:And English pundits would have us think the french League is weak and rubbish. They certainly play very exciting and attacking football
Pep, genius my foot All very well to step into a redy made outfit like Barcelona. At Bayern bayern regressed under him. Now at City he has reached a new low
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Re: Monaco 3 vs 1 Man City (5-5)FT,City out
green4life wrote:The presumption is had they scored one of the missed chances, they would've kept scoring but that's theory and not reality. In reality, when they did score, Monaco took over the initiative and eventually scored the winning goal. What could've happened is not bankable. What's bankable though, is what you already have or had on the score board like the 5 goals from leg 1 and the 1 goal last night before they scored the third. In both of those bankable situations, City was in the driver's seat and in control of their destiny.txj wrote:I don't know that defending or lack thereof was necessarily the key issue in the loss. For me it was clearly the inability to convert the chances created. And there were a legion of them...green4life wrote:Anyway, this loss is squarely on naive Pep tactics. Defending is part of the game. You take a 2 goal lead to France yet you start only one recognized central midfielder while allowing Yaya to rot on the bench. Wharraheck. He could've helped to shore up the midfield and also help defend aerial set plays. Na wa.
This is CL. There are no easy opponents at this level of the competition. Yaya played well in the first leg and even though Pep initially started with an attacking plan - which I understand because its his philosophy, and even though I disagree with his approach, Yaya wasn't an option when they were down and chasing the game at 0-2 but he could and should have brought on Yaya after they had finally managed to battle back and edge ahead on away goals rule with less than 20 mins left. Generally, when teams are holding onto a slim lead with less than 20mins left against a difficult opponent (especially away from home), the manager tightens up the remaining midfield gaps with subs with further consideration on defending set pieces and obvious desperate aerial balls that are lumped in the box with the clock winding down. All the winning manger do this including many that have an attacking philosophy. This one is mostly on Pep and I'm far from his biggest critic but he & City didn't have to go out like this. They should be in the QF.
I understand your point but I'm analyzing the game as it played out, not how it SHOULD HAVE.
And based on how it played out, the key issue was the missed chances.
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We watched this very boring video, 500 times, of Sacchi doing defensive drills, using sticks and without the ball, with Maldini, Baresi and Albertini. We used to think before then that if the other players are better, you have to lose. After that we learned anything is possible – you can beat better teams by using tactics." Jurgen Klopp
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Just about every one of them; including the EPL fans who follow them...anointed wrote:Source?Samora Machel wrote:And English pundits would have us think the french League is weak and rubbish. They certainly play very exciting and attacking football
Pep, genius my foot All very well to step into a redy made outfit like Barcelona. At Bayern bayern regressed under him. Now at City he has reached a new low
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We watched this very boring video, 500 times, of Sacchi doing defensive drills, using sticks and without the ball, with Maldini, Baresi and Albertini. We used to think before then that if the other players are better, you have to lose. After that we learned anything is possible – you can beat better teams by using tactics." Jurgen Klopp
Liverpool, European Champions 2005.
We watched this very boring video, 500 times, of Sacchi doing defensive drills, using sticks and without the ball, with Maldini, Baresi and Albertini. We used to think before then that if the other players are better, you have to lose. After that we learned anything is possible – you can beat better teams by using tactics." Jurgen Klopp
Re: UCL - March 15
When you ask an impotent man how many children he has, he says many.txj wrote:Just about every one of them; including the EPL fans who follow them...anointed wrote:Source?Samora Machel wrote:And English pundits would have us think the french League is weak and rubbish. They certainly play very exciting and attacking football
Pep, genius my foot All very well to step into a redy made outfit like Barcelona. At Bayern bayern regressed under him. Now at City he has reached a new low
TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED...
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Re: Monaco 3 vs 1 Man City (6-6)FT,City out
Paris SG did this against Barcelona and I was told that it was their playing style. Meanwhile Rabiot, Veratti and Matuidi kept losing the ball right in front of their 18. Irritating!! Spurs does it sometimes and Dier, slow coach Dier, gets caught out.tfco wrote:Sevilla did the same against LCFC and I kept thinking "wtf"anointed wrote:The way his team passed the ball lethargically at the back was annoying. They got caught too many time. Defending is part of the game, man.Guardiola continued: "It's not about the defence. Today was not about that. Why was the second half a problem with the defence?
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39287162
You are played a team that is pressing you, and here you are passing at the back
Do these NDL coaches scout their opponents?
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Re: UCL - March 15
anointed wrote:When you ask an impotent man how many children he has, he says many.txj wrote:Just about every one of them; including the EPL fans who follow them...anointed wrote:Source?Samora Machel wrote:And English pundits would have us think the french League is weak and rubbish. They certainly play very exciting and attacking football
Pep, genius my foot All very well to step into a redy made outfit like Barcelona. At Bayern bayern regressed under him. Now at City he has reached a new low
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I apologize that I cannot respond to the above as I lack your experience in the matter heretofore...anointed wrote:When you ask an impotent man how many children he has, he says many.txj wrote:Just about every one of them; including the EPL fans who follow them...anointed wrote:Source?Samora Machel wrote:And English pundits would have us think the french League is weak and rubbish. They certainly play very exciting and attacking football
Pep, genius my foot All very well to step into a redy made outfit like Barcelona. At Bayern bayern regressed under him. Now at City he has reached a new low
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We watched this very boring video, 500 times, of Sacchi doing defensive drills, using sticks and without the ball, with Maldini, Baresi and Albertini. We used to think before then that if the other players are better, you have to lose. After that we learned anything is possible – you can beat better teams by using tactics." Jurgen Klopp
Liverpool, European Champions 2005.
We watched this very boring video, 500 times, of Sacchi doing defensive drills, using sticks and without the ball, with Maldini, Baresi and Albertini. We used to think before then that if the other players are better, you have to lose. After that we learned anything is possible – you can beat better teams by using tactics." Jurgen Klopp
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When a candidate gets challenged or stuck with an examination question, the candidate begins to look upwards as if the answer is printed in the ceiling.txj wrote:I apologize that I cannot respond to the above as I lack your experience in the matter heretofore...anointed wrote:When you ask an impotent man how many children he has, he says many.txj wrote:Just about every one of them; including the EPL fans who follow them...anointed wrote:Source?Samora Machel wrote:And English pundits would have us think the french League is weak and rubbish. They certainly play very exciting and attacking football
Pep, genius my foot All very well to step into a redy made outfit like Barcelona. At Bayern bayern regressed under him. Now at City he has reached a new low
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Honestly he didn't.skillful wrote:Did Kele touch the ball at all
Re: Monaco 1 vs 0 Man City (4-5)
Correction Prince of Monacoicee wrote:Monaco has been a speed track for years!. Remember when they played a two-winged striker system leveraging Henry on one side of the wing and Ikpeba on the other!. Ikpeba then was known as "king of Monaco". The two will cut in from the wings with speed and both had goal scoring abilityhighbury wrote:This Monaco team is full of fast players. Man City cant keep up. I now see how Thierry Henry played for them. They seem to breed fast players