SilverFox
Well-Known Member
Well thank god for that.
I'm all for giving Mendy a go. He is by trade a midfielder and we broke a transfer record signing him. He should get the nod. I was undecided at the start of the week but largely because I had forgotten about him (which shows that I am plainly working too hard at things that are not nearly trivial enough). The real issue for me is that I want Okazaki on the field but I also want Vardy and Musa. It is a headache because Musa from what I have seen plays best in the Vardy role and not on the wing. this leads me to a 3-5-2 but I don't think Mahrez is really a wing back.
If we did play 3-5-2 for me it would look like
--------------Big Kas------------
----Huth---Morgan--Fuchs----
Mahrez-----------------Schlupp
---------Drinky--Mendy--------
-------------Okazaki-------------
------Vardy--------Mooose-----
Am I bonkers.
Does anyone else think it would have just been better if they had ended football at the conclusion of last season.
Does anyone else think it would have just been better if they had ended football at the conclusion of last season.
My excitement levels for this season were the lowest since I started watching football all those years ago.
No defending champion has begun the following season with successive defeats since Aston Villa in 1981.
King clearly showed he cannot do a Kante job.
Okazaki will pull their defenders/midfielders around the park.
So it is a question of whether Mendy is good enough for that role at the moment, or maybe Hernandez in front of Morgan and Huth.
That would also give the flexibility that Hernandez could drop back to give you a back 3 of H-M-H with Simpson and Fuchs pressing forwards with Drinkwater.
I think "so many people" is just MTBT on repeat.I cannot work out why so many people are convinced that Hernandes should be a defensive midfielder. Is it just because he can pass and it currently a defender?
It's a totally different role. I don't think he would be able to do the box to box stuff personally
I cannot work out why so many people are convinced that Hernandes should be a defensive midfielder. Is it just because he can pass and it currently a defender?
It's a totally different role. I don't think he would be able to do the box to box stuff personally
Crazy isn't it?
One of our big summer signings and we should play a centre back in that position, before he's even kicked a competitive ball in anger.
Didn't Villa go on to win the European cup that yearFrom the BBC
No defending champion has begun the following season with successive defeats since Aston Villa in 1981.
I believe we've only beaten Arsenal once in the league (Ian Ormondroyd inspired) since I started supporting City over 30 years ago.
I can't remember seeing your prediction last week so I reckon that's why we lost.
P | Pld | Pts | |
1 | Manchester C | 9 | 23 |
2 | Liverpool | 9 | 22 |
3 | Arsenal | 9 | 18 |
4 | Aston Villa | 9 | 18 |
5 | Chelsea | 9 | 17 |
6 | Brighton | 9 | 16 |
7 | Nottm F | 9 | 16 |
8 | Tottenham | 9 | 13 |
9 | Brentford | 9 | 13 |
10 | Fulham | 9 | 12 |
11 | Bournemouth | 9 | 12 |
12 | Newcastle | 9 | 12 |
13 | West Ham | 9 | 11 |
14 | Manchester U | 9 | 11 |
15 | Leicester | 9 | 9 |
16 | Everton | 9 | 9 |
17 | Palace | 9 | 6 |
18 | Ipswich | 9 | 4 |
19 | Wolves | 9 | 2 |
20 | Southampton | 9 | 1 |