Three rookie mistakes lol. Cancelo's tackle is the worst, Kounde's clearance reminds me of Sandro. Would give Araujo some slack cuz that was probably the only thing he can do in that situation.
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Inter 2014-15
Serie A placement: 8
Milan 2014-15
Serie A placement: 10
Inter 2014-15
Serie A placement: 8
Icardi - Palacio
Nagatomo - Kovacic - Hernanes - Jonathan
Cambiasso
Rolando - Samuel - Ranocchia
Handanovic
Bench: Campagnaro, Santon, Dodo, D'Ambrosio, Kuzmanovic, Guarin, Medel, M'Vila, Podolski.Nagatomo - Kovacic - Hernanes - Jonathan
Cambiasso
Rolando - Samuel - Ranocchia
Handanovic
Milan 2014-15
Serie A placement: 10
Cerci - Menez
Honda
Montolivo - De Jong - Bonaventura
De Sciglio - Mexes - Paletta - Abate
Diego Lopez
Bench: Rami, Muntari, Poli, Pazzini, Van Ginkel, Taarabt, El Shaarawy.Honda
Montolivo - De Jong - Bonaventura
De Sciglio - Mexes - Paletta - Abate
Diego Lopez
Well the way I see it we'll be losing Rabiot and maybe McKennie leaving us with Locatelli, Miretti and Fagioli as our only Midfielders so we'll need to invest in quality in that department without any money.
We also need wingbacks, wingers, a Striker to replace Milk and Kean and both of them won't fetch a decent sum.
We only bounced back last time because we had lightning in a bottle were everything came together perfectly with Conte, the new Stadium and Beppe bringing in Barzgli, Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Pirlo and Pogba for literally peanuts.
Doubt that happens twice unless Giuntoli truly is a master at building squads on a budget but as I said that'll take years to achieve.
Too much work needs done with this team IMO
We also need wingbacks, wingers, a Striker to replace Milk and Kean and both of them won't fetch a decent sum.
We only bounced back last time because we had lightning in a bottle were everything came together perfectly with Conte, the new Stadium and Beppe bringing in Barzgli, Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Pirlo and Pogba for literally peanuts.
Doubt that happens twice unless Giuntoli truly is a master at building squads on a budget but as I said that'll take years to achieve.
Too much work needs done with this team IMO
It is unlikely because we don’t have a Marotta or a Conte figure to do it.
But if we were to find another version of both, we could easily close the gap over a season or two. What do you think Inter and Milan did recently? All it took was for them to hire decent managers and get competent management in place and they went from coming 7th-8th in Serie A to winning the league and making semi-finals/finals of European competition.
But if we were to find another version of both, we could easily close the gap over a season or two. What do you think Inter and Milan did recently? All it took was for them to hire decent managers and get competent management in place and they went from coming 7th-8th in Serie A to winning the league and making semi-finals/finals of European competition.
This is the why the next coach we hire would the be the most important decision in the next 5 years.
The next coach hopefully should set the foundation for our way back to the top.
We wasted three years with Allegro hoping he would build something or add some stability to the team but he's probably going to leave us in a worse state than when he joined us in 2021.
I want to know how much that Leverkusen squad costs. I'm willing to bet they've spent way less than us. Would they get anywhere near competing for the title if it wasn't for Xabi Alonso? I don't think so.
Kudos to Leverkusen management as well for taking a chance on him.
I'm hoping for the Giuntoli-Motta era to be a successful one.
The next coach hopefully should set the foundation for our way back to the top.
We wasted three years with Allegro hoping he would build something or add some stability to the team but he's probably going to leave us in a worse state than when he joined us in 2021.
I want to know how much that Leverkusen squad costs. I'm willing to bet they've spent way less than us. Would they get anywhere near competing for the title if it wasn't for Xabi Alonso? I don't think so.
Kudos to Leverkusen management as well for taking a chance on him.
I'm hoping for the Giuntoli-Motta era to be a successful one.
I even said last summer about how the fuck did we let Grimaldo slip and join Leverkusen for free. Truth be told I've enjoyed watching Leverkusen this season and I've watched them more than any other team than Juve this season because of it, it certainly evens out the shit ive had to endure with Juve this season.
Was that Max strategy MC started with thinking that they could play to a scoreless tie? And they get burnt with Walker not stopping the cross. Now they wake up.
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MC finally starts playing and controls the rest of the half. So MC ads with 61-39% poss, 9-0 corners and 17-2 cross attempts. Maybe playing to win from the start, getting first goal and no urgent need to have to score.
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MC finally starts playing and controls the rest of the half. So MC ads with 61-39% poss, 9-0 corners and 17-2 cross attempts. Maybe playing to win from the start, getting first goal and no urgent need to have to score.
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Fucking Doku, knew he would make the difference as soon as he came on.
Just direct and penetrative player. Runs straight at you relentlessly. Grealish he subbed for can dribble but just dwells on ball way too long, slow down play, easy for defence to adapt to.
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Foden is not at all, great player this season. Has plenty of end product, 22 goals this season and dozens of assists.
But he is a central AM, creative playmaker, ala Bernardo or De Bruyne, player that roams the central attacking channels looking for holes to score on or to create plays.
Real Madrid congested the middle alot so less space to use.
It's the wings that needs to do alot more work in games like this, more space to do damage 1v1 there. But Grealish despite being high level dribbler just slows down play and has almost no end product to speak of. Can't even call him overrated because I don't think many rate him too much.
City miss a Mahrez type in games like these.
Just direct and penetrative player. Runs straight at you relentlessly. Grealish he subbed for can dribble but just dwells on ball way too long, slow down play, easy for defence to adapt to.
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Foden is not at all, great player this season. Has plenty of end product, 22 goals this season and dozens of assists.
But he is a central AM, creative playmaker, ala Bernardo or De Bruyne, player that roams the central attacking channels looking for holes to score on or to create plays.
Real Madrid congested the middle alot so less space to use.
It's the wings that needs to do alot more work in games like this, more space to do damage 1v1 there. But Grealish despite being high level dribbler just slows down play and has almost no end product to speak of. Can't even call him overrated because I don't think many rate him too much.
City miss a Mahrez type in games like these.