@DPAULOJNRRR Cherki needs runners man city don't run so the pass goes backwards if you want him in the 10 you need progressive passers our best is busy doing shifts as a 6 and the other is busy trying to outscore haaland to care about build up
@belvcarp Sideways and backwards passing at no point has he by passed pressure or broken lines what kind of midfielder is that just play guehi in midfield and you get the same when we have bouaddi on the bench
Maresca will still make the same mistakes the profiles we have in the team are good enough and well suited to his tactics but his favouritsm and rigidity makes him a stupid coach this won't change
I think it's time Sheikh Mansour uses his unlimited budget to get us a proper defence in the January transfer window. Even if it's through the usual sham business, I honestly don't care anymore.
All we need is a solid defence. Give us a Β£500m defensive budget, the UAE government can help us out. I'm tired of watching us defend like this.
@richy_os@City_Xtra@OptaJoe He won't lear he will still play the same midfield he should get fired we get an interim and throw a billion pounds at fabregas or bring kompany back home
@LNobbins This game would be fixed by taking enzo off for bouaddu taking fias off for nunes and guehi off for orielly so that when doku and ndiaye have the ball there's an underlap so they're not 2v1 all the time and we get progressive passes and carries from deep to keep cherki higher
@LifeOfMayowa Not crazy just an idiot that doesn't learn and has a lot of favourites Khousanov at rb doesn't work 4cb leaves our wingers in 2v1 dias has been awful since 24/25 cherki and enzo hasn't worked
@mancity_talk How's he going g to touch the ball when maresca's tactics have guehi as our main chance creator in this game when our wingers get the ball they are always in a 2v1 by the touchline Anderson is the only one trying progressive passes all of this with useless possession
@jemmy_sancho We don't get cherki into these positions enough our progressive passer is stuck doing clean up shifts and enzo is more interested in scoring than being a midfielder forcing cherki to drop deep with Anderson bouaddi we'd see more of last season cherki
@Leo_nxgen Off the ball enzo is just lazy like the second goal vs villa he was ball watching the position where Jackson shot from he shouldve been there add that to cherki poor off the ball t's disaster we have the players for maresca's system he just platforms them poorly
@Londonblue_2 The worst issue is we are loosing every second ball after an aerial ball the ball is with a brighton player we need to set up dunk as the press trigger and go man to man after he gets the ball enzo also on build up is just a log drop bouaddi to the 6 eliot 8 and get cherki on
@CityzenAmerica We've been shit there's no verticality in the team sideways and backwards and a lot of hit and hope crosses get enzo off cherki on we need people that can turn on the ball don't know why maresca is playing bouaddi at 10 also when we can't build up just going long
I'll say it again, and again, and again.
Bouaddi, Anderson and Cherki works against almost every opponent from a tactical perspective.
Bouaddi anchors/screens & circulates, Anderson connects and progresses, Cherki creates between the lines. Two of those are ground eaters OOP & pure duellers.
It was simple: take Enzo off, bring Bouaddi on alongside Cherki in the second half, and Villa were done. But Maresca doesn't see it, and that's shocking.