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Maresca has a serious problem on his hands: Cherki vs Foden.

And yesterday against Coventry, we got another glimpse of why managing these two effectively could define his City tenure.

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@Gideoomatic Bruh! This was violation

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@ChingChibg19224 Still a valuable addition, needed for certain stadium atmospheres

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@LNobbins Ruben Dias

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@midopido21 Lobos

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We can afford to start Anderson, Enzo and Cherki in midfield and not suffer heavily for it if Doku is available because the opposition has to double mark him, that would most likely mean a numerical disadvantage in midfield.

That’s a value that Doku brings to this team.

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It’s really funny how personnel can completely change your game plan.

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It’s really funny how personnel can completely change your game plan.

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@TouchlineX So true

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Brian Brobbey is 24 years old?

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@motion_vibez1 😂

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@GCNA_ The first solution to the problem is Bouaddi, but Marecsa is trying not to through him into the starting XI until he’s confident he’ll do well.

Maybe y’all don’t know but Pep would have done the exact same thing. We’ll probably lose at Old Trafford while at it.

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@ctidpep @CitehSide Do you watch Barcelona games?

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@ctidpep @CitehSide What you’re trying to do is underrate Sunderland that had a really good game today, fair play to them, and that’s not going to work

Sunderland did well to expose the weakness of the XI Marecsa put out today, It’s his duty to make sure it doesn’t repeat itself

But fgs, we won.

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What’s this outrage on the timeline?

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@CitehSide Frr bro, I’m so close to blocking this guy 🤦

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Same thing could be said in midfield.

There are gamez where you’d get away with an Anderson-Enzo pivot.

There are other games where Bouaddi becomes a necessity, like today.

Won’t take too long he’ll break into the starting eleven.

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Whilst Florian Wirtz is failing to reliably make 5 yard passes, you’ve got Rayan Cherki doing this week-in, week-out.

Whilst Florian Wirtz doesn’t have a single game-breaking quality, Cherki has 3; ball-striking, dribbling & creativity. All whilst costing nearly 3x less than Wirtz…

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Rodri, Kobbie Mainoo and Myles Lewis-Skelly..

You cannot love football and not enjoy watching them play.

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@motion_vibez1 Maresca has to find a way to introduce Bouaddi into the XI, most likely at Cherki’s detriment

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Lowkey, Anderson did not have a great game today

He did not protect the backline well enough and jumped to press too quickly at times

You cannot blame him though, he’s not a natural DM

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Favouritism aside, Diomande starts over Vini Jr currently.

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Aliex Iwobi is top 3 number 10s in the Premier League.