[Albion] Man City work out Arsenal (and Brighton?)

[Thunder Bolt]

Tomorrow would be a good day to finally beat Fulham in the Premier League.

 

[super-seagulls]

Peps achievements in football are undeniable but I'd wager every other manager in the league would have Man City on at least as many points this season.

What, even Potter?

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Interesting article on The Times today talking about how Man City went direct to beat Arsenal. Way more often than against any other team this season.

But look who comes just behind. It appears they used a similar tactic against us. Go direct, use a big front man to ruffle some feathers, sacrifice some possession but bypass the press.

Have any other teams exploited this potential vulnerability against us this season?

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I think however much you want to analyse it, it all comes down to one thing in the end, Manchester City are just that lttle bit better than anyone else.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Tomorrow would be a good day to finally beat Fulham in the Premier League.

Winning tomorrow is very important that's for sure, the likes of Fulham, ( and Brentford ), worry me, when it comes to trying to claim a European spot for next season.

Fulham are a very very good side, and we will need to be at out absolute best if we are to get the three points.

 

[Surf's Up]

Mitrovic in one of his two favourite games of the season, bullying Albion defenders and scoring….

Dunk, in particular, doesn't always shine against Mitrovic!

 

[The Fits]

So Pep has been the worst (or joint worst) performing manager of the season?

With that squad he's way off the likes of RDZ, Frank, Silva, Arteta, Cooper for sure. I'm not saying he's performed worse than every manager, but I'd argue that if any other manager or me or you got to pick Ederson, Rodri, Silva, De Bruyne and Haaland most weeks and fill the rest of the team up with the likes of Mahrez and Grealish, you'd be pretty disappointed if you didn't walk the league.

 

[Triggaaar]

With that squad he's way off the likes of RDZ, Frank, Silva, Arteta, Cooper for sure. I'm not saying he's performed worse than every manager, but I'd argue that if any other manager or me or you got to pick Ederson, Rodri, Silva, De Bruyne and Haaland most weeks and fill the rest of the team up with the likes of Mahrez and Grealish, you'd be pretty disappointed if you didn't walk the league.

You think you could manage City and win the league? I know they have great players, but football is just not that easy.

Pep is rated as a great manager, but even he's been struggling to get them to the top (and with Arsenal's game in hand, they've not scored the most points per game so far).

I am not arguing that he's been one of the best managers this season, as like you say, he does have an amazing squad to pick from, but the idea that all of the other managers could have done as well is silly.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

To be honest you don’t have to be Pep to rumble how to deal with a high press. It’s not rocket science.

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

Interesting article on The Times today talking about how Man City went direct to beat Arsenal. Way more often than against any other team this season.

But look who comes just behind. It appears they used a similar tactic against us. Go direct, use a big front man to ruffle some feathers, sacrifice some possession but bypass the press.

Have any other teams exploited this potential vulnerability against us this season?

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That is very misleading. They only attempted 64 Long passes against us, the 4th fewest they attempted against any team this season.

Arsenal and Brighton are the only 2 teams in the league who dominated possession against them.

The long ball is not a vulnerability of ours, it's a tactic City use when they are under pressure.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

One of Dunks achilles is a long ball over the top To a half decent striker. If he doesn't get it he gets sent off or booked trying .

It can be, but he also eats aerial duels, and if Webster is on the cover then I feel relatively confident..

 

[Rookie]

With that squad he's way off the likes of RDZ, Frank, Silva, Arteta, Cooper for sure. I'm not saying he's performed worse than every manager, but I'd argue that if any other manager or me or you got to pick Ederson, Rodri, Silva, De Bruyne and Haaland most weeks and fill the rest of the team up with the likes of Mahrez and Grealish, you'd be pretty disappointed if you didn't walk the league.

I’d say it’s part of his genius that he makes it look easy which makes it look like anyone could do it.

 

[Littlemo]

Interesting article on The Times today talking about how Man City went direct to beat Arsenal. Way more often than against any other team this season.

But look who comes just behind. It appears they used a similar tactic against us. Go direct, use a big front man to ruffle some feathers, sacrifice some possession but bypass the press.

Have any other teams exploited this potential vulnerability against us this season?

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Think Everton worked them out first tbf

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

As I said in the ‘arry thread. English football is returning to the dinosaur age

Now we have Roy Hodgson back to join the others!