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For what?

Think it's the first time i've seen the ref going out to check and sticking with his decision.

Surely some form of miscommunication? Wasn't anything close to being wrong about that goal.

Where does this strong team come from? It's pretty much the same players that played vs Wolves. Might be strong on paper, but in current form? Well lets just hope some of us get proven wrong.

Thought his limitations got exposed once again myself. Misplaced a few pretty simple passes aswell.

Didn't he mention fatigue after the City game? I take it Miley being left out 2 games in a row means that Eddie prefers current Trippier/Tonali over him?

It sure as hell proves that it doesn't always work out for him in the end, which was my only point with bringing it up. He did do an outstanding job at Bournmouth overall, just like he has here.

You guys are sure great at taking things out of context. All this from me stating the simple fact that he got relegated at Bournemouth as a counterpoint to the claim that it always works out for him in the end.

I said totally change it, Guardiola is still playing with a possesion based style. Eddie has been successfull with an intensive hard-pressing style. Yes time will tell if he will successfully adapt. I don't think he will in regards to changing the playstyle, think he would have a better shot at keeping the playstyle but being better with working in big rotations.

Longer than a year for sure. I don't think you got my point. The point was that even with all the experience Guardiola has, changing his playstyle to fit our players would not be an easy thing. Managers totally changing their brand of football is not really a thing.

I'm not moving the goalpoast, I'm not just going to bother debating whether we are trying to change the playstyle or not, I'm sceptical of his ability to do so (and it being successfull is implied), considering that most of his success comes from a certain type of playstyle. If Guardiola had to take over our players I would feel the same scepticism about him succeeding here f.ex. (before changing out the players) Most managers have a certain type of brand of football the play.

And ok it's true that he only managed 6 european games before this season, but it's not like you need those games to develop a new playstyle.

I'm honestly not sure what kind of playstyle we are trying to change to, it all looks kind of a mess to me. But anyways let me rephrase, I've seen little signs of him successfully evolving a new playstyle needed when we play two games a week. But by all means he might get there, he is still young and learning. I'm not saying for certain that it's never going to happen. I'm for sure not fully buying into the "He'll get there, he always does" though. He ended up getting relegated with Bournemouth.

He might evolve, seen little signs of it yet though in regards to the shift in playstyle needed. Mostly what he has had success with is an intensive playstyle with a mostly set group of players. That just doesn't work with 2 games a week. I know we aren't sitting too badly at the league table atm, but we also played twice against the team in 16th, 19th and 20th place. Afraid that things we look at lot worse in a few weeks.

Other than Murphy we had every single midfielder and forwards available. The performance today is just who we are now. Solid, but just so so boring. Selling St.Maximin was a warning sign.

I don't get this. Wissa gets his fair share of stick like.

Just walks around Trippier.

We shouldn't complain. Probably have a better oppurtunity from a set piece. Open play look hopeless.

Yup, without intensity our lack of technical quality becomes so obvious. We may get results, but it's so damn boring/frustrating watching us most of the time.

He played way too much earlier on in the season both for us and his national team, never gotten a period to recover.

It's not the combination. It's just Trippier.

I'm gonna throw on a replay of that first half whenever I'm having a problem going to sleep.

Barnes and Gordon can't start every game. Perfect oppurtunity to start him against Wolves and rest Gordon for CL where he shines.

Haven't Arsenal been at the top of the table at Christmas the last 5 years? Thought I read that. They always choke.

We made it and we certainly don't have the same squad strength as City f.x. If City couldn't use Semanyo they would have someone more than good enough to replace him and could just have used Semanyo in the league instead. We on the other hand really could have had use of some fresh legs yesterday.