STM Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 He picked the ball up on the half way line with no support and danced his way to a corner for us. He's the most Henry clone like player ive seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Time to unleash this beautiful bastard properly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 3 hours ago, TheGuv said: I think it’s fair to say we’ve been figured out with our 4-3-3/4-5-1 formation. The 20 minutes against Fulham with the two of them was great. I don’t see why we can’t try that - it doesn’t have to be one or the other. I don't think we've been figured or found out like a few keep suggesting. We dominated an away game for 90 minutes and had 16 efforts at goal. Eddie will make a few tweaks and Isak and ASM will get a lot more game time I'm sure but we aren't going to have a change in system when we are third in the league and 15 unbeaten For context City didn't even have an effort on target against Southampton, the worst side in the league. Man U just drew with Palace away this week as well with De Gea having to make 5 saves v Pope's 1. We've been in top 4 form for 12 months straight now with the weakest squad out of the top 7. There's a fair chance Eddie knows what he's doing more than us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Aye chucking the whole system that got us to third in the league seems a bit unnecessary, but a few tweaks and a couple of changes in personal might do the trick. For example, I love Wilson but he's been a passenger the last couple of weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 9 minutes ago, Jaqen said: I don't think we've been figured or found out like a few keep suggesting. We dominated an away game for 90 minutes and had 16 efforts at goal. Eddie will make a few tweaks and Isak and ASM will get a lot more game time I'm sure but we aren't going to have a change in system when we are third in the league and 15 unbeaten For context City didn't even have an effort on target against Southampton, the worst side in the league. Man U just drew with Palace away this week as well with De Gea having to make 5 saves v Pope's 1. We've been in top 4 form for 12 months straight now with the weakest squad out of the top 7. There's a fair chance Eddie knows what he's doing more than us. Precisely this. We are lacking finishing, we are dominating and creating good chances. To some extent we have been found out but there's fuck all other teams can do about it so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 It’s not really chucking the system though is it? Its enhancing the system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 1 hour ago, STM said: He picked the ball up on the half way line with no support and danced his way to a corner for us. He's the most Henry clone like player ive seen. Damn. No pressure on Isak I see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 40 minutes ago, Flip said: Damn. No pressure on Isak I see. There's always one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnes23 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 (edited) Aye, totally get the excitement but the hyping of Isak on such little viewing evidence so far is OTT imo. He clearly has a quite specific set of strengths and weaknesses and it will be interesting to see how he gets integrated into the team in the fullness of time. Wilson looks off the boil at the moment and some rotation could well be a good idea but to suggest he has suddenly become an obvious second choice right now is jumping the gun for sure. Edited January 22, 2023 by Barnes23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 44 minutes ago, Flip said: Damn. No pressure on Isak I see. Imagine though, there is a lot of similarity in their game, what if young Alex has that kind of growth in him? Look forward to the Renault adverts in a few years time: “Whey, whey aye man” (… not quite va-va-boom but ?♂️) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Yeah I was actually saying him and Henry have a similar style but let's not let that get in the way of the fume. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Doesn't sound like he's close to starting, based on Howe's comments today. In a nutshell, he said they've held back on the intensity of his training load due to the nature of his injury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Some injury this - even more reason for us to replace Wood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 I’d much rather they take their time and get him completely right rather than rushing him even if it means he doesn’t start over the next three-four games. It was a muscle injury right? Which has to be carefully managed, more so than most injuries Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 They can afford to now that we aren’t fighting on three fronts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 8 hours ago, The Prophet said: Doesn't sound like he's close to starting, based on Howe's comments today. In a nutshell, he said they've held back on the intensity of his training load due to the nature of his injury. Odd how he started 2 weeks ago then. They are just protecting a very expensive asset. Muscle injuries are hard to return with, I think because he had it an issue when he was coming back the first time they are just being careful and rightly so. Wilson isn't training much either. No more rushing people now, they adjust the training load when coming back, which is what you should do. It's not just like the injury heals and you can go mental, its a muscle, it had damage, the damage has gone but the muscle (plus many others) hasn't been used as much as it might normally. For example, I haven't played 11 aside for a while but with my pace, if I played 2 games a week and trained very hard I'm sure my hamstrings would not be happy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 High on the specification for a new forward / attacking midfielder has to be: not made of glass Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghandis Flip-Flop Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, The Prophet said: Doesn't sound like he's close to starting, based on Howe's comments today. In a nutshell, he said they've held back on the intensity of his training load due to the nature of his injury. He didn’t say that though did he, he said he hasn’t had the intensity of training they’d ideally like because of our fixture congestion. the reason he’s not done that is because of fixture congestion impacting the clubs training schedule, nothing to do with his injury Edited January 23, 2023 by Ghandis Flip-Flop Duplication of point, bad England Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 20 minutes ago, Ghandis Flip-Flop said: He didn’t say that though did he, he said he hasn’t had the intensity of training they’d ideally like because of our fixture congestion. the reason he’s not done that is because of fixture congestion impacting the clubs training schedule, nothing to do with his injury Might of misheard. Doesn't change the overriding point that it doesn't sound like he'll start though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 43 minutes ago, The Prophet said: Might of misheard. Doesn't change the overriding point that it doesn't sound like he'll start though. Eddie does love playing mind games with the opposition. There is every chance he starts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stal Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 It's so good how he's being gradually managed back. The fact that he hasn't been rushed in the hope he might get us some lucky result here or there at the risk of his long term fitness is great. Even if he has been missed, we are still getting results because of game plans and tactics as well as proper medical care. I can imagine other managers saying something like "right, you've had a month off. On you go." Makes me wonder how many professionals could have had their careers/potential curtailed over the years and what a selling point to potential new signings; we actually care about your health and career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I would think considering Eddie's playing career he probably is extra conscious of taking care of injuries properly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I'd be pee'd off if he didn't start today personally or maxi,but then I'm not the coach Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 MY FUCKING MAN Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I am the erection. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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