Match Thread Manchester City v Everton - Team Prediction, Waffle, Match Report & MotM Poll

[cronullasharks]

It's 30 yards he has to hold it & beat 4 defenders atm .....

No he doesn't, he does not have 4 defenders on him at all times. You can admit a player is out of form and struggling and not just blindly ignore what's going on. He's pressing and being a nuisance but it's clear he's struggling with the basics at the moment.

 

[JohnRoss23]

We get deducted for overspending and City have Silva and KDB warming up

 

[PhilRegan]

Godfrey needs to get smart and rough with doku , he can't match him for pace

 

[TyphooToffee]

Still only one shot on target, and that was us.

 

[Paul Rideout]

We get deducted for overspending and City have Silva and KDB warming up

And Grelish who cost more than our entire 11 combined

 

[MACCA75]

Wild that people still think that the real DCL was a 6 month purple patch under Ancelotti rather than the rest of his entire career.

 

[Bwana]

So far this walk through Moria has been good. I hope it keeps up when the Balrog arrives.

 

[Street end man]

Get a striker on now or at least someone who looks like he knows what to do with the ball in the final third. Beto for a 5 minute cameo again i guess

 

[EFC_FRANCIS]

Godfrey got to come off here

 

[carolinablue232]

Godfrey just tired of getting beat every time…

 

[TyphooToffee]

So far this walk through Moria has been good. I hope it keeps up when the Balrog arrives.

Er,...what?

 

[joebocop]

Problem with Dom is exactly what Carlo spotted. He’s a “poacher” and no good at running channels or bossing defenders. Even one on ones he’s weak, he is the sort that you have on the penalty spot to convert but that requires a strong progressive midfield right up with him and a play maker to make chances.

We are hoofing it long to him about fourth yards from goal so today is the obvious outcome.

This is more of a game for Beto than DCL under the current tactics. Hold the ball up and hope for a foul to get up the pitch.

He's actually pretty good at running the channels and bossing defenders. It's his decision making after holding the ball up that is often the problem, I think Doucoure is better at getting close to him and offering him an easy pass which cuts out the amount of decision making he has to make.

It's also his decision making that impacts the kind of goals he scores. He got goals in the James and Digne days because we created better chances and it allowed him to score instinctive finishes in the box. In the current system he is often responsible for making his own chances and this adds the decision making part of his game into the mix. Hence why he's less effective.

 

[Tony1985]

Need to double up on Doku, he’s a really good player.

 

[Toffeepot]

So far this walk through Moria has been good. I hope it keeps up when the Balrog arrives.

I've heard KdB called many things but that seems a bit harsh

 

[formerly manx toffee]

DCL has been a nuisance but he hasn't got much quality

Exactly what he has been asked to do I suspect