re: Match Day 9/17

It's not as easy as "adapt to Pep's strategies"


The tactics change 3 or 4 times per game. Pep will have a center mid drop in between center backs to get space if he needs. Space doesn't always have to equal 10 seconds free in the middle of the field. You're way overestimating the difficulty of operating in that environment.




Ingolstadt just took the lead.

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It's not as easy as "adapt to Pep's strategies"


The tactics change 3 or 4 times per game. Pep will have a center mid drop in between center backs to get space if he needs

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The managers in the prem are not dumb. Trying to run an gun with a Pep side won't work just look at SAF in those two finals. Now look at two of the sides that knocked out Bayern. Great defensively, physical and great at shutting down mids in the center of the park while limiting their time on the ball

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Space doesn't always have to equal 10 seconds free in the middle of the field.

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No shite but thats what he was used to in Germany do to the systems and tactics in place.

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You're way overestimating the difficulty of operating in that environment.

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As someone who played a Center mid nahhhh.

I can't wait to see what Pep throws out once other managers make the proper adjustments. Jose was able too in the second half last Saturday.

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As someone who played a Center mid nahhhh.

I can't wait to see what Pep throws out once other managers make the proper adjustments. Jose was able too in the second half last Saturday.

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I also played center mid. Neither you or I come close to the skill of Gundogan. You're placing way too much emphasis on conventional space. It can be created multiple times in different ways.


Jose's tactics worked for 5 minutes, Man U got their chance on goal and didn't score. Pep countered and City went back to dominating fairly easily.

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Does Kimmich regularly play at CB?

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He did very often last year when every CB got hurt. Played a lot of RB for the national team and his normal position is CM. Really versatile guy.

Never even played a game for Stuttgart did he?

He looks comfortable, but he's kind of short

But I guess if Gary Medel's midget arse can do it...

Man U set up the entire second half to overload the right side and get Rashford 1v1 on the left. It worked once. Aside from that, they didn't threaten very much at all. City was very much in control for almost the entirety of that match.

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Man U set up the entire second half to overload the right side and get Rashford 1v1 on the left. It worked once. Aside from that, they didn't threaten very much at all. City was very much in control for almost the entirety of that match.

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nah bro, from my seats up in the sky i could see it all from a tactical level.

The first 15 mins of that half was all United. Pep made the proper sub basically looking at 5 in the back at times. To say United didn't threaten much in the 2nd half in comical. Zlatan had more than a few chances he usually puts away.

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City didn't dominate the 2nd half of that match. United were over running them until Pep brought on Fernando and basically decided to sit back and counter.

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I wouldn't say United were 'running over' City at any moment in the 2nd half or match for that matter. However, I do think that for much of the second half it was very wide open.