joseph1013:
He thrives like that because the whole team plays for him, which is one of the problems Pep has with him. When he's on the pitch, Silva, Bruyne, Sterling and the rest look to give him the ball. Contrast that with when Kelechi gets on the pitch, it is then that everyone of them starts playing like a striker. Aguero doesn't look for anybody. He gets the ball and always looks to score forgetting the players in better positions. Look at how that cost City the match today. Perhaps Pep will wise up.

joseph1013:
Balogun returns and team gets hammered 3-0 away. He had a yellow. Not his day.

TheSuperNerd:
Here's another who's seeing it all....

Fact is I am certain Pep trusts and believes more in Nacho as regards his playing philosophy more than he does with Aguero.

Nacho is far better fit for this Man City side under Pep than Aguero.

It's funny because Aguero is so highly rated.... Pep has a decision to make going forward:

Start giving Nacho a run of games and order your players to always seek out Nacho (like he did with Messi at Barca) OR

Keep playing an Aguero who doesn't fit in and not complain about the results that come in be they good or bad.

TheGoodJoe:


Aguero is World Class. I doubt that is even a debate. He looks troubled but we can not criticise his play in the recent past years. This is not Ronaldinho who had two to three years at the top. Aguero is over five years at City. He won the WYC golden boot and ball in 2007. This is almost nine years after.

There is a challenge but his work rate and dynamism over the years is not a debate. He is world class.

safarigirl:


Exactly. There is an obvious case of 'pass the ball to Aguero' when he's on the pitch. He's used to being the sole goal scorer, but that ideology defeats the essence of football as a team game. This isn't tennis where you ride solo.

Notice City played their best when he was out, everyone got on the score sheet and they were executing Barcelona-styled tiki-taka.

There was a time even Barca was all about Messi, but since Suarez and Neymar came, he has learnt to pass the ball and racked up more assists than goals last season even. Aguero needs to learn too, no wonder Pep told him yo watch Suarez.

He cost City today in both halves. First, with the John Stones goal and then when he should have passed to Kelechi or Sterling

Mickael2:


Ronaldinho went to the 2002 world cup and he wasn't bad either, He played for PSG for several seasons and he was great for them, so he didn't just have four good seasons, you can argue that Aguero WAS world class and you might have a good debate there, but since last season he has been very very close to average for me. Scholes said he is.great? he is an Englishman and they hype their players a lot, not surprised one but

Mickael2:



you are there. he was the person that cost them that first goal. you know your position isn't okay, you also know that the ball is beyond you that even if you manage to get to it you will head it over and you heard your teammates shouting to you and yet you jumped, selfish selfish play. then the second chance, that was a cutback, there are just a few players who know how to finish from a tight angle and Aguero isn't one of them, you have a Ayer in the middle who has smartly pulled back from the defender who is lost as to what he should do, if he should cover the empty net or mark his man, why not pull the ball back for the free man to tap in? you are not Messi, even Messi would have passed that ball to him, that isn't rocket science and that's what Pep's football is all about, creating tap ins for the freest player, simple and short

forgiveness:
sometimes I no wan pork noise but I am tempted to do so.
Aguero is not an average player because he scored lots of goals without any pass. He sometimes went solo to score goals.

Abi who dey pass for am for La Liga (Atletico Madrid) where he shined like a diamond star in the cloud? .

If scoring goals through pass na average, is Messi average?

joseph1013:
I guess the word 'average' has been taken the wrong way. The right word for me is good player.

TheGoodJoe:


3-4-3 caused City problems today. We had balance with four at the back. It is a system that takes time for the players to adjust and with smart tactical approach, it can suffer.

TheSuperNerd:
Make una look into Sir BascoVanVeli's suggestion again abeg...

Chelsea dey use 3-4-3 dey school Manchester Utd oooo.....

Victor Moses dey ball for this game wella....

forgiveness:


ok na.

But it seems we want to discredit his goal scoring ability by saying 'without pass......'. Dat one na em me I no gree.

In short, Yaya and Aguero won titles for Manchester City.

BascoVanVeli:


city does not have the parts to use that system. For one no wing backs. Pep only used 3 defenders that is not how the 3-4-3 works.

Mickael2:



you are there. he was the person that cost them that first goal. you know your position isn't okay, you also know that the ball is beyond you that even if you manage to get to it you will head it over and you heard your teammates shouting to you and yet you jumped, selfish selfish play. then the second chance, that was a cutback, there are just a few players who know how to finish from a tight angle and Aguero isn't one of them, you have a Ayer in the middle who has smartly pulled back from the defender who is lost as to what he should do, if he should cover the empty net or mark his man, why not pull the ball back for the free man to tap in? you are not Messi, even Messi would have passed that ball to him, that isn't rocket science and that's what Pep's football is all about, creating tap ins for the freest player, simple and short

TheGoodJoe:


Sterling and Sane played that role. I am not saying 3-4-3 can not work. I am saying it is hard to pull off and takes a lot of work to pull it off.

It is not only today. Van Gaal, Mancini, Gasperini are coaches who tried to work with the three at the back set-up and encountered challenges.

Gasperini made name with it but when it capitulated, he had no alternative.

BascoVanVeli:

We both know city didn't use the same system.
Sterling and Sane are not wing backs and they were not expected to perform that role. Pep normally goes with 4 at the back but it changes into 2 or 3 becos the fullbacks perform the duties of a midfielder, this is how he played in the derby. He went with 3 out of need not want, he didn't organize his team the way Conte or Mazzarri did theirs. Victor Moses is playing like a world class wing back we should not waste that becos it would give us a chance to put more impact players on the pitch.

tbaba1234:
Top 10 under 18 according to an italian site

1 – Reece Oxford – Inghilterra – West Ham

2 – Kylian Mbappé – Francia – Monaco

3 – Victor Osimhen – Nigeria – Ultimate Striker * Proprietà Wolfsburg

4 – Martin Odegaard – Norvegia – Real Madrid

5 – Felix Passlack – Germania – Borussia Dortmund

6 – Christian Pulisic – USA – Borussia Dortmund

7 – Timothy Fosu-Mensah – Inghilterra – Manchester UTD

8 – Jeff Reine-Adelaide – Francia – Arsenal

9 – Faitout Maouassa – Francia – Nancy

10 – Manuel Locatelli – Italia – Milan

http://www.quellidipassionecalcio.it/talenti/ranking-top-10-per-anno-classe-98/

Napoleon55:
To tap in or to score?

BascoVanVeli:


I don't know why, it might even be becos the boy has been breathing down his neck since his red card but Iheanacho looks far better and crisper lately. Iheanacho's movement and touches have been better. The only thing i can honestly say Kun does better is running at defenders cos his finishing has been absent lately.