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raumdeuter:
How many chances has Gundogan created this season

raumdeuter:
Who are the midfielders here

raumdeuter:
How do you know Debruynes chance created are not from set pieces?

raumdeuter:
How many chances has Gundogan created this season

raumdeuter:
Ashley Young also created almost the number of chances as Mahrez and Sterling. So can we say Young is an attacker like Sterling?

raumdeuter:
So who are the midfielders in Man City?

patrickmuf:
We have a dysfunctional system first of all but then to your question, I have seen Martial and Rashford in the box only for the Cross to be over hit or hit straight to a defender.

Against Bournemouth, Martial made a good run twice only for Pereira to over hit the attempted through pass. Replace Pereira with De Bruyne and Martial would have been in on goal.

At City, for all of Sterling's impressive goalscoring stats, it will shock you to know the number of clear cut chances he misses but the chances keeps coming. It's the same with Aguero.

When the supporting cast is bang average, any player will look bad. I am not in doubt that with Pogba, our chance creation stat will improve.

Ibime:
Is not even functional. Pogba is not a midfielder, and McTom is a bum.

larride:
How many match has Pogba started? How many teams still make use of 2 midfielders?

I thought you said Pogba will slow down the pace of the game and he’s not hardworking enough?

Ibime:
A team without functional midfield will find themselves blaming everyone from right back to left back to strikers.

This is what we Chelsea fans were going through in the Emenalo years while some Chelsea fans go dey blame every other position without focussing on the real Koko.

Now some confused people on the thread are blaming everyone from AWB to Maguire to Rashford and Martial. Una no know ball!

What makes you think Man City can play midfielders like Delph, wingers like Zinchenko at left back, talkless of midfielders like Fernandinho and Rodri at CB? Not to mention useless defenders like Stones and Otamendi?

Simple - once your midfield is functional, a lot of other positions will be covered. A good midfield covers a lot of sins.

What made OGS think AWB and Maguire are his priority, without touching the midfield. So he thought the likes of Fred and Perreira will keep him competitive? Never mind the fact he lost Herrera who was probably the only thing resembling a half-decent option in that midfield.

This is 80% of your problem. Any other talk is confusion. Long may your confusion continue!!

BARAJ92:
When Playing against supposed small teams will need at least two creative Midfielders which sadly we don't have and also an attacking full back, Dalot can be use against suppose small team while Bissaka should be use against the big team.

chrisley024:
Everything currently is our problem
You can as well include Rooney

inFamouz:
And Martial is fooking Lazy! Jesus, as in extremely Lazy.

Pogba the learn work for where Martial de.

MRTA7:
This is always the way. When the team were playing badly and losing when Pogba was injured. No one said a word but a few wins and now its Pogba that was holding us back. Its always very interesting. No word for the fact the whole team has improved some form and Ole switched formation for a few matches. No, its Pogba that was holding us back. We weren't able to play a fast paced counter attack with Pogba in the team. Team has been shit with and without Pogba and has have a few good performances with and without him. So yo put it all on one player's absence especially with the way this team plays is funny. Like the saying goes, Nothing wey Musa no go see for gate.

nitrogen:
Disagree!

With Pogba, we played very effective and efficient counterattacking football. Just go and watch our play under caretaker Ole (before he became the manager).

You people ehn, nawa o!

inFamouz:
but he's our most creative player, just see the way we fvcked up many attacking moves bcuz of inaccurate passes and poor decision making, with pogba we would've created more scoring opportunities than we did tonight.

I agree he's not a direct player like De bruyne, he's more like hazard. Sometimes too many unnecessary touches.

MRTA7:
Exactly. So surely you can't put the pace of the teams play down to just Pogba?

MRTA7:
When have we played faster without Pogba? Didn't we beat Chelsea with him in the lineup 4-0.

Leyqute:
Is Tuanzebe fast?

weedtaker:
Of course, you when it comes to defending Maguire is better than Smalling.

As an all round player he might be better but defensively? Lol de guy no near Smalling.