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What would your advice to Pellegrini be for the coming season?

1. Let Fernandinho rest once in a while. Immense when he's on form, hit and miss when he's tired. The amount of ground he's supposed to cover without rest has been ridiculous and will continue to be if he's not rotated properly. He's not getting younger.

2. Give some of the academy products a chance in the league cup and in the early rounds of the FA-cup. I know you like to play senior players to show that you take the competition serious but it didn't really work out last season did it?

3. You don't talk about fight club.

Sell Jovetic.

When we need to battle out, don't pick The French Duke.

PeterParker wrote:Sell Jovetic.

shockingly good advice.

Anything else to add to that?

cheers

Don't play the two Ferns together. It just blunts our attack without making us one iota more secure at the back.

never eat yellow snow

Get a facial and some massages during the season.
Avoid sunlight. Also, garlic, and holy water as both are seriously overrated.

cheers

Sort out the corners/free kicks in attack and defence!

(Hopefully if we get KDB a quality delivery will help in attack?)

Pick your players to fit the system, not the other way around.

Also, if in doubt give it to Dave.

Cocacolajojo wrote:What would your advice to Pellegrini be for the coming season?

1. Let Fernandinho rest once in a while. Immense when he's on form, hit and miss when he's tired. The amount of ground he's supposed to cover without rest has been ridiculous and will continue to be if he's not rotated properly. He's not getting younger.

2. Give some of the academy products a chance in the league cup and in the early rounds of the FA-cup. I know you like to play senior players to show that you take the competition serious but it didn't really work out last season did it?

3. You don't talk about fight club.

Agreed!

When something, like a formation, is not working, don't keep at it week after week. That's insanity.
When something is working, don't change it. That's also insanity.
When a player is not performing at the required standard, do not be afraid to replace/rest them, for as long as it takes.

Ship Dzeko to the other side of the world.

Tim777 wrote:When something, like a formation, is not working, don't keep at it week after week. That's insanity.
When something is working, don't change it. That's also insanity.
When a player is not performing at the required standard, do not be afraid to replace/rest them, for as long as it takes.

but we play a "system" and not really a "formation." A formation implies a strictness of structure which is a lot less fluid than our players are allowed. Splitting hairs, but i think we've drilled this to death when we're struggling.

It's the old argument 5 vs 4 in midfield, and 2 strikers or 1 or a front 3, etc....I don't see those are legit arguments around how we really actually play tho. And i think players like Sterling and hopefully KDB will prove my point, where some like Nasri, Yaya, and Navas made the Count look clueless at times last season due to either effort, skillset or application.

cheers

Have a couple of these promising young guns on the bench EVERY game. If we are ahead by three goals by seventy minutes give one of them half hour time. They'll only be brought in by getting game time.

Also please do feel free to sub Yaya if he's lagging / fucked or heads not in it.

Don't play two up top in Europe

If we're getting pummelled don't wait either a) twenty five minutes or b) until the opposition score before you change things. See the game at Anfield for reference.

ruralblue wrote:Have a couple of these promising young guns on the bench EVERY game. If we are ahead by three goals by seventy minutes give one of them half hour time. They'll only be brought in by getting game time.

Also please do feel free to sub Yaya if he's lagging / fucked or heads not in it.

Bloody he'll they kept that quiet. 100 minutes a game !! Seriously though....
I agree entirely. Just those minutes will bring them on enormously.

4-3-1-2 please dear Ingeniero or every defensive player you'll put in the ground will fail, definitively!

DoomMerchant wrote:

Tim777 wrote:When something, like a formation, is not working, don't keep at it week after week. That's insanity.
When something is working, don't change it. That's also insanity.
When a player is not performing at the required standard, do not be afraid to replace/rest them, for as long as it takes.

but we play a "system" and not really a "formation." A formation implies a strictness of structure which is a lot less fluid than our players are allowed. Splitting hairs, but i think we've drilled this to death when we're struggling.

It's the old argument 5 vs 4 in midfield, and 2 strikers or 1 or a front 3, etc....I don't see those are legit arguments around how we really actually play tho. And i think players like Sterling and hopefully KDB will prove my point, where some like Nasri, Yaya, and Navas made the Count look clueless at times last season due to either effort, skillset or application.

cheers

A tad pedantic, but I agree, "system" would be the appropriate term.
I think we are in sync re. the point that I made about player performances though.

It's frustrating to watch some players not performing at the level that we know they have, and admire - it ideally should not make the Count look clueless, but I suppose it is what it is. Let's hope for better, especially with their places possibly coming under threat.

So many little things.

1: corners. Perhaps practice getting the ball past the first man

2: crossing. See above

3: crossing. Make the forwards attack the near post and not just hang around the middle of the goal or the penalty spot.

4: formation. Don't play the two ferns together

5: formation. The 4-6-0 worked a treat last year through necessity. Font be afraid to mix it up a little last year. Imagine Kun, Silva, Yaya, Sterling and Bony inter swapping positions throughout the game? The opposition wouldn't have a clue who or how to mark us and we will score bucket loads

6:EDS. Have at least one lad on bench for every game and if we are winning comfortably, bring them on so they can savour 15 minutes or so. There is no substitute for experience.

7: squad. Don't be afraid to rest/drop the big names.

8: stay classy