Hazy2 wrote:zuricity wrote:Hazy2 wrote:Nuer learned to pass the ball under Pep. City will not change and if you want to win the CL you need the ball. Look st last weeks S/F two high press teams cut open by calm passing teams that cut through lines starting at the back with keepers that are great on the ball even if it is to slow it down, Bravo was a top keeper at Barca, not sure he will recover, City will pass out of the back get used to it.
No he didn't !
Neuer has been passing the ball out from the back since he was a kid. that is what goalies outside of the PL are trained to do. Even I had my Junior Teams playing from the back. Most certainly it is not a Pep idea. This is nothing new at all. Keeping Possession is not a Pep concept.
It's not possession its distribution mate ! Nuer boomed it 100 yards 9/10 straight down the pitch, Quality knock tbh. Pep, has not invented anything new what he has done is added variety to Bayern, Alaba now world Class he links Fullbacks and Keepers. Working the forwards for the opposition Lham, got a new lease under Pep. Juve now have Buffon linked to Danny Alves, as the massive area you have to stop or they get out from the back and at you in a flash, see last weeks Goal. Bonnuci and Chellini sitting in with cigars on. Monaco pressed Juve like they did us, lost the battle to a drilled team. City have had average footballers at the back when on the ball when pressed they are 4 touch merchants, Space gone no pass and ball given away which teams know, Arsenal should have been taken apart, we wasted the ball so many times it must have had Pep frustrated as we have great attackers with average service when it matters. Pep and Bravo are not used to that, Defenders under pressure to create space in there world is easy, For us it is panic from players and fans. Vinny, has brought a calmness that's great to see but only a temporary solution, All the Fullbacks will all be gone as we need the step up in quality and a natural outlet from keeper to wide areas 100 times faster, when we get that ! the keeper and the Centre-halfs will have the pressure released as the attackers and Midfielders are closing down wide areas. Barca scored a winner at Madrid which we have all seen a thousand times Keeper takes a risk Gives it the full back at 2-2 last minute BTW, he travels, into a space breaks the lines game is stretched he creates chaos and a winning Goal. Pep instilled that in the DNA at Barca even last minute it's on if you have the players. Back to Juve, could not and would do that until Alves arrived from Barca, now they are a threat to anyone from Buffon to a goal.
Neuer was coveted for his ball playing skills before pep. sorry mate.