sphericalfox

Pep has method of play and training that utilises the depth of his squad, and managing exertion over the entire team across the first two thirds of the season. City generally step into another gear in the final third of their season. Hopefully the majority of the squad is match fit and with a little bit of rotation you can put out a strong team with fit quality players coming off the bench. I can see the same being applied by Maresca. If we can avoid unnecessary injuries actually we'll actually step up a gear in the last part of the season. Progress over the last 5 months has been steady (there's still room for improvement). Judging what is happening now against what the squad might be or how we might play hypothetically in the Prem is daft. We're doing a job, managing games, and when necessary turning up the gas in the last 20mins. At the minute we are trying to rack up points in a safe and practical way. We can be let off the leash when the time is right.

club is subsiding it.

Poor lad dundered his way around the pitch yesterday. His positional awareness was lacking, and his passing wasn't great. But he's a young lad and he's going to have bad games. He'll do well against poorer teams. I hope fans will not get on his back.

Lols he was also being marked by Duffy the man mountain. He gave the ball away a couple of times as Mads was passing up the field to him, and he was running onto it, he had Duffy clinging to his back and he kept losing control.

He looks slow and cumbersome at the minute. However, once he's had a few games under his belt, he'll bring something even more dangerous than what Wilf is bringing to the table currently.

well, we can't say it's not exciting...

Thought this was a David Nugent thread then realised it's 'LCFC' not 'England'...