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Marti Cifuentes appointed new manager

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SafewayFox

SafewayFox

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1 hour ago, Paninistickers said:

Be interested to hear @StriderHiryu thoughts  on if we might have to adapt our style to be less reliant on the wingers? 

 

Despite the wide men being on paper our strongest area, every opponent so far has seemed to cope fairly well. Stephy and Abdul are more effective out wide when on the break. Seems to be nullified when we have the ball. 

 

Could we pack midfield more and play two/three of  Abdul Stephy Daka Ayew Monga Carranza much narrower and pick teams apart? 

 

 

I’m not at Strider’s level of tactical nous but can highlight one moment that summed up our wingers right now under Marti.

 

In the first half (before the red card), Abdul recycled the ball to Hamza and after Hamza played a pretty lazy and simple ball back to Abdul….Hamza just stood still and waited.

 

No under/overlap or any attempt to give their FB a problem to think about.

 

Abdul then ran the ball out of play for a GK.

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Mickyblueeyes

Mickyblueeyes

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1 minute ago, Dr The Singh said:

Needs to smell the gravy, we can't play with this shit Maresca,.Pep bullshit, asap.

I get what you’re saying but I’m not entirely sure that’s true. Our second goal today for example. Very much the style. We will have much of the ball this season. Controlling it to enable recovery when break teams down is a vital skill. We’ve not controlled the ball enough if anything. 
 

Where we do have to improve is the impact of our central mid. We’ve suffered for parts of games due to the two fellas in there as starters not being effective and virtually anything and as you say, here is where Marti needs to smell the gravy. 

Dr The Singh

Dr The Singh

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Just now, Mickyblueeyes said:

I get what you’re saying but I’m not entirely sure that’s true. Our second goal today for example. Very much the style. We will have much of the ball this season. Controlling it to enable recovery when break teams down is a vital skill. We’ve not controlled the ball enough if anything. 
 

Where we do have to improve is the impact of our central mid. We’ve suffered for parts of games due to the two fellas in there as starters not being effective and virtually anything and as you say, here is where Marti needs to smell the gravy. 

Its about pace and Intensity.  Also we are so one dimension. Snuff our wingers, our midfield is turd (skipp, soumare).  I have not seen anything from this kid that tackles that.  Totay was.a good example.of poor management.

Spanner73

Spanner73

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1 hour ago, Bunchy the cat said:

Under the circumstances I think Marti is doing a fantastic job. A squad littered with overpaid players, some of whom do not want to be here. The biggest disconnect between the club and the fans for years. And somehow he has managed to get committed performances from this group. Plus his in game management is the best we’ve seen for at least the last three managers. 

Absolutely ! 
There are so many factors that are wrong within the club the list is endless 

The guy is so up against it 

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JimJams

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All opposition is poor this season.  The teams above us finished 6th, 10th and 18th last season.  The preseason favourites are all doing far worse than us.  We're in a much more open looking division than the last time we were here.

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cityfanlee23

cityfanlee23

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3 hours ago, Tielemans63 said:

If I had a slight criticism of Marti, it would be that, while he's good at fixing problems at half time, it's problems created by him picking the wrong starting 11.

It's a pretty fundamental problem when your manager is starting off every match by putting us at a needless disadvantage on purpose. For me this wouldn't be a slight criticism, he needs to wake tf up. We've been awful in pretty much every first half i've seen since pre season. If we started the first 25 mins off on the front foot today we come away with 3 points imo. 

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leicesterseddon

leicesterseddon

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Despite a reasonable set of early results, I've been pretty horrified by the standard of football we've been churning out.

 

The fact he hasn't yet rumbled players like Skipp and Soumare is pretty worrying, whilst benching Ricardo is just plain odd.

 

Our first five games under Maresca in 23/24 also weren't great, to be fair, but I'd argue we had shown (a bit) more promise than this.

 

 

 

Eskay

Eskay

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To me it feels like Skipp and Soumare must look top drawer in training and he's committed to giving them a run in the team. Same for Okoli. 

For the sake of getting the ball forward at speed you need winks, Ricky and Wout in the team. 

 

Play our best team more often than not....we should win. And that's despite the like of Thomas and Mavididi in the team. 

MGLCFC

MGLCFC

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1 minute ago, leicesterseddon said:

Despite a reasonable set of early results, I've been pretty horrified by the standard of football we've been churning out.

 

The fact he hasn't yet rumbled players like Skipp and Soumare is pretty worrying, whilst benching Ricardo is just plain odd.

 

Our first five games under Maresca in 23/24 also weren't great, to be fair, but I'd argue we had shown (a bit) more promise than this.

 

 

 

He's easing Ricardo back in - we don't want him crocked again because he's not fully ready yet. With Skipp and Soumare, these were the only real options whilst Winks was sulking. I fully expect to see, Winks, Ricardo and James play far more over the coming months.

HankMarvin

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7 minutes ago, JimJams said:

All opposition is poor this season.  The teams above us finished 6th, 10th and 18th last season.  The preseason favourites are all doing far worse than us.  We're in a much more open looking division than the last time we were here.

That’s not strictly true is it,

Bristol City have lost 5 this year 

Coventry have lost 7  
Coventrys form since Jan 25 has them averaging 85 points over a season 

Bristol City 78.

 

Thats before you factor in the relegated teams and a resurgence in form.

egg_fried_rice

egg_fried_rice

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3 points off top after a tumultuous summer - not bad and many expected far worse.

 

We need to see better performances on the pitch though. That has to be the last time we see Soumare and Skipp together - there were understandable reasons up until today, but no longer.

 

He does seem to be good at recognising his own mistakes during the game and rectifying them, which is a positive sign. 

cityfanlee23

cityfanlee23

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Just now, egg_fried_rice said:

3 points off top after a tumultuous summer - not bad and many expected far worse.

 

We need to see better performances on the pitch though. That has to be the last time we see Soumare and Skipp together - there were understandable reasons up until today, but no longer.

 

He does seem to be good at recognising his own mistakes during the game and rectifying them, which is a positive sign. 

If he learns from them he could be here a very long time

Dr The Singh

Dr The Singh

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5 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

That’s not strictly true is it,

Bristol City have lost 5 this year 

Coventry have lost 7  
Coventrys form since Jan 25 has them averaging 85 points over a season 

Bristol City 78.

 

Thats before you factor in the relegated teams and a resurgence in form.

They are poor, and what merits are they good?  Your stats are poor and against poor.

 

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oxford blue

oxford blue

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4 hours ago, STUHILL said:

Ayew drops too deep and it just doesn't seem to work as a lone no.9 with no pace.

I disagree: he was outrunning Oxford defenders - he had one of his best games for City.

 

Regarding the selection from outset, I think Pereira should have started - clearly fit and had a very good second half. i am confident he will start next game: hopefully in midfield which I have always thought is his best position. Having said that MC could not have expected Soumare have one of his very poor games and Ramsey was ineffective. Consequently in the first half we were outplayed by Oxford, dominating the midfield.

 

Huge credit to MC for the way he set up second half: Oxford deserved their standing ovation at half time dominating City in midfield allowing them to continually push forward from start. Many Oxford fans think the first half was in the top two. Half time ==I did not think we could come away with a point but given domination after break (apart from a few minutes near end) City could easily have won.

 

I won't criticise MC for not bringing on Monga given we only had 10 players for most of game, although I was surprised to see BCDR brought on for last 5 minutes; even a tired Ayew would have been better.

Trav Le Bleu

Trav Le Bleu

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Looking at where Ipswich and Southampton are, I'm more than happy with how things have gone so far. Both were tipped to finish above us.

 

Marti is still feeling his way here and by his own admission he will make mistakes as he finds his way with the team.

 

So far more positives than negatives.

STUHILL

STUHILL

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25 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Looking at where Ipswich and Southampton are, I'm more than happy with how things have gone so far. Both were tipped to finish above us.

 

Marti is still feeling his way here and by his own admission he will make mistakes as he finds his way with the team.

 

So far more positives than negatives.

Me too, although I am factoring in a point deduction in the back of my mind too :dry:

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