Rumours were that he and Guardiola didn't get along.
They had a buy back clause when at Sporting and even when he was tearing it up, they never considered it once.
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Rumours were that he and Guardiola didn't get along.
They had a buy back clause when at Sporting and even when he was tearing it up, they never considered it once.
Love this and love Pedro. He has become a vital cog in the team and plays Angeball to perfection.
So unlucky not to have added a couple of goals to his game, but hopefully this will change soon.
Well, that is quite simple really.
Because he is not.
There have been times when him playing in LB was not great.
Then again, most likely it corresponds to time when we were shit collectively and system as a whole was not working too great either.
Some people will never admit it, but when we look at their best ever form / best ever season at LB, then Benny outperformed even Danny Rose. More goals and assists and better defensive discipline to go with it. Most will never admit it, because of their narrow-minded-obsession of pure pace. While actually with this pace Danny often ran into dead ends or screwed up crosses and was overconfident at his recovery pace.
Rose was sensational for a season or so but agree, outside that he was patchy
Seems a long time since Davies looked good at LB IMO. In recent years, he’s just been poor and yet v good at LCB and now CB
How do you know that LOL
Micah Richards was rightly bigging them up on MoTD. They are superb. Porro a little more polished and a better striker of the ball as things stand, Udogie incredibly strong carrying the ball
Guardiola literally said it last January.
It's funny, so many including myself were concerned about how he could fit into Ange's system. Now that I've seen Ange's system in action, turns out he's pretty much the perfect player for it.
Look at the affection! Love that
When you get a hug from Ange he must have done something right.
I'd make mincemeat out of him.
Dab hand myself but he’s much shorter than I am. Big advantage for table tennis.
He presents as really enjoying his football, playing for the shirt and the manager, that's what we want across the board, then we are in the running to win stuff!
I'd mash you too then
Agreed. Him and Madders (and third Cuti) are the best strikers of those sorts of passes. There is definitely something to be said for using them a bit to mix things up.
The things I like most about him are his trippier like passing and his attitude. He is always so positive and tries to get the crowd and players going and he’s the epitome of camaraderie.
What id like to see him improve on is his defensive positioning. Maybe ange is telling him to do this but at times he’s just SO narrow. They swing a long ball out to the left winger and he has all day to control it and progress it forward 10-20 yards.
Porro usually does pretty well 1v1 in these situations but I think being a little wider would
1) force the long ball to be more accurate. With how narrow he plays, even poorly hit long balls will get to the winger because of how much space he’s conceding
2) slow the attacker down and make him progress the ball a bit slower. That would give us a little extra time to get back in transition. He doesn’t have to close the winger down completely but at least get close enough where the winger has to take smaller touches and adjust to Porro’s presence.
Then again, maybe all of this is some tactic that’s over my head. Playing narrow could allow some emergency cover for Romero to be more aggressive.
What id like to see him improve on is his defensive positioning. Maybe ange is telling him to do this but at times he’s just SO narrow. They swing a long ball out to the left winger and he has all day to control it and progress it forward 10-20 yards.
Porro usually does pretty well 1v1 in these situations but I think being a little wider would
1) force the long ball to be more accurate. With how narrow he plays, even poorly hit long balls will get to the winger because of how much space he’s conceding
2) slow the attacker down and make him progress the ball a bit slower. That would give us a little extra time to get back in transition. He doesn’t have to close the winger down completely but at least get close enough where the winger has to take smaller touches and adjust to Porro’s presence.
Then again, maybe all of this is some tactic that’s over my head. Playing narrow could allow some emergency cover for Romero to be more aggressive.