24 Feb 2015 20:22:01
Now i understand lvg's philosophy. Play crap football, miss out on cl football otherwise Barca could put 10 past our lot!
Barca have evolved and are playing fast counter football and lvg is telling our lot to play slow posession football. I think he's 10 years behind the time.
24 Feb 2015 20:47:04
barca are playing possession football, there only countering when city lose the ball deep in barcas half. look at the possession stats.
but with the players barca have they are making city chase shadows.
its something you can obviously see lvg is trying do with us, but we don't have the right players to be on the same level as that first half from barca.
24 Feb 2015 22:15:09
Spb you say it's 'obviously' something LVG is trying to do. It's not obvious to me. To me it's slow, boring possession with a constant lack of cutting edge.
We are light years behind Barca at the moment.
25 Feb 2015 06:21:14
Jmb
How long have Barcelona had to perfect that style and how long have we? That style was instilled into Barca years and years ago, LvG has had a few months. Like we found with Ronaldo, having one of the all time greats like Messi in the team also helps.
25 Feb 2015 08:40:55
Most teams try to play like that, hughes is trying to get stoke to play like that .
25 Feb 2015 09:37:37
Red Man that style has actually declined in the Barca team since Pep left. They haven't been playing the same way since. They have tried but not succeeded to the heights in which Pep did. Even now they are a far cry from that all conquering Barca team of a few years back.
To reverse your question how long have we had over the past few years to instil a winning mentality and quick counter attacking football? That seems long gone.
25 Feb 2015 09:56:58
Job
Do you feel we were as successful as we should have been in Europe using our previous style given the level of dominance at home?
25 Feb 2015 09:57:42
They are playing much faster and and do not recycle the ball as much. I have watched them all year and that is why I have picked them to win the CL.
Their new manager has definitely changesd their playing style and much more balanced now in terms of going wide and some directness.
What we are doing under LVG and what Barca is doing at the moment are miles apart. They took their foot off the gas in the second half.
I watched them tear Athletico Madrid to shred a few weeks ago and could have had 6 or 7 goals and believe it or nto it was like they were having fun which is scary.
This is the same Athletico Madrid team that most other teams struggle to score against and at the moment have Real Madrid' s number.