illeatyourheart Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Obviously it depends on who else we sign, but for the personnel we currently have, I am liking the idea of a 4231 system with Cahill playing behind Bruno. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 That defence worries me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFG_82 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Team is looking pretty good at the moment, Need to strengthen defense though, Hopefully Franjic is okay by start of season, + Sign Marquee Defender, United and Wanderers had best defenses last season and were 2 Top 2 teams we need to do the same if want to win the title. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC22 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 25 minutes ago, DFG_82 said: Team is looking pretty good at the moment, Need to strengthen defense though, Hopefully Franjic is okay by start of season, + Sign Marquee Defender, United and Wanderers had best defenses last season and were 2 Top 2 teams we need to do the same if want to win the title. Franjic will miss a lot of the season - there'll be an update on this tomorrow. Our last signings HAVE to be defensive players. If they're good defensive signings we're in the box seat, if they're not, we're in trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of oakleigh Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 29 minutes ago, JC22 said: Franjic will miss a lot of the season - there'll be an update on this tomorrow. Our last signings HAVE to be defensive players. If they're good defensive signings we're in the box seat, if they're not, we're in trouble. Great! So now we need a RB as well as a CB and LB. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 IMO Muscat and Retre are more than capable at RB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakz7 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 4 minutes ago, bt50 said: IMO Muscat and Retre are more than capable at RB. I don't think so JVS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart_fan10 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 11 minutes ago, bt50 said: IMO Muscat and Retre are more than capable at RB. I agree, Franjic was very ordinary for us last season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 26 minutes ago, heart_fan10 said: I agree, Franjic was very ordinary for us last season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strider Posted August 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Franjic is shit Hes a shit coach too FC strathmore, raped em. Shit kents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Is anyone else surprised in all those options that Kamau isn't starting in any of them, I have him pencilled in to be playing on right in whatever formation we play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattN Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 (edited) Not sure if it's of any worth, coming from Paddys laptop is a formation that I have yet seen to be suggested. IMO it looks very interesting but could be just Paddy playing around or my detection skills are on point. Looks like a 4-1-2-3 or just a 4-3-3 variation with 2 CAM's edit. - good to see Paddy's allegiance to the CFG with the Man city badge on his board there Edited August 16, 2016 by MattN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC22 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 47 minutes ago, MattN said: Not sure if it's of any worth, coming from Paddys laptop is a formation that I have yet seen to be suggested. IMO it looks very interesting but could be just Paddy playing around or my detection skills are on point. Looks like a 4-1-2-3 or just a 4-3-3 variation with 2 CAM's edit. - good to see Paddy's allegiance to the CFG with the Man city badge on his board there Haha that is some incredible detective work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattN Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 14 minutes ago, JC22 said: Haha that is some incredible detective work. Or he's got his hands on the FM17 demo and has been caught red-handed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dylan Posted August 16, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Or thats his U20's team 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 I can't see much doubt about it as the squad stands at the moment. IMO it would be madness not to continue with Bruno as the central striker, so my front three would be Kamau, Fornaroli and Brandan. Cahill to play AM off Bruno's shoulder, Brattan and Kilkenny to complete the midfield, and Muscat, Chapman, Malik and Rose the back four in front of Sorensen. I don't think Gameiro is ready to go yet, so my bench would have to be Bouzanis, Fitzgerald, Caceres, Retre and Tongyik. With Franjic out (my guess probably at least until Christmas) our defensive stocks are paper-thin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samardzija Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 Cahill can't play as a no.10 or behind Bruno at all, has never played that role before and doesn't poses the necessary skills to play there. Cahill can only play up top, so sadly Bruno will be pushed out on the wing or behind Cahill as the no.10, which I don't like the idea of at all. It's taking last years most effective player and forcing him to move to accomadate Cahill. I reckon there is next to zero chance in playing 2 up top, so the only way we can accomodate Timmy is to shift our best player away from his most effective position. Not liking the Cahill signing from a footballing perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 2 minutes ago, samardzija said: I reckon there is next to zero chance in playing 2 up top, I thoroughly disagree with this. For a decent portion of last season we played with just Novillo and Fornaroli up front, and i think we'll try that again. Whether thats in a 4-4-2 or a 3-5-2 remains to be seen; i think a 3-5-2 is unlikely at this stage given our defensive options, but who knows if we get a couple of signings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 Topor Stanley has been offered around. Id take him Chapman and Malik as a back 3. FWIW I just want a back three because im sick of everyone having one of two formations in the league. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSeater Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 17 minutes ago, bt50 said: I thoroughly disagree with this. For a decent portion of last season we played with just Novillo and Fornaroli up front, and i think we'll try that again. Whether thats in a 4-4-2 or a 3-5-2 remains to be seen; i think a 3-5-2 is unlikely at this stage given our defensive options, but who knows if we get a couple of signings. Exactly. When we had Novillo and Fornaroli both up front as two strikers we looked unstoppable at times 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulhollanddrive Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 If you have Cahill you have to have wingers and if you have Fornaroli, Brandan and can't coach defence, play wide on the counter attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samardzija Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 52 minutes ago, bt50 said: I thoroughly disagree with this. For a decent portion of last season we played with just Novillo and Fornaroli up front, and i think we'll try that again. Whether thats in a 4-4-2 or a 3-5-2 remains to be seen; i think a 3-5-2 is unlikely at this stage given our defensive options, but who knows if we get a couple of signings. 3-5-2 is definitely ruled out, players like kamau, Fitzgerald, Muscat, gameiro, retre, kuzimanovski, and brandan become null and void as they can't play as wing backs in a 3-5-2. Might use this formation from time to time during the season much like last but it will never be our starting formation over the course of the season. Only thing that I can see sort of working is a 4-4-2 diamond but JVS always plays with some width so hard to see him change his style now. A standard 4-4-2 is out of there question as that formation has gone out the door nowadays. City don't have any traditional English type wise players to suit that formation bar maybe fitzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommac Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 3 hours ago, samardzija said: Cahill can't play as a no.10 or behind Bruno at all, has never played that role before and doesn't poses the necessary skills to play there. Cahill can only play up top, so sadly Bruno will be pushed out on the wing or behind Cahill as the no.10, which I don't like the idea of at all. It's taking last years most effective player and forcing him to move to accomadate Cahill. I reckon there is next to zero chance in playing 2 up top, so the only way we can accomodate Timmy is to shift our best player away from his most effective position. Not liking the Cahill signing from a footballing perspective. Not correct- in fact, playing off the main striker is where Cahill has played most of his club career ( Milwall, Everton, NY). He's not a playmaker in the silky number 10 sense, but someone who presses hard, plays box to box and scores goals from crosses due to his well-timed runs into the box. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno cpfc Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 47 minutes ago, tommac said: Not correct- in fact, playing off the main striker is where Cahill has played most of his club career ( Milwall, Everton, NY). He's not a playmaker in the silky number 10 sense, but someone who presses hard, plays box to box and scores goals from crosses due to his well-timed runs into the box. Absolutely agree as you say thats where Timmy has played most of his career and where he is most effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samardzija Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 2 hours ago, tommac said: Not correct- in fact, playing off the main striker is where Cahill has played most of his club career ( Milwall, Everton, NY). He's not a playmaker in the silky number 10 sense, but someone who presses hard, plays box to box and scores goals from crosses due to his well-timed runs into the box. You can't compare his role at Everton to what he might do for city. At no stage did he ever play as a no.10, he was always the '5th midfielder', he was there for his workrate and his timely runs into the box. Everton had an underdog style back when Cahill was there, usually conceeding possession and hitting the opponents on the break which suited Cahill's style/role to a tee as he's not a ball player, had great workrate and had a knack for scoring goals as that loose man between the mids and the striker. No way city can play that old Everton way, the style suited player and club back then but now at city it's a completey different situation and style of play. Cahill and Everton was a perfect fit, no way he could've played at a bigger club as he was very limited in what he could do as a footballer, really can't see him fitting into the first XI, will hate to see Bruno played out of position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 17 minutes ago, samardzija said: that loose man between the mids and the striker. That's exactly what I envisaged in my starting XI. We have Kilkenny and Brattan for the playmaker role. I see no reason why we can't play that way. Bruno played out of position would be madness - the league's best-ever striker and club marquee - wouldn't make any sense to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 2 hours ago, jw1739 said: That's exactly what I envisaged in my starting XI. We have Kilkenny and Brattan for the playmaker role. I see no reason why we can't play that way. Bruno played out of position would be madness - the league's best-ever striker and club marquee - wouldn't make any sense to me. Bruno cannot be played out of position. Simple as that. Btw Jw it seems ur coping better with the offseason as of late. I know you went through a phase there where you went a bit batty, but, that's all water under the bridge. Good to see you've made a turn for the better bud. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samardzija Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 12 hours ago, jw1739 said: That's exactly what I envisaged in my starting XI. We have Kilkenny and Brattan for the playmaker role. I see no reason why we can't play that way. Bruno played out of position would be madness - the league's best-ever striker and club marquee - wouldn't make any sense to me. I see brattan and kilkenny as deeper mids, still think we need a 3rd more advanced mid which is where I thought caceras/brandan would play, hence can't really find room for Timmy unless Bruno gets thrown out on a wing which would be a travesty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommac Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 With Colazo looking very likely to come in, I think the formation to get the best out of our best players is: 4-4-2 Sorenson RB:Franjic/Muscat CB's: Jacobsen/Malik/Chapman LB: Rose/ Muscat ( Colazo if not at LM) RM: Brandan (Kamau/Fitz) CM: Brattan and Kilkenny (Caceras) LM: Colazo ( Caceras/Kamau/Fitz) ST: Bruno and Timmy ( Gamiero) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 If Jakobson flops we're going to be extremely shit in central defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Jimmy said: If Jakobson flops we're going to be extremely shit in central defense. Im pretty confident he wont be, based on the fact that its so blatantly obvious he needs to be decent that we would have put sufficient time and effort into that position. The worry will be if he gets injured imo. Might be worth signing one of CCM's out of favour CB's in McGing or Ascroft as cover with our last squad spot if theyre a bit discontented as is rumoured. Edited September 7, 2016 by bt50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 21 minutes ago, Jimmy said: If Jakobson flops we're going to be extremely shit in central defense. Can confirm he will make Delpierre look like an amatuer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulhollanddrive Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Maybe Muscat and Rose are better defenders than Franjic and Garuccio from last year. I'm not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 6 minutes ago, mulhollanddrive said: Maybe Muscat and Rose are better defenders than Franjic and Garuccio from last year. I'm not sure. Probably couldnt be any worse defensively... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 19 minutes ago, thisphantomfortress said: Can confirm he will make Delpierre look like an amatuer. Maybe. But will be very vulnerable to soft tissue injury. Look at all our previous European visa signings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 12 hours ago, playmaker said: How does Kuzi not have 99 dribbling? Sack EA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 We have an impressive starting xi. Still think we are a quality cb and lb short. But we have a great squad and should finish top 2. Should..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka1 Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Sorenson Franjic-Chapman-Jakobsen-Colazo Kamau-Bratten-Kilkenny-Branden -------------Fornaroli (2nd ST)---------- ----------------Cahill--------------- Surely our best lineup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rass Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 We now have 5 genuine starting visas. Madness... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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