ShallotShallot@alien.topBtoPremier League@soccer.forum•How do Manchester City successfully manage so many players, seemingly having two footballers per position and often rotating the team and formation each week?English
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10 months agoTheir playstyle also limits the probability of injury and related crises, despite the small squad.
City are the best in the world at keeping possession. In the dog days of the season, they will happily shut the game down at 1-0.
They won’t commit men forward, but will also limiting the amount of “intense” running they have to do.
Pep also implements a training regime that runs through 2 cycles across the season, with each cycle peaking (in terms of player fitness) in winter and the end of season, when there are the most games.
Fully agree with you. Rashford’s work in particular showed how public figures can enact real change around bigger issues beyond football.
If anything, Henderson’s situation highlights how fine the line is between activisim and virtue signaling.
Its easy to put out a statement in support of something with nothing on the line. If Hendo truly cared, he wouldnt have taken the job.
I have family members that are gay, and I would never get in bed with Saudi as it would destroy my relationship with them. Having said that, Ive never had millions waved in front of my face, so who knows if I would really stick by my morals.