Nice for Jürgen to be able to shuffle the pack and bring about such an impressive performance and result. Will have allayed the fears of those who thought he was tactically unwavering and showed what he has always said, the players available dictate the formation, not the other way around.
I know people get a bit stuck up about the way we play 4-3-3 so consistently but when you look at the players and the balance we have available, plus the results to back it up then I find it's hard to argue we should be shifting from it any time soon. Continue to develop it, find the right pieces such as Keita etc and dominate.
Problem right now is I've never seen a team like City, to be fair to the boss I think we need to judge without City as they are freakish. Of course the ultimate aim is to beat them for the league but in terms of progress, I think we need to judge ourselves against last season to get the fairest reflection and on that basis we're doing alright so far.
I strongly fancy us for top 4, think we may get 2nd at the rate we're going but unfortunately, unless City throw it away there's very little chance of anyone catching them this season as they just look a truly well balanced team who have everything clicking and for that I have to give credit to Guardiola who I've thought was a bit overrated. While of course he's buying titles, he's showing he knows how to mould a truly successful team and that's deserving of praise.
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