Quote Originally Posted by Stavross1927 View Post
The same tactics got us promoted last time because we a lot more solid defensively and a lot more threatening from set pieces. This season without Manga and Bamba, we look so much more nervy at the back at times, and we hardly look like threatening from set prices and I include long throws with that. Unless we improve the moments where we switch off or start scoring more goals to compensate , I think we’ll struggle to make the playoffs.
The bit I've highlighted has genuinely surprised me. For such a big side, City seem to be winning very little in the air from set pieces. Without doing so, their attacking options look even further reduced. Those long throws from Morrison are especially tedious. He should be in the area for set pieces getting on the end of things, not taking throw-ins. It's an abysmal tactic.