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The follow up comments on this Thread is quite funny



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Taguchi:


Congratulations on the comeback 👏

Hope you know what happens next?

No be the end of the world now

We have beaten them before, at their backyard, no less, and played them close on multiple occasions in the last couple of years.

The only time they truly dominated us was when we met in that 2021 final.

I do agree with you that we really need to up our game and concentrate fully, also given the amount of injuries we have already

So yes, let Barcelona come

Amethyst101:


Things are going on

Enzo maresca should look for the exit door if he's tired of his job.

Amethyst101:


No be the end of the world now

We have beaten them before, at their backyard, no less, and played them close on multiple occasions in the last couple of years.

The only time they truly dominated us was when we met in that 2021 final.

I do agree with you that we really need to up our game and concentrate fully, also given the amount of injuries we have already

So yes, let Barcelona come

Alright

You asked for it

Taguchi:


Alright

You asked for it

My brother, nothing spoil

airmark:


Though i don't know how Ibime got his 28 matches, i only reviewed their league games.

Maybe VAR ruled them out

airmark:


You always jump into convos beyond your mental capability.

Every smart Chelsea fan would understand that i was referring to the board being terrible regarding the male team while they did the needful for the female team.

Terrible board. Full stop.

What does that mean?

That Donnell McNeilly that disgraced our first team should be promoted. He's a better striker than Mheuka

It was only a matter of time. Poisoned chalice. That display vs Argentina… I knew heads would roll.

Leyqute:
It was only a matter of time. Poisoned chalice. That display vs Argentina… I knew heads would roll.

Make brazil no qualify for WC ke

PDPGuy:
I think it’s safe to say football has become too generic and safe, no one wants to take a risk anymore and the jeopardy has been sucked out by dictators in the dugout rather than managers that allowed players to express themselves!

Just look at Grealish and how he has fallen out of love with the game because he doesn’t play it the way we all used to love, closest thing to the good times is Forest but believe me it won’t be long until that style of football is totally lost and replaced by this statistic based shit because all the kids in the academy are being coached to death.

Eventually, you won’t have wingers, trequaristas, hard tackling CB’s, strikers etc.. you will just have players that are coached to be defensive and players that are coached to be attacking players and those players will be ‘designed’ in a way that the defensive players can play in any of the 5 defensive positions and the attackers likewise in the 5 attacking positions and maverick players like Hoddle, Maradona, Messi, Figo, Zidane, Zola, Hazard and more recently Grealish will be a thing of the past because players will be expected to be interchangeable parts in a statistical based system.

Even Palmer, who is the closest thing to a maverick right now is being made to look ineffective because the system doesn’t play to his strengths. No surprise since he has been underperforming we’ve been shit, problem is at start of the season we got results when Palmer took control of games against the tactics of Maresca but he hasn’t been able to do it lately on his own because he needs a willing accomplice to play off and Jackson was his guy that allowed him the space to play as he wished, now he doesn’t have a runner to drag defenders out of position and has to rely solely on Maresca’s stat play he’s unable to have an impact in a predictable and repetitive system. .

The game is about winning, coaches care about winning than playing pretty which is why some of the less efficient players like Grealish Hazard St Maximin, Adama Traore are being phased out

If you are not productive, no one will care about the entertainment you bring to the game. How will you a fan see a player who entertains with his dribbles but lose the ball in dangerous areas leading to a goal conceded and eventual elimination?

Players are now taught to dispossess, move the ball with speed and es then take your chances

PDPGuy:
In the next 5 years players that want to play the game the way they want to play it will be ing teams in Serie A best believe!!! The same way players like Zola, Bergkamp, Henry, Di Matteo, Vialli, Ravanelli etc all started leaving Italy at the end of the 90’s because Serie A had become a tactical bore and the Premier League was fast, free flowing, exciting football that appealed to them, where the majority of them came and thrived, the exact opposite is now beginning to happen.

Serie A isn’t quite the equivalent of 90’s Prem but it is by far the closest league in Europe to having a bit of jeopardy in it where players aren’t afraid to give the ball away or have a shot from 35 yards because they might get told off by the ‘3rd phase possessional transition’ coach who is a glorified PE teacher and has a degree in sports science and is the Matt Le Tissier of Microsoft Excel but has never played the game but stands on the touch line shouting at Foden to move a centimetre to the left so he can receive the ball and it backwards.

Anyway, basically in short what I’m saying is ‘the game is gone’

You don't have to worry about this as players are in it for the money and will go to whichever team is willing to pay them. No player will leave a league that pays more to play his brand of football, South America wey dey play entertaining leave their leagues to come to Europe for the money

All dem Zola, Bergkamp, Di Matteo, Vialli, Ravanelli came to get money in the EPL because they were getting older the Serie A wasnt willing to pay them but EPL that was looking for some stars was willing to pay like the Saudi league is attracting older players now

Henry though was a flop at Juventus which is why he came to EPL to rejuvenate his career

The main Ogas in the Serie A those years like Del Piero, Zidane Batistuta, Maldini, Nesta Canavaro Thuram, Buffon Nedved did not leave Serie A in their prime except for Shevchenko

sod09:

Make brazil no qualify for WC ke

Lounloun

I think they will still qualify with this coach because the team has enough quality to gather the required points. But I doubt Dorival has enough tactical nous to lead them to the quarters or semis of the World Cup.

raumdeuter:


The game is about winning, coaches care about winning than playing pretty which is why some of the less efficient players like Grealish Hazard St Maximin, Adama Traore are being phased out

If you are not productive, no one will care about the entertainment you bring to the game. How will you a fan see a player who entertains with his dribbles but lose the ball in dangerous areas leading to a goal conceded and eventual elimination?

Players are now taught to dispossess, move the ball with speed and es then take your chances



You don't have to worry about this as players are in it for the money and will go to whichever team is willing to pay them. No player will leave a league that pays more to play his brand of football, South America wey dey play entertaining leave their leagues to come to Europe for the money

All dem Zola, Bergkamp, Di Matteo, Vialli, Ravanelli came to get money in the EPL because they were getting older the Serie A wasnt willing to pay them but EPL that was looking for some stars was willing to pay like the Saudi league is attracting older players now

Henry though was a flop at Juventus which is why he came to EPL to rejuvenate his career

The main Ogas in the Serie A those years like Del Piero, Zidane Batistuta, Maldini, Nesta Canavaro Thuram, Buffon Nedved did not leave Serie A in their prime except for Shevchenko

Yet he flopped in the EPL. Even though he was in his prime.

Leyqute:


Yet he flopped in the EPL. Even though he was in his prime.

Shevchenko was past his prime when he came to EPL, Mourinho didnt want him but Roman maybe needed a pal to speak Russian with

Petrovic excellent for Strasbourg tonight...he's the only reason they're not behind. Lyon have been dominant

Andrey Santos gives Strasbourg the lead!

See what I said about Santos' dual goal threat? Last time out he scored a banger from outside the box, this time he heads home from a corner. He's a legit goal threat from these two positions.

Strasbourg have doubled their lead! What a second half they're having

Minutes later, Lyon pull one back! Omo

BlueMann:
Andrey Santos gives Strasbourg the lead!

9 goals already better than our midfielders except caicedo.

Starting Xl awaits you Andrey Santos

Strasbourg back up by two goals

Leyqute:
It was only a matter of time. Poisoned chalice. That display vs Argentina… I knew heads would roll.

They have fired him

4-1. Omo

Second half masterclass

What an assist from Moreira

Strasbourg team fit flog their elder brother for epl ,no jokes,we should play them next pre-season , though not a criteria.

raumdeuter:


The game is about winning, coaches care about winning than playing pretty which is why some of the less efficient players like Grealish Hazard St Maximin, Adama Traore are being phased out

If you are not productive, no one will care about the entertainment you bring to the game. How will you a fan see a player who entertains with his dribbles but lose the ball in dangerous areas leading to a goal conceded and eventual elimination?

Why didn't your team phase Gnabry out since?

timbros:


Terrible board. Full stop.

What does that mean?

You will need to go back and do GNS 101.

raumdeuter:


The game is about winning, coaches care about winning than playing pretty which is why some of the less efficient players like Grealish Hazard St Maximin, Adama Traore are being phased out

If you are not productive, no one will care about the entertainment you bring to the game. How will you a fan see a player who entertains with his dribbles but lose the ball in dangerous areas leading to a goal conceded and eventual elimination?

Players are now taught to dispossess, move the ball with speed and es then take your chances



You don't have to worry about this as players are in it for the money and will go to whichever team is willing to pay them. No player will leave a league that pays more to play his brand of football, South America wey dey play entertaining leave their leagues to come to Europe for the money

All dem Zola, Bergkamp, Di Matteo, Vialli, Ravanelli came to get money in the EPL because they were getting older the Serie A wasnt willing to pay them but EPL that was looking for some stars was willing to pay like the Saudi league is attracting older players now

Henry though was a flop at Juventus which is why he came to EPL to rejuvenate his career

The main Ogas in the Serie A those years like Del Piero, Zidane Batistuta, Maldini, Nesta Canavaro Thuram, Buffon Nedved did not leave Serie A in their prime except for Shevchenko

Your bolded point would have rendered players like Okocha or even Kanu jobless, in Europe, assuming they only became talents in the mid 2010s lol.

Yeah, as a coach, I would be angry if a player’s showboating led to frequent losses of possession and concession of goals

airmark:


Why didn't your team phase Gnabry out since?

Gnabry was more productive than all those players combined

Bring their CL goals output and let's see

Add all the open play goals Gnabry scored in 2020 alone is more than all of them combined

raumdeuter:


Shevchenko was past his prime when he came to EPL, Mourinho didnt want him but Roman maybe needed a pal to speak Russian with

Didn’t you just say the exact opposite of this?

What is the name of this amala?

raumdeuter:


Gnabry was more productive than all those players combined

Bring their CL goals output and let's see

Add all the open play goals Gnabry scored in 2020 alone is more than all of them combined

Gnabry never had 23 G+A in Burndisleaguedown since 2017 and yet he wasn't phased out. Something Hazard did more than once in a tougher Epl. No wonder Gnabry was chased away from Epl.

airmark:


Gnabry never had 23 G+A in Burndisleaguedown since 2017 and yet he wasn't phased out. Something Hazard did more than once in a tougher Epl. No wonder Gnabry was chased away from Epl.

When they both played in the CL what was the result

How many goals did Hazard have in his CL career

Leyqute:


Didn’t you just say the exact opposite of this?

What is the name of this amala?

Shevchenko was trending down and Roman foolishly bought him

It's like someone buying Bernardo Silva or KdB last season

PDPGuy:


Your bolded point would have rendered players like Okocha or even Kanu jobless, in Europe, assuming they only became talents in the mid 2010s lol.

Yeah, as a coach, I would be angry if a player’s showboating led to frequent losses of possession and concession of goals

Kanu was actually good and productive

Well that point was why any top club didn't want to touch Okocha in his prime leaving him for tier 4 clubs like Fenerbahce Bolton Hull and Frankfurt

airmark:


You will need to go back and do GNS 101.

Why did you call a board who made the brilliant Ramirez g, terrible?

You always type before you think.

One would think the board that signed Jackson is the terrible one while another board somewhere signed Ramirez for us.

See the way your biased mind reason.