jollof rice and pea Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Was Coutinho really that bad at Barca? His stats were comparable to his time with Liverpool. Played out of position for large parts - was supposed to be on the left of a 3 man midfield to replace Iniesta - likewise Dembele would be on the left of a front 3 to replace Neymar What transpired was Valverde playing a 4-4-2 to go completely against Barca's adopted 4-3-3 policy, mainly to bring Messi inside - what he did with this was revolve everything around Messi, everyone else becoming redundant in the team - Coutinho got shoved to play as essentially a LW, Dembele as a RW, Barca have lost their attacking flow due to this, all their play these days is so pedestrian and laboured - the players they have are good, but the system is just killing them Then at the weekend, he goes and plays Griezemann as a LW - he looked completely lost poor guy Valverde is on the Patsy levels of incompetence - literally makes things up as he goes along A lot of the stick Valverde gets is warranted but you can understand his logic of not wanting a physically declining Messi on the wing, destroys the shape without the dominant midfield + Alves to compensate, especially at the elite level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Was he ever ‘on the wing’. Spent the best part of his career as a false 9 or on the right as an inside forward. Real’s CL golden era revolved around building a functional team and just letting Ronaldo be ‘the difference’. The same would work for Barca imo. Messi doesn’t need to conduct everything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Just to say, ManDoon vs. Froggy was amazing. Can't wait for round 2 McTominay played canny the other night Joking, I'm out. He's not the greatest player the world has ever seen. He's not going to be perfect every game. A paid scout shouldn't be forming an argument around one game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Just to say, ManDoon vs. Froggy was amazing. Can't wait for round 2 McTominay played canny the other night Joking, I'm out. He's not the greatest player the world has ever seen. He's not going to be perfect every game. A paid scout shouldn't be forming an argument around one game. my man utd supporting mate said he's the new darren fletcher, looks about right to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Just to say, ManDoon vs. Froggy was amazing. Can't wait for round 2 McTominay played canny the other night Joking, I'm out. He's not the greatest player the world has ever seen. He's not going to be perfect every game. A paid scout shouldn't be forming an argument around one game. my man utd supporting mate said he's the new darren fletcher, looks about right to me Well he is Scottish like. Other than that, very different players. McTominay a lot more mobile. More of an eye for a forward pass. Bigger, stronger. Similarities in attitude and tenacity though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Just to say, ManDoon vs. Froggy was amazing. Can't wait for round 2 McTominay played canny the other night Joking, I'm out. He's not the greatest player the world has ever seen. He's not going to be perfect every game. A paid scout shouldn't be forming an argument around one game. my man utd supporting mate said he's the new darren fletcher, looks about right to me Is that like getting a regen of a regen in Football Manager? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Just to say, ManDoon vs. Froggy was amazing. Can't wait for round 2 McTominay played canny the other night Joking, I'm out. He's not the greatest player the world has ever seen. He's not going to be perfect every game. A paid scout shouldn't be forming an argument around one game. I agree, I'm waiting until he's signed for Everton to fully make an assessment Good, big club. Never been relegated from the Premier League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 The Neymar thing is embarrassing for all concerned imo, particularly him Great guy whose definitely a not massive whopper IMO. Just to say, ManDoon vs. Froggy was amazing. Can't wait for round 2 McTominay played canny the other night Joking, I'm out. He's not the greatest player the world has ever seen. He's not going to be perfect every game. A paid scout shouldn't be forming an argument around one game. I agree, I'm waiting until he's signed for Everton to fully make an assessment Good, big club. Never been relegated from the Premier League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Hirving Lozano signs for Napoli. Seire A shaping up nicely for a half decent title race this year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Juve implosion and Ronny’s rapey tears would be delicious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Pissed off that Serie A is on Premier Sports behind an extra paywall, the one league I really want to see this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollof rice and pea Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 Napoli could do something if they get Icardi, but Conte is the real threat to Juve, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 That shirt reminds me of a late 90s Boro one. Horrible. Are Nice expected to flash the cash the next week then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 I’d love it if they threw a ridiculous offer like £80-100m to bring Hugo Lloris home, fucking over Spurs’ season and making a mockery of our self-restricted transfer window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Nice are getting a few in like N'Soki, Dolberg and Ounas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Nice are getting a few in like N'Soki, Dolberg and Ounas. Is N'Soki confirmed? Thought he was off to Juve? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Showdown talks in Paris between us and PSG for Neymar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Football would be better without Neymar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 don't really get what barca are thinking, has that been explained? is it just marketing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 And what happens when Messi, Suarez, Neymar and Griezmann are all fit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 don't really get what barca are thinking, has that been explained? is it just marketing? probably and apparently messi wants him back too. God only knows how they can afford it since they bought Griezmann for over €100m as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 don't really get what barca are thinking, has that been explained? is it just marketing? probably and apparently messi wants him back too. God only knows how they can afford it since they bought Griezmann for over €100m as well they can't can they, think that's why it hasn't happened yet you'd think if they throw dembele in or something PSG might go for it with cash griezzman messi neymar front three, IDK how that works Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 it ends with Griezmann on the bench because messi said so Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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