The College Dropout Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Would start Bale in the final. On the left up against the young FB and Lovren. Zizou seems to have the magic touch in any case. His half-time team talk v Juventus in last year's final, which was recorded, probably indicates otherwise. I think it's the players that are winning it for Madrid, not a manager with a magic touch. Eh? You mean the team talk he had at 1-1 and they won it... 4-1? IIRC everything he said contributed to the win. High pressing and aggression. Juve weren't good enough in midfield to cope and that was that. He's such a calm, classy dude. Reminds me of Carlo Ancelotti. I've been critical of him and the style Real play. But in big moments he hardly ever puts a foot wrong. The decisions he makes tend to work. He's somehow attacking and pragmatic. Played a passer and a dribbler instead of Casemiro at DM, and a winger at RB yet happy to concede possession. Did this for close to 80 minutes.... somehow it worked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Boooooooooo! Boooooooooooooooo! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Hahahaha never a corner. Scheisse Red Bull Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Shouldn't have been a corner. Unlucky Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Lyon is a canny location for the final Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Lyon is a canny location for the final Be a ripe old atmosphere. Stadium holds the noise really well for a big new ground. Irrepressible flamboyance and inconsistence of the OM attack v the immovable object of Atleti’s defence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Really hope Salzburg nail this. Why? A team from outside the major leagues winning a European trophy (even if they're sponsored by Red Bull) would make me feel there's still some hope for "lesser" teams in Europe. Is France a major league? PL La Liga Italy Germany Struggling to remember the last Euorpean Cup winners outside of those nations. CL - Porto surely. Europa - might be Porto as well. Never seen (or don't recall) a French side winning a European trophy. Monaco and Marseille going to finals aye. I feel like Spanish sides have won the majority of European Cups over the last decade in both competitions. 6 or so in the CL (Barca and Real), 6 or so in Europa League (Atleti and Sevilla). A number of all Spanish lockouts too. Not sure how much longer it can last. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Who could have imagined Gini in a CL final and Thauvin in a EL final after the end to their retrospective NUFC careers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackandWhite Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Gini was a good player in home games just disappeared when playing away. Thauvin cearly didn’t want to be there from day one with us. He was more interested in his hair than playing for us. Must have saw a good contract offer and accepted it before realizing he didn’t want to play outside France. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Gini was a good player in home games just disappeared when playing away. Thauvin cearly didn’t want to be there from day one with us. He was more interested in his hair than playing for us. Must have saw a good contract offer and accepted it before realizing he didn’t want to play outside France. Gini was terrible home and away in most of the second half of the season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Gini's problem was that he was signed from a team that rarely need to do any defending and brought into a shit team in a relegation battle who hardly touched the ball. He's much more suited to the way Liverpool play and they're one of the few PL teams who are so good going forward that his complete non-existence when they don't have possession doesn't really matter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Simeone at 1:17. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 It all felt a bit sad. Arsenal looked tired and although they managed to put in a few crosses, they lack a striker with the physical presence to take advantage. Giroud would have been brought on had they kept him. Lacazette hasn't given them what they needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Commentator summed it up nicely and probably sums up the last 12 years for Arsenal. His last game could have been against a French side in his home country playing for a trophy, instead it'll end away to Huddersfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Who could have imagined Gini in a CL final and Thauvin in a EL final after the end to their retrospective NUFC careers Remember that list of players who'd left NUFC to win a trophy. Carr, Bowyer, Martins, Woodgate, Bassong (I think), Milner etc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Who could have imagined Gini in a CL final and Thauvin in a EL final after the end to their retrospective NUFC careers Two of Carr's last signings. It's almost as if you put the players he scouted in the right environment that they'd do well. If he was purely a scout and wasn't calling the shots as to who'd be next manager and had a chairman who'd go and pay a bit extra for his recommendations, he'd have been a great asset to the club. We just overused him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Really hope Salzburg nail this. Why? A team from outside the major leagues winning a European trophy (even if they're sponsored by Red Bull) would make me feel there's still some hope for "lesser" teams in Europe. Is France a major league? Yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 The problem with Thauvin was he didn’t want to be here. He could have been a good player under any manager because he clearly has the quality but he didn’t want to play for us and most of his performances reflected that. Don’t see how/why it’d have been any different under Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Thauvin was with us for 6 months under a shit manager and played around 400 PL minutes for us, not sure how people can say there was enough evidence there to make a judgement. Was the same when people were writing off Murphy based on ten minutes here or there in a league that was new to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Wasn't he named in one of the French sports papers in a 'Worst XI' for Ligue 1 the season before we signed him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 If Cardiff go up this weekend, it'll be Warnock's 8th promotion of his career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I'm sure I've just seen a fan with a Brighton / Man United half and half scarf. I'm actually offended by this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Rashford not mates with Martial or summat? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Brighton are a class club, glad they are staying up with us. Chris deserves every bit of success with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Brighton are a class club, glad they are staying up with us. Chris deserves every bit of success with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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