I tell you who doesn't get a pass...
Kroos, Isco, Bale, Ronaldo and Benzema. 2 shots and none on goal.
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I tell you who doesn't get a pass...
Kroos, Isco, Bale, Ronaldo and Benzema. 2 shots and none on goal.
Phoenix Fang
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Perfect Blue
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Carlo is scared to rotate because the diva Real Madrid players will revolt like when Jose tried to do that and they got him to leave.
FootballFan
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Very true.
flabberghastly
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There's a reason why they've been both the punchline of every serieface's jokes and the target of our pity.
Maybe the results of the second sale will at least make their relegation look slightly less ignominious.
The_Hitcher89
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Congrats Atletico btw
Beast team, your lot are doing absolutely incredible work. Even if you don't win anything this season, just making sure you don't have a big decline after last season is fantastic work.
Simeone is doing the best job in football.
Guess Southampton are doing okay as well ¬¬
They can fuck off if they think I'm congratulating it though
Beast team, your lot are doing absolutely incredible work. Even if you don't win anything this season, just making sure you don't have a big decline after last season is fantastic work.
Simeone is doing the best job in football.
Guess Southampton are doing okay as well ¬¬
They can fuck off if they think I'm congratulating it though
Frustrated_me
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absolutely.
Not really, the players requested rotations earlier in the season.
Milchmonster
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Second half of the season:
cartoon_soldier
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It's a mentality thing.
Simeone could have put Jonny Evans on there and made him look good.
It has nothing to do with him being scared, it's what he's always done in any of his stints and it's why he doesn't have all that many league titles.
cartoon_soldier
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Liverpool 4 - 0 Everton
My Prediction
My Prediction
Don't forget Moyes m8
Second half of the season:
Your reading comprehension is absolutely dire today. Why are you making those insertions as if I'm complaining about fucking Arbeloa being on the bench? I'm highlighting the fact how shit our squad depth is when breathing cones and rocks like Arbeloa and Chicharito are our alternatives.
You just proved my point.
How has that got anything to do with my reading comprehension :lol
You cannot complain about your lack of squad depth when the team you had on the pitch - replacements and all - were more than capable of winning, and more than culpable for the situation they found themselves in.
Arbeloa's presence on the bench may highlight your lack of squad depth, but that had no bearing on today's result.
If it were just about "mentality" they wouldn't have shit the bed against Barcelona three times straight this season. AM's tactics were much superior to RM's today.
The_Hitcher89
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Hmm
Simeone is clearly the better manager and it'd be almost objectively best for Liverpool to have him instead of Rodgers.
But I want to see where B-Rod can take us. Obviously never gonna happen regardless, but I'm not sure if I'd be willing to lose Rodgers right now for Simeone, as stupid as that is.
cartoon_soldier
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Yes, I was referring specifically to how Simeone prepares the team and tactics vs. Real Madrid.
flabberghastly
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Allegri will tousle Inzaghi's hair. No one will give a shit.
Second half of the season:
:lol
Broder Salsa
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Can everyone please check their reading comprehension
cartoon_soldier
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On Bench...
Coldnoodle
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PSG will fucking smash us into pieces.
The_Hitcher89
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Don't fucking do that T-Rex
Nearly had a heart attack.
Unless he is injured. In which case, fuck.
Nearly had a heart attack.
Unless he is injured. In which case, fuck.
cartoon_soldier
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No Fuck reading and fuck Comprehension
@JamesPearceEcho: Worrying sign for the Reds. Sturridge leaves the warm-up early and heads down the tunnel with head physio Chris Morgan #LFC
Vivalaraza
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Apparently he got injured in the warm up
I really had no idea. Damn.
pulga
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I wasn't even placing the blame/loss on squad depth you daft mole.
I'm well aware our starters today are more than capable of beating any team in the world.
I was just countering FutureX's claim that we have amazing squad depth. Nothing more, nothing less.
Take the time to read the posts if you're going to jump headfirst into an argument lest you make a baboon out of yourself.
I blame the loss on tactics and the lack of rotation this season which has lead to injuries and burn out.
fuck my life. fuck it.
Surely not...
I don't know, but I would disagree that it is entirely due to the diva players in the squad as some others say.
I think proof enough is how he didn't rotate for a throwaway match like that CWC semifinal against a joke team. He wanted to secure the place in the final, fair enough, but you can't expect your best 11 to be up for every single game when they also play midweek. He also makes subs way too late in matches. When they have a match secure by 2+ goal difference, he only takes his best players off by the 75th minute for instance.
I mean, look at Illarra. He's been doing a good job when the midfield needs to be locked up, and even he wants to leave because he gets 20 minutes at most. And Illarra is probably the one sub with the most minutes, barring Isco, who only got a place because Modric is out.
Ancelotti needs to do much better than that.
Ruh oh...
when did that even become Plug's go to mad libs comeback?
"[hyperbole and or interjection], reading comprehension."
wow, the battleship is dead
The_Hitcher89
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Remember how fucking ridiculous this fixture was last season? Absolutely mental. Both teams couldn't be arsed to defend,a proper Premier League end-to-end ding-dong
Give me a relaxing 3-0 pls
Give me a relaxing 3-0 pls
FlutterPuffs
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i think mine is alright, but ask me again tomorrow if we lose to West Ham.
Frustrated_me
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Only one team showed up today, the other was makeshift. Shame on the players really, the forwards did nothing to help the midfield who was already suffering. Ronaldo's attitude was unforgivable.
Congrats atleti.
Only thing left now is to focus on the remaining games.
Congrats atleti.
Only thing left now is to focus on the remaining games.
I wasn't even placing the blame/loss on squad depth you daft mole.
I'm well aware our starters are more than capable of beating any team in the world.
I was just countering FutureX's claim that we have amazing squad depth. Nothing more, nothing less.
Take the time to read the posts if you're going to jump headfirst into an argument lest you make a baboon out of yourself.
I blame the loss on tactics and the lack of rotation this season which has lead to injuries and burn out.
Then why do you keep saying you had five starters out as if that (arguable as it is anyway considering who some of the replacements were) had an effect?
You don't have amazing squad depth. But it's deep enough so that the players who did start - which is what he actually said - should have been capable of far more than they offered.
Once again, I think you're having a discussion about something entirely different to the one everyone else is having.
Coldnoodle
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Yes that is true. With rotations at least you create some sort of chemistry just in case you lose players to injury, you can atleast add someone that has had some time in the starting 11. One example is Khedira or Illarramendi. Good players just havent seen enough of the field. I thought or wanted to see Real play 4-4-2 today since their defense hasnt played much together. Real just has to adjust to these injuries. They have the talent and skill which should not affect their objectives this years. Carlo just has to make the adjustments and hopefully this game showed him that.
The_Hitcher89
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That's that then.
Trajectory fucked, improvement stalled, chances dead, season over.
Was inevitable, if depressingly early.
Trajectory fucked, improvement stalled, chances dead, season over.
Was inevitable, if depressingly early.
Can we have Bale and Modric back, please? You can have Paulinho and Townsend as their replacements.
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