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Football Thread 2013/14 |OT7| The Ramsey Effect
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Pelligrini is that you?
definitely out: badstuber, thiago and maybe martinez. but he seems to recover. but city will be too early
he rested the major part of the team yesterday. so i'm gonna expect to see the full squad on sat.
but we are only playing wolfsburg at home. so i expect a easy game. not much energy loss.
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We'll see about that. Pep switched out 5 players from the Bundesliga match against Schalke. Since the next Bundesliga game is in the Allianz Arean against Wolfsburg, I think he will start with the line up that would play against City. Götze should be in squad too, but not starting 11. So you have to face a formation like this:
----------------------Neuer----------------------
Rafinha------Boateng-------Dante------Alaba
--------------Lahm-------Schweinsteiger------
-----------------------Kroos---------------------
Robben-----------Mandzukic-----------Ribery
Thanks. Who will take the defensive responsibility in central midfield then, Schwe?
Not sure if Pellegrini will rest some against AV. Also wonder if he will play Richards and Clichy to counter your pacy wingers... but they're both a bit unfit.
We don't speak about Ashley Young.
Better not winning anything than pretending to have won more than what you have.
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Thanks! What kind of player is Kroos anyway, he never plays when I watch them? Box-to-box or offensive, poor defensively? And how is Lahm as dm, I remember some questioning Pep about that one...
We dont defend like this anymore.
Alaba and Rafinha will move into central midfield when bayern has posession forcing your wingers to pull back into the centere, so we have to lines of defence to get the ball back immediately after we've lost it. Otherwise, Schweinsteiger and Lahm will operate as aclassic double 6 when defending.
Sounds dangerous when you have Navas waiting to sprint...
Nasri usually drift towards the center anyway, he will probably be on the left.
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Forgot Alaba is rapid
Lahm played really well on the six, I was surprised to, but it works right now. He is a smart guy and even in midfield he can process passes really good. And Kroos with his actual form is incredibly hard to defend because he positions himself around your last midfielder, and lures out one central back, so either Ribrey, Mandzukic or Robben will have space to break through. Kross is key in the offence right now.
Pellegrini likes to put Fernandinho on that guy (like Kroos) same with Rooney. It worked with useless Young and Valencia on the sides, but I wonder how it will go with Ribery and Robben roaming... specially with Kolarov there, he is very dodgy defensively, specially against pace.
That is Bayerns weak point. If the ball gets behind the last line of midfielders, only Dante and Boateng are there to defend. But Pep thinks, its better to have a shorter way to the opponents goal, so we play this risky. But dont forget, if you let your wingers stay at the sides, there is basically a 5 vs. 3 situation in midfield favouring Bayern, so it becomes incredibly hard for your midfield to get passes out to your wingers. Your counters must be played very quick and straight forward., then you have a good chance to score. Bayern has not fully realized Peps system yet, and that is the weak point at the moment.
I don't know about the WC thread, but prior to that threads would certainly far exceed 20'000 posts. The old footy gaf threads hit like 90'000 in 08/09 I believe.
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Was he ever bad?
Or rather, was he ever as bad as Welbeck? COME ON MOYES
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Was he ever bad?
Or rather, was he ever as bad as Welbeck? COME ON MOYES
No, don't think so.
Shame when RVP gets back Chicha will be on the bench again.
And that will be the big difference for City compared to previous years. Pellegrini has coached very hard and trained the team to pass quickly in smaller areas. Obviously it isnt perfect yet... but Yaya, Fernan and Kompany are all very capable of quick crossing or passing for counters.
Mancini always wanted everything to go very slowly, build up play, and as soon as the other team pressed hard the players never knew what to do. And obviously most CL teams are good at pressing, and City had players like Barry and Lescott who arent very good in smaller areas.
Lambda Pie
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gonna start in a new job next week.
goods news: more
bad news: only Sundays off, work till 21:00 weekdays/Sat, gonna miss all CL matches
goods news: more
bad news: only Sundays off, work till 21:00 weekdays/Sat, gonna miss all CL matches
What field is that?
I'm pretty exited too! City will be the hardest opponent we've had this season.
Wonder which number Lewandowski gets. Probably 18.
You're working six days a week till 21:00? How late do you start and what the hell are you gonna do?
Is this an evening job? That appears to be a very large amount of hours to work if you're starting in the morning.
Lets just hope its an exception and wont ever be repeated again.
This is the most European/English photo ever.
Legendary venue.
Who's playing there?
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Stan Collymore was upset that ASDA and Tesco were selling mental patient costumes for halloween? Hopefully they don't start selling a woman beater costume.
I like it when you are in cunt mode!
he was 100% correct
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But you have Zelalem.
He's not in FIFA 14 :\
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Darren Fletcher is still alive
United sure want to keep Nike happy with contract negotiations going on.
Lambda Pie
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You're working six days a week till 21:00? How late do you start and what the hell are you gonna do?
it's sales and it's from 14:00 to 21:00.
i'm a team leader now, have 5 folks working for me doing D2D sales so i can work from home since my job is essentially provide them back-up by phone and insert the contracts on the company's system.
now, they're happy with me and my team's performance, so my boss offered me my own sales kiosk to manage, which is far more lucrative than having a bunch of kids knocking on people's doors. the catch is that i have to be there.
it's more money coming in and, if i do well, i can get more kiosks to manage, then a store, then a bunch of stores and maybe managing the whole district one day.
it's worth a shot.
No one these days as it was torn down soon after City of Manchester Stadium (The Etihad) was built. That was Maine Road where Man City played for 80+ years.. lots of famous oasis gigs there too!
Haven't watched this DVD in fucking forever. My wife has the VHS tape of it too, hah.
Good luck Lambda boy. I work for 8-10 hours so that ain't so bad.
well they think that I do
Aww man
He does have it neat though, Mikey style
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The only title they'll win.
I like Juve and they might not be good enough for Bayern, but you sure have the most handsome squad in Europe at least.
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