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Football Thread 2016/17 |OT| Mou Money Mo Pogba
- Thread starter Lunar FC
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Carrick was out
Schneiderlin has his bags packed
Schweinsteiger likely the same
Rooney injured
Basically left starting Fellaini, Fosu Mensah or one of Mkhitaryan or Mata at that box to box role on the right of midfield. Fosu deserves a shot, but another midfielder is needed in January.
McMoneyman
Member
Shitting it already.
Absolutely agree on both points.
His Majesty
Banned
Liverpool looks shaky to me without Matip and City has Fernandinho back, will make a large difference.
Hoping for a draw myself though.
Hoping for a draw myself though.
His Majesty
Banned
City could be out of the top-4 tomorrow.
His Majesty
Banned
Terrible from Firmino.
privitsan02
Member
I'll just take this back real quick...
@philblanche
Swansea close to finalising a deal with Paul Clement to become new manager. Should be done in next 48 hours.
https://twitter.com/philblanche/status/815264583216726016
Swansea close to finalising a deal with Paul Clement to become new manager. Should be done in next 48 hours.
https://twitter.com/philblanche/status/815264583216726016
His Majesty
Banned
Really? This is a very poor game from both teams imo, no fluidity whatsoever.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
It's been pretty dire, not fire
privitsan02
Member
Klopp's record against Pep is excellent.
Yeah, never really threatened apart from one Silva shot.
His Majesty
Banned
think Utd fans will also be rooting for Chelsea
hopefully Spurs get trashed by Watford tomorrow and pick up a few suspensions along the way
privitsan02
Member
Chelsea will win the league, don't worry United and Chelsea fans.
This high pressure football was always the best tactic against pep's barca or bayern. Klopp is a master in these type of tactics.
Liverpool's win is actually not surprising
Happy new year footy gaf
Klavan is a beast. It's kinda weird being confident with our defence after years of it being shit, but I'm really happy with it and it's just nice having some quality in that area for a change. Do wonder who gets drop for Matip when he's fit though, Lovren and Klavan have been pretty great in his absence.
The_Hitcher89
Member
Yeah, neither put a foot wrong against City, Everton or Boro. Klavan lost a few duels against Lukaku, but thinking about it, it was probably a tactical decision to put just enough pressure on him to make him head it as opposed to bringing it down, and have everyone else pick up the second ball, and it worked perfectly even when we were on the back foot for the entire first half.
Was very worried after Klavan picked up that early booking and final warning in the first 10 minutes, but he responded to it brilliantly.
I'd never even heard of him when we signed him, and he played agaist us last season I think lol.
We've really needed the defense to step up recently, and they have. The last 3 games our attack has either not functioned quite properly, or has taken a while to get going. Mignolet kept us in the game against Stoke and gave us the chance to turn it around, while the defense as a whole have ensured that a solitary goal has been enough to beat both City and Everton at Goodison, which I didn't expect at all. You'd be a brave man to have predicted we;d keep clean sheets in either of those games.
Getting a bit annoying that we're merely preventing the gap to Chelsea from growing, every match is massive right now as we try to keep pace as best we can, and seperate ourselves from what looks like becoming a maelstrom of teams trying to finish in the top 4. Sunderland away, and Man Utd away next. Anything other than a win at Sunderland is nowhere near good enough, need some room for error at Old Trafford tbh.
GoldenCrow
Member
That City Liverpool game was such a disappointment, regardless of the outcome they are usually a certain good game. That was just dire, riddled with errors where nobody could make a fucking pass. Bad news for City fans though it looks like Kolorov from last season is back again. Only good bit of the game was Liverpool's closing down.