True Blue Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 @DeadLinesman Bet Martin is buzzing his tits off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Chris Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 This is on Sky tonight. I didn't realise that as I thought they would have lost games like this as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 2 legs is a bit tedious. This is way better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Chris Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Ter Stegen, Semedo, Piqué, Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Dembélé, Arthur, Busquest, Rafinha, Messi y Luis Suárez. Subs: Cillessen, I. Rakitic, Coutinho, Munir, Vidal, Umtiti y Miranda (It was Marca who spelt it Busquest and not me, the spaks..) It looks like more of a 4-3-3 than 4-4-2 this evening, but as myself and @SirBalon have discussed before, I think Valverde's idea was always utilising a more 4-3-3 formation and mixing it up(by using a 4-4-2 in certain games) last season, before he then lost Neymar followed by his replacement Dembele, to injury. He pretty much had no choice in changing formation due to what was available to him. Now he has more strength in depth and more attacking players at his disposal, I think he will play that formation regularly. The midfield of Arthur, Busquets and Rafinha is also a very interesting one. Rafinha looks to be staying which brings up the question. Why is there links to more midfielders? None are required at all now. Just look at the bench for options in that area:- Rakitic, Vidal and Coutinho, without mentioning Aleña, who will likely join up with the first team when back from injury, Denis Suarez and Sergi Roberto, who could be utilised there as well as right-back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 18 minutes ago, The Rebel CRS said: Ter Stegen, Semedo, Piqué, Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Dembélé, Arthur, Busquest, Rafinha, Messi y Luis Suárez. Subs: Cillessen, I. Rakitic, Coutinho, Munir, Vidal, Umtiti y Miranda (It was Marca who spelt it Busquest and not me, the spaks..) It looks like more of a 4-3-3 than 4-4-2 this evening, but as myself and @SirBalon have discussed before, I think Valverde's idea was always utilising a more 4-3-3 formation and mixing it up(by using a 4-4-2 in certain games) last season, before he then lost Neymar followed by his replacement Dembele, to injury. He pretty much had no choice in changing formation due to what was available to him. Now he has more strength in depth and more attacking players at his disposal, I think he will play that formation regularly. The midfield of Arthur, Busquets and Rafinha is also a very interesting one. Rafinha looks to be staying which brings up the question. Why is there links to more midfielders? None are required at all now. Just look at the bench for options in that area:- Rakitic, Vidal and Coutinho, without mentioning Aleña, who will likely join up with the first team when back from injury, Denis Suarez and Sergi Roberto, who could be utilised there as well as right-back. Don’t forget Riqui Puig who’s been phenomenal in pre season mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNORTHODOX Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Fuck what a team Barca have, cunts didn't even need Coutinho really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Chris Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 18 minutes ago, SirBalon said: Don’t forget Riqui Puig who’s been phenomenal in pre season mate. yeah he's looked brilliant mate, but I don't think Valverde will want to rush him too much yet, even though it does seem like he is already part of his plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 Sevilla 1-0 up... Sarabia! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Chris Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 6 minutes ago, Cannabis said: Messi looks sharp. Some immense passes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SirBalon Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 It's a good start to the season with this victory. Sevilla gave a good fight but the only team looking to attack and okay in the other's half was always Barça while Sevilla were speculating most of the time. Dembélé was man of the match and that screamer of a goal caps a great performance from him. That's exactly what's needed and smiling wouldn't go a miss before he turns into Anelka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SirBalon Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 I am still bemused as to the reasoning behind Joachim Löw's selection of Manuel Neuer over Marc-André ter Stegen for Germany during the World Cup. Not that Neuer had a terrible World Cup because he didn't. But what was the selection for the first team based on? Neuer was out for most of the season and as I said at the time, Ter Stegen had performed incredibly well during last season with various games where he pulled off some miraculous saves. Who!s to say that in the form he was on that he may have pulled something out of the bag for the goals conceded that saw Germany eventually eliminated in the first round as defending World Champions? Anyway... Not just for the penalty save in the final minute of the game yesterday, but also for his alround performance which had leadership qualities written all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Chris Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Nice goal by Dembele. It was like a mirror image of the goal he scored against Chelsea in terms of the finish, but from further out. He had a good game allround. He still needs to work on his end product overall, but that always comes with age and experience. He looks really up for it this season though and has been very impressive in training from what I have seen on Barça.tv. Messi's passing last night was another level. He must have picked out a good 10 passes which were worthy of a highlight reel. He looks sharp and in a few games time I can see him being right at his best. The main concern was Suarez for me. He looked poor and off the pace, just like he did for 3 months of last season. Hopefully it's just a case of him getting back into his stride after not playing since the World Cup as him performing at his best will be vital this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Chris Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 I wrote about Messi's passing as feedback on ebay by accident. I meant to write that here. What the fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 15 minutes ago, The Rebel CRS said: I wrote about Messi's passing as feedback on ebay by accident. I meant to write that here. What the fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Chris Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 1 minute ago, SirBalon said: https://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=rodandlineanglingcentre&myworld=true&items=25&iid=-1&de=off&which=positive&interval=365 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 1 minute ago, The Rebel CRS said: https://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=rodandlineanglingcentre&myworld=true&items=25&iid=-1&de=off&which=positive&interval=365 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted August 13, 2018 Administrator Share Posted August 13, 2018 great stuff @The Rebel CRS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 @The Rebel CRS What’s even funnier is that I can apparently buy your comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 That's gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Chris Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 28 minutes ago, SirBalon said: @The Rebel CRS What’s even funnier is that I can apparently buy your comment. Get your bids in then lads, starting at a tenner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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