Further to my previous post, it is interesting to watch keepers adapt to this relatively modern technique. The 'hop' style penalties of Bruno Fernandes and Jorginho are designed to make a keeper commit as they land the hop, so during the hop they are fixed on the keeper and as soon as he move's...
Well, I played with a couple of players who did exactly that at semi-pro level. Do you honestly think Messi just walks up and side foots it slowly slightly to one side and the GKs always guess the wrong way?
Interestingly, Messi changed his technique against Croatia in the semi-fnal as he knew...
The main reason we won nothing from the conception of the PL until 2105 was we were competing with teams who were generating 3x-4x as much revenue as us, and subsequently paying a lot more, attracting the best players, as well as poaching our best players (Carrick, Berbatov, Keane, Campbell...
Well, I was talking about what he is good at and you replied to my post, so I am now confused that you think we're not. If you want to talk about what he's not good at then go ahead and knock yourself out (he has provided lots of ammunition on that front). For me, massively increasing match day...
Whatever you think of Levy (and I personally think he as now served his purpose and we need new leadership for on-pitch success) you have to admire the job he has done. When he took over we were never in Europe, and more likely to be involved in a relegation battle than a fight for CL football...
It will indeed be a well done baldy bollocks . This is the culmination of a 15 year plan, and it is some extraordinary feat. The table below shows how Levy has grown our Match-day and Commercial income in comparison to the other top 4 clubs (exc. financially doped Chelsea and Man City). When you...
This guy scored a second half hat-trick, including a 'deep into injury time' winner in a Champions League semi-final, to take us for the only time in our entire history into a Champions League / European Cup final. Whatever he does in future, he will always retain super-hero status for us. He is...
If Lloris is back I think he starts. He is our club captain and will not be physically tired. Only concern is mental freshness but an experienced player like him should be fine.
Lloris
Sanchez Dier Lenglet
Emerson Højbjerg Bissouma Doherty
Kulusevski Kane Son
Gil looks like a kid playing with men. No doubting his talent or effort, but he just looks way too lightweight. White is another who looks too lightweight for senior football. Tanganga on the other hand looks like he cannot play football without giving away pointless fouls all the time as he is...
It is hard to know where the problem really lies without knowing what the pain points are (I am not asking you for more details @Trix BTW).
A hypothetical example, Conte wants us to spend big £80M+ on Hakimi (yeah, yeah I know). Levy is not keen and points out we have Emerson, Doherty and...
It’s not really about the transfer fee, it’s about wages and bonuses. That is where we cannot compete. And that is where the financially doped clubs will always beat us hands down. That then translates into titles, which becomes an even more compelling argument.
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