Weekend Games

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Originally Posted by CHA!NGANG

Unless you watch there games and read about them then you won't know what I'm talking about. I said in my post above why he is a bad manager. They are almost out of the Spanish Cup and in the League they are conceeding left right and centre. The only big game they've had so far they lost. The can beat big teams but only because of Kaka, Ronaldo, Higuain, Benzema and there natural attacking ability. They conceed like crazy and they also have a messed up formation which is down to the manager. So they aren't really doing sweet if you look at them at depth and they have big underlying problems :P

Oh and with 'El Clasico', chances are they will get destroyed if Messi is in form. Madrid have no LB and Marcelo and Drenthe are there only Left sided players, both of which mess up a lot. Messi is a RW. Therefore they have no-one to cover for him naturally and he will run riot. As I said above, they lost there only big game this season, actually both of them with Milan and Sevilla. Barca won't be any different. They have a great attack which is down to the players brought in (not even the manager brought him in), but there defence is like I say terrible and Henry, Ibra, Messi, Pedro, Bojan are all capable of putting a few past them. Barca's defence is also a lot better than most they've met so they might be able to put 1 or 2 past them at most, but they would conceed 3-4 so will loose in my opinion.

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United won the title 3 times in a row relying on 2 men. That's not sweet? Results are what football is about. Besides, we'll see. I'll have to respect your opinion, but disagree with it as well. I'm backing Madrid for the La Liga.

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Originally Posted by Browney

United won the title 3 times in a row relying on 2 men. That's not sweet? Results are what football is about. Besides, we'll see. I'll have to respect your opinion, but disagree with it as well. I'm backing Madrid for the La Liga.

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Nono I'm not saying they're a 2 man team at all. They have a very talented squad. I'm saying that they have a crap manager :P As for the Results, well as I just said above they've been getting poor results of late. Coincidently ever since Ronaldo did get injured they've lost three times and drawn once and won twice I think. 7 points from 18 is hardly a team that are doing sweet :P

Anyway, it's a fact that they aren't doing as well as they should be doing, hence why the manager is on the brink of being sacked so I don't think anyone can disagree. I'm backing Madrid to challange for the title and to be a big force and at least 2nd but still backing Barca to win. Unless Madrid get a new manager and sign some left sided players then maybe they have a shot. If they do sign Ribery and a new LB, maybe Filipe or Lahm, they they'd have the balance, and a better team than Barca probably and hopefully a better manager so yeah.

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Originally Posted by CHA!NGANG

Nono I'm not saying they're a 2 man team at all. They have a very talented squad. I'm saying that they have a crap manager :P As for the Results, well as I just said above they've been getting poor results of late. Coincidently ever since Ronaldo did get injured they've lost three times and drawn once and won twice I think. 7 points from 18 is hardly a team that are doing sweet :P

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The United thing was an example of how the method may not reflect the result. By using a strange formation and strange substitutions, Pellegrini has guided his side to 2nd in arguably the best league in the world. Big Sam's teams always play in a particular way that gets them results, but not always makes the most football sense.

Just reading back, this Pellegrini sounds alot like Benitez in the strange squad selection...

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Originally Posted by Browney

The United thing was an example of how the method may not reflect the result. By using a strange formation and strange substitutions, Pellegrini has guided his side to 2nd in arguably the best league in the world. Big Sam's teams always play in a particular way that gets them results, but not always makes the most football sense.

Just reading back, this Pellegrini sounds alot like Benitez in the strange squad selection...

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You say best League in the world but recently it's always been a two horse race between the title. Madrid and Barca. Valencia and Athletico are a bit flimsy at times and Sevilla are actually doing well and might challange though. It's only a good League because of Madrid and Barca. Take them out and your left with Valencia, Sevilla and AM. In the PL, even if you take out Chelsea and United you still have Arsenal, Liverpool, City and Sevilla, Valencia and AM aren't near those standards.

You have to look past them being 2nd and look into the underlying problems and that the only real reason that they are 2nd is because of the players and there attacking ability, not the manager and his tactics. They might be second but as I said, 7 points out of 18 in there last 6 games is hardly good.

Cardiff 1-1 Forest

Gerrard, Hudson and Kennedy will be playing for the top four next year. :eusa_danc

I only want Benitez or Murinho at Liverpool. Wasn't Murinho talking about getting back into the prem?

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Originally Posted by Robald

I only want Benitez or Murinho at Liverpool. Wasn't Murinho talking about getting back into the prem?

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You can't afford him.

true lol

Do you think anyone would come to liverpool whilst we are in this financial state?

Never being so pissed off with a point in my whole life. Our problem is once again scoring goals.