Martin Demichelis (continued)

From Rob Dawson: Martin Demichelis signed for two clubs last season and both won the title. Might stick a quid on Argentina to win the World Cup.
 
He has survived the latest cut there is one of 8 defenders left in the 26 man squad. I cant see the coach cutting anymore defenders unless he believes it would be better to bring an extra midfielder and Mascherano can drop into cb if needed.
 
We had to drop deeper a good 10 yards to play with DeMichelis in the back line for us NOT to be caught out and it took a good 3 or 4 months for Pellers to get there. He did mind and it paid off so I'm happy.
 
dachoosen1 said:
He has survived the latest cut there is one of 8 defenders left in the 26 man squad. I cant see the coach cutting anymore defenders unless he believes it would be better to bring an extra midfielder and Mascherano can drop into cb if needed.
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When do we find out if he has made it to brazil or not?
 
Think the squad has to be named at the end of the month! He deserves to be there he has been in cracking form recently.
 
To the tune of Andy Williams
"Can't take my eyes of you"

Oh Demichelis he's got a pony tail
Oh Demichcelis slower than a fuckin snail
Oh Demichelis but he's better than Gareth Bale.
 
BlueAnorak said:
We had to drop deeper a good 10 yards to play with DeMichelis in the back line for us NOT to be caught out and it took a good 3 or 4 months for Pellers to get there. He did mind and it paid off so I'm happy.
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2nd half of the season if all clicked for him, his experience paid dividends, if only we could do a brain transplant into Natsty, we'd be onto a winner!!!
A lesser man would've folded and gone into his shell, MDM got his shit together and stepped up massively, the fans love him for that, you have to admire a man who take it on the chin and turn it around like that
 
BlueAnorak said:
We had to drop deeper a good 10 yards to play with DeMichelis in the back line for us NOT to be caught out and it took a good 3 or 4 months for Pellers to get there. He did mind and it paid off so I'm happy.
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I'm not sure that's true at all. He was hammering into tackles up on the halfway line, trying to get a foot around in front of opponents, virtually all season
 
He is arguably the one who helped us win the title due to the defensive record at the end of the season. He knew what Pellegrini was all about and I think he really helped the back 4 when it came to pushing up all the time and catching attackers offside. From the hull game onwards it was really on show how the whole back 4 pushed up quickly and together to stop themselves having to defend crosses and just catching the other team offside time and time again. Everytime this was happening you saw him waving his hand and taking control of the situation. You only need to look at liverpools last few games and Sakho dropping back all the time to see how important this was for us and a great tactic when it works well.
 
mcfc482 said:
He is arguably the one who helped us win the title due to the defensive record at the end of the season. He knew what Pellegrini was all about and I think he really helped the back 4 when it came to pushing up all the time and catching attackers offside. From the hull game onwards it was really on show how the whole back 4 pushed up quickly and together to stop themselves having to defend crosses and just catching the other team offside time and time again. Everytime this was happening you saw him waving his hand and taking control of the situation. You only need to look at liverpools last few games and Sakho dropping back all the time to see how important this was for us and a great tactic when it works well.
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Good points. Sakho was awful the last few games. Didn't want to take charge, step up. In the Palace game, all he did was retreat deeper and deeper which obviously invited more and more pressure. Didn't have the balls or experience to advance 10-15 yards higher up the pitch. Skrtel probably didn't help either.
 
Exeter Blue I am here said:
BlueAnorak said:
We had to drop deeper a good 10 yards to play with DeMichelis in the back line for us NOT to be caught out and it took a good 3 or 4 months for Pellers to get there. He did mind and it paid off so I'm happy.
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I'm not sure that's true at all. He was hammering into tackles up on the halfway line, trying to get a foot around in front of opponents, virtually all season
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Go look at the player heat maps from earlier in the season compared with the end. It's a good 10 yards back towards our own goal. Our centre halves were nearly defending on the half way line for the first 3 months of the season.
 
BlueAnorak said:
Exeter Blue I am here said:
BlueAnorak said:
We had to drop deeper a good 10 yards to play with DeMichelis in the back line for us NOT to be caught out and it took a good 3 or 4 months for Pellers to get there. He did mind and it paid off so I'm happy.
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I'm not sure that's true at all. He was hammering into tackles up on the halfway line, trying to get a foot around in front of opponents, virtually all season
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Go look at the player heat maps from earlier in the season compared with the end. It's a good 10 yards back towards our own goal. Our centre halves were nearly defending on the half way line for the first 3 months of the season.
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Got a link? Can't find anything on Google
 
Exeter Blue I am here said:
BlueAnorak said:
We had to drop deeper a good 10 yards to play with DeMichelis in the back line for us NOT to be caught out and it took a good 3 or 4 months for Pellers to get there. He did mind and it paid off so I'm happy.
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I'm not sure that's true at all. He was hammering into tackles up on the halfway line, trying to get a foot around in front of opponents, virtually all season
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it's not. he was very commonly playing passes well inside the opponents' half, as did vinny. they just switched off and when one of them did it either fern yaya or garcia would drop back
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Geek alert question. Is Demi the first player we've had to wear a pony tail?
Who else?
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