bluwes
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Maybe its us that turn into a Sunday league team then.
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Premier League ( midweek ) Games 26/27/28 January
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Maybe its us that turn into a Sunday league team then.
dobingsdobber
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I know it's a mis-spelling Marv,but I think I prefer Sours to Spuds.Spurs can play on the counter-attack but that's it. Ask them to force a game and they can't do it.
Spurs lost the initiative when they got injured players in the 1st half. Liverpool played well but when it was full strength early on Sours were getting through repeatedly. Liverpool's defence is going to be a problem for them all season.
Ndombele looks a very good player.
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So much talk at the beginning of the season about Spurs winning the league, I would be surprised if they finish top four especially if Kane is injured, they even managed to bring Liverpool back to life
LongsightM13
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We have dominated every game against Spurs in recent memory, but seem to reserve our most ridiculous displays of bad finishing for them. They’re long overdue a hammeringMaybe its us that turn into a Sunday league team then.
City Raider
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If Kane is injured, Mourinho won’t even make a pretence out of making a game of it at ours.
Mancity1980
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It’s a fake confidence whilst they have that dodgy central defence, it will be tested and I suspect damaged again.Agree mate. Look what our win away to Chelsea did for us a side, suddenly we looked back to our best. Confidence will be high again within the Liverpool dressing room I expect them to go on a run similar to the one we are currently on. Ourselves and Liverpool are still miles better than everyone else imo
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That’s why he was saying all that rubbish about hardly knowing each other, to throw us off the scent and hide the fact that they like to play hide the German sausage with each other...;)Mourinho is Klopps woman, wouldn’t surprise me if he has his pants down now, and he’s giving him one in his office, Spuds lost 6 on the bounce now against dippers.
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Mancity1980
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Starting off with that cup final in ‘81.They’re the team that I find it most annoying to lose to. I hate losing to the Rags more, but in terms of actual annoyance it’s Spurs. We should never be losing to them
100% on Mourinho that, Klopp says "fuck you very much, see you next time"...
Whenever I read posts in this forum criticizing Guardiola for lack of plan B, I don't know if I want to laugh or cry. Seriously. It's not that I am ever going to debate such posts, that decision I've made long time ago, it's totally meaningless. But still, coming from City fans, after everything they've experienced these years, it's weird, to say the least...
Anyway, while Pep has worked and prepared plans A, B, C, D and E, let's assess Spurs' performance after minute 46' for a moment. That's Mourinho's plan B for you. Because he's clever, you see. So he reacts immediately. That's what I expect he's going to tell his boss. Which he did, no doubt about it. In fact, he reacted so radically, that he accomplished two things, simultaneously : fucking his team and handing the game to the opposition. I mean, those two specific centerhalfs facing Mane, Salah and Firmino, what could possibly go wrong, right? You fucking clown...
While discussing plan A, Liverpool's first goal comes directly from their textbook. We've witnessed it dozens of times, I mean in that very first half, how many efforts did they make to force a Mane penetration? When, in theory, you have adapted your defensive structure to control the movement of that player specifically. People having watched the match may have noticed that Doherty's defensive instructions were different from Aurier's, while applying a 3 man central defense. Mourinho wouldn't mind the possibility Salah being picked up by Davies...
Aurier will be punished, stay in the dressing room. Formation will change and Winks will enter the pitch, the intention being freeing Dombele. But the problem of providing supply to him, Son and the other two, remained unsolved...
It naturally leads to the quality and flexibility of Mourinho's work, doesn't it? Personally, I don't need this game to realize that Spurs were bound to struggle against an organized defense. Which is exactly why Mourinho should continue in the same path starting second half. Having his back secure, in the process he could have made appropriate tactical adjustments, according to the reality of the match itself. Smoothly pushing the team forward, eventually winning space, bringing fresh legs, taking reasonable risks etc. The fucking point was to stay in the game, till the end. Had he and his staff read the game calmly, they would have noticed that Liverpool were ready to fuck up any moment, at the back as well as in midfield...
Following the Fulham match, Mourinho did not hesitate to directly question his players' individual skills. Hardly a surprise, of course. I've also read somewhere that he claimed Fulham should apologize if they used their first team. The man is a cretin. An absolute disgrace. I wonder who he'll blame now though. Aurier? Lloris was poor tonight, no doubt about that. But in terms of team selection, Dier in that position is his choice. And what about the guy alongside him? Who will take the blame for the third goal? Alderveireld doesn't make that error, I'm sorry. Whose decision was it to play Sanchez and Toby on Monday, then rotate them tonight? Show me a media whore with the brain and balls to ask him such questions...
As for Jurgen, he is a very lucky man -and he knows it, take my word for it. His team was one step from a complete psychological collapse tonight. Goalless for like 500 minutes, insecurity and lack of confidence were mounting. Dangerously. First goal enhanced enthusiasm, but after 1-2, even after 1-3, signs of uncertainty were more than obvious in their game. Misplacing passes, seeking defensive stability etc, throughout the 90 minutes. They had developed an expertise pressing up front, their supposedly wide players controlling two opponents each, I didn't see that tonight. And I don't remember the last time I watched 11 Liverpool players behind the ball in their own third...
That win is massive for their moral, no question about it, they were in deep deep shit. But finding themselves again, it's a process. The elements defining them as a team are there, it's the application holding them back, for a variety of reasons. It will depend on them, also on questions asked by opposition they'll face. Football dialectics, as usual. Because tonight they received a gift, they should be grateful to Jose...
PS. Introducing Bale, a player with that history, at that particular moment, with the score at 1-3, can that be considered a move aiming to help the team? A desperate final gamble perhaps? I wonder how certain players on Spurs' bench felt about that move. I also wonder if the intention was to actually expose Bale, defending his ass. In that case, it's not about the team or the player, is it? It's about him, it's about opening a dialog with his boss, it's about his image in the media...
Whenever I read posts in this forum criticizing Guardiola for lack of plan B, I don't know if I want to laugh or cry. Seriously. It's not that I am ever going to debate such posts, that decision I've made long time ago, it's totally meaningless. But still, coming from City fans, after everything they've experienced these years, it's weird, to say the least...
Anyway, while Pep has worked and prepared plans A, B, C, D and E, let's assess Spurs' performance after minute 46' for a moment. That's Mourinho's plan B for you. Because he's clever, you see. So he reacts immediately. That's what I expect he's going to tell his boss. Which he did, no doubt about it. In fact, he reacted so radically, that he accomplished two things, simultaneously : fucking his team and handing the game to the opposition. I mean, those two specific centerhalfs facing Mane, Salah and Firmino, what could possibly go wrong, right? You fucking clown...
While discussing plan A, Liverpool's first goal comes directly from their textbook. We've witnessed it dozens of times, I mean in that very first half, how many efforts did they make to force a Mane penetration? When, in theory, you have adapted your defensive structure to control the movement of that player specifically. People having watched the match may have noticed that Doherty's defensive instructions were different from Aurier's, while applying a 3 man central defense. Mourinho wouldn't mind the possibility Salah being picked up by Davies...
Aurier will be punished, stay in the dressing room. Formation will change and Winks will enter the pitch, the intention being freeing Dombele. But the problem of providing supply to him, Son and the other two, remained unsolved...
It naturally leads to the quality and flexibility of Mourinho's work, doesn't it? Personally, I don't need this game to realize that Spurs were bound to struggle against an organized defense. Which is exactly why Mourinho should continue in the same path starting second half. Having his back secure, in the process he could have made appropriate tactical adjustments, according to the reality of the match itself. Smoothly pushing the team forward, eventually winning space, bringing fresh legs, taking reasonable risks etc. The fucking point was to stay in the game, till the end. Had he and his staff read the game calmly, they would have noticed that Liverpool were ready to fuck up any moment, at the back as well as in midfield...
Following the Fulham match, Mourinho did not hesitate to directly question his players' individual skills. Hardly a surprise, of course. I've also read somewhere that he claimed Fulham should apologize if they used their first team. The man is a cretin. An absolute disgrace. I wonder who he'll blame now though. Aurier? Lloris was poor tonight, no doubt about that. But in terms of team selection, Dier in that position is his choice. And what about the guy alongside him? Who will take the blame for the third goal? Alderveireld doesn't make that error, I'm sorry. Whose decision was it to play Sanchez and Toby on Monday, then rotate them tonight? Show me a media whore with the brain and balls to ask him such questions...
As for Jurgen, he is a very lucky man -and he knows it, take my word for it. His team was one step from a complete psychological collapse tonight. Goalless for like 500 minutes, insecurity and lack of confidence were mounting. Dangerously. First goal enhanced enthusiasm, but after 1-2, even after 1-3, signs of uncertainty were more than obvious in their game. Misplacing passes, seeking defensive stability etc, throughout the 90 minutes. They had developed an expertise pressing up front, their supposedly wide players controlling two opponents each, I didn't see that tonight. And I don't remember the last time I watched 11 Liverpool players behind the ball in their own third...
That win is massive for their moral, no question about it, they were in deep deep shit. But finding themselves again, it's a process. The elements defining them as a team are there, it's the application holding them back, for a variety of reasons. It will depend on them, also on questions asked by opposition they'll face. Football dialectics, as usual. Because tonight they received a gift, they should be grateful to Jose...
PS. Introducing Bale, a player with that history, at that particular moment, with the score at 1-3, can that be considered a move aiming to help the team? A desperate final gamble perhaps? I wonder how certain players on Spurs' bench felt about that move. I also wonder if the intention was to actually expose Bale, defending his ass. In that case, it's not about the team or the player, is it? It's about him, it's about opening a dialog with his boss, it's about his image in the media...
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Klipperty still having to flog that front 3
No domestic cups to worry about. They'll start every game from now.