Real Madrid (A) - Tue 9th May, 20:00 | Pre-Match Thread

[roubaixtuesday]

Bernie will start,Pep is not a fucking idiot.

At left back, probably ;-)

 

[Turner92]

Never felt this confident for a champions league game put it to bed tonight and shut up shop next week

 

[SebastianBlue]

will walker be overlapping alot in this game? bearing in mind vini will be on his side?

Absolutely. Not as aggressively as we might do against lesser team like Arsenal, Liverpool, or United, but there is very little benefit to keeping Walker back all the time, as Vinicius will just stay closer to our goal.

A lot of the reason Walker was able to pocket him in Madrid last season was because he gave him plenty of room to run, which Kyle is actually best at defending. The last thing you want is for Kyle to have to do only 1v1 over 15 yards.

If we want to leave Vinicius up by our goal, we need to play Akanji on that side.

 

[SebastianBlue]

No day for Walker overlaps. He shouldn't even cross the half way line. If we get caught on the counter in Madrid we haven't learnt anything.

See my post above.

The last thing we want is for Vinicius to be near the edge of our box receiving the ball, which is what happens if walker stays back.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

He has been playing very well so i appreciate that but the petulant side has to stop, getting booked for it two games running is trying my patience

You ever consider it to be gamesmanship? Don’t get me wrong he’s no Granit Xakha, but players will do that in games to ruffle a few feathers, get in the refs ear, waste a bit more time, slow the game down. He’s one of the most fouled players in the league, he’s gonna get pissed off every now & then

 

[Franny 1234]

@Constantine and @kaz7

Please either
A. Stop the bickering.
B. Put each other on ignore. Or
C. Take your "discussion to pms.

Thanks.

Is that a yellow card already
Good god the match hasn't even started yet. CTID

 

[mancity_life]

Absolutely. Not as aggressively as we might do against lesser team like Arsenal, Liverpool, or United, but there is very little benefit to keeping Walker back all the time, as Vinicius will just stay closer to our goal.

A lot of the reason Walker was able to pocket him in Madrid last season was because he gave him plenty of room to run, which Kyle is actually best at defending. The last thing you want is for Kyle to have to do only 1v1 over 15 yards.

If we want to leave Vinicius up by our goal, we need to play Akanji on that side.

i feel pep may opt for more defensive defender then walker i hope not we need to be attacking! we have to make our chances pay we cant afford to be wasteful

 

[SebastianBlue]

Is that a yellow card already
Good god the match hasn't even started yet. CTID

@kaz7 sarcastically clapping @jimharri is indicating a red card may be coming…

 

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[aguero93:20]

will walker be overlapping alot in this game? bearing in mind vini will be on his side?

Vinicius? Pfft. Walker can give him a head start and still catch him.