Sporting CP (A) - Post-Match Thread

[Ted_Bovis]

It was cordoned off and two giant security blokes standing in the way.
Is it valuable or summat?

Nah.

 

[Petetheblu]

So who do we want in the quarters out of: PSG, Bayern, Juventus, Chelsea, Bus Wreckers, Athletico, Ajax?

FFS man, do not poke the footballing gods.....

 

[Didsbury Dave]

I get the impression he isn’t the brightest bulb on the Christmas Tree and fuck alone knows what got into his head in Leipzig, but agree he is a leader in that dressing room and the group really looks up to him.
An amazing signing that, don’t forget, we were roundly mocked for in pretty much all the media at the time.
Who knew that full backs were important and worth investing in?
I’ll tell you who.
A certain Senor Josep Guardiola.
Now they are fundamental and among the most expensive players in the world. And so the narrative changes.

So Liverpool do a Poundland Pep copy, albeit bypassing their woeful, agricultural midfield and basically hoofing to the corners and then overloading. But they belatedly realise full backs are actually important.

So much so they make them fundamental. Their midfield is so shite they have no choice

Full backs are now central to football and of course The Cult have “de best in de weeeerld”

Media: “Genius Klopp redefines full-backs”
Laughable
Klopp is B-tech uniform services at Edge Hill. Fair fucks, he is trying. But come on

Pep is post-doctorate research in astronomical science at Harvard.

5-D shit v B-tech
There are Levels to this game

Totally agree mate. He's a warrior and an olympic level athlete and is an integral part of our best team. Pep has made him what he is with two changes. First of all he seemed to stop him diving in, and taught him just to step off and use his recovery pace. Second of all he changed our formation, I think it was the beginning of last season, when he stopped him becoming an overlapping full back, getting the the spaces that Bernado and Mahrez need, and made him tuck in more as a defensive midfielder.

 

[East Level 2]

Stunning stat.
I wonder what it is in context , how many 5s have the scousers had under Bingo?

They've scored five lots of times under Bingo. Cos their goals mean more.

 

[The perfect fumble]

 

[East Level 2]

Magnificent, this team is getting better and better which is a freighting thought for out opponent's.

"Come in a lorry, you must have come in a lorry"??

 

[East Level 2]

So who do we want in the quarters out of: PSG, Bayern, Juventus, Chelsea, Bus Wreckers, Athletico, Ajax?

Athletico please as I've never seen us play them.

 

[Grassland Blue]

Yep - why bring on Fdinho when you have 6 kids on the bench. I get the others - those players need game time but Fern is not going to be any better for playing 20mins tonight.

Good to see Delap get on but I didnt see him touch the ball, i was watching a dodgy stream though.

This will most likely be the last opportunity for Fern to win a c/l winners medal.
Is it not the case that a player needs to make a number of appearances to qualify for a medal?
That being the case, I am more than happy for him to get game time after everything he has done for us over the years.
Plenty of years left for the young 'uns!

 

[Strangerepublic]

He really is a character, isn't he.
You might think he is just being false modest or trying to prevent his players from being complacent, but he genuinely is that passionate (and cranky!)

 

[chickaroon]

Matheus nunes, sportings no8 looked a very decent player pep reckons he's one of the best in the world maybe we might be in for him in the future, or overhyped so united go overboard for him :)

He looked class. Only 23 years old