Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - Life and Death for South America, Pre-Season for Europe: The Club World Cup
LucaBrasi
West Coast Legend
I liked how quick Iturbe has learnt to play how Garcia wants him to tactically and he displayed that yesterday as well, I still think him and Gervais are going to demolish defenses the more games they play together.
I liked how we played, like a mature team that's ready to win, we controlled the tempo the whole game and we were comfortable playing without the ball as well even with 3 new defenders.
What really stood out tho. We finally for then first time in YEARS have a great fvkking bench. Keita came on and looked like his old self
Clapsteel O'Neal
put a red dot on your head like a hindu
Do people read posts or just skim through 'em?nani left to sporting
carrick is injured
rafael jones and evans are
#DatGuyWelbz
Pro
I heard kingsley-coman impressed today. Psg lost
PSG won breh, planting the seed for Pogba to PSG
#DatGuyWelbz
Pro
Goddamn this nikka Wenger really trying to Remy after Chelsea activated the clause. Wenger had since June. Smh
Why the hate for 3/5/2 ?
It's actually a great system when the wing-backs have endurance and speed :
- 3 center backs constantly
- A deep-lying playmaker or a 10 depending on the triangle in midfield
- 2 forwards
Weakness is obviously on the wings, as the wing-backs need to be both good on attack and on defense during 90 minutes and constantly provide.
I think United were nice when they exploited the width in the final third but the problem is that Valencia was constantly crossing which ended up being too predictable instead of sometimes dribbling towards the box thanks to dummy runs from one of the forwards (or the 10). The 2 forwards were utterly stupid, let's be honest. Once, I saw both Welbeck and Rooney do the same exact run and they were 5 meters far from each other surrounded by defenders. When you have 2 forwards, either one plays the depth and the other one plays the width or the two split the width. If they do the exact same thing in the axis, the system is doomed.
People are too conservative. 3/5/2 is a great system when mastered. Internationally it is proven (WC proved it effective if it wasn't already), so let time do its work. And bring on Kagawa and get Rooney the fukk outta heeeeere !
It's actually a great system when the wing-backs have endurance and speed :
- 3 center backs constantly
- A deep-lying playmaker or a 10 depending on the triangle in midfield
- 2 forwards
Weakness is obviously on the wings, as the wing-backs need to be both good on attack and on defense during 90 minutes and constantly provide.
I think United were nice when they exploited the width in the final third but the problem is that Valencia was constantly crossing which ended up being too predictable instead of sometimes dribbling towards the box thanks to dummy runs from one of the forwards (or the 10). The 2 forwards were utterly stupid, let's be honest. Once, I saw both Welbeck and Rooney do the same exact run and they were 5 meters far from each other surrounded by defenders. When you have 2 forwards, either one plays the depth and the other one plays the width or the two split the width. If they do the exact same thing in the axis, the system is doomed.
People are too conservative. 3/5/2 is a great system when mastered. Internationally it is proven (WC proved it effective if it wasn't already), so let time do its work. And bring on Kagawa and get Rooney the fukk outta heeeeere !
Mané Swagincha
6 times
fukk me not possible to eatch this game, someone gamecast it... @KingHurst Balo>> Suarez...prove me wrong chump
Randy Marsh
what seems to be the officer, problem?
Balotelli the GOAT starting.. 
thernbroom
Superstar
you have to score that Balotelli 
DREEM
LucaBrasi
West Coast Legend
Ooooh Balotelli, he's a strikeeer, he's good at darts!
1-0 Liverpool
1-0 Liverpool
LucaBrasi
West Coast Legend
They should call Gervinho "1 in 10" or "straight at the keeper"....could have had a gang of goals yesterday.
WOAT FINISHER, GOAT WING SPEED
That's my black arrow
Sturridge is too good fam
BLAZO da GAWD
Superstar
Sterling and Sturridge are quite fun to watch.