Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

Yayo Toure

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Everyone talks about Peps spending but ignore the fact he's been without a left back for four months. You think Mourinho, Wenger, Klopp could play Fabian Delph and Zinchenko at LB and win games?
In the Manchester derby for half the game he had Fernandinho play center back. Pep is on another level.
 

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Everyone talks about Peps spending but ignore the fact he's been without a left back for four months. You think Mourinho, Wenger, Klopp could play Fabian Delph and Zinchenko at LB and win games?
In the Manchester derby for half the game he had Fernandinho play center back. Pep is on another level.
Actually yeah

Flamini was our LB during our CL run in 06

Ashley Young being playing LB since Jose took over
 

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Everyone talks about Peps spending but ignore the fact he's been without a left back for four months. You think Mourinho, Wenger, Klopp could play Fabian Delph and Zinchenko at LB and win games?
In the Manchester derby for half the game he had Fernandinho play center back. Pep is on another level.

Can't even be mad about the spending, any manager who has the chance will do same :yeshrug:
 

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Facts. I was watching the game last night and i had the same idea. We dominated Valencia but failed to score. And we know how Chelsea plays. They will try to score, and then put everybody in the defense.
For real eh, I'd be shocked to see if Chelsea doesn't have some secret next tactic that's gonna be used fpr this first leg. I think playing heavy D against barca is gonna end terribly for chelsea. Letting Barcelona attack, especially knowing the way how they play is suicide.
 

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Everyone talks about Peps spending but ignore the fact he's been without a left back for four months. You think Mourinho, Wenger, Klopp could play Fabian Delph and Zinchenko at LB and win games?
In the Manchester derby for half the game he had Fernandinho play center back. Pep is on another level.
This wasn’t even a year ago and people are shocked City spent the money they have on its back line.
 

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Everyone talks about Peps spending but ignore the fact he's been without a left back for four months. You think Mourinho, Wenger, Klopp could play Fabian Delph and Zinchenko at LB and win games?
In the Manchester derby for half the game he had Fernandinho play center back. Pep is on another level.

Mourinho played William Gallas at LB and won the league
 

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Bundesliga is the home off shiit defending. Not saying the PL is that much better.

But in that Leargue it is atrocious:scust:

Actually the defending (and goalkeeping, especially) is better in Germany. But they handle attackers with pace a lot worse than in England.
 
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