2016-17 UEFA Champions League

The Talking Bread · 22-02-2017 09:11PM

And so it begins,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,the beginning of the end for Claudio

Bobby Baccala · 22-02-2017 09:12PM

Stunning header.

Turtwig · 22-02-2017 09:12PM

Peach of a cross and header.

SlickRic · 22-02-2017 09:13PM

Musa was an embarrassment there.

No Leicester player is anticipating anything. You can physically see where Kanté used to be in front of the back 4. I'll give you a clue - the big giant space that Drinkwater keeps vacating.

DJIMI TRARORE · 22-02-2017 09:13PM

Super cross,al a Monaco

GavRedKing · 22-02-2017 09:16PM

The Talking Bread wrote: »

And so it begins,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,the beginning of the end for Claudio

I dont think this will be the end of him, the UCL was just a nice distraction for Leicester, they can still stay up if they even put in 50% of the effort as they did last year.

Player for player, theyre much better than any of the rivals down their.

Andersonisgod · 22-02-2017 09:17PM

One team playing football, the other is not.

Andersonisgod · 22-02-2017 09:22PM

I can only laugh at the RTE commentator admonishing Leicester for not playing direct enough!

Dirty Dingus McGee · 22-02-2017 09:23PM

Alex Telles gets sent off for Porto .2 bookings for wild tackles in the space of 70 seconds. I've never seen anything as stupid in my life.What an idiot.

GreNoLi · 22-02-2017 09:24PM

Nasri looking svelt.

The Talking Bread · 22-02-2017 09:25PM

GavRedKing wrote: »

I dont think this will be the end of him, the UCL was just a nice distraction for Leicester, they can still stay up if they even put in 50% of the effort as they did last year.

Player for player, theyre much better than any of the rivals down their.

Nah, he will be gone. Like when Claudio took over, they need a fresh start. Players want him out, fans (although love him) have wanted him out for months.
You say the players are "much better" but the reality is in a relegation fight the players are only as good as they are playing and they are getting worse and worse by the week.
I backed them at 10/1 to go down last month and I genuinely am confident and, tbh, as much as I fell in love with them last season, I couldn't give a rats £rse if they do now.
Lwicester, Palace and Sunderland for me. Hull are showing signs of revival and fight.

GreNoLi · 22-02-2017 09:29PM

I'm a dyed in the wool leicester united fan and I hope they stay up, come on you tigers!

Andersonisgod · 22-02-2017 09:36PM

So that was a weird half. Sevilla doing Sampaoli things which was fun and Leicester not really pressing or sitting in a low block. Trying to kinda do both and ending up doing neither, they are lucky to only be a goal down at half time.

sReq | uTeK · 22-02-2017 09:38PM

Andersonisgod wrote: »

I dont know why I'm doing this but out of sheer morbid curiousity, how many times do you think Guardiola changed his formation during the game last night?

By changing formation do you mean telling his defence not to bither with their primary role and defend....or do you mean allowing his front 4 to interchange and roam freely like he does for every game..

sReq | uTeK · 22-02-2017 09:40PM

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Doubt there is anybody who disagrees with this however I find it hard to discuss logically with Barca-Man City-Pep Boards.

Pep has been under pressure a couple of times this season but to his credit has bounced back on a few occasions and as you say deserves 2-3 seasons before he can be truly judged.

I personally don't think he will have enough to elevate Man City as winners as he doesn't have the Messi / Xavi / Iniesta levels of quality in his side and he continues to show he cannot identify defenders who can actually defend. I would rate Puyol as one of the best defenders he had at Barca but he did not sign him.
Dani Alves maybe? I would rate him. I'm not sure if he signed him tho so open to correction.

Performances like last night are to praised from an attacking sense but if you cannot defend you will be punished by betters sides.
That tie is far from over either, people seem to forget they conceded 3 goals at home.

Exactly if they played like they did last night against some of the better teams in the competition they'd have been cleaned out of it

Andersonisgod · 22-02-2017 09:41PM

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

By changing formation do you mean telling his defence not to bither with their primary role and defend....or do you mean allowing his front 4 to interchange and roam freely like he does for every game..

So...you don't really know or wont hazard a guess in case I laugh at you, so you've chosen the old John Giles route of "tactics and formations are a load of old nonsense" argument instead. Good to know what I'm dealing with, needless to say I won't be responding to you for the rest of the evening.

GreNoLi · 22-02-2017 09:44PM

Come on you squirrels!

Turtwig · 22-02-2017 09:45PM

Andersonisgod wrote: »

So...you don't really know or wont hazard a guess in case I laugh at you, so you've chosen the old John Giles route of "tactics and formations are a load of old nonsense" argument instead. Good to know what I'm dealing with, needless to say I won't be responding to you for the rest of the evening.

Mod:
These kind of posts and digs "laugh at you" are not conducive to the spirit of a discussion. Much easier and more appropriate if you intend on refraining from discussion with a poster is just to say agree to disagree.

The Talking Bread · 22-02-2017 09:48PM

Andersonisgod wrote: »

So...you don't really know or wont hazard a guess in case I laugh at you, so you've chosen the old John Giles route of "tactics and formations are a load of old nonsense" argument instead. Good to know what I'm dealing with, needless to say I won't be responding to you for the rest of the evening.

Didn't you say you would shut up about Pep merely a couple of hours ago?!! For a guy who berates people for not being as wise as yourself in many respects, your memory is somewhat questionable!!

Andersonisgod · 22-02-2017 09:49PM

Turtwig wrote: »

Mod:
These kind of posts and digs "laugh at you" are not conducive to the spirit of a discussion. Much easier and more appropriate if you intend on refraining from discussion with a poster is just to say agree to disagree.

I think there are a few points to talk about based on the discussion I've had but I won't do it here and I'll get back to you in a bit.

GreNoLi · 22-02-2017 09:50PM

Pull your socks up Mahrez ffs.

Andersonisgod · 22-02-2017 09:50PM

The Talking Bread wrote: »

Didn't you say you would shut up about Pep merely a couple of hours ago?!! For a guy who berates people for not being as wise as yourself in many respects, your memory is somewhat questionable!!

I'm trying here. Anyway I've said I'll end the discussion, the rest of my posts tonight will relate to this evening's match.

tanko · 22-02-2017 09:53PM

GreNoLi wrote: »

Pull your socks up Mahrez ffs.

He's an absolute disgrace, how much did Barcelona/Arsenal/Chelsea offer for him again????

GreNoLi · 22-02-2017 09:56PM

From Russia with mediocrity: The Ahmed Musa chronicles.

The Talking Bread · 22-02-2017 10:00PM

Andersonisgod wrote: »

I'm trying here. Anyway I've said I'll end the discussion, the rest of my posts tonight will relate to this evening's match.

Well, as you said earlier it is a boring debate when one of the participants won't hear a negative word about him and often insults others for having such!! So, yeah, I can't imagine you are having much fun in said debate! Anyway, I'll give you until tomorrow! You are showing progress I guess!

irishguitarlad · 22-02-2017 10:01PM

Jesus leicester are tragic, thank god musa is off.

sReq | uTeK · 22-02-2017 10:04PM

Andersonisgod wrote: »

So...you don't really know or wont hazard a guess in case I laugh at you, so you've chosen the old John Giles route of "tactics and formations are a load of old nonsense" argument instead. Good to know what I'm dealing with, needless to say I won't be responding to you for the rest of the evening.

What are you on about.. Aguero moving behind sterling and sterling running on for a goal doesn't constitute a formation change. It's interplay ...LIKE EVERY OTHER TOP SIDE DOES.

Shutting up shop when you go a goal ahead with 10 minutes is something Sean Dykes does.

You have this misconception that because his players move about on the pitch it's Pep telling them at 18 minutes do this. 18 minutes is typically when the left back blows his nose for Monaco and you'll have joy then.

Honestly, if the man took a **** you'd say it smelt likes roses.

GreNoLi · 22-02-2017 10:04PM

Oh well, twas a helluva ride while it lasted.

The Talking Bread · 22-02-2017 10:04PM

People will say Vardy was silly not to follow Kante out in the Summer but fk that, I think it was the right thing for him to do at the time and therefore it was the right thing to do, regardless of how it has turned out.

Saying that I envisage the new challenge at Arsenal would have kept his momentum up from last season and he would have been a great addition at The Emirates.

Andersonisgod · 22-02-2017 10:04PM

Goal! Predictable destruction. Leicester have opened up a bit in the last few minutes, they can't go head to head with Sevilla and the punishment is inevitable.

2016-17 UEFA Champions League

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