Other Football 2023/24

[Bjornebye]

6 minutes ago, Binomial said:

This half has flown by, surprised by how defeated Leverkusen look. Nothing from them. Big HT coming up for Xabi.

 

I had to laugh at Hargreaves coming out with “with all his experience he will know he has to tweak things at half time” 

 

About 20/30k he’ll be getting for that gig tonight. 

[Jairzinho]

2 minutes ago, Em City said:

 

He's gone full Guardiola, you never go full Guardiola.

 

Leaving Schick and Boniface on the bench and the putting Frimpong at CF = leaving Rodri on the bench for the European Cup final.

 

Yeah, bizarre stuff. Simply not the manager to be doing this shit against either.

[Binomial]

4 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

I had to laugh at Hargreaves coming out with “with all his experience he will know he has to tweak things at half time” 

 

About 20/30k he’ll be getting for that gig tonight. 

 

He's a wise wise man that 1. Almost out of the Michael Owen playbook.

[Binomial]

4 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

I think he has experience of being down at half time in European finals.

 

Can't think of 1 myself.

 

Oh, hang on........

 

....

 

Nope, nothing comes to mind.

[Red Phoenix]

I'd watch the 2nd half but haven't seen Leverkusen play this season, can't be jinxing them. Livescore will have to do.

[Binomial]

Change a piece. Boniface for Stanisic and a forced 1 for Atalanta, Scalvini on for the ex Arsenal legend, Kolasinac.

[Red Phoenix]

3 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

I'd watch the 2nd half but haven't seen Leverkusen play this season, can't be jinxing them.

 

 

[bizzle10]

22 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

People are writing Leverkusen off after 40 mins? This Leverkusen?

Xabi going to need a Istanbul style recovery this half this Atlanta team look tactically miles ahead 

[Kevin D]

Little Greek mythology from Tydlesly.

[Binomial]

That's terrific work by Koopmeuiners.

[Red Phoenix]

2 minutes ago, bizzle10 said:

Xabi going to need a Istanbul style recovery this half this Atlanta team look tactically miles ahead 

 

If they don't get a 3rd goal things could start getting worse for them as this half goes on.

[johnsusername]

Maybe Atalanta are good?

[SasaS]

They are pretty good for bang average.

[3 Stacks]

18 minutes ago, Em City said:

 

He's gone full Guardiola, you never go full Guardiola.

 

Leaving Schick and Boniface on the bench and the putting Frimpong at CF = leaving Rodri on the bench for the European Cup final.

He's played 6 defensive players, basically. It's pure Guardiola/Arteta. And then yeah, no striker on top of that.

 

[Binomial]

Embarrassing by Hincapie.

[Salou]

7 minutes ago, Binomial said:

That's terrific work by Koopmeuiners.

Really good player every tine you see him play. Would have been a good signing I think

[Rushies tash]

Quite a few Leverkusen players properly shit their keks this evening. Mentality midgets.

[George Costanza]

Leverkusen look slow as fuck. No pace to their game at all and taking 1 or 2 extra touches which is killing any flow. Far too easy to defend this for Atalanta

[Kevin D]

Atalanta’s fouling is so well done. Enough for a free-kick but not enough for a yellow seems to be their forte.

[Binomial]

6 minutes ago, Salou said:

Really good player every tine you see him play. Would have been a good signing I think

I'd still be up for signing him now if he's available for that reported 50m, the dudes work ethic is incredible.

[Red Phoenix]

If we sign Koopmeiners I'll stop calling him coat miner.

[Jairzinho]

3 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

Atalanta’s fouling is so well done. Enough for a free-kick but not enough for a yellow seems to be their forte.

 

They've been magnificently Italian.

[Em City]

Lookman is playing like prime Mané.

[Binomial]

Just now, Em City said:

Lookman is playing like prime Mané.

Sign him up, just to piss off the Evs.

[3 Stacks]

1 minute ago, Jairzinho said:

 

They've been magnificently Italian.

Maybe it's just me, but Italian teams (and Spanish) always beat pressing teams from other leagues. They just know how to break pressure.