SiJ Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Just now, Django said: Probably doing what Ole wanted to do but didn’t have the bottle I bet Ronaldo is a right mardy arse if dropped Dropped by an ex-teammate too No denying his greatness, but I'm not sure what you do with him these days. He will still get goals, but all the top teams defend from the front and he can't really do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Just now, Django said: Probably doing what Ole wanted to do but didn’t have the bottle I bet Ronaldo is a right mardy arse if dropped Yeh I imagine that too Just now, SiJ said: Be interesting to see what the new fella makes of Ronaldo. Demands high pressing, on the front attacking football...which old CR7 can't really do these days. Can't do or won't do? I think he's done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Speaking of strikers who don't entirely fit in: Is it me, or have Chelsea looked a lot better attacking wise since Lukaku got injured? Seem to be much more fluid in the final third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Just now, SiJ said: Dropped by an ex-teammate too No denying his greatness, but I'm not sure what you do with him these days. He will still get goals, but all the top teams defend from the front and he can't really do that. Easy for him to do when he’s done after today. I think Ronaldo wields too much power for the new manager to follow suite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Just now, Ellis Rimmer said: Can't do or won't do? I think he's done Perhaps a little from column a and a bit more column b. I just get the sense that part of his motivation to keep going is to pad out his stats a bit more. Doing a Romario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Just now, SiJ said: Perhaps a little from column a and a bit more column b. I just get the sense that part of his motivation to keep going is to pad out his stats a bit more. Doing a Romario Yeh I also get that impression, which is a bit sad really that somebody with such a great career feels the need to do that. Maybe just cares about trying to beat Romarios record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Ellis Rimmer said: Yeh I also get that impression, which is a bit sad really that somebody with such a great career feels the need to do that. Maybe just cares about trying to beat Romarios record Watching him and Messi now is just a bit meh. Messi just looks like another self indulgent brat among many others at PSG. Ronaldo still sort of doing the business and he has bailed them out a few times this season, but one does wonder if they'd be a better "team" without him. Who honestly knows. Still - watch him score the winner today! Edited November 28, 2021 by SiJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 On 22/11/2021 at 14:33, FreshOwl said: Simple, Zidane doesn’t wanna live in England and neither does his wife ** looks out of window and nods head ** 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Manure playing 3 defensive midfielders. Fred, McTominay and Matic. Scared shtless. Only genuine threat dropped to their bench. Imagine Fergie seeing this. How the mighty have fallen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 On 22/11/2021 at 14:33, FreshOwl said: Simple, Zidane doesn’t wanna live in England and neither does his wife It was also said he doesn't speak English, which I find hard to believe. And it hasn't stopped Bielsa, unless he can, in private, or in Cooplands in Wetherby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 7 minutes ago, The only way is S6 said: Manure playing 3 defensive midfielders. Fred, McTominay and Matic. Scared shtless. Only genuine threat dropped to their bench. Imagine Fergie seeing this. How the mighty have fallen. To be fair, during the latter Ferguson years, he often went full combative / defensive against the top teams. Difference is, that meant Keane, Park and Carrick. Not Fred, McTominay and a past-it Matic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DobbinTheDonkey Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 (edited) They're surrendering possession for counter attacking. Could work but their defence/team usually ends up all over the place. If they manage to get a point I think De Gea will have been MotM. Edited November 28, 2021 by DobbinTheDonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, DobbinTheDonkey said: They're surrendering possession for counter attacking. Could work but their defence/team usually ends up all over the place. If they manage to get a point I think De Gea will have been MotM. This is pretty much what they would do under OIe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DobbinTheDonkey Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Apart from dropping Ronaldo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Just now, DobbinTheDonkey said: Apart from dropping Ronaldo Suspect he felt he had little choice but to play the returning idol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickly Kevin Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 33 minutes ago, SiJ said: Watching him and Messi now is just a bit meh. Messi just looks like another self indulgent brat among many others at PSG. Ronaldo still sort of doing the business and he has bailed them out a few times this season, but one does wonder if they'd be a better "team" without him. Who honestly knows. Still - watch him score the winner today! Only seen Messi in CL v City and he looked sharp in those games. I see he only has 6 league starts, has he been injured or dropped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Quickly Kevin said: Only seen Messi in CL v City and he looked sharp in those games. I see he only has 6 league starts, has he been injured or dropped? Not sure. He played yesterday and grabbed three assists so he's still contributing. Perhaps we have someone on here who is an expert with respect to PSG/Ligue 1, but the impression I got is that some of the top players there don't always play in league matches. Sure I've seen a few PSG matchday squads where the likes of Messi, Neymar and Mbappe aren't even on the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, Quickly Kevin said: Only seen Messi in CL v City and he looked sharp in those games. I see he only has 6 league starts, has he been injured or dropped? Watched them on Wednesday. I agreed with the BBC sport report that Messi (plus the other two) didn’t work hard enough. I disagreed when they said it was never their game: Messi used to work incredibly hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, Ever the pessimist said: Watched them on Wednesday. I agreed with the BBC sport report that Messi (plus the other two) didn’t work hard enough. I disagreed when they said it was never their game: Messi used to work incredibly hard. Yeah, not playing in Pep's barca team without putting a shift in. Who knows, perhaps he looks at the other two strolling about and thinks: what's the point? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 29 minutes ago, DobbinTheDonkey said: I think De Gea will have been MotM. He can have a nap when Werner has the ball. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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