Not a popular opinion, but I haven't seen what's so great about jorginho. Most of his passes are quite simple, and I seldom see defence splitting passes from him. Defensively he is slightly better than Fab. He is very cool under pressure though. Personally I would put kante at the base and play kovacic and rlc/Barkley.

Morata though is running out of time. This is a system that requires him to link with his fellow attackers. But he still plays as a lone forward style. I think he needs to learn how to enable his wingers like Benzema. Giroud is very good at this too.

Oh well still pleased with the 3 points. We were very lucky though.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

September 01 2018 16:28 GMT

#463

That is his job, he is the assist for the assist guy. He gets ball, plays a quick first time pass to Hazard/Willian/Kovacic/Morata etc, that is his job offensively. Defensively his job is to pick up ball from CB and help get out fast with one touch passes which he does very very well. Just look at the games again and focus on Jorginho, 80% of what he does is instant first time passing which is crazy.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

September 01 2018 16:44 GMT

#464

Well Newcastle just suck lol. 1-0 down after 10 minutes, what will the bus do now Mr Rafa? xD

Liquid`Drone

Norway28714 Posts

September 01 2018 16:54 GMT

#465

like I said, this game is basically a ritual slaughter that happens once a year. I'm content with a not too demoralizing 2 goal loss.

Liquid`Drone

Norway28714 Posts

September 01 2018 17:08 GMT

#466

beautiful 1-1 goal, though. that's a really well executed attack.

haitike

Spain2720 Posts

September 01 2018 20:06 GMT

#467

Benzema last season: 5 goals in league
this season: 4 goals in 3 matches

Liquid`Drone

Norway28714 Posts

September 01 2018 20:30 GMT

#468

bale+benzema 7 goals in 3 games, ronaldo 0 in 3

I mean he tends to follow his dry spells with 7 goals in 3 games and stuff like that so no despairing yet.

sharkie

Austria18525 Posts

September 01 2018 20:31 GMT

#469

so happy for benzema, he can finally show naysayers like pande how great of a footballer he is. Just a pity that he is scum as a person

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

September 01 2018 21:32 GMT

#470

Yeah erm, Benzema is scoring goals vs the low ballers in La Liga, lets wait until we praise him for being a god gifted striker again please. I mean Bale last season had 0 goals and was treated like he was the anti christ yet i kept telling people he is good etc and he also has 2 goals and an assist in 2 games!

Lets wait until Europe or the games vs the top teams in La Liga happen before we claim Benzema is back...

I also thinkLopetegui is an extremely talented coach and has this Real Madrid team playing way better as a unit and without Ronaldo that is easier to do, i feel Zidane is more of an Ancelotti esc mould of a coach and Lopetegui is way more of a normal coach who drills his sides day in day out.

I might be wrong with Zidane, we shall see what he does at Yanited i guess....

evilfatsh1t

Australia8764 Posts

September 02 2018 04:49 GMT

#471

although i dont trust woodward to not fire mou sometime during this season, personally i hope mou isnt sacked at least until this season is over. ideally, depending on how the results are, he isnt sacked at all. zidane isnt going to fix the problems at the club. woodward is an idiot and needs to sort shit out at the club management level before we even get to the football side of things

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

September 02 2018 11:12 GMT

#472

Yeah the best thing right now would be for Yanited to hire the director of football that has been rumoured to be appointed soon. That way Woodward can stop messing up transfers and it can take Yanited forward again that way.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

September 02 2018 12:51 GMT

#473

Hectic start in this Cardiff vs Arsenal game. Cech really struggling with the ball at his feet again causing 2 chances for Cardiff already. Then Arsenal get a corner and score from a set piece and take the lead! Chances galore here.

Dante08

Singapore4139 Posts

September 02 2018 14:45 GMT

#474

LMAO did anyone see the banner?

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

September 02 2018 14:50 GMT

#475

No what did it say?

Also that game wowowow. Some great goals in there as well, the Arsenal second goal was a great passing move but the third was just a 100mph wallop from Lacazette.

Dante08

Singapore4139 Posts

September 02 2018 15:12 GMT

#476

On September 02 2018 23:50 Pandemona wrote:
No what did it say?

Also that game wowowow. Some great goals in there as well, the Arsenal second goal was a great passing move but the third was just a 100mph wallop from Lacazette.

There was a plane flying over the Burnley stadium reading "Ed Woodward is a specialist in failure".

Liquid`Drone

Norway28714 Posts

September 02 2018 15:44 GMT

#477

united in the lead, pretty crucial game for mourinho this