EPT2023 - 2024 Football Thread - Page 94
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8913 Posts
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LennX
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On April 22 2024 02:38 Pandemona wrote: Also fuck Dortmund, gave me hope and dashed it because they are terrible at defending corners and VAR in Germany causing chaos to me as well, fuck sake. stronger plot armor than most shonen protagonists | ||
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sharkie
Austria18713 Posts
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DropBear
Australia4422 Posts
On April 21 2024 01:08 Pandemona wrote: Well Xahahahaha is not good, he is just riding a wave, there is no way that guy is considered good from his time at Arsenal. Grimaldo is probably the only one people probably doubted too much and Leverkusen got a great player there. Xhaka was immense in his last 2 seasons at Arsenal and is important for Leverkusen too. He deserves way more respect than he gets | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27228 Posts
On April 22 2024 09:12 DropBear wrote: Xhaka was immense in his last 2 seasons at Arsenal and is important for Leverkusen too. He deserves way more respect than he gets He’s a good player, he just isn’t going to run a midfield on his own. Got an unfair amount of stick at times at Arsenal and hell he actually won a lot of the support back by the time he was departing from what I heard | ||
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sharkie
Austria18713 Posts
Thing is he got lazy at Arsenal. When Arteta came they had a talk and xhaka lost quite some weight and since then hes been of the best central midfielders in the game. Alonso was the only high profile coach that noticed that | ||
GTR
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FlaShFTW
United States10529 Posts
Leverkusen keep their undefeated run alive jesus christ the script writers are going nuts this season. Speaking of script writers, 3-1 FC is finally back. Good bounce back game especially with Klopp making a lot of changes to the lineup. | ||
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gTank
Austria2662 Posts
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KobraKay
Portugal4367 Posts
On April 21 2024 16:18 sharkie wrote: Yes we have seen what a liability he has been for Leverkusen xD He plays with 3 CB behind him. His job is not to defend. He is not scoring more than before, he is just playing with his back covered a lot more. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7326 Posts
On April 22 2024 14:16 gTank wrote: the thing with leverkusen is, they never give up no matter how much time is left on the clock. Also keep their nerves and most likely are physically and mentally stronger than most teams to be able to perform so well in the last minutes of a game. Exactly. The amount of goals they scored after 80+ minutes is insane. Better fitness and keeping their cool. Playing it out till the end Streak still holding! And this in a year where Bundesliga is the strongest league! Farmers league my ass lol | ||
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DropBear
Australia4422 Posts
If Inter beat AC Milan they are champions. Whoever wins out of Roma and Bologna takes control of the race for 4th and will have their destiny in their own hands | ||
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sharkie
Austria18713 Posts
On April 22 2024 14:56 KobraKay wrote: He plays with 3 CB behind him. His job is not to defend. He is not scoring more than before, he is just playing with his back covered a lot more. He had the same goal and assists in Portugal? | ||
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KobraKay
Portugal4367 Posts
On April 22 2024 19:30 sharkie wrote: He had the same goal and assists in Portugal? He was 8/14 last season playing as a left back. Yes he has 11g this season and a couple assists more, but is playing with more freedom. But that is besides the point. Point was simple. You said people were sleeping on him, they werent, Benfica wanted money (and so did grimaldo) and considering his defensive issues, no club ever matched the values they wanted. Its not like you have a ton of top europe clubs playing with a back 3 and it obviously makes no sense to build a team around him to warrant changing your system for him. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18713 Posts
I still say clubs slept on him. When two of the best teams in the world Liverpool and Leverkusen can play with a defensively liable wing back then other clubs should also be able to. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27228 Posts
On April 22 2024 21:13 KobraKay wrote: He was 8/14 last season playing as a left back. Yes he has 11g this season and a couple assists more, but is playing with more freedom. But that is besides the point. Point was simple. You said people were sleeping on him, they werent, Benfica wanted money (and so did grimaldo) and considering his defensive issues, no club ever matched the values they wanted. Its not like you have a ton of top europe clubs playing with a back 3 and it obviously makes no sense to build a team around him to warrant changing your system for him. Is he one of those rare beasts who’s very good as a wing back in a 3/5, but not as a full back in a 4 in your opinion? Robin Gosens springs to mind when he was tearing it up at Atalanta. They’re slightly more common than unicorns but not by much. I don’t know what it is, it’s not a pure defensive/offensive ability thing either, as they don’t tend to be very good wide midfield players either. Maybe just how they tend to be orientated on the pitch that suits their skillset | ||
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FlaShFTW
United States10529 Posts
Could be on pace for 101 points if they win out. Only Lazio at home is their real challenge, otherwise all lower table and relegation teams left for Inter. | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9956 Posts
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