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Northern Ireland26775 Posts
On April 23 2024 05:53 FlaShFTW wrote:
Inter are Serie A champions! What a wild end to that game. Imagine celebrating winning the title at your rival's home stadium lmao.
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.
Let’s goooooo
Pretty meh season though I do love my Inter there really wasn’t much of a good title race in Serie A this time out
How on Earth did we manage to pick up Marcus Thuram on a free?! What a season he’s had
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On April 23 2024 01:21 WombaT wrote:Show nested quote +On April 22 2024 21:13 KobraKay wrote:On April 22 2024 19:30 sharkie wrote:On April 22 2024 14:56 KobraKay wrote: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. 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. 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
Grimaldo has played as a holding mid for alonso too.
I think they cant be wingers because they have to do sprints. Wing vacks want to build up play or come rushing from behind
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Victor Moses at Chelsea too. Had a ripper season at wing back
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On April 23 2024 09:01 sharkie wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2024 01:21 WombaT wrote:On April 22 2024 21:13 KobraKay wrote:On April 22 2024 19:30 sharkie wrote:On April 22 2024 14:56 KobraKay wrote: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. 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. 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 Grimaldo has played as a holding mid for alonso too. I think they cant be wingers because they have to do sprints. Wing vacks want to build up play or come rushing from behind
Yes i actually agree with this.
They are in a position with less defensive resp than a left back and in comparison to a winger, they have less acceleration and dribbling skills needed as they need to come from the back into open spaces for crosses or combo plays, or be the odd man out for a finish or being a pass alternative.
So they have a lot more freedom and need to be smarter and not so much as fast or as competent on 1v1 as a winger needs to be.
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On April 23 2024 05:53 FlaShFTW wrote:
Inter are Serie A champions! What a wild end to that game. Imagine celebrating winning the title at your rival's home stadium lmao.
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.
IMO that makes it more difficualt. Inter is playing for the funsies while teams battling for relegation will throw everything at them
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United States10398 Posts
On April 23 2024 18:34 Harris1st wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2024 05:53 FlaShFTW wrote:
Inter are Serie A champions! What a wild end to that game. Imagine celebrating winning the title at your rival's home stadium lmao.
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. IMO that makes it more difficualt. Inter is playing for the funsies while teams battling for relegation will throw everything at them
Yeah I agree with that. The two relegation teams they're facing are all fighting for their lives, they're tied with the one team thats just outside of the drop zone. Still, mid-90s points tally is very good for Inter this season after all i said and done.
Rip no more Amorim it looks like for us. Looking at Arne Slot now??? Klopp why couldn't you have stayed for one more season TT.TT
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lol. Of course they will focus on that time. The decade after has been a colossal train wreck.
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On April 24 2024 00:20 FlaShFTW wrote:Show nested quote +On April 23 2024 18:34 Harris1st wrote:On April 23 2024 05:53 FlaShFTW wrote:
Inter are Serie A champions! What a wild end to that game. Imagine celebrating winning the title at your rival's home stadium lmao.
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. IMO that makes it more difficualt. Inter is playing for the funsies while teams battling for relegation will throw everything at them Yeah I agree with that. The two relegation teams they're facing are all fighting for their lives, they're tied with the one team thats just outside of the drop zone. Still, mid-90s points tally is very good for Inter this season after all i said and done. Rip no more Amorim it looks like for us. Looking at Arne Slot now??? Klopp why couldn't you have stayed for one more season TT.TT
Yeah media here says neither WHU nor LVP for Amorim
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Northern Ireland26775 Posts
On April 23 2024 13:32 DropBear wrote:
Victor Moses at Chelsea too. Had a ripper season at wing back
Great shout actually
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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/22/cole-palmer-chelsea-arsenal-illness-doubt
Mauricio Pochettino has challenged Chelsea to prove that they are not “Cole Palmer Football Club” should they have to take on Arsenal on Tuesday without their player of the season.
Palmer, who has been Chelsea’s main source of goals and creativity since joining from Manchester City last September, is a doubt for the trip to the Emirates Stadium because of illness. But instead of worrying about whether his young side are capable of beating Arsenal without their best forward, Pochettino wants the rest of his players to show that they are not dependent on the 21-year-old.
Whoops
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Northern Ireland26775 Posts
On April 24 2024 05:33 Jockmcplop wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/22/cole-palmer-chelsea-arsenal-illness-doubtShow nested quote +Mauricio Pochettino has challenged Chelsea to prove that they are not “Cole Palmer Football Club” should they have to take on Arsenal on Tuesday without their player of the season.
Palmer, who has been Chelsea’s main source of goals and creativity since joining from Manchester City last September, is a doubt for the trip to the Emirates Stadium because of illness. But instead of worrying about whether his young side are capable of beating Arsenal without their best forward, Pochettino wants the rest of his players to show that they are not dependent on the 21-year-old. Whoops
Lmao I wasn’t even aware they were playing tonight, went to check the score and, oof
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On April 24 2024 05:36 WombaT wrote:Show nested quote +On April 24 2024 05:33 Jockmcplop wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/22/cole-palmer-chelsea-arsenal-illness-doubtMauricio Pochettino has challenged Chelsea to prove that they are not “Cole Palmer Football Club” should they have to take on Arsenal on Tuesday without their player of the season.
Palmer, who has been Chelsea’s main source of goals and creativity since joining from Manchester City last September, is a doubt for the trip to the Emirates Stadium because of illness. But instead of worrying about whether his young side are capable of beating Arsenal without their best forward, Pochettino wants the rest of his players to show that they are not dependent on the 21-year-old. Whoops Lmao I wasn’t even aware they were playing tonight, went to check the score and, oof
Its kind of brutal watching this.
Arsenal could have had 10.
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Norway28796 Posts
Chelsea had even been looking halfway decent for a while. Guess it was Palmer!
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At least everyone knows its cole palmer FC now
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lol 5:0 and Chelsea was really lucky. Jackson should have seen red and Arsenal should have made that 10:0
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Norway28796 Posts
Ødegaard was fantastic, too. Both his assists are of the absolute highest order.
Tbh I think he's been Norway's top player this season.
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Northern Ireland26775 Posts
On April 24 2024 17:40 Liquid`Drone wrote:
Ødegaard was fantastic, too. Both his assists are of the absolute highest order.
Tbh I think he's been Norway's top player this season.
You’d stick him above Alexander Sørloth? :O
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Norway28796 Posts
Also! Sørloth has been great though! 
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United States10398 Posts
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Norway28796 Posts
There goes the last hope Liverpool had at the title
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