EPT2024 - 2025 Football Thread - Page 52
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MJG
United Kingdom1086 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18414 Posts
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GTR
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sharkie
Austria18414 Posts
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GTR
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25467 Posts
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Bacillus
Finland1938 Posts
On April 17 2025 05:59 GTR wrote: mbappe truly is cursed in the champions league lol This Mbabbe iteration of Real has a really sluggish record vs world class teams so far. Barca gave them a 2-5 tumping despite Szczesny red card and now they looked pretty uninspired vs Arsenal. Apparently they ran something like 22 kilometers less than Arsenal over the 2 matches. Still early days for fairly young roster full of star power, but I don't think there's any completely obvious fixes unless they've got some young Kroos & Modric clones hidden in the basement. Maybe Mbabbe, Vini and Bellinham can somehow adapt to compliment each other better, but I'm not sure who is going to be the manager to navigate that balancing act if Angelotti hasn't been able to do it. It feels like another Real lineup that doesn't really seem to work, but usually they somehow pull through. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18414 Posts
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FlaShFTW
United States10168 Posts
In other great news, Salah and VVD resign! Woohoo! | ||
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GTR
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Acrofales
Spain18004 Posts
On April 18 2025 05:51 FlaShFTW wrote: Yeah this iteration of galacticos definitely doesn't work. They're just confused and it takes their collective star power to bail them out of what looks like pretty uninspiring football. In other great news, Salah and VVD resign! Woohoo! re-sign, not resign, lol. Had me do a double take | ||
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gTank
Austria2567 Posts
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GTR
51461 Posts
On April 18 2025 06:17 GTR wrote: i get up at 5am for this shit football, bloody hell. | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28674 Posts
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8657 Posts
On April 18 2025 06:17 GTR wrote: i get up at 5am for this shit pretty good decision i would say | ||
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DropBear
Australia4354 Posts
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Bacillus
Finland1938 Posts
On April 18 2025 13:12 DropBear wrote: Can someone explain the Tolisso sending off? I only saw a really bad angle and it seemed nothing, but apparently he was walking a very fine line for a long, long while there already. Basically consistent fouling accumulated into a 2nd yellow. I think my favorite description of the United - Lyon so far has been "We have remontada at home". | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25467 Posts
On April 18 2025 07:15 Liquid`Drone wrote: Omg bodøglimt semi final Incredible! Surely, surely someone will snap up Knutsen sooner rather than later? Hate to be a Debbie Downer I’m really loving the Ro4 lineup in the Europa, Athletic came so close and were fantastic under Bielsa a while back, and I dig the Basque policy. Bodo/Glimt is an underdog story for the ages. Spurs haven’t won anything in ages and I have a soft spot for Ange and there’s even some romance with United being so shambolic but coming together for a Europa charge, plus I quite like Amorim as well. CL is pretty tasty as well! Barca are absolutely fearsome but I think stylistically they might actually be the best matchup for us Interistas. Arsenal are pretty resolute defensively and quite good at controlling games and nicking tight ones, PSG just zip it around so rapidly when they’re on song that I think we’d struggle there. Not that Barca don’t but it feels they are very quick and vertical, with a crazy high line so if Inter can stay disciplined and counter well it could be very interesting | ||
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GTR
51461 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51489 Posts
Instead Chelsea get to pass it around for 90 minutes, with 90% possession and nothing to show for it, because Maresca is just so utterly boring and literally the Italian Pep, so the Pep way of passing but add in an Italian discipline and positional sense = the crap we serve up. | ||
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