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About Bruno Penandes
Even now I begin to wonder how that Penandes became a professional footballer …
Manyooligan (BOOM!) SoC
Five Man United conclusions
1. Cavani is number 9. for United. Week after week. His pace of work, his dexterity, his intelligence and his sheer cunning are simply first class. With back-to-goal he is a focal point that the MUFC has lacked. I haven’t seen an outright forward of his ability play for United in many, many years. You can only get the best out of Martial, Rashford and Greenwood;
2. Donny van de Beek It may not have been Ole’s first choice for the summer transfer market that just disappeared, but it should have been on top. Possible coming-of-age performance in central midfield in the United jersey tonight. His link game, desire to play forward, and even the entrance were a refreshing sight. Watching him slide down midfield was like a touch from Scholes. He dominates the diagonal of the rake cross field in the regular position and that’s his;
3. For Van De Beek’s escape, confirmation that Fred is not the future. Not cut for the top tier. His half turns are too clumsy and his accuracy and passing range is not that of a top-tier midfielder. It would take a defensive balance in McTominay’s form in contrast to Van De Beek’s invention;
4. Bruno Fernandes is the protagonist. There is a clear descent without him on the field. A leader who gives up his own triplet to put his teammate on the score sheet. He is the captain of the club in everything but name; Y
5. Dan James. Lacking confidence. Finally he took his man and ran towards him in the 90th minute. That’s what they hired him for: rhythm and direct running. It’s what made him successful in his early days at United and makes him successful for Wales. Get back to basics, Dan, and do what you’re good at. Good ending on the counterattack at the time of writing; Y
6. Tuanzebe has to be the natural partner of the ocean liner HMS Maguire. It takes your pace and power. I have been skeptical of Maguire’s defensive capabilities for over a year. Exemplified by the two men chasing from a corner of the recovering United. Tuanzebe at full speed reached the baseline 5-7 seconds before Maguire at ease.
Tom (MUFC – Telles corners have some whip)
The real attack of Man United …
Doesn’t matter ‘Is Solskjaer brave enough to hug Van de Beek? “Are you brave enough to play Fernandes, Van de Beek, Cavani and Mata together? I can’t see many deep defenses keeping up that swoon.
We will need a suitable DMF for that to work, of course.
Thomas, Korea (No, Fred doesn’t count)
Work done for Chelsea
Chelsea is doing the job against Rennes, that’s what mattered last night, Rennes is something that some saw as a step backwards, but I think a lot of Chelsea fans know that this is never the case with any team you play for in the League. of Champions.
Callum Hudson-Odoi showed his talent, Mason Mount was lovelyoh what assist did he give for the CHO goal oh and of course Olivier Giroud with the group ranking sealing header, beautiful stuff from a real charming professional, can we win the group? It’s possible, but this year, even if you win the group, you could still face results from Atlético de Madrid, Lazio or even Juventus, depending on a tough round no matter what.
Special mention to Bruno Fernandes, what a beautiful shot and performance of him for United, he really is a diamond on that side of United, so much so that I wonder how long it will be before the offers from the so-called bigger or richer clubs start. go in, be it Real Madrid, PSG etc, Barcelona unlikely due to their finances at the moment, but you could easily see Madrid looking at you and while many will say PSG is not a bigger club, which is fair, they are still very very rich.
Mikey, CFC
Is KDB world class after all?
It’s been interesting to see that the mailbox uses the ratio of a player’s assists to a team’s total goals in an attempt to show that De Bruyne is overrated.
This type of analysis is often used to highlight players of remarkable talent who play on teams that would otherwise be monotonous. Also known as the Matt Le Tissier Award. A quick review of the statistics and, yes, in 1994/95 Le Tis contributed 15 assists of Southampton’s 61 goals, or 25%. Better than 19% of KDB. But does this say more about Le Tissier or more about the horrible sides of the Saints he was a part of? A bit of both, I think.
A more recent example is Ryan Fraser, who in 2018/19 assisted 14 of Bournemouth’s average 56 goals (also 25%). I guess this puts it above KDB on the world class meter. He seemed to think so, and so he took tools until he got his big move … oh, he’s in Newcastle now. What?
However, there is a player who has a better ratio between assists and total team goals than Lampard, Fabregas, Nani, Ozil or even Izzet. And that player is… Kevin de Bruyne 2020/21.
Even though City have only scored a meager 10 goals so far this season, KDB has helped themselves with 3 assists, that’s 30% of the City team’s total goals! Obviously being part of a team that performs very poorly only makes this feat more impressive! I’m sure we can all join together in congratulating the red-haired prince on his magnificent improvement from last season.
Bristol blue
Separate opinions from arguments
Dear Sam LFCI hate to tell you but no. Your comments are classified as ad hominem attacks, but not as football arguments. Let me clarify, as you ask.
No, there is no logic for ‘the right time to look at the table is after Christmas’. The right time to decide if a team is playing well in a match is after the 40th minute of the match. It’s an arbitrary number and a quarter of the season is more than adequate, especially on the basis that many coaches are fired at this point, and there is broad agreement, for example, even on this website, that Man City does not is a title challenger this season. based on the same number of games.
Your Wank Bag argument about Ole is even less of a football argument than Ali Dia was a Premier League footballer. File under ‘must try harder’. There are many areas where Ole deserves criticism. Open goal missed there.
“At least Arsenal were able to sign a player” is a strange attempt at whatever point you try to make, as both Arsenal and United effectively signed a Defender, a midfielder and a senior forward on a free transfer, this season. What was your point again?
Your comment on Pep again refers to what he should or should not say, but I see that you remained clear why after spending almost 500 million puddles on defenders, he still does not have a great defense. Football plot, you say?
And finally his final note of ‘Ole is still tactically naive and unable to motivate his players, utd they are sinking into it in terms of results and performances. Enough football for you? – Soccer, yes, and even with a swimming metaphor, but unfortunately it is still an opinion rather than any kind of argument. If you had tried to offer a reason why a team that can put PSG and RB Leipzig to swordplay to motivate themselves for West Brom, you might be right.
Hope that clears it up, and not TL / DR for you.
By Sen, MUFC
Just do your research
I’ve seen a lot in the mailbox on how to pronounce names, etc. As an expat in the US, comments can be a bit hit and miss. However, I was watching the Champions League and they did a little segment with Nico Cantor and he talked about having data but also investigating pronunciation. Watching Chelsea v Rennes he was absolutely excellent in that department, from Rennes to Camavinga to Kovacic. If everyone could be more like him!
Stuart (Scottish in the States) NJ
Things we did wrong
Anything else everyone was wrong: Going to the monitors does not solve the VAR problem. I don’t know why everyone was so naive in thinking that the referee on the field would understand the basic rules of the game compared to VAR, as if VAR were a novice in the sport. Although I know it always feels like this.
Gerard, Belfast
Less thunder b @ stards these days
After watching a clip of Steven Gerrard’s 186 Liverpool goals (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DlceSLFU7co) (For anyone who needs something motivating and is also a Liverpool fan, this is a lot more to see.) a random thought came to mind; Are there fewer burns from a distance in soccer these days? I’m not referring to any goals from outside the area (for which I’m sure there are statistics), I’m referring especially to force shots with the laces (as opposed to curly efforts a la Coutinho). For me, there are likely a few reasons why this could be the case:
1) Teams lock players up much quicker now, which means players prefer faster shooting action / get the ball into the box rather than rolling one to break the laces
2) Soccer balls are better made and rounder (with fewer panels); This means that the players do not have to hit the ball as hard and can beat the goalkeeper with precision.
3) Soccer balls are more water resistant – this means they are lighter so, again, players don’t have to use a lacing technique, but they can buckle on efforts.
4) has shooting technique changed? I’m not sure about this and it would be nice to get other people’s opinions, but it seems like more footballers these days, either with the side foot or with the knuckles rather than hitting the ball with the laces, it could be the way players are now trained / hitting. with the laces is not so precise ??
Overall it would be interesting to see if Gerrard, Lampard etc would score as many goals in modern football as they did 10-15 years ago, maybe all the above points are wrong and it’s just that we don’t have players like the two mentioned in the game they love to shoot from afar.
Anyway, enough nostalgia for a day!
Alex
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