UCL - Manchester United vs Bayern München - April 1, 2014 [R]

djcandle19 · Apr 4, 2014

barroldinho said: ↑

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It's no longer based on strength. It's based on workrate. But not just any workrate, oh no. The intelligent, tactical midfielder who maintains a level of mental focus for 90 minutes that would give Joey Barton a brain hemorrhage, can sod off.

We want - nay demand - the blue-arsed fly, headless chicken kind of workrate. We want Brave John Terry hurling himself in front of cannonball shots. We want Wayne Rooney 60 yards out of position, effectively eliminating the team's only attacking outlet so he can clumsily tackle someone in his own half. We want wank Sunderland midfielders for whom "technique" is a fancy type of lego being "here, there and every-f***ing-where".

This is what plucky World Cup eliminations are made of. In August we can look Johnny Foreigner in the eye and say "we may have been shit, but by god, did we run a lot!".
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By strength I was referring to workrate... but well done.

djcandle19 · Apr 4, 2014

benni... said: ↑

You're assuming that Mata and Shinji will dictate the match so much so that they never would have to defend.

And I'm far from that train of thought. But playing two no 10's is waaay on the other side of that spectrum. Its Wenger esque and even he rectified his mistake.
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My mistake. I never meant playing two 10's in CM at the same time. I always was of the mind of putting one 10 in the middle, alongside a Carrick or Fletcher.

Rafael - Ferdinand - Jones - Evra

Valencia - Carrick - Kagawa/Mata - Januzaj

Rooney

RVP

sab456 · Apr 5, 2014

Somebody start a thread for the return leg.. This is looking a lot close than expected..

Lahmfan · Apr 5, 2014

sab456 said: ↑

Somebody start a thread for the return leg.. This is looking a lot close than expected..
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yeah what the hell guys. you were suppose to lose with a big margin and us winning "comfortably" as real madrid fans would say