Valencia vs. Real Madrid [La Liga Day 20: 01/20/13 15:00 EST] - [R]

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  1. anticule

    anticule Member+

    Feb 17, 2012
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    #376 anticule, Jan 22, 2013
    someone called?

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    teehehee
     
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  2. halamadrid00

    halamadrid00 Red Card

    Aug 2, 2007
    UK
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    #377 halamadrid00, Jan 22, 2013
    Did a certain someone say that our problems in defence has not been because Ramos and Pepe playing together? :D

    Well since Ramos and Pepe have not been playing together, we have kept 4 consecutive clean sheets and probably seen the best defence of the season so far.

    Just putting it out there. Ramos + Pepe = clueless.
     
  3. s7kru

    s7kru Red Card

    Dec 13, 2012
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    #378 s7kru, Jan 22, 2013
    That won't change the fact that Albiol is the worst defender of the team :geek:
     
  4. Alma Merengue

    Alma Merengue Member+

    May 5, 2005
    #379 Alma Merengue, Jan 22, 2013
    Question: did Pepe and Ramos play together during our run last season?

    Question: have you noticed the difference in how the rest of the team is defending? I'm sure you don't thinking is about the four players closest to the keeper, and especially not the two in middle. Any thing worth pointing about out the entire team's approach to defending?
     
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  5. Zidane05

    Zidane05 Moderator
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    Jul 18, 2005
    Toronto
    #380 Zidane05, Jan 22, 2013
    Hold on a second, I thought the clean sheets were because Mourinho benched Iker? :eek:
     
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  6. 4x4s

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    Nov 26, 2006
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    #381 4x4s, Jan 22, 2013
    Iker definitely improved after he came back on. Both in performance and attitude. At the end of the day, it's his own doing that he reflected on a lot of things and possible gained new motivation, but the drama certainly has brought an improved Iker.

    Somehow i feel like we play with a deeper defensive line when Pepe and Ramos are missing, that makes sense, since both of them feel like they are fast enough to catch up to somebody slipping through.
     
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  7. Alma Merengue

    Alma Merengue Member+

    May 5, 2005
    #382 Alma Merengue, Jan 22, 2013
    That certainly may be part of it, but for most of this season I hadn't seen the team press further up the pitch the way we did in this last match. And it wasn't nonsensical, headless chicken, ball chasing pressure... it was smart, more coordinated, more energetic.
     
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  8. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
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    Nov 26, 2006
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    #383 4x4s, Jan 22, 2013
    In the Bernabeu we had Marcelo making more interceptions and snatching the ball away before it reaches the player, than anybody else all season. This is the first time i really noticed this, it really stood out.

    At the Mestalla we looked well prepared. I also think that Varane is a very very calm player, and Albiol is being sold short on this forum. Ironically, Xabi Alonso, the player who does the most of the chasing around, didn't have to do that much, which resulted in him having a tidy game.
     
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  9. Alma Merengue

    Alma Merengue Member+

    May 5, 2005
    #384 Alma Merengue, Jan 22, 2013
    Bingo!! Whether it is Xabi Alonso or someone else.


    As for Varane, kid has all the potential in the world. It will be interesting to watch his minutes as he tries to earn a spot for France heading into 2014.
     
  10. realM11

    realM11 Member

    Jan 16, 2011
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    #385 realM11, Jan 22, 2013
    Next year he going to make that position the Varane role.
     
  11. Doni

    Doni Member+

    Dec 4, 2010
    London
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    #386 Doni, Jan 22, 2013
    I'm not sure about the worst defender on the team, but to the core, Albiol is a fine defender. Simple as.
     
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  12. s7kru

    s7kru Red Card

    Dec 13, 2012
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    #387 s7kru, Jan 22, 2013
    Based on what? The cleansheets?
    Albiol is a terrible defender, every time he gets the ball he simply shoots the ball to the opponent's goalie. He also can't give decent passes. Carvalho and even Nacho are better defenders
     
  13. Ahmadi8

    Ahmadi8 Member+

    Apr 14, 2005
    Bahrain
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    #388 Ahmadi8, Jan 22, 2013
    Just no.
     
  14. s7kru

    s7kru Red Card

    Dec 13, 2012
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    #389 s7kru, Jan 22, 2013
    seems useful ... not.
     
  15. YOUNGSTARS87

    YOUNGSTARS87 Yellow C@rd Bandit

    Dec 21, 2005
    #390 YOUNGSTARS87, Jan 22, 2013
    Who should replace Ramos at CB while Ramos shifts to RB.
     
  16. nicafornica

    nicafornica Member+

    Jun 7, 2011
    Club:
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    #391 nicafornica, Jan 22, 2013
    you seem more useful than albiol...... NOT.

    get dafuq outta here. Albiol played a GOOD game, not GREAT but GOOD game, last match.
     
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