Liverpool have team full of beasts. A guy like Milner seldom gets mentioned but he helps the team in so many ways
Klopp gets the most use out of mediocre players with good athletic abilities than any other coach out there. He gave Groskreutz a career really. Which is pretty incredible.
What impresses me the most is when Wolves have the budget of a top 4 Serie A side yet get treated like an underdog feel good story.
Well if that is known by fans then the players should certainly have been somewhat aware as well when making their decisions no? Maybe they were “premature” and got rid of too many of their goals way too early beating us 7-3 in preseason, should have saved some of those for when it really mattered, long may their goal drought continue
Simeone is done at Athletico. His x2 final appearances in UCL and 1x liga are hos best days. Now he's washed up.
As much as I despise him, I think atletico will take a step forward and like a mile backward when he leaves.
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That's because they play in EPL,not serie A where one would expect them to dominate. It's been just a couple seasons they've been promoted from the championship and they're already competitive enough to cause trouble to top 6 clubs playing in the same competition with proportionately higher budgets
We’re the opposite of Sevilla in this regard funnily enough. We’ve been doing better at the Camp Nou than at the Bernabeu against Barca, which is strange really.
What? No. I don't like the guy and wouldn't want him within perimeter of this team, but where does this notion come from. It's not like those UCL final appearances are a decade ago. As far as I see it, he has been more competitive in UCL than say pep, and even klopp before last year. That is not to name a countless other coaches who are considered top coaches
You can't help but feel like Simeone has peaked. He made it to two CL finals, that was probably the hottest he'll get at Atleti. Problem is rebuilding the same culture elsewhere will take years and he will not get that much time to do it.
Except they have 4 CL goals in 2 games. Not bad and seems to suggest its just a matter of time before they start scoring in "easier" La Liga games (at least back to the normal Simeone-Atleti level).
I'll give you the 2 goals vs Juve, but in what world is Lok. Moscow any sort of standard? Bayern went and whooped Tottenham with 7 goals and then came back home and dropped points to Hoffenheim.
Well, after playing Juve one might expect a bit of a let down 3 days later against Celta. Likewise after traveling all the way to Moscow for a big game. Had they scored in those two Liga matches, we wouldn’t even be having this discussion. So yeah, maybe a tad premature writing off Simeone because of 2 league matches played after midweek CL games.
I'm not focusing on this season alone. I think Atleti have found their level and are not moving up or down. I kind of get the vibes of how Valencia used to be. Got far in the CL twice, then remained in top level football for a while before it slowly fizzled out.