The Art of VAR - Other Teams Thread[R]

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  1. Saeta Rubia

    Saeta Rubia Member+

    May 28, 2010
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
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  2. 4x4s

    4x4s Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 26, 2006
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Raiola has done a ton of deals but Haaland was an absolute masterpiece. Incredible.
     
  3. MaxY

    MaxY Member+

    May 24, 2016
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Lmao, absolute meme of a diet. 4 meat meals, barely any carbs, sounds like the typical "How a Hollywood actor" X.Y " put on 69 pounds of muscle to play Superman".

    You don't need 6 meals, 3 to 5 is more than enough. You don't need to eat 100 % "clean" nor are carbs the enemy.
     
  4. Doni

    Doni Member+

    Dec 4, 2010
    London
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Why?
     
  5. Anon.

    Anon. Member+

    Sep 4, 2007
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    So happy that we gave Kepa a miss, overrated at the time, positioned as the next De Gea, a golden boy, meh.
    I don’t know if he’s played well for Spain, but he’s not been great at Chelsea at all.
     
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  6. The Biscuitman

    The Biscuitman Member+

    Jul 4, 2007
    Club:
    Reading FC
    Absolutely this. Some of these meal plans from the rich & famous look ridiculous and must end up taking over their lives. I have been on 4 meals a day with a general high protein diet for the past 3 years as I lift weights and that is plenty. I also manage to fit a long working day and parenting around it too. Can I have an image of me with meal plan put together to show my heroics? :rolleyes:
     
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  7. Shay Z

    Shay Z Moderator
    Staff Member

    Jan 3, 2007
    Sorry if this has been posted before but I read this article a few days ago when the dude was hired. We have heard rumors about this for years.

    In short, Barcelona recruits no-name coaches. At this club, the coach isn't the boss. He doesn't determine how the team plays. Rather, now that the Cruyffian house style is fading out inside Barca, the team's style of play is largely determined by the players, in particular by Lionel Messi.

    Messi's low charisma and habitual public silence are deceptive. Inside the changing room, he's a tough, demanding leader with strong views on how football should be played. Barca have managed to keep him at the club, playing brilliantly week in, week out, for 15 years. To do that, successive presidents have more or less handed him the keys. Although Barca won't admit it, Messi has unspoken veto power over most player transfers, coach appointments or major tactical decision. I concluded this based on dozens of conversations with club officials and extensive reading on Barcelona's Messi era.

    Barca's playing style is determined by Messi, as well as senior teammates such as Sergio Busquets and Gerard Pique, in collaboration with the coach of the moment and his staff. In recent years, Messi has decided that he no longer has the stamina to press opponents and wants to spend most of the game at inside-right rather than further wide. Whoever happens to be Barca coach has to adapt accordingly. The club signed Arturo Vidal to be Messi's legs, the pressing game has been largely abandoned, and the basic strategy has become "just give Messi the ball." It mostly works.


    Another thing I read that caught my notice and somethings a few posters here have mentioned for a couple of years now, how coaching is becoming less and less significant in the game.

    Valverde, a little man with a self-effacing grin, told me: "This is a continuous sport in which the coach has barely any influence, or at least much less than in basketball. We only have three substitutions. The game never stops [for timeouts]. So football belongs to the players. For 45 minutes at a time, nonstop, the player takes his own decisions. I have to say that the great players analyse the game better than I do." He quickly corrected himself: "Instead of analysing, I'd say they interpret play. On the field you can't think. You must play."

    https://www.espn.com/soccer/barcelo...the-players-who-hold-the-powernot-the-manager
     
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  8. Eddie

    Eddie Member+

    Oct 19, 2005
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    They should consider Areola.
     
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  9. MiamiNative0722

    MiamiNative0722 Member+

    May 25, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wolves giving Liverpool trouble. Adama Traore is so good



    At this rate he should be starting for Spain
     
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  10. temesgen

    temesgen Member+

    Jun 27, 2004
    Eggs are essential for us parents who want to fart in the car and not roll down the window for our children
     
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  11. hector_br

    hector_br Member+

    Feb 13, 2007
    Is it me or is Salah trying to solve things himself all the time? In Portuguese we call these players "fominha" is there a proper word in English? Selfish comes the closest I guess.
     
  12. Drouchk

    Drouchk Member+

    Real Madrid
    Spain
    Aug 9, 2018
    Atleti’s game is at 1-1 right now and it’s the 83rd minutes lol.
     
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  13. J-Mezzy

    J-Mezzy Member+

    Oct 14, 2013
    Orlando
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Meh

    I eat 6 times a day. Pretty similar diet. Nothing wrong with it
     
  14. J-Mezzy

    J-Mezzy Member+

    Oct 14, 2013
    Orlando
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    Ball hog
     
  15. Forcamadrid2

    Forcamadrid2 Member

    Real Madrid
    Brazil
    Dec 13, 2017
    Some surprise results in CDR.
     
  16. Drouchk

    Drouchk Member+

    Real Madrid
    Spain
    Aug 9, 2018
    Wolves missed a sitter.
     
  17. 2Magia2

    2Magia2 Member

    Real Madrid
    Brazil
    Jul 17, 2018
    They missed quite a few. Liverpool have been extremely lucky this season. If it was Zidane/Real Madrid, everyone including our own fans like fierro would be crying daily about how undeserving the title would be.
     
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  18. MiamiNative0722

    MiamiNative0722 Member+

    May 25, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #16343 MiamiNative0722, Jan 23, 2020
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    Atlético just got eliminated in the Copa del Rey by Cultural Leonesa, a team in the Segunda B.

    My goodness
     
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  19. MiamiNative0722

    MiamiNative0722 Member+

    May 25, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Atlético, Betis, Eibar, and Celta all lost to teams in lower divisions in the CdR
     
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  20. Drouchk

    Drouchk Member+

    Real Madrid
    Spain
    Aug 9, 2018
    I noticed that with them, I have watched more prem this season than ever before and I found Liverpool impressive in only a handful of games, usually they won because the opponent lets them off the hook, kinda like Valverde’s Barca.
     
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  21. verde-rubro

    verde-rubro Member+

    C.S.Maritimo + Liverpool FC
    Portugal
    Jan 15, 2005
    LONDON
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
  22. yoanaidarov

    yoanaidarov Member+

    Real Madrid
    Bulgaria
    Sep 29, 2014
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Bulgaria
  23. lukita

    lukita Member+

    Real Madrid
    Aug 13, 2019
    But they beat us 7-3 in a friendly!!!!
     
  24. Daninho777

    Daninho777 Member

    Sep 23, 2009
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Yeah I’ve lost count of how many matches they have won in the last 5 or 10 minutes. Incredible consistency but lucky indeed.
     
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  25. MiamiNative0722

    MiamiNative0722 Member+

    May 25, 2013
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States


    This was AS’ cover the day after that friendly. “Un equipazo y una ruina” meaning a great team and a disaster. How the fortunes have flipped
     
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