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He hasn't been quiet, he's been lazy. Not doing anything, not moving at all.

He tried to press (started a run) for the first time in 47th minute. :lol:

Can play as a RB also.

He must've never heard of pressing. No other explanation.

Hard working Dembele. :thumbsup:

Just scored for France.

Nevemind. Can't post a gif I wanted.

Why doesn't it count?

Dembele Griezmann Mbappe Pogba Kante Tolisso Theo Umtiti Rami Pavard vs. Italy Should be a good match.

Ok, won't go on now. See you. ;) I'll respond to this tomorrow.

Why would it be false 9 and only false 9? Look at Messi this season, he's been great not playing as a false 9. Ok, we need an upgrade on Suarez. I agree. But right now cross him out of the lineup? No way. Why? It's simple, 1) noone stretching the pitch vertically in the center which leaves...

But Paulinho can't pass well enough, is not as hard-working as we'd like him to be. Keita was a superior passer and a better defenseman. I think his best game for us was the one vs. Real Madrid. Pressing Kroos and covering on the right. I clearly remember a few times Marcelo tried to cross but...

No. I'm talking about 2 different teams. One with Paulinho, one with Griezmann. Paulinho behind the strikers who can shift positions with Messi or Messi behind Suarez and Griezmann, as inside forwards. Formations are not important here. I was talking about space. WC players were given space...

Underestimating Wenger all over again.

What quality? To be a yes-man? All of you underestimate Valverde, IMO. Not as bad as is made out.

It's not very different, right about that but this way there's Suarez in front of him, occasionally Paulinho, ideally Griezmann who will stretch the defensive block and free some space for Messi or be open to receive the pass and finish. Otherwise you have Coutinho and Dembele who will do...

Pochettino: "I just renewed my contract with Tottenham, so it'll be disrespectful if I ask to leave now."

Different teams will approach this in different ways, of course. But, why would you need to man-mark a false 9 all the time? It's often sufficient to keep it congested in the middle, between the lines. The importance of a player between the lines is that he opens space. When a single pivot...

Don't worry. He'll keep signing contracts in Quatar until he's ready.

That's a false 9 which will crumble against most well-set teams, double pivots for instance. Would be even worse now since Messi lost some of his pace. One of the reasons we need an additional goal-scorer is that Messi's become too good at creating for us to ignore it.