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  1. Birdy

    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Long-term is a different discussion. Short-term, Flick plays with 2 at the base. Right now the best 2 to play there are Pedri and De Fraud. That's not changing. Not in a million years. The moment someone like him comes to Barca, fans would want him out after a game. Bernal as DM could work...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Why doesn't anyone who whines on Flick notes that until the red, we had several correct combinations that broke their pressing, and released Balde in space (the left half space) with 3vs 3 or 4 vs 4 situations for us? Of course, it didn't always work because we had an imbecile in Ferran trying...
  3. Birdy

    CL game 5: Chelsea - Barca 3-0

    Not a fan of conspiracy theories, nor I think the game was decided there, But isn't this VAR frame a bit fishy? Compare to the original frame above. Cucurella's parts are positioned differently. Small differences, but real. Did someone picked on purpose the wrong frame for VAR?
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    CL game 5: Chelsea - Barca 3-0

    Apart from Osimen, the other are cheap given the market. And Lewa is leaving Have discussed this in the past
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    At least as far as md and attack is concerned, he didn't have other fit players mate. Simple as that Now, if you wanna argue Christensen should have played instead of Araujo, I will hear that, but that's a limited discussion PS: Chelsea show up in big games. Review all their big games under...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    No Stop trying to paint a distorted picture to suit your narrative Chelsea were causing us many problems at the back, but we were causing them too. It was balanced before the red
  7. Birdy

    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Tonight was not on Flick. Don't try to scapegoat him on a night like this
  8. Birdy

    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Ferran was atrocious on the ball, Lewa was a passenger off the ball Essentially playing a man down both in attack and defense. As soon as both Rashford and Raphina are fit, I don't wanna see either of them in the XI
  9. Birdy

    CL game 5: Chelsea - Barca 3-0

    Parking 10 players in the box is an option. Barca will never play like that Even that, though, will work only 1 out of 10 times
  10. Birdy

    CL game 5: Chelsea - Barca 3-0

    Game went south the moment Araujo was sent off. Our chances got reduced to 0 that moment. It is impossible in contemporary football to survive 10v11 let alone carrying passengers like Traktor I would only draw conclusions up until 43' or so
  11. Birdy

    Xabi Alonso

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    CL game 5: Chelsea - Barca 3-0

    Maybe, but in the Bilbao game it was far more obvious that runners were tracked some times
  13. Birdy

    CL game 5: Chelsea - Barca 3-0

    XI is good and logical, apart from Lewa Crime to start in such a high intensity game someone who can't press. Ferran should start, and Lewa play the super-sub role for the last 15-20 minutes
  14. Birdy

    CL game 5: Chelsea - Barca 3-0

    Flick made some serious adjustments to the line in the Bilbao game. He was seemingly working on that during the Int. Break Now the last line does not jump to render attackers offside before every final ball, but judges when to do so and when not. This was evident in the Bilbao game, where...
  15. Birdy

    Xabi Alonso

    0 chance Slot gets sacked midseason. Quote me on that. I think there is minimal chance for sacking even in the summer Plus, Alonso hasn't proved he is better coach than Slot thus far
  16. Birdy

    Xabi Alonso

    Then Alonso hiring made 0 sense according to this logic. You don't hire a builder coach if you want immediate trophies In any case, it doesn't make any sense dismissing him now. He has vastly improved Madrid and gave them tactical identity compared to last season. The real reason brewing...
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    Xabi Alonso

    Zizou is a few months away from taking his dream job after waiting for 4 years, and hiding from jobs that could expose him. He is not mad to take over Real right now
  18. Birdy

    CL game 5: Chelsea - Barca 3-0

    No way Martin starts such demanding game No way Olmo starts such game as well. If Casado doesn't start, it will be Eric-FDJ in the pivots with Araujo CB
  19. Birdy

    Premier League 25/26

    Exactly. A deep-lying passer, progressor, tempo-controller A beast space coverer and space roamer on and off the ball A creative AM who can break buses with imagination, and score from insance angles outside the box They complete each other
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    11 - Raphinha

    Good question. Personaly, I wanna see this XI at work: ------Joan Eric--Araujo-Cubarsi-Balde ----FDJ----Pedri Lamine-Rapha-Rashy --------Ferran If it clicks, this is our best XI imo. But of course, I know that unfortunately Hansi will never bench trashy Kounde for Araujo at CB and Eric RB

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