⚽️The Footy Thread: Lock Thread

[Trey Bantz]

I'm praying for,

ROMA VS POOL

So am I

 

[imasoleman18]

i took a look, not a single player that i can find on twitter has said anything about this match, sad, at least show some damn heart or passion or guts bunch of clowns

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Some good bits of dribbling today.

 

[flyeed]

It’s ok United. We lost this round also.

Spoiler

To Real Madrid

Seriously man as embarassing as PSG's knockout was, this is without a doubt worse.

 

[josh4523]

 

[ootherocoo]

I'm still throwing up from this game. Absolutely dreadful, uninspired, lackluster performance. I can't understand why on earth do we setup defensively knowing that we NEED to win the game. This one will leave a bad taste for a while. SMH

 

[sfc415]

I can't understand why on earth do we setup defensively knowing that we NEED to win the game

Mourinho lost to Barcelona so many times because of this, but when people brought it up when he got hired by Man United, it was "ABU agenda!!!!"

Mourinho had Real Madrid like this majority of the time



Edit: video won't play on here, but it's the famous GIF of him running around and getting pissed off that all of his teammates were stuck in midfield/their own half.

I remember that there were a bunch of Clasicos that could've gone either way, but because of Mourinho not going for the win, they ended up losing. Dude got too shook after the initial 5-0 bashing.

 

[EddieDoyers]

lol the last 30 minutes Man U switched to attack mode and got burned many times. They were lucky that Sevilla didn't drop more than two on them.

Shambolic defending. Also Alexis lost the ball 42 times this game. 42! It's not all Mou's fault when you got a ballhog like that.

 

[sfc415]

That's a chance you have to take though when you absolutely have to win. Playing for a draw for 60 minutes almost always backfires.

He was able to do it in the past with a legendary Inter defense; you can't rely on that with United's current crop of defenders (who aren't terrible, but definitely not at that Inter squad's level). And let's be honest, that Porto CL win was a complete fluke.

 

[flyeed]

Biggest reason why La Liga teams do well in European competition is midfield... They control tempo, defend smartly, & pass like crazy. I was late watching the game today but from what I saw, Sevilla dictated tempo today... Prem teams oafishly defend too. They try to play bully ball & it doesn’t work on teams that can play. One of the most stupidest things I’ve seen in football the last decade.

United spent all that money but they don’t have a pivot to allow their attacking midfield players like Pogba & Mata to create & what not... It’s what they look so clunky & without any sense of cohesion (in addition to the dotard’s tactics & lack of ability to teach).

Any club that hires the dotard at this point deserve what they get. He should not be hired at another big club again.

A quote from none other than N'Zonzi a year ago, who had a spell in the EPL:

“I improved tactically in Spain. In England you are asked to go with the game and stop the opposition playing. Tactically it was not really high demand. I had to be strong physically, run a lot. In Spain in they ask you to stay in position: ‘When you don’t have the ball, go there, be here.’

 

[EddieDoyers]

That's a chance you have to take though when you absolutely have to win. Playing for a draw for 60 minutes almost always backfires.

He was able to do it in the past with a legendary Inter defense; you can't rely on that with United's current crop of defenders (who aren't terrible, but definitely not at that Inter squad's level)

That says more of the team makeup if anything. Spent all that money on attackers just to have Ashley Young and Chris Smalling defending lol

But I don't buy it's all Mou's fault. If it was, the team would have lost by a lot more if they adopted a more attacking style tonight. Team still plays like they are playing under LVG with a little more flair lol
Also Pogba is overrated. He plays like me on FIFA, passes get intercepted and fancy dribbles end up getting lost.

 

[flyeed]

If Mou stays Pogba has to leave otherwise his growth as a midfielder could be stunted. PSG, send us Neymar and drop da bag on Pogba.

 

[PRIME]

lol the last 30 minutes Man U switched to attack mode and got burned many times. They were lucky that Sevilla didn't drop more than two on them.

Shambolic defending. Also Alexis lost the ball 42 times this game. 42! It's not all Mou's fault when you got a ballhog like that.

He was world class ball hog at arsenal.

 

[Verde Shuttles]

Ouch

Also the Slanderghini fleet is outhere

 

[sohi 23]

Alexis been washed.

 

[Armada]

Joses lost 3 games at Old Trafford (IFRC) since taking over for them and all have something in common. I'm done for the day.

Spoiler

 

[EddieDoyers]

He was world class ball hog at arsenal.

They still got a German one at Arsenal

 

[mastamind89]

 

[QU!K]

They still got a German one at Arsenal

Fastest player to 50 assist

Ball hog.

 

[Beans]

We deserve all this slander... let my tears be the lube boys!!!

 

[tomdiginson]

Ahrry pretty much handed the Golden Boot to Salah. Damn b

Talking as if Salah hasn't earned it.

 

[tomdiginson]

I was hoping United would have won and make it to atleast the semi's so we can knock them out on the world stage. Oh well.

 

[sonoftony]

me after reading the last couple of pages in this thread

 

[sonoftony]

Talking as if Salah hasn't earned it.

whoa there....I never said he didn't earn it, what I meant to say now that Kane is out Salah gonna lock down the Golden Boot

 

[tomdiginson]

There’s a lot of NTers that really don’t know their true size. Crazy.

me after reading the last couple of pages in this thread

whoa there....I never said he didn't earn it, what I meant to say now that Kane is out Salah gonna lock down the Golden Boot

Gotcha.