usbcable: "the fifth team in the Premier League and the runners-up in the Bundesliga, and both used their reserve players this weekend, while Real Madrid and Barcelona faced each other in the most important match of the season in the Spanish league. People listened to me when I said the calendar had to be adjusted in these circumstances in Italy, and it made me happy."

logica: When did Adriano become a regular? I don't expect you to understand what difference resting ATTACKING players in a game you need to win to stay close to Real Madrid means. He's scoring goals with Real, how many did he score with Inter? Pep will definitely score 50% more than him given the same squad. I'll just keep it short.

Mr_TA:

Best you do that.

logica: When did Adriano become a regular?

Who plays LB when Abidal is out?

I don't expect you to understand what difference resting ATTACKING players in a game you need to win to stay close to Real Madrid means. He's scoring goals with Real, So not ultra defensive then is he?

how many did he score with Inter? Tell us then, how many did his treble winning inter team score? be sure to includ the 3-1 home win over barca by the way..

Pep will definitely score 50% more than him given the same squad. What is this nonsense based on? The core of pep's team is also made of great players, most of which were there before him,, core players from the best national team in the world and the best player in the world. How can you possibly know that pep would perform better with the same squad?

I'll just keep it short. You should have

Even the semi-final loss against Bayern Munchen showed how ultra-defensive he is. He's scared of a goal from Bayern and had to defend rather than go find a goal in the latter part of the 2nd half. Even with that Bayern had a chance to put the game to sleep.

logica: Dude your salvage job failed because you don't even know who plays Abidal's position when he's unavailable. FYI, when Abidal is not available, PUYOL goes to that position and Mascherano pairs Pique. The same for if Dani Alves was out (which was the position where Puyol started his career).

Even the semi-final loss against Bayern Munchen showed how ultra-defensive he is. He's scared of a goal from Bayern and had to defend rather than go find a goal in the latter part of the 2nd half. Even with that Bayern had a chance to put the game to sleep.

logica: See I won't even bother arguing with you on that as you have no clue. Adriano is not a regular.

So who is the regular LB who plays when Abidal is unavailable then? Could it be someone who's made the same number of league appearances as Abidal at LB this season?


You had no response to this? Or why would an attack minded manager decide not to go for goal, but rather defend even obviously without having to prepare for penalties judging from his players' wayward shots?

Mr_TA:

You added that part later but i'll respond to it.

firstly, I never said he was attack minded but to say he is ultra defensive is a complete falsehood. He is pragmatic, he needs to go all out he does, when he needs to park the bus, he does. fact is, Bayern were the better side in both legs so they dominated possession and most of the play. Real' issue was that everytime they got the ball they rushed it forward because they werent playing well enough to keep possession of the ball.

Anything else?

So who is the regular LB who plays when Abidal is unavailable then?

logica:
Oh, Athletic Bilbao just beat Sporting Lisbon under similar circumstances. The difference was, Bielsa was not "pragmatic". He went for the goal and they won 3-1 and are in the final of the Europa Cup. That's the difference between an attack minded manager and a defensive minded one - one has won, the other hoped to win in penalties even without preparation.



Nonsense, according to you there is no middle ground? You either an attack minded or defensive minded coach?

LOL. You don't know the meaning of a regular do you? Do you see the contradiction in your question? A REGULAR will not wait for Abidal to be unavailable to play. And in case you didn't know, Puyol himself had been out for quite a number of games (do I need to be telling you this?). In any case Adriano is not a regular and Puyol will be preferred to him in that position.

Mr_TA:

You just proved you've hardly watched Barca this season..Carry on though.

AjanleKoko: Actually I think Madrid were attack-minded in that game.
But Bayern played well in the middle, and moved the ball quickly into Madrid's third. More potent finishing, and a more decisive final ball from Bayern, and we would not have even seen penalties.

That's how I saw it that night.

logica: You are talking about the 1st 15 mins; I'm talking about the last 15 mins when his defensive instincts kicked in and it would've even proven ineffective had Gomez not dilly-dallied. It's been proven time and again that Madrid don't know how to defend.

usbcable: A great coach steped down from the lofty heights of a wonderful club.
Hope the break serves him well and he is able to comeback someday somewhere if not sameplace here in spain.
wish you farewell.

Nairaland=info:
Dis is d tym dat mou WIL NEVA 4get d name 'TITO'
afta pokin tito in d eyez,he replied d journalists @ d conference dat 'who pork pos pito' meanin he does not know or regard him (tito)
i hav a feelin dat GOD 'may' want 2 use dat same Tito (d dispised/rejected stone) 2 b d chief corna stone in SPAIN.....i piti mou nex cson
hala UTD

Nairaland=info:
Dis is d tym dat mou WIL NEVA 4get d name 'TITO'
afta pokin tito in d eyez,he replied d journalists @ d conference dat 'who pork pos pito' meanin he does not know or regard him (tito)
i hav a feelin dat GOD 'may' want 2 use dat same Tito (d dispised/rejected stone) 2 b d chief corna stone in SPAIN.....i piti mou nex cson
hala UTD

usbcable: its sevilla

usbcable: Now to the business of laliga.

This weekend is sevilla.

Anything short of victory will again bring out the wolves in nairaland wanting to hunt RM down for the kill and claim to still have faith in winning fourth in a row.
But its gonna be dificult match however with the one day rest we should be able to comeback to the pitch on our stadium and do what we love to do best.
SCORE GOALS.
lets hope our lovely and hardworking neighbors can keep the barker boys at bay and snatch at least a point from them emulating Getafe.

Hala Madrid.

usbcable:
and you just said Madrid dont know how to defend so how do yoi expect him to leave his defence line succept to onslaught from BM attack.