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nateevs:
Bros.Bros Abeg. Na that match I dey find for YouTube make I post for here make them see. People with short memories.

Parking the bus doesn't get you the hammer but Jose got 5-0.

To be fair Madrid didn't park the bus that day. They actually came out to play. It was on subsequent meetings they started doing so

nateevs:
Perhaps if he thinks like that, Barcelona won't be what they are now. That idea has carried them through almost a decade now.

What's to say he cannot re-create it?

If he can, then it begins with an absolute conviction in a philosophy. You don't park the bus no matter what. You pass the ball.

Once you understand this, you know the loss means nothing in the course of history.

Baba this is easy to do when you have Eto'o Messi and Henry with Iniesta and Xavi conducting the orchestra. You don't carry that pattern with a team you just started managing less than 3 months. Just look at Bravo, what silly stunt was he trying to pull there?

His last two results at the Nou Camp are 0-7. Atleti packed bus and scored twice. Playing 1-1 and 2-1, and its not even about packing bus but just showing some defensive nous and organization when faced with a team with equal or superior firepower.

Combined 360minutes at Bernabeu, Calderon, Nou Camp. 0 goals scored 9 conceded. I defend Pep on a good day but he shouldn't be getting crushed that badly with our squad and City's

Infact what these numbers show is that he is neither attacking nor defending. Just losing

raumdeuter:
To get the best out of Hummels I feel we need to put Martinez in DM, Hummels greatest strenght is when he goes forwrd with the ball and playmake, but for that to work there needs to be a DM who covers him. That means Alonslow should be dropped. Also with the ball playing skills of Boatank and Hummels, I dont think Alonso is needed. Imagine a midfield of ALonso and Thiago. That is a sieve defensively

---Boatank---Martinez--Hummels
Lahm/Kimmich----Vidal--Thiago --Alaba
---Robben---------Lewy--------Costa

Muller rotates with Thiago and Kimmich rotate everywhere from right back to midfield

Alonso has to sit! I don't get Carlo's affection for oldies. There is need to also work on that gulf between the midfield and defense. Part of the problem is tactical and part of it with the midfielders just not doing enough running

I would like to see a 4-2-3-1 or 3-4-1-2. Just anything that pairs or puts Müller just behind Lewa

Kimmich/Vidal Kimmich/Javi. Enough of this single pivot megedefegede

raumdeuter:
The problem with Wolfsburg as written by a poster on another forum I agree with

The player turnover is too much. I see Klaus Allofs handwork again just like he wrecked Bremen. No club can seriously compete when you lose that many players and at the worst possible time

Wolfsburg should have given Hecking a bit more time. That squad get as e be. Didavi was their only decent buy in the summer and he is now injured

Wonder why Wolfsburg sacked Hecking. Sold De Bruyne, Perisic, Naldo, Dante, Dost, Schürrle and brought in a washed up Kuba and Mario Gomez. Were they expecting miracle?

raumdeuter:
Yes I hope he Hummels reduce those midfield lounge, When he goes forward to playmake he looks very exceptional but when he goes in trying to break play, Its very hit and miss. and exposes the defence too many times

Hummels case is looking like that Small Doctor song. Aja n sare owo n jonaa

I have not seen any display that suggests he is worth the €37m we spent on him. The other day Torres wey don lana kpiti dribble am sotey he siddon like thief wey dem catch for Crimefighters

We shall see sha. Its still a World Cup winning CB partnership so its worth another try

FBS:
Double kini? Dem dey sell am ni? Ros was with Mercedes even before LH joined the team. Why didn't he win then?

How come Ros only wins when LHs has problem with his car?

On any given day, in any car, bar engine problems, LH is the best out there and deservedly so. Give the man a drivable and good car. No be by force they must make Ros a champion from Germany.

Chale how many poles and race wins did Rosberg have before the 2014 season? Unless you want to tell us Hamilton's driving ability somehow levitated Rosberg's abilities as well then explain how he suddenly became a title contender? You are actually contradicting yourself and endorsing my assertion. If you agree Rosberg is not all that then why is he the front runner this year and runner up last two years

LH is not the best out there. He is merely driving the best car out there. He had a competitive car at McLaren yet he didn't deliver bar the 07 and 08 season.

Should Rosberg win it is because he deserves it

Donlittle:
YO @A40 you watching the Dallas game tonight, Haven't watched the Pre-Season at all, but we are playing Houston so i will catch the game just to see what to expect this season.

Honestly, the thing i am excited about this season is watching seth curry play. Hope he proves me right this year.

I no really send pre-season like that. Not caught up on any of the games

Looking to see what Justin Anderson and Powell can deliver as well. Seth Curry has always had talent, motivation has been his issue

Cautiously optimistic this year. The general consensus is Los Mavs are not a playoff team but I trust Rick to pull a rabbit out the hat. From 4th to 8th seed is open season IMO

FBS:
Haba, bros, you forgot the great Shchmi was with Mercedes and did zero with the car. As a matter of fact, Mercedes became champions all thanks to LH.

He needed a fresh challenge and went against all odds. Everyone including you (lol) thought it was stupid of him to have left McLaren....the rest they say na story story.

The man is a triple world champion. How many other can Mercedes boast of?

What did you expect 40something year old Schumacher to do with car that was not even the fastest on the grid?

Guy if them give me and you that car we would win Championships.

That car is the fastest on the grid and it is not even close. 55 races and only thrice has Pole Position not gone to the Mercs. Shuu

I don't recall having an opinion on Hamilton's exit but assuming I did, The evidence of his having the comically fastest car is overwhelming. If he wasn't at Mercedes Rosberg would be double world champion

That Thiago Traumpass for Robben's goal. Atewo!!

raumdeuter:
If only Neverkusen won yesterday

If Barca do a double on City and Gladbach beat Celtic again. Say what say what anything can happen

raumdeuter:
PSV pulls one back initially looks like someone stepping up to early and missed the tackle in midfield

Hummels blockus dey block apoche cra cra's line of sight. Let's just hope he improves

pelvicky:
No shape? No direction? You will never find this in a pep team.

Ehen Uncu what were you saying?

FBS:
His career was very much OK plus he remains the most marketable Formula 1 driver out there. In fact he gave Mercedes CPR. They've won the Championship thanks to him and just as they are still dominating the sports thanks to LH.

People even questioned why he left McLaren...thats history though..Question is why is it that only LH's engines are failing? Either someone is not doing his job or something else is up.

I'd like to think that its just part of the game.



And talking about CPR

Mercedes has become one of the most successful teams in F1 history having achieved back to back drivers and constructors titles in 2014 & 2015. In 2014 Mercedes managed 11 one-two finishes beating McLaren's 1988 record of 10. The record was beaten the following year having achieved 12 one-two finishes. Mercedes also collected 16 victories in 2014 & 2015 apiece breaking McLaren (1988) and Ferrari's (2002, 2004) record of 15.

His career was not very much OK. He had stagnated and needed a fresh start. Fortunately for him he joined a Mercedes team that had just developed the fastest car on the grid.

So no Mercedes are not dominating due to LH. LH is dominating due to Mercedes which explains why even Rosberg is now challenging for a title. When a middling driver like Rosberg is all of a sudden amongst the title challengers for 3 years straight. It just shows you how much faster the Mercs are compared to the field

If Ham stayed at McLaren he would retire with just one title. FACT

Some of the blame with the engine failures have to go to Ham. He has had spells of not managing his engines well enough during practice and qualifying. That is why he ran through them quicker than most

Pataki:
You are an epic foool. I asked you one question, when and how did it to translate to questions? I thought your AWOL was for you to perfect your English comprehension skill. You are clearly still as dangerously daft as your first day on this forum well over 8 years ago.

Now go and face your internet daddy, and tell him he is an idiooot for saying 88th minute is equivalent to extra time.

Ogheneme!! This Pataki Bobriskyy is a very phoolish fellow. Where in my post did it suggest I was referring to just this instance? Chimoo. Do you not have a lengthy track record of asking me phoolish questions? Better get to a strip pole before your thinking faculties shut down completely. Ozuo

E lo bi igun bo se pa lori and stop buzzin in my ear like an ekpan fly. Awadacious eranko

airmark:


Boateng led by example causing both goals. hahahhahaa




Pataki's Arsenal thread's gain of your dismisal is dayo's bayern munich's loss.



In that frankfurt match, no bayern defender played better than hummels. Even ramuzaki's whoscored confirmed it. May be you watched the match in your dreams. When the first goal was scored i asked your mentor who caused the goal?. he was so disappointed in alago that he managed to angrily type this :





How you could tag hummels the worst on the pitch really exposed your intelligence on soccer. You are daft.

OMOGO. If you were Ibo your name would be OGO-Chukwu

You are so brainless you don't even know to hype a player when their stock is high. An entire article on cyberspace was largely dedicated to Hummels's poor defending in that particular game and you are here phoolishly bleating like the apoche cra cra you are.

If you must pick a game to discredit Boateng at least be sensible enough to ensure it isn't a game where Hummels played terribly as well

raumdeuter:
Is Vidal injured? He still played for Chile last week and scored both goals for them to save their world cup qualifiers

Also In tough matches in CL knockout most times, Bayern feel we have the burden of creating while the opponent just soak up and counter

I am for we also playing that game if Madrid doesnt want to attack why should Bayern be the one to attack

Madird is playin Casemiro Modric Kroos or Khedira/Alonso Modric DiMaria to win 2 CL titles

Carrasco this season seem to be scoring better, He scored like 2 and assisted 2 last weekend

Vidal is injured. He is surely out for Wednesday. Even Saturday vs Gladbach is doubtful. Tbh Vidal is the only reason they are still in the running for Russia, he has scored their last 5 goals

Ahh Kroos and Modric na even creative overkill. These guys create and also dictate the tempo of the game. I don't know how much of that Javi-Vidal and Kimmich can do but I'm willing to see us try it out. I would try a Müller-Thiago-Vidal or a Vidal-Kimmich-Thiago tribeca

afrodoc2:
I meant JJ. Drew Brees has gotten his mega pay and his own days are over, he has his thousands of passing yards plus his Super Bowl ring and will be going to Canton on the first ballot.
Another guy that mortgaged the future of his team is Joe Flacco, holding out for mega pay after he got his pay.
There were question marks about Clowney coming out of college, particularly his health and his motivation/drive. Meanwhile these Cowboys are looking good this time and that is with Dez Bryant not really healthy.

I think JJ had enough on defense. They have been top 10 for a significant period of time. Their problem was on offense. Foster was always injured and they don't have a passer that can fully unlock DeAndre Hopkins. Clowney for me would be good not great. Always thought the hype over him was OTT

Lmao Flacco thought he was elite. He had a terrific playoff run but that Ratbird team was awfully loaded. T-Sizzle, Ed Reed, Ngata, Pollard, Ray Lewis on defense Anquan Boldin, Torrey Smith, Ray Rice, Osemele, Pitta on offense. As some retired and others left during Free Agency him yansh open.

Dez na big time distraction. The Cowboys have too many parts, that their rookie running back na beast. Alfred Morris was a nice steal too. They have a solid O-Line and their rookie QB who knows how to protect the ball. They need to let him know the team doesn't revolve around him anymore

Pataki:
The idiootic dog is back with his foolish barking. Your foolish master has spewed another garbage. 88th minute is equivalent to extra time. What say you - Ajakaja-40?

Lmao. This phoolish cross dressing go-go dancing gypsy is having epileptic seizures again.

Ewo ni weyrey everyday Bobriskyy? Go and perfect your pole dancing skills and stop asking these ret@rded questions

raumdeuter:
I agree with the first statement, But we can never drop Vidal in that midfield. I wil go for Martinez, Kimmich Vidal especially in tough games

And as a transfer target, Carrasco seems to be having a breakout season and might be a good Ribery replacement. Then Mulle rmy guy has been having a terrible run of form since April. He might lose the "Muller always start" privilege and that might go to Kimmich

Vidal's injury seems pretty serious. Plus his form has not been exceptional tbh. Anybody but Alonso in that middle is fine with me

My worry with a Martinez-Kimmich and Vidal trio is where the creativity would come from. We would be heavily reliant on wingplay

Müller has been shining for Germany since the Euros. I don't know maybe the quality of the opposition has a role to play but let us pray for Robben to keep being fit so we at least don't have to play Müller at RW

I no go mind Carrasco rara. Only issue is his goal scoring but perhaps that's due to Atleti's system

raumdeuter:
Hummels has his good side and also has his deficiency. His good he is proactive in breaking up play, He is good in attacking set plays. His defieciency, he gets carried away by the game and 2 he is slow as fucck

Below is what a Dortmund supporter in anothr forum posted

"Welcome to the world of Mats. He brings a great deal going forward, and has perhaps the nicest aussenrist of anyone in the world right now..... but he too often finds himself out of position and can be a bit of a space cadet at times. I think being alongside Boateng (the best CB in the world imho) and Alaba will shelter him a lot, but he will likely drive you nuts during periods of the season.

His biggest defensive asset is his reading of the game and ability to break things apart higher up the pitch.... but the downside of that is he can very easily get caught out of position high up the pitch trying to accomplish that and he doesn't have the wheels to get back. To me it makes very little sense to play him at the same time as playing Alonso"

I agree we cant play Hummels and Alonso in midfield, Kimmich or Martinez has to help in midfield

Hummels is very elegant on the ball. His pairing with Boateng makes it pointless to continue playing Alonso. We are fortunate to have two of the best ball playing CB's in the game which is rendering Alonso's role redundant. I'd try a Kimmich-Thiago-Renato midfield just to see if we can add a bit of a spark. We can't continue with our present predictable system.

Its early but we need to start earmarking targets for the summer. Guys like Alonso and Ribery need to start looking at China or MLS. I know it is funny since Ribery is our leading assists provider in the league but if we want to remain relevant in Europe these guys have to go

afrodoc2:
His mega mega contract won't assist them in building a contender. If Jadeveon Clowney can step up their front 7 might be formidable enough to take them to d next level.

You mean Drew Brees or J.J? Or both?

I'm not expecting much from Clowney tbh. His injuries have robbed him of his explosiveness.

pelvicky:
No shape? No direction?
You will never find this in a pep team.

The same Pep's team we saw against Celtic and Tottenham abi another one

raumdeuter:
Tactical analysis: Bayern’s and Hummels’ defensive lapses at Frankfurt


Often bailed out by Jérôme Boateng, FC Bayern’s back line had a poor game at Frankfurt on Saturday. Mats Hummels was the main culprit on the day.

http://www.bayerncentral.com/2016/10/frankfurt-score-bundesliga16-hinrunde-tactical-analysis/

Only an uncommon phool like apoche cra cra would come here to criticize Boateng when Hummels was arguably the worst defender on the pitch. With every passing match it is starting to look like Dortmund have scammed us big time. I have been holding my tongue because na me dey yab other clubs pass for paying maga money

I am starting to wonder if Boateng is responsible for his misfortunes as well

airmark:
So the midfield was to blame for boatehand's poor defending in his last two matches against athletico and frankfurt?. I thought you have gone to format your brain when you took a break from here. You came back as a more terribly damaged product. You need deliverance.

Who would watch Bayern's last set of games and not observe that the midfield has not done a good enough job of protecting the back line.
Of course you were blind to Hummels being planted on his backside by a washed up Fernando Torres of all people that almost led to an Atleti goal. Less than 10mins after he came on

I went and came back thinking you would have gained some intelligence in my absence. However it is lucid that even John Stockton cannot assist a clueless mofo like you. They need to tie you to a massive anchor and throw you into the Pacific Ocean. Your apoche cra cra brain would make excellent fish food

Donlittle:
Harrison Barnes will not kill me

That boy is a trash player that was hiding on a great Warrior team. I had pointed this out eons ago and people thought it was just beef. Still can't believe Cuban paid him max. That guy's jazzman is the real MVP

Re: The Draymond and Paul Pierce quanta. I side with Draymond over Paul Pierce the hypocrite. When the originators of the superteam formation. Barkley (joining Olajuwon, Drexler) and Pierce (K.G & Allen) are joining to condemn Durant, I'm sorry I can't take them seriously. If it were say a Malone, Dirk, Stockton, Webber dishing the criticism I for still hear but Pierce's defense is invalid and highly hypocritical.

Curry with a scoring title and back to back MVP's not better than Allen and Reggie Miller? Haha abeg make una stop am. Curry has surpassed them already if he retired today

raumdeuter:
Of course you are a retarddd that is why you will make such morronic statement, John terry will not make top 20 defenders of German nationality and that is a fact. A country that produced Beckenbauer, Sammer, Kohler, Aughentaler, Brehme, Breitner, Boateng, Lahm Hummels etc .

Boateng is god to Terry and all his countrymen. That is why he has won everything all English defenders will kill themselves for.

Not forgetting Schwarzenbeck amongst many

Apoche cra cra is the biggest ret@rd in the history of this forum. Only an uninformed yob like him would open his mouth to vomit such megedefegede.

Even Emeagwali cannot calculate the throughput with which his rancid apoche cra cra brain keeps streaming petabytes upon petabytes of stewpidity on this forum.

That pitifully overrated John Racist compared to defenders who helped their nation to 14 major Finals. Lmao smh

afrodoc2:
And if JJ Watt's back issues persist ( as they often do) his performance might become limited. To even be mentioned in the same sentence as the Minister of Defence he has to do what he has been doing for even longer and pass legends like Bruce Smith and Deacon Jones.

Should have rested a bit last season. He played hurt for the most part and it rolled over sort of

The biggest issue with JJ I think is his lack of a marquee game in the playoffs, it must be said though that he has had some very terrible QB's to play with (Schaub, Hoyer and Osweiler abi na rottweiler) these guys put an incredible amount of pressure on the defense with their incompetence. I mean just look at what is also going on with Drew Brees and the Saints

Donlittle:
Draymond green took a shot at The Truth today. Someone tell that temper tantrum kid to watch it please

Paul Pierce is a hypocrite. He needs to shut up. He, K.G and Ray Allen were one of the originators this superteam business. Abi na convenient amnesia dey worry am?

lolawilliams:
Fox Sport 25 Greatest Basketball Player All time.
25- Charles Barkley
24-Elgin baylor
23-Reggie Miller
22-Kevin durant
21-Dirk Nowitzski
20-John Stockton
19-Karl malone
18-kevin Garnett
17-Dwayne Wade
16-Scottie Pippen
15-Julius Erving
14-Jerry West
13-David Robinson
12-kobe Bryant
11-Oscar Robertson
10-Hakeem Olajuwon
9-Larry Bird
8-Wilt chamberlain
7-Bill russell
6-Magic Johnson
5-Tim duncan
4-Shaquille O'Neal
3-Kareem Abdul-jabbar
2-Lebron James( He came back from a 3-1 deficit against a team that dominated the league . No one has ever come close to combining his dominance, athletism, versatility, and intelligence into one package)
1-Michael Jordan.


Please who can tell me what KD is doing on that list?? Melo should have taken that position.

I feel kobe is ranked low. But after looking at 1-8 again. kobe cant be ranked above anyone there. So he should be at the 9th spot.


How come the ranked Reggie and Dirk above Charles barkley. A40 shey Dirk better pass Barkley ??

Allen Iverson should have also been on list, they can take away Wade but Allen deserves a spot on that list.

Guys, is that list ok to you or some players dont deserve some spot on that list??

When has Fox ever come up with anything sensible bar The Simpsons

When I see David Robinson ahead of Dirk, Stockton, Pippen, Malone I have to question the mental health condition of the compiler of this sh!t list

Btw K.D better than Melo at scoring and on defense. Pretty much everything

Lmaoooo Kobe at 12. LeBron at 2. Why didn't they kuku put LeBron at 1. Awon oniranu

Fresh out the International break I was hoping we could just steal a win, anybody expecting us to thrash SGE was just being unrealistic, its unfortunate but its bleeding obvious that no team is going to back down from us just cos we are Bayern Munich.

We could certainly play better but I wonder why both Müller and Lewandowski are so terribly out of form. The entire team is also playing without a definite shape, sloppy and the midfield not protecting the back 4 well enough

Its a pity that Vidal and Javi are out for a significant period and it could not have possibly come at a worse time. I think Carlo should strongly consider going back to 4-2-3-1. Xabi could use some benching as he has been our worst midfielder for a while now

We really need to move on from these oldies next summer

Pataki:
The idioot has no balls to challenge apari ramuzaki.

Evidence is abundant on this thread of me disagreeing with raumdeuter

The question Bobriskyy is which day you go challenge your boytoy? You homos practically complete each other's sentences these days

Its like the older you get the more frenetic and intense your phoolishness is

chic2pimp:
A40 do you think JJ Watt will ever surpass Reggie White as the greatest defensive end ever?

Ahh. E go hard oh. Plus JJ Watt isn't looking like winning a ring anytime soon. I mean with all the big stats at some point you have to get to the Superbowl. Its a rarity but we've seen teams get there with sub-par Quarterback play like JJ has to do right now (Broncos this year, Ravens in 2000 or was it 2001). So for now not likely