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Diademk07:
With four new signings? You're not serious!
Van gaal got a lot from a much more worse team.

UniqueGem:
Martial with a new haircut. He's always looking like someone with a lot on his mind. Please come good quickly, we love you #NoHomo

bigkesh:
Pep Guardiola saw it all the way from Bayern

"When Guardiola was questioned about Manchester City’s youth team and whether he’d promote many youth players he said “Chelsea and Manchester City are the best academies in that way and the way they play. They are both fighting to win titles in the academies.”


chelseasw6.com/blog/pep-talks-chelsea-conte/

And we both know City Academy can't handle us....Its just like saying my gf and urs are on the same level....If I believe its not bad to say I have a more beautiful gf why the hell will I compare her with urs....

Lana1:
Go and learn how to speak English first, then come back and try again!

ChristineC:
I delivered a baby a month ago. Join me celebrate the faithfulness of God

Diademk07:
Luiz was fantastic in that role under Benitez. In fact, he looked class with his vision, passing range and pace. He was able to foray forward like he loves to do. He also looked good playing that same role under Mourinho.

No doubt, he's ill disciplined at times because he loves to join the attacks but then, that makes him suitable for the midfield. It's not like he's an horrible defender to begin with. He's a decent solid defender with few lapses here or there due to his tendency to commit forward but as a midfielder, he's often class in that role.

I would also say pace isn't all that is to Liverpool midfield right now. They have the right amount of skills and creativity in Henderson, Lallana and Widjanum apart from their pace of course. They don't have Europa nor CL commitment to affect them and the only one who's injury prone in that midfield is Henderson and there's always Emre Can to replace him even though he's injured right now.

On another note, I've always wondered why Liverpool and England coaches kept deploying Lallana on the wing because his best performance for Southampton was in the midfield.

Lallana's close control, spatial awareness, intelligent passing and movement makes him perfect for that playmaking role and it was his excellent performance in that role for Southampton that brought him to Liverpool in the first place, so why change his position? It's not like he has the pace nor the spectacular vision to operate on the wing in the first place.

Lastly, I think Klopp tried something out with his players and stumbled on that perfect midfield trio. He first tried Countiho who is similar to Pogba in the midfield, that is, makes selfish dribbling, takes ridiculous shots and has poor awareness. Klopp had no option than to drop him from the playmaking role and tried out Lallana. This has turned out to be a master stroke for him.

Another element is the injury to Can, which culminated in Henderson transition into an holding midfielder and I would even say that he looked better than Emre Can in that role. And there's Widjanum who was signed this season. His raw pace, off the ball movement, strength, surging runs and noses for goals makes him perfect for the box-box role than Milner.

All these doesn't mean they are all worldclass in their roles but they are good enough and has the right balance to cause havoc against any opposition team.

Liverpool also has good attacks in Sturridge, Firmino, Mane, Origi, Coutinho and ings to be enough danger. Their only weakness is their defence but I think the likes of Lovren, Clyne, Matip, even the makeshift Milner are looking decent at the back.

Diademk07:
The funny thing is Chelsea has better team than Liverpool if Conte could only utilise them well although Pool has the right balance.

First and foremost, Kante is no holding midfielder unlike Henderson who has quickly acclimatised to that role. More so, Kante is the only bridge between the defence and the attack because all the other midfielders Conte keeps parading are just useless. Their fullbacks are also useless going forward. Hence, the poor attack because the attackers aint seeing enough of the ball at the right place to make impact.

Another is Conte has reverted back to a 4231 system even when he knows the 4141 system suit the likes of Hazard the most and that useless Oscar if Conte must play him..

If I were Conte, Luiz would be my holding midfielder, Kante as the box-box CM and Fabregas as the attacking midfielder. This would have given them the right balance and could have countered Liverpool midfield of holding CM (Henderson), Playmaker (Lallana) and box-box (Widjanum).

It's so annoying that Chelsea has a better squad than us, save for their defence yet their coach can't utilise them well enough.

chilan:
I have had issues with cutting old big sim into a micro sim. It doesnt work with the ancient old big sim. If it is the new big sim, it can work. My dad's old phone uses the ancient old big sim so he will need a replacement and not just a cut sim card for the new Samsung phone I bought for him.

Hadefiscool:
Please people in Germany, ticket booking na one way or 2way; return ticket. Pls I need clarifications on ds abeg

kokaneprodigy:
Though not sure abt this piece of news but could be true though, considering he deliberately decided to shorten his contract and I doubt any other top club other than Arsenal could be shopping for a manager next season.
Manure could though, those guys can't be trusted these days.

lanrayx:
pls around how much do international masters student pay as tuition in Germany

elampiro:

A MUST READ: Scholes tells Pogba to keep it simple. Wants Mourinho to sign a controlling midfielder to play along side Pogba.


www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/manchester-united-news-paul-pogba-scholes-all-over-the-place-feyenoord-defeat-europa-league-a7310691.html

LongD:
This means Mourinho has no plans for Memphis

idrisaleo1:
yep, the school gave opportunity for both winter n summer resumption. And my course starts April 3, 2017.

Chelseafan1:
I don't even understand why Madrid is still holding on to Benzema.....

LongD:
City are leading 2 0 and not dominating possession. I thought pep was all about possession funny

ohakskid:
House please what do they mean by "approximately 1000 words" in essay writting. I have written up to 1.2k words. TUM guys abeg ans dis one. Tnx

teeybros:
hello house,
please, how long will take for someone to get response from embassy after sending your Inter passport n travel insurance to them?

Qabt:
Can school id card be used as a means of identification for TOEFL exam? I need an answer pls

johnsonnob:
please has anyone registered Toefl with examplanet.....Are they reliable