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raumdeuter:
And if the pass is much wider how does that make it a goal threat, Any pass much wider will already be going towards the touch line and effectively stopped the attack

There is no trajectory of the ball in a forward direction that Alba will get to before Trent

12 seconds to cover that small space? Some players cover entire football pitch in 12 seconds

I said less than 12 secs...............2 secs, 3 secs are all less than 12 secs.

Dont worry about the pass bn wide,...Messi is one of the best passer of the ball, Alba is one of the best attacking full back,... so they will get it right

Trent will have to change his direction, to get to the ball..... Alba dont have to change anything,

Van dijk always think ahead,...........if you mark Messi anyhow, by diving in, to make tackles, you will regret it, ask Boateng

raumdeuter:
So Jordi Alba will cover that distance to get to the ball because Trent will magically disappear or become crippled

What are even saying....

We are talking about Messi here,..... the pass will be much wider

Arnold will have to change his direction,

Alba is faster than Arnold.... it will take him less than 12 secs to get to the ball

raumdeuter:
So Messi will just pass into empty space where no teammate has a chance of reaching before a Liverpool player

Look at those image and tell me which Barca player has a chance of reaching any forward pass by Messi, The only way a pass is getting to a Barca player is if Messi sends it back

Jordi alba is on the left side... He will get to the ball beforere Arnold, if Messi make a pass.....

Ibime:
Even if not Suarez, they both know it's unhealthy to face Messi in a straight line. One must face him first while the other go behind for the second attempt cos Messi is likely to beat the first man. If they both line up square, Messi will take both out with one dribble.

You can see Matip similarly pointing as if to say if I go first line up behind me, while VVD point is saying I'm going behind you.

Defending is much easier with communication.... That's what Van dijk does....

raumdeuter:
This is Suarez that was at least 5 meters behind the action. So who was VVD pointing to there? Was It Suarez ghost?

VVD leaves real players and now marks imaginary ones on the field

So Suarez will magically jump over all the players to appear in the space VVD is pointing to?

Suarez is not the only player that can open for a pass, ... Can't you see the space at both sides..

5 players marking Messi is not a guarantee you gonna win the ball from him /stop him from making a pass/ or scoring.....

Ibime:
It is clear from that pic that VVD is pointing toward the space where Suarez occupies and moving toward there.

Just because some people don't have brain for defending doesn't mean VVD is stüpid

Yh...suarez will definitely open, for a pass from Messi.....

Even a baby should know this

If Matip and Van dijk are running towards messi at the same time, alongside Henderson, Fabinho and Arnold, .... Who is left behind to mark Suarez and co, Incase Messi manage to make a pass.....

Na wa for una oo

Jodera:
You can say Chelsea. But he was a starter at arsenal since August 2012(departure of van persie) till he left arsenal. The only season he wasn't a starter was Sanchez final full season. Aside that he was a starter at arsenal for almost 5 seasons

Okay....

But he is 15th on all time EPL sub appearance...

Also, 2nd on Highest goal scored by a sub

Jodera:
hope you're not referring to arsenal that giroud is playing "mainly as a sub"?

Almost 50% of his EPL appearance (Chelsea/Arsenal) are Subs

CapitalCee:
I will pick Lauren ahead of Giroud

80 goals and 25 assists... playing mainly as a Sub, 9 trophies, excluding EPL.....

If not Giroud, then Phil Neville..

BRUNO FERNANDES

EPL Games = 5

Goals= 2

Assists= 3

Man of the match = 1

Player of the month = 1

BBC Premier league team of the season.


E pain them

raumdeuter:
1. What of the other players in the position Maddison, Son Grealish Traore

2. Applying such model, Lingaard should be there based on performances in a few games

True...............lets wait for EPL official list

raumdeuter:
When we told you awards given by votes is polling booth and a popularity contest una dey argue

Football is played on the field not in ballot boxes

A pl;ayer with 5 games out of 29 is one of the players of the season.

I understand Bruno's inclusion

1. No other option

2. Applying statistical model, he would hv still be in the team even if he played 29 games

raumdeuter:
Congrats to Bruno for being on a polling booth award for team of the season despite playing 5 games out of 29


Expert17 see another award from polling booth
www.nairaland.com/attachments/11492855_bbc_jpeg790dc5fa30dbb01c31a5ffb5a5792029

Nice one Bruno

CapitalCee:
How is Micheal Ballack ahead is Ji sung Park ? Is it a popularity contest? What did Ballack play in Chelsea

Seriously...Its popularity contest

raumdeuter:
Did you see me referring to Vidic and Ramos winning awards? Please quote it

Ramos making UEFA/FIFA 11 always and Vidic winning EPL best x2......

Henderson is one of the major force of Liverpool this season, they struggle without him.

WorkRate, TeamPlay, Defending, Attacking, Leadership:: all on point

Those that are voting, understand the game of football better than both of us....... dnt disturb yourself

raumdeuter:
So what is in this youtube you just posted?

Henderson wont even be top 5 Liverpool player this season. He is not even sure for best Liverpool midfielder never mind best player in the team or best in the league

They make such polling booth awards for people who dont watch games. Jordan Henderson ko, Jericho Henderson ni

But you didnt call it booth awards when defending/praising Vidic and Ramos....

raumdeuter:
A possible scenario is that a full season won't be played between now and next summer with Covid and all these lockdowns. So teams are being careful with signing players. Those who agreed to transfers before the covid are having second thoughts.

Instead of paying the selling club a fee, you can easily pay the player a fraction of it and he will sit out his contract. e,g instead of paying 50M for Sane promise him 10M sign on fee, that is his yearly salary earned just as sign on fee and he will gladly sit out to join for free. That is why most clubs avoid their key playing going into the last year of their deal cos its basically out of your hand

Man city don't need to replace Sane, , ..they got enough men upfront....

So 50m from a player who miss a complete season is reasonable

Godx:
Juventus are really old ladies. The kind of deals they have gotten for old and past players who became very good at that club is still a mystery. Juventus has spent a quiet a lot recently. Ronaldo and De ligt. They are have actually spent big on players through their history unlike Bayern.

In terms of signing players, I respect Dortmund, Juventus and Bayern Munich, .....they don't over pay....

When it comes to selling, ...Chelsea, Dortmund, Spurs are up there...

raumdeuter:
The only thing better than a cheap player is a free player. who knows how much football would be played between now and June 2021 anyway with this Corona crisis

Sane can resume at Bayern and have another injury or relapse.

If we get him for free its even better

Chelsea got Pulisic for 60M, Madridgot Hazard for 100M both have hardly contributed anything. Madrid is probably regretting paying 100M when they should be getting him for free right now

We will wait, The vulture is a patient bird

I don't know who made that decision of paying 100m for a player they can get for free after 9 months......

Chelsea just cash out for Madrid head

Godx:
This time Bayern are not the ones in charge. Man City are the ones telling them to F.uck off.

If you guys are complaining about Bayern munich.

Juventus are king of free transferr, .... With all the Stars in the club right now, most are either free transfers or exchange.

Godx:
Acl is not a career ending injury and like I said if City are prepared to allow Leroy Sane run out his contract and leave for free rather than join Bayern for the scrap they are offering it should you tell everything.

That's the same way Lewandowski joined for free.
Bayern will wait for you.

Godx:
Man City don't need Bayern money. They value one more season of Leroy than the rubbish offer Bayern are offering. It's a perfect F.uck you to Bayern and I love it.

Not playing for a complete season and also returning from a career-ending injury normally should reduce the initial transfer fee by 50%.....

If they don't sell him now, he might join a direct rival in EPL ( Liverpool, Chelsea or Man utd) for free with the promise of higher salary and 1st team football.

Godx:
Its their habit. They also bully other german clubs and buy players with the price of peanuts from them. Bayern are the only rich club I know that are stingy.

They don't spend anyhow is different from stingy......

Man city will decide to take 40-50m for Sane or watch him leave for free..
Aaron Ramsey left arsenal for free, a player that shud hv fetched arsenal like 50m, ... The same arsenal can't pay Nicolas Pepe's 72m fee once.

Social Distancing from Igwe

Legend Drogba and Hazard

Group of death

Giroud was picked ahead of Lauren, Mikel and Phil neville.

Fans voted for Gerrard over Lampard....

You can name a better no 12 in EPL also

Swissh:
Imagine the disrespect towards Vieira. Makelele did nothing in the Premier league to be above Vieira.

I wonder oo

Viera----Kompany-----Fabregas------Makelele

Best player in EPL history by shirt number from 1 to 18...

Dennis Bergkamp was picked ahead of Rooney and Aguero

Viera was picked ahead of Van dijk, Komapany and Fabregas

Gerrard won the no 8 battle, ahead of Lampard