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Omo Switzerland. This is becoming an annhilation. If you come for the King you better not miss.

nihilistjnr:
Benzema no shot on target in this match so far.

it a double L bro. For your sake Benz had better not end up as top scorer. Ramdeuter would ensure you never hear the end of it.

OJURONGBE1:
The video must have been leaked by one of his staff, not because its the right thing to do but because of Hancock's hypocritical nature.
The Sun also reported that; the bald head didn't feel sober about his affair. Immediately, he resigned, he went home and told his wife of over 15years that their marriage was over.

Real asshole

How does the The Sun get access to footage like this? From inside the man's own office. Not defending infidelity but one needs to have privacy in his own office. A government office for that matter.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15388014/matt-hancock-secret-affair-with-aide/

Skimpledawg:
Nawa o,

I logged on and read over 2 pages and still did not get to know who won between Italy vs Austria.

Na so so argument.

Make Una dey try drop scores after FT abeg

lol. People are always emotional during games. I guess you didn't see chic2pimp posts.

afrodoc2:
This Denmark manager dey confuse everybody with his tweaking.

Christensen has dropped back to RCB.

True. At a time I wasn't sure whether they were playing a back four or three.

nihilistjnr:
Rip to John McAfee

The closest thing to Jack Sparrow we've seen in real life

A witty pirate?

[quote author=Ibime post=103025912][/quote]Lol Viera dey mad sha, if he was white he would have been dragged and tagged racist.

German defensive organization is such a shambles.

chic2pimp:
We are on the Portugal/Germany/France path I think. Might be wrong though.

You are right. Spain will face Croatia and England would face the runner up from France's griug i think.

[quote author=Capaldi post=103018920]Farmers league expert Lewandowski missing from point blank range.

Lewandowski with a HUGE miss for Poland! pic.twitter.com/A1z6t9Llpo

— Row Z (@RowZMedia) June 23, 2021

never doubt a world class striker.

All the way from politics.

Ibime:
E dey pain popi

Who ban am should ban him more

omo burst brain o. I love his tenacity sha even in exile he still managed to pass his message across.

Who watched Italy's match? How good was Jorginho?

swiz123:
Ibime was convincing everyone who cared to listen that being dribbled like a mofo is an evidence of a players style of play. Going by his metric, Xabi is a born tackler whose game relies on his combative nature than intelligence on the ball.

What year was this?

Trevor012:
This comment is top notch in exposing Alonso for a being a defensive ninny

2014? Alonso was 33 at that time man. Physically he was on a decline and was injury prone if I am not wrong.

Leyqute:
LOL. God saved you he scored. If he hadn’t scored you’d still be hiding your face like who no get money.

However despite that goal, Lewy has been poor, going by his own standards.

He played well today though. A goal and a big chance created.

Thecassanova:
How’s that a penalty

Shebi hin don play ball

It doesn't matter as long as he didn't get the ball. He was late and it is a Stonewall penalty.

pamcode:
Penalty to Spain. Poor Poland.

Poor Moreno. Miss morata at it again. The whole post at his mercy and he didn't even hit the target.

Penalty to Spain. Poor Poland.

Lewandoski. Sharp striker, he bullies Laporte.

Lewa misses from 5 yards or so. Agenda and 'agendist'.

hensben:
He is effective as false 9 only so if we manage to sign Halaand what will be his fate of being a starter.

he can play as an inside forward like today and in ucl final in a 3-4-2-1 formation. Presently that is the formation that suits this team most.

Havertz10:
I don't think you watched the game

Havertz was playing for 2, you can't mark havertz


The guy is a ghost, his movements and timings

Guy fuckkkk haaland we have a star on our hands

He really played. His close control and finishing is superb. We have a gem on our hands no doubt.

donstan18:
Fraudvertz don foul players pass number of times he don give pass.

Werey should learn from Mount how to pressure players, not fight and push them.

lol Havertz gang takes this round boys. Scores so far Havertz -1, Mount-1

raumdeuter:
Germany has always beaten Portugal

Let's see what happens today

Right you are Sir. Germany Will always dominate but Portugal's low block and low press allowed Germany to even further assert their dominance. Nice game, sweet victory.

Gilmour at the base of midfield vs Mount in the 10 posiitop. It would be interesting to see the battle between them.

Unlimited22:
I'm pretty sure I said that all views are mine.

wow! Nice write up. Some of the names you mentioned as target are unknown to me that was why I thought it was one of those twitter stat guys. Do you follow up on them?

Perisic nice goal. He likes to score from there sha.

Harsh penalty against lovren sha.

Unlimited22:
DISCLAIMER - This might be a lengthy read. Every view expressed here is strictly my opinion and is subject to fair and objective criticism.


Quite apart from the fact that this current team seem to lack the mental fortitude that characterised their mid to late 2000s forbears (a problem that I hope winning club football's biggest prize will help mitigate), there are a few glaring on-field issues still plaguing the team, problems that I thought about for a bit and decided to postulate possible solutions to.


1. The lack of a true goalscorer.

While Kai Havertz, Timo Werner, Tammy Abraham and Olivier Giroud have their uses, they all have what seems to be the same glaring weakness. They just, at least at the moment, cannot be relied upon to bang in the goals regularly over the course of a season, something we have sorely missed since the heyday of one Diego Costa. And it is worthwhile to state that all the league titles we've won have had at least one player hitting 10 goals. Our highest goalscorer last season was Jorginho. And even though we've spent a lot on attacking talent lately, this is the issue with the most straightforward solution.
Just buy one of Harry Kane or Working Haaland or Romelu Lukaku. Whatever it takes. Whatever tactics and tweaks it will take. The aforementioned guarantee goals. We lack goals. Goals win games. Winning games translates to winning league titles. Simple.

2. The lack of a true DM

One area where Chelsea have a glut of talent is in the centre of the park, but one type of midfielder is conspicuous by their absence from the ranks - a true destroyer.
Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic and Billy Gilmour are all far more comfortable with the ball than without it, Ethan Ampadu has little experience in that role and seems more comfortable in defence despite his height and his quality in positioning, passing and tackling, Conor Gallagher is better served facing the opposition goal, while N'golo Kante will just not stick to one position as it quite limits his considerable capabilities. Other midfield players are more attacking minded than these 5 and any attempt to play them more defensively will be doubly damaging to the team in terms of limiting their talents going forward and exposing the defense. West Ham United are playing hardball over Declan Rice.

I have a twofold solution in mind.
One, simply buy a cheaper DM from Ligue 1. Aurelien Tchouameni and Boubacar Kamara both come to mind, but while supremely talented, both are still relatively inexperienced and might take some time getting to grips with the English game. Plus, the rather painful memories of Tiemoue Bakayoko are still fresh.

The other option is a bit unorthodox but far cheaper, especially considering the money involved in signing a new CF. And that is to convert one of Andreas Christensen or Reece James to a DM, the way PSG did with Marquinhos. I personally favour James, seeing as in his final loan season at Wigan he played quite a few games there, and he is stronger and quicker and more robust in the tackle than the Dane. His passing range is also good, his positioning has improved drastically, and he won't have to be making recovery runs, which is the one aspect of his game that still needs serious polish. With the impending signing of Achraf Hakimi and the emergence of Valentino Livramento, I would say we are covered on the right side of defence for the foreseeable. Worth trying IMO.

3. We might soon have a CB problem on our hands.

Thiago Silva is 36, a geriatric in professional football terms. Cesar Azpilicueta is a fantastic defender but will struggle with the aerial aspects of playing CB in a 4 man backline. Reports have emerged that Antonio Rudiger is refusing to even discuss a contract renewal. Fikayo Tomori is now an AC Milan player. Marc Guehi, Malang Sarr and Xavier Mbuyamba are still relatively untested at the highest level of English football. That leaves just Christensen, who I'm advocating for playing further forward, and Kurt Zouma. Capable hands, yes. Not good enough. And no, Sergio Ramos is not the answer either.

The solution? Two very capable young defenders, one of whom is starting for club (Dynamo Kiev) and country (Ukraine, at this Euros) at the age of just 18. Ilya Zabarnyi is very young but has shown signs of being a very good CB in a time where there's a lack of top class defenders, and will be available for less than 20m Euros. Which means even if the experiment doesn't work out we can always recoup money from loan fees and maybe a permanent deal later on, but I'm positive he's the real deal.
The other is already a league champion with Lille at just 21, a left footed beast who's quick, good at positioning, reading the game and tackling, and is very comfortable with the ball. Because he isn't at the Euros he'll be relatively unnoticed and we won't have to pay a premium to get him if we act fast. Sven Botman is a brilliant CB, and Virgil van Dijk and Mathijs De Ligt Better watch their backs In the Dutch setup.

NB - There are rumours that Aymeric Laporte wants to leave City, but I don't think they have any substance and he might be out of our reach anyway.

PS - Don't forget all views are mine and can be objectively examined and critiqued. Please kindly ignore all typos and grammatical errors.

Source?

Ibunkun1:
Mheen! Our games in the opening weeks no be beans o

five out of the top seven within the first 13 games.