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jpmoriarti:
Playing highline is the hallmark of Hansi Flick's system. He is not going to change it anytime soon. You have to believe in your style and make it work. That's the only way you can be successful at it.

The highline has to be reduced or fully stopped.
Should the new rule take effect, that system of defending won't help us against very good teams with fast paced players and attackers.

We will concede alot of goals. A lot of it.

He can start teaching the defenders how to defend in a different way.

I would support the highline anytime but with this new rule. NAH we ain't surviving playing highline.

jpmoriarti:
Na you approve am

Ee be like na English language be the problem.

"Approved" and "taking effect" are two different things.

While the time it would take effect is not yet certain but doesn't mean it has not been approved.

We still have time to change our style of defending.

andrewbaba44:
Nothing is ending

New offside rule wey never Dey work

The new offside rule has been approved, although I don't like it. We can't do much with this new offside trap... After the Newscastle match, I will comment.

jpmoriarti:
No way a highly consequential rule change such as the offside would be introduced mid season. The players would need at least 5 years prior notice before it could be implemented across the board, to practice and get acquainted with such 180’C rule change.

Probably it would be experimented in youth level football for the first few years before being introduced in senior level competition.

Remember you need to also retrain the assistant referees as well to understand them. Not gonna be a walk in the park, bro.

Either way bro...

Our highline does not make sense again. It's time to totally stop it or reduce it.
Fast paced players would easily beat that highline. You see how Martinez in second leg against inter out-ran cubarsi resulting in the foul that lead to their second goal.

Let's reduce the highline a bit.

Time to end the Highline once and for all.

With this new offside rule, it will be stupid of us to continue the highline.

You guys saw how defensively solid our RB was yesterday with Kounde as RB, it was good.

Eric Garcia in that position overlaps a lot, Kounde offers more defensive protection to that RB.

Balde as well overlaps but we are used to that already and we cannot afford for both our backs to be perfected overlapping at same time.


Either way sha, Christensen, I sha still want Cubarsi starting.

Love flick for one thing, no one is guaranteed a player in starting Eleven. Except maybe Yamal and Pedri.

Vallecano wan kill us o

Wetin Rashford dey play, even the players don't wanna use his wing.

This match be like UCL final

Joan Garcia is good

Leyqute:
Pressure don finally burst pipe 😁 1-1

that goal was not a defender error

AirBere:
How's that a penalty. When Madrid get am, I no want hear pim

it's a penalty

AirBere:
Eric Garcia starting as CB. lord of banter. I manifest a penalty giveaway via his usual bear hugging in/around the penalty box.

2:2 draw or 2:1 victory for Rayo 🙏 🙏

I love our back 4,, nice one from flick hope they perform well.

jpmoriarti:
Gutted I’m gonna miss today’s game 😩 WWE’s Clash in Paris has been on my calendar and I have to attend it 😃

Be that as it may, Rayo played on Thursday but I know there high press and their horrible pitch will make things very complicated for us.

Hopefully we can come away from that match with all the 3 points. All the best to the boys.

I actually don't care about laliga mine is just that we should do well I. Champions League

Having mix feelings about today's game

jpmoriarti:
Yes Gerard Martin has been registered finally.

Yes I’m very worried with our defence. I wasn’t impressed with what I witnessed against Levante. At some points, it looked like they were slicing us through like a damn cake 😭😭

Imagine what Chelsea and PSG with the million pounds squad will do to us😬😬 I shiver at the thought. If we go all in and risk everything, then we might be in for an absolute hiding 🫣

Obviously we’ve gotten weaker defensively after Iñigo departure.

I think Christensen can offer what we lost through inigo, it's just left for flick to see it. I am not afraid of Chelsea, they can do nothing to us. They will pose a challenge but we will beat them.



It is PSG. Make dem no beat us.

jpmoriarti:
I believe Chelsea and PSG are a stylistic fit for us than Newcastle or Arsenal or Inter. That's why I am excited to see how the matches will pan out.

Are we going to go for our ultra high line and risk everything? Do we have the tools to prevent another high scoring affair? I know we can hurt them attack-wise but if we don't play a very pragmatic match, they will hurt us bad on the break.

We should continue with the highline, it just has to be perfected against those teams...
My worry is that our defenders are not enough especially now that inigo is out. Seeing what happened to Kounde and Balde last season.. we need as many hands as possible.

And no, we are not selling fermin.

Has Gerard Martin being registered ??

Thoth02:
When is the UCL starting ?

Chelsea PSG Newcastle won't be easy but we will win

When is the UCL starting ?

andrewbaba44:
Next Sunday

Another away fixture against rayo vallecano

Noted.
Are we ever going back to Camp Nou ?not that rented stadium

andrewbaba44:
Of course kounde clears

But Garcia looks more technical than kounde ,anyway kounde should be back at the starting line up next game ,time don reach

Kounde offers more protection on the right flank and I think he connects better with yamal.

When is our next game ?

andrewbaba44:
Garcia is actually doing well as a RB

I believe this is the reallt rotation he can do that’s they he decide to start rashford

Garcia is doing well but Kounde is Kounde...
I prefer 100%

Debroslink:
You didn't see when Cubarsi was deleted like a housefly for that 1st goal? Our CBs are disastrous.

Christensen Cubarsi.

Christensen for his height, one thing about flick is that once a player has some run of good games he automatically becomes a starter. This is how Garcia is starting ahead of Kounde. All because Kounde was injured last season and Garcia stood up for him.

I am sure he would have started martin ahead of balde if not for registration issues.

UncleHaba22:
That frontline was too tight which kind lineup bdat

Rashford cannot even beat a player.

Why should kounde be sitting on the bench.

This should be our defence line.

Balde Garcia Cubarsi Kounde.

Leyqute:
PK was a harsh decision. Where else could Balde have kept his arm?

That was a penalty, anyhow you wan turn am.

Hansi flick is one of our problem. I don't like how he selects players.

Rashford started again ?
This guy is disrupting our team.

And why is flick benching kounde for Garcia.?

Start kounde and play Garcia as CB second to Araujo and Cubarsi.

B is okay..... Obasanjo was intelligent, C is also not bad

Derumklala12:
Im not gonna lie
Rashford is like ansu fati 🤣
Let's see if he grows out of it tho

Rashford is not fit to wear the shirt.
I no why some people dey happy say dem sign
am.
Ansu fati is better than him.
Barca's system of football is not for everyone. Even the best would struggle.

We need Lewandowlski back

And Gerard Martin should be registered ASAP especially now that inigo is out.