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han2503
Posted on: Mar 17 2024, 03:49 PM


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What a goal Theo.

Man, if we have to sell anyone from the "big 3" this summer, it better not be him!

Maignan would be my pick
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Posted on: Mar 17 2024, 03:36 PM


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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Mar 16 2024, 09:40 PM) *
Please don't mention Chucueze ever again. That useless dud needs to be sold off ASAP this summer. One of the worst signings of the last 10 years.

We've never seen him get a run of 2 games though. All stop start, comes on when we're not actively attacking anymore in mist games.

I'd like to see him given a chance under a different coach
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Posted on: Mar 16 2024, 09:32 AM


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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Mar 15 2024, 10:37 PM) *
I'm afraid for Pioli nowadays there are no starters in midfield (aside from Loftus). Adli, Bennacer and Reijnders all could play, depends on his choices. Musah less so, although I thought he was pretty decent last night. Definitely not all over the place.

Personally I'd always play Bennacer and Reijnders. They are by far the best in those roles. But even when he does Pioli for some f*cked up reason will play Bennacer more advanced than Reijnders -___-

Agreed re Bennacer and Reijnders. I don't understand what Pioli sees. RLC is good at carrying and putting himself about but his decision making is atrocious.

Musah I like him a lot, but we need to figure out how best to use him. When he plays in midfield he ends up too wide and he leaves a lot of wide open spaces. I don't understand why he's considered a DM. e's not disciplined in his positioning. Same with RLC, he's great at carrying the ball but he needs to improve on his positioning/decision making.

Our biggest problem this season has been that we cannot control the game through our midfield and our midfield doesn't cover the defense either when we don't have the ball. That is why we're conceding almost as much as a relegation side. For me this is all down to the coaching. Especially now with Benna back there are no excuses. I said in the summer, we're going to spend all this money and neglect the most crucial role in the squad, all because Pioli wanted to give the keys to Krunic. We conceded the season before it even started because of that.

QUOTE (X-Offender @ Mar 15 2024, 10:40 PM) *
Also, just wanted to say that I really love Pulisic. He might not be world class, but he fights like a lion and has the mentality of a winner. He only cares about football, unlike someone else I know *cough*Leao*cough* who's too busy with his music career and other off-the-pitch BS.

I love Puli as well, but for me, Rafa is a top top player. And I disagree that he lets the off-field stuff distract. We play a system where he's constantly put in positions where he's double or triple teamed. Someone on twitter posted a vid of Arteta explaining how best to use the wide players by making the extra pass so they can get free. We never do this. We constantly feed the ball to our wingers when they still have 2 players ahead of them.

If we can get the right coach to free up both Leao and Pulisic/Chuk, we'll cook next season. We need someone like an Arteta/Spaletti/Sarri. Someone who knows how to get the team playing in a way that makes the best use of our wings by utilising the midfield properly in the build-up.
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Posted on: Mar 15 2024, 02:52 PM


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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Mar 15 2024, 11:45 AM) *
Nah, line-up was fine. We cannot afford to rotate in these EL games, regardless if it's Slavia or anyone else. It's the only silverware we can win this year. CL spot in Italy is 99% secured, especially now that Italy most probably will have 5 spots for next year.

He rotated the midfield. And had that red card not happened we'd have probably lost that tie the way we were playing

I'm sorry, but Adli cannot be a starter against teams who press us. He's such a huge liability.

Musah and RLC as well were all over the place. We practically play without a midfield. Bennacer at least gives us structure.

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Posted on: Mar 14 2024, 07:05 PM


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We are riding our luck FFS

The sh!ttiest red card given to Slavia again. Feel sorry for them

Meanwhile we lose Mike to the stupidest back pass you'll see in a good while.

Our heads are not in these games. I do not understand how we could approach these games with such lack of concentration and effort. It's the only silverware we can win and we're throwing it away

F@ck Pioli!!!
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Posted on: Mar 14 2024, 06:58 PM


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Pioli once again f@cking up the rotation, while making Pulisic play again
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Posted on: Mar 11 2024, 09:27 PM


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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Mar 10 2024, 10:04 PM) *
Why no De Zerbi?

Because he plays one way, and while it is very easy on the eyes. It is also susceptible to the usual reaming.


For me Motta is the more dynamic of the 2.
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Posted on: Mar 10 2024, 03:12 PM


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No De Zerbi pls.

Motta would be my pick

Conte makes me worry a bit but I'd take him

Sarri as well
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Posted on: Mar 7 2024, 11:04 PM


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A 4-2 win, a 2 goal lead going into the 2nd leg, and it feels like a loss FFS! Even the players looked like we had lost...

Unbelievable what t has boiled down to.

You just know we're going to lose all the battles, get pegged back and concede more than once in the 2nd leg. If we make it through, it will be by the skin of our teeth. We just cannot control games and as a consequence of that, we cannot defend either


Btw, Pioli needs to stop playing Kjaer now. Thanks for the service, and he's saved us these last 3 months considering we had no other defenders. But not that the others are back he should not be starting. Mistakes in each game, cannot keep up anymore.

Why was Gabbia taken off anyway? He's been excellent since coming back and it's not like he's played a lot this season. Just Pioli things FFS!

That midfield needs to be sorted out. How can a professional coach who has won titles not look at this midfield and how we're constantly exposed and backtracking, not look at these games and see that we have a bad shape??

The midfield is stretched wide and high. It's f@cking obvious. I just cannot wait to face a better side. We'll get reamed. Already having nightmares about when we have to face Inter as Champions.
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Posted on: Mar 7 2024, 10:28 PM


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How can you concede twice while having an extra man?

Unbelievable how sh!t we've been at defending

We need to push to have at least a 2 goal lead for the 2nd leg. Otherwise we'll get KO'd
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Posted on: Mar 7 2024, 10:06 PM


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Now let's watch him run the likes of Giroud, Leao, Pulisic, RLC into the ground and then we rest them all at the same time against Empoli and we lose precious league points for absolutely no reason.
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Posted on: Mar 7 2024, 10:05 PM


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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Mar 2 2024, 12:42 AM) *
Agreed completely about the midfield. This is a testament of how incapable Pioli is as a tactician.

When we started the season I was so sure it'd be a classic 4-3-3 with Bennacer (once he'd return) in the middle and Reijnders and RLC on the sides. A flat midfield, classic and simple. Instead he's been messing things up throughout the entire course of the season, trying weird stuff and never being consistent.

Bennacer is a regista, point. RLC is a box-to-box mid, not a trequartista. And Reijnders MUST be played in a more advanced role and not relegated in front of the defence. The fact Pioli doesn't grasp this speaks volumes about how incompetent he is.

PS: The Lazio defender though, what a dumbass! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Lazio in general are dumbasses


Case in point re midfield and general match control is tonight's game


Slavia were the better team before that red (deserved? Maybe. Not sure). How can we be aiming to win this competition playing like this against one of the worst sides left in the tournament?

Just ridiculous how we cannot control games. Even a man up, we somehow let them put pressure on us, force a corner and score.


Nah man. This season can't be over fast enough. Pioli is done!
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Posted on: Mar 1 2024, 10:59 PM


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Btw, the midfield composition we've got going right now is not only giving me nightmares but it gives me a nauseous feeling when I watch it.

Bennacer, all over the place, RLC playing nearly next to Giroud, Adli the only one central is slow as f@ck

We leave so many wide open spaces in the centre of the pitch. Why are we not lining up the mids in a flat 3 FFS? It looks like a f@cked up 4-2-3-1 that constantly leaves us exposed

And why isn't Tijjani starting games suddenly FFS?? We're so much better with him on the pitch, especially paired with Benna (who was @ss today btw). For me RLC is the weakest one in terms of movement/passing. Sure he has the phisique and has popped up with goals as of late. But he makes so many bad decisions and take so much time to pass.

Adli also can be such a big liability at times.

I'd rather see a flat RLC, Benna, Tijjani midfield. I think it's a much better mix. Still no natural holding mid, but all are relatively quick and strong so they should hold their own. The 4-2-3-1 is just leaving us wide open
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Posted on: Mar 1 2024, 10:52 PM


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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Feb 26 2024, 11:42 PM) *
There are no must-win games anymore in the league for us. Just huff and puff and hope we somehow don't screw up in the end, but with Italy closely getting that 5th spot for the CL, we look very comfortable. Whether we finish 2nd or 4th matters like if none at all.

And yes, Orasto did cost us the game. One of the ugliest penalties I've ever seen given. Shameful for a referee considered to be Italy's best.

It's a pity that in the two games we've played our best football lately, i.e. Bologna and Atalanta we only managed to scrap a point in each.

I disagree. I think banking as much points as we can will help us when we're playing mid-week.

Yes, Italy will have a 5th spot. But I want that 2nd place, not to mention that once you go near Bologna in the standings it is very congested and one misstep could easily land you in 7th. The bigger the gap between us and 4th the better our chances in Europe as well all know Pioli cannot rotate for sh!t.



We seem to be winning the games we sh!t house and fluffing the ones we play well in. The amount of points we have is a testament to that with how sh!tty we've played for the majority of the season


Great 3 points against Lazio. Another sh!t housery right there. Terrible overall game. And Di Bello took the cake. 3 reds for Lazio, still completely stumped why he sent off Marusic, but Hysaj should have been off as well considering he violently elbowed Oli in the back of the head. Completely lost control of the game. And Lazio are a disgusting bunch of whiners. That's 12 points off of the Rome clubs this season. Just beautiful.
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Posted on: Feb 25 2024, 10:51 PM


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Orsato cost us the game today

We've been so unlucky with these BS penalty calls all season. So many being given against us.

We played well today, finally a good performance that deserved much more. Leao looks like he's back in his groove as well so I'm happy about that at least.

We can still get that 2nd spot ahead of Juve, it's not much but it's better than 3rd. Making sure that the other teams don't gain ground on us will be key to try to go far in Europe. Lazio next away from home and it's a must win.
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Posted on: Feb 25 2024, 09:30 PM


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F@cking robbed by that.

F@ck Orsato! How is that a pen???

So undeserved for Atalanta. They've been terrible all game
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Posted on: Feb 25 2024, 09:29 PM


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Tell me this is a clear penalty FFS!

Unbelievable!
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Posted on: Feb 22 2024, 08:41 PM


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Another shameful performance to put under our belts this season.

Cannot defend to save our lives, no shape, no structure and ill-disciplined.

Make this season be over already!
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Posted on: Feb 22 2024, 08:10 PM


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Another penalty... My god!

What is Jovic supposed to do with that? It cam at him from closer than 10cm FFS

Once again, we have no close on how to control a game. Cannot keep possession for more than a second, keep inviting on pressure.

2 of the softest penalties you'll see. We've been a lighting rod for these all season, and it is all because we don't dictate games, we invite pressure which creates these situations
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Posted on: Feb 22 2024, 08:00 PM


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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Feb 18 2024, 11:44 PM) *
He was very bad tonight, doesn't mean he's been bad in past games.

This defeat was a Pioli masterclass through and through. So many useless rotations for what? We still need to claim that CL spot. Atalanta and Roma are on fire lately, Bologna breathing down our necks as well. He could have rested 2-3 players tonight and 2-3 others against Rennes, but he goes and overhauls everything. What a dumbass!

Okafor-Jovic-Chukwueze is Serie B material. Adli was horrible tonight, Loftus very mediocre as well.

Thiaw shambolic defending. Bro looked like he was picked from the streets. That penalty fault was beyond amateurish.

And Jovic can GTFO! You're trailing 2-0 and you do that???

I switched off after the red card, but it's sad to see we equalized in the end only to lose it again. FFS.

In every game I find myself feeling this way about Adli though. He's just not good enough imo.



Once again, why am I seeing Bennacer nearly level with the striker FFS? Perfect way to waste him and as an added bonus, open the middle of our pitch wide open (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Pioli things


Let's see if we somehow manage to f@ck up a 3-0 lead against a sh!t French side
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Posted on: Feb 22 2024, 07:57 PM


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The lack of discipline in this side mad.

Another penalty given away needlessly.

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Posted on: Feb 18 2024, 11:00 PM


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Jovic really f@cked us over for the most p@ssy like slap. Hope it was worth it you idiot!
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Thiaw with the biggest disaster class I've seen in a while man. All the goals we conceded, he somehow had a hand in all of them.

My god! I know he's been out for a while, but if I were the coach, I'd have hooked him after one of the most idiotic penalty giveaways I've see in a while



Overall, terrible showing from Pioli. We were on a roll. And once again, he has no clue on how to rotate effectively. Switch out one or 2 players from different departments, not 3 players from the same one. Completely toothless is attack. Made terrible mistakes in defence. And it looked like Pulisic was going to bail him out, but our awful defending came through (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

4-2 against Monza... Just humiliating.

You have a 2nd leg on Thursday where you're leading 3-0. I don't have to be a genius to know that is the game you switch out a few players. Just idiotic on so many level from him. I really do not get this guy. We could have gone ahead of Juve, now they've actually made up ground on us again. Unacceptable against a team like Monza no less.

To make matters worse, we rested these players only to still have to bring them on and have them run themselves into the ground for nothing and get fatigued even more then if they had started , played a smart game where we could have done the business and then took them off. Just genius.

This management better give Pioli the f@cking boot at the end of this season!!! Enough of him!
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Posted on: Feb 18 2024, 09:56 PM


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This is what I mean about Adli x-off

Slow, contemplative, terrible decision making! Really don't rate him.


Also, Pioli's rotation striking again. Absolutely awful decisions. W have the Rennes game practically wrapped up, why not rotate in that one? Absolutely boggles the mind

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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Feb 12 2024, 12:06 AM) *
It's only been us and CMF in here for months now. The forum is dead. Might as well create a WhatsApp group and continue the conversations there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

I agree about all your points, except one: Adli. I thought he was great today, and he's been relatively good in most of his games. Yes, sometimes he takes that extra 2-3 seconds to pass, but I disagree regarding everything else you said about him. His overall passing is good, he misplaces very few passes, tries to attempt difficult through-balls, and his defensive game tonight was brilliant. So many recovered balls. I honestly thought he was our best mid tonight.

This place just feels different though, I'd rather stay here as it's nostalgic for me. I'd love it if all the old guys came back. But alas.

Nah man, maybe it's just me, but I really do not rate him. Maybe it's the overall make up of our midfield which is unbalanced that's making me feel that way more than him specifically. But I really don't see it.
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