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Total Football is so different from Tiki Taka. Total Football has it's foundations in player verstility and awareness. They are expected to not only play as a Foward, but as a Midfielder and a defender. That doesn't really happen in Tiki Taka, it's much more static with players have specific roles. If Ramires had actual consistent technical abilities he would be a magnificient player for Total Football due to his adaptability.

Yeah, I know exactly what you are saying and I agree. Buuuuuut people are idiots, and they wouldn't even realise that Chelsea was emulating Brazil or Clockwork Orange...so Chelsea could get away with it. They would notice Barcelona and Tiki Taka however...that is still fresh in people's minds. I don't Chelsea to play exact Total Football I just want them to use the concept of changing positions. Imagine Oscar, Hazard, Mata if they played Total Football!

She is fit.

Unless he brings Camacho and Isco along with him, Pellegrini can forget about it. NO ES ACETABLE PARA MI.

What about players like Cabaye and Moutinho? Even the other Bender brother could be a good shou out.

@Leif, I like you post in general but the second you said you hate the term 'double pivot' it was instinctual. I hate it too, brother.

Football has changed but that doesn't mean that it wouldn't work. When you look back at football you can notice patterns and trends occuring. Most styles of football reoccur somewhere along the line and disappear. The only ones that probably won't return are those early 2-2-6 and other crazy formations. Catenaccio was great in the 60s, won Inter 2 European Cups and in the 00s it won them a single European cup. Not the best example but you know what I mean. If I'm not mistaken, fast paced football doesn't exactly cut up slow teams like Barcelona does it?

Personally I'd love for Chelsea to go back to the days of ye olde Cruyff and play Total Football. And NO it's not the same as Tiki Taka. Very different ideologies. Sure Tiki Taka is derived and inspired from Total Football but to say it's the same is to say that Van Gogh is the same as Munch because Van Gogh inspired Munch. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/321814-beautiful-game-what-ever-happened-to-total-football http://sabotagetimes.com/reportage/how-football-tactics-were-born/ Of course Chelsea wouldn't use a Sweeper as that an outdated position due to the offside rule changing some twenty years ago. Or Brasil 82, those guys were classy as anything I've ever seen.

Nah, Higs won't cost that much, I'd say under 30m.

If he were a bit taller or stronger he could play as CB also.

David Luiz if a brilliant player. I mean he can be a brilliant player. He put in a solid shift against ManCity but he can also be just the worst.

Personally I got a text message. It was in Russian, but I decyphered it.

He was decent during the first half. I quite liked how he played. Ramires on the otherhand I thought was fucking terrible. I'm not sure about Mikel's second half though...oh wait, I am, he was fucking shite also. Yeah, that's right, shit with an 'e'.

Another thing to consider is that willpower is dispensable. It will only take you so far before giving in. Think of it as petrol, it gets all used up and takes time to fill back up. Tired players may seem like they don't care, but there willpower has just been drained. Of course some players in fact, don't care.

James Milner cost City over 20 million.

We really haven't resorted to this have we?

Hopefully this season is a wake up call for the the mad twatters in charge. Maybe they've learnt from their idiotic mistakes.

Agreed. What's the point of having a home side if it's just decided by a coin?

I'd wait till after this new one comes out to buy this season's.

Sorry, it was in the Netherlands. It's called Frisian. Example: English Good butter and good cheese. Frisian Goed bûter en goed tsiis.

I didn't say English though, it's a different language. But it's so similar to English I'd be able to learn it in an afternoon.

I take it Belgians don't do that sort of crap the French do? I've had a few people say that the culture in Belgium is practically the same as England's except you lot speak French and Dutch (Flemish, etc) instead of English. What is that place in Belgium where the common language is practically English? I forget what it's called, but it's so insanely similar that a native Anglophone like myself could learn it in an afternoon?

Well then it's pretty naïve of them to think they are going to get a warm reception at another team's forum. And if they can't handle it over the internet I wonder how they manage real life. I can't see why the topics get locked because some bastard at another forum throws a hissy fit because he is insulted over the internet on another team's forum. They should know how it is.

I didn't realise I said anything about the forum dying. What's point of having them if I can't voice my opinion? This is a forum right?

I don't think I'll read the opposition views if I can't comment on them.