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I still believe our defensive frailties are a team issue, not only defensive line.. casting out Luiz and/or Bosingwa would help only so much, but our pressing and defending further up the pitch must improve. Also, the communication and cohesion between the whole team should be spot on, it's not yet. The team has been told to play more expansive and risky football, which results in considerably more risk passes and ball loss, hence leaving more pressure on the low lines to deal with it, something our team is not very used to but will get used to in time (btw, I believe that was the reason of the high-line too, which by practice showed didn't work). When we talk about the attack, we say it can't exist without a properly functioning midfield... I maintain that the same applies to defence. The best defence is possession and we can't hold it or use it to maximum efficiency, especially when closed down and under pressure and threatened by counter-attacks. When you look at our whole team's organization and placement when we concede, you can see it's a mess, all through from the backline to attack (or top of midfield).

I certainly don't miss the days of school

Seriously? Every game he gets slated for his mistake(s), more than his compatriots... what about the whole "move him to DMF" campaign that was so active at one point. When he plays, he's arguably under bigger attention than Bosingwa, far more attention than the English left side. Apart from Torres, I think he's the player who gets most attention from our fans and pundits.

Didn't he arrive with Grant? I think people were so pissed off at firing Mourinho and his staff, that they hated anyone replacing them... and looking at Grant's face, it was easy not to like anyone who arrived with him and call them incompetent.

if those quotes are true, then I find it interesting that Torres's agent is offering him.. I wonder if Torres himself ordered him to do that

Luiz is MUCH more solid than Bosingwa. I wouldn't even categorize them in the same class. There are more things to his game than pace.

Some months ago I was optimistic about him, now reading through the page I'm not so sure about him anymore.. I mean looking at the juve president, he's probably a one-season wonder just like Malouda was. Could be wrong though.

He's too good to sit on the bench

exaggeration

hardly a surprise

not gonna happen

I love how people refer to Kalou and Malouda as a single person

yeah, I lol'd at that... and he was the one to play the opposition striker onside also. And at one point a cross came in and he tried to kick it with his heel or smth, McClean or whoever had an open shot but luckily missed.

The reason why I'm not saying he's back yet is because we've said that 2-3 times before and got disappointed every time. I have my guards up about him, interesting to see if he can stay consistent.

I actually like Peace's name right now better and I don't remember him from the Killamanjaro time... short memory I have. Peace is better imo. And fuck, I was already getting used to RZA and Ultra Blue, now they've transformed themselves back.. better start getting used to it then.

Was thinking a while about that game, and then I remembered from Wilson's post that Ramires scored twice... Otherwise I don't remember any individual performances anymore, I don't even remember if I saw the game or not Probably just highlights.. anyway, Ramires it is.

what we need is a player hungry enough to utilize his full potential and skills... superstars? well, we had Shevchenko and we have Torres, both can be considered superstars.. haven't been quite the answers we've been looking for, except in marketing department. I'd rather we get players who we ourselves make superstars, a la Drogba and Robben.

I wasn't so impressed with him as you guys, it was visible that he was in terrible physical condition.

I watched the MOTD highlights and at one point Bosingwa's defending was so bad, that even Hansen or whoever said smth like "what is he doing, where is he going? I don't know"... I literally started laughing at that point because Bosingwa was drifting casually out of the box to midfield when the danger was coming into the box, and needless to say he was the one playing Sunderland's striker onside in first place. God he's so bad.

How will regular watchers be able to use it? Or isn't it meant for us? Because they would be able to provide maybe hundreds of those cameras, but the need would be in thousands and millions. Anyway, would be great, it would give the opportunity to zoom some cleavage.

"It's a fucking disgrace" .. i'll let you figure out yourselves who's quote this is Harry "the scrotum face" Redknapp gets hit by a ball and says about the offender in a classy manner: "NO WONDER HE'S IN THE FRACKING RESERVES!!!?2324"

And that last minute thing where he didn't pass to Torres... he probably decided to waste time, which wasn't a bad thought.

It was not a defensive mistake, we were in possession and he gave a sublime assist the wrong way. At defending he's not that bad, but attacking wise he's not someone you want on when chasing a game.

Yeah, Ronaldo and Messi don't get me as excited as Ronaldinho used to... I could watch a game just because of him, the other 2 don't make me want to do that. Unsure if Neymar would rival that, haven't seen him play full 90 minutes yet.

Bringing on a defender is usually when you're pretty desperate and start inviting them on, while building a wall in front of the goal to repel the attacks. By bringing on Malouda (whoever the name, just a midfield player) we press higher up the pitch, giving them less time on the ball... if we brought on a defender, we would have to take away a central or a wide player, leaving us more vulnerable in those places and give away iniative in midfield. + if they DID score, we would be chasing for the winner with 5 defenders and less men upfront, against a team like Sunderland it's not worth to risk it and we would all be on AVB's neck "why the fuck were we chasing the game with 5 defenders and give away the iniative?".