Stingray

You could go to war with that lot!

Nobody said that :-) Certainly, nor has the KDB himself.

With your looks, you will bang a LOT of funky ladies. Shaving isn't really your forte, mate :-) once more :

Lol.

Lol. Fair point, Kojo. Shame we went our seperate ways though. I love your logic when it isnt on a war mission as it usually is. Shame.

I know man!! I just love it .... adore it

It is SOOOOOO hrs to pick a team - which indicates our wealth these days - praise the board and praise Mou for instilling that winners mentality! I must admit I have a weak spot for technical velvet like players .... hence the AM field. Mou would never do it but I would try Oscar instead of Lamps here .... Za Team :-) Cech Ivanovic Luiz Terry Cole Ramires Lamps Willian Mata/Oscar Hazard Torres Fucking trash 'em as well while we are in the habit of doing in teams ...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA FRUITCAKES!! How do they come up with that shit

Plz reread my post where I said it WAS bad defending. It being 'shameful' is your moral take on the matter, a personal opinion. An opinion that is biased in the sense that a couple seconds after he goes through on what the assistant Coach Steve called a 'lost cause' ball (which he applauded in his presser), gets a throw in and boom Mata scores beautifully. You cannot take the bad without taking the good in your moral equation of a player. That is why I said you were cherry picking. As I said, let's agree to disagree.

Hmmmm .... If I combined you two , i would get: That's just NASTYYYYYYYYY - CHARMOOTAH !

Really, really solid. He sure is giving Cole a run for his money this year. Awesome game, really ...

I feel you, man ....

ah yes, before the shot. That was just weak defending - admitted. He let him skip past him. Shameful I wouldn't call it. Ramsey goes forward and Mikel also doesn't close down. Just stays next to the LB. To take that argument further : a couple of seconds later KDB hunts through and pressures the back to play the ball into the stadium. Consequence: throw-in leading to the Mata goal. So yes. It is a bit cherry picking to take one defensive action and call it Shameful really.

I find that way too harsh calling it shameful. lol. He locked down that midfield. you see Mikel and Mata also strolling there. Just before KDB is the one that runs to him eventually. That is just cherry picking one event (which isn't so 'shameful' as you make it out to b, really. It made Ramsey turn back and yes .... give a ball to the flank - he could have only tackled his legs from under him) and extrapolating to the entire game. Let's agree to disagree.

True. Also, I am just looking at the match for the second time because i wanted to know just how bad he was (he was actually pretty ok tbh, just not decisive). What strikes me is that he had to deal with a very attacking and motivated Azpi - who did a very fine job. But - and I am guessing this is what Mou wants from him - he had to backtrack a LOT because of that. I think he is being benched mostly because Mou wants that aspect educated in his play and he somehow doesn't pick up on it yet - consciously or unconsciously . Eg. Look at around the 50 minute mark. We see KDB getting the ball and making a through pass to Azpi. Azpi gets to the byline where he passes back to the center. KDB drops back to the LB position while Azpi stays higher up on that wing. He stays for quite a while, even positioning himself in the pivot for the counter that comes later. I saw that a number of times during the game and it is a bit new for KDB I can imagine. It also seemed he was leaving initiative to others (after the 20th minute) or just seemed lost a bit positionally (examplified by eg. 20th minute on the left flank where he just wanted that ball but ran in the way on the left wing between Eto'o, Willian and Bertrand). We can only guess, but I think it is pretty much the defensive duty thing that has killed his chances a bit lately. also regarding him being 'weak mentally', that is a pile of crap :-). If anything, KDB is a pretty stubborn hardheaded (his media outfalls in the past really suggest that) fella, and I think it is THAT which is hindering im now. Mou wants to get him in line - hence the 'he has to make steps towards me as well). As I said - I think Mou will make or break him. As he said in preseason - he looks like a kid, but he plays like a man. So, I hope he can also get his manly stubbornness in check and play all out, because that is what it is going to take. Football wise the boys is not overrated really, you guys just haven't seen him play much like some of us did. Check the Werder Bremen forum for comments btw :-) This however is based on air. The boy had the highest work rate/miles ran in the bundesliga last year for crying out loud.

Mental preparation when entering this thread ...

Very nice actually :-) Sober but nice ! How have you been, miss?

Wasn't me

I really have no clue whatsoever .... it took my by surprise just as much as it did you .... What a shame though ...

Nice slave! now lick my boots :-) Yea Chou loves that ....

Follow me to the dark side Chou Chou .....

Yep, i guess so. Voltage sent me a pm he was leaving. But I don't know why, really. Sad because he was such a fun guy! Another one goes.

Very good! Awesome, velvet-like hard workibg player. Excellent addition!

What? How do you guys view it? For me, death is simply the end of life and there is nothing after it... When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It's only painful & difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid (not meaning you). Lmaoooo