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I simply dont like Bertrand as LW. I much prefer Marin or Moses. I will wait until the game to judge though...

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Great post SeB, really good! Some of what you wrote was pretty obvious, but excellent overall... Are you a coach yourself? You talk just like mine, LOL.

No it is not, what you explain as a false nine is a simple movement most great strikers (#9) do. You basically discribed a striker with a lot of movement, the false nine is more than that, he has a different mentality and objective. Ronaldo did it quite frequently, is he a false nine? Suarez? Aguero? False nine is actually someone who most of the time composes the AM line (do not know if that is the right term). Messi and Neymar are more outside the penalty box draging defenders than inside the box waiting for a service.

4. Adriano is not near as important as Willian and Fernandinho.

Fantstic coach: 1998 WC Semis - Holland 2002 WC Semis - South Korea 2009 - Chelsea (saved our season and deserved to go to Rome) 2012 - Anzhi (2nd place, 3 behind CSKA)

Yes, in my backyard I do this quite frequently, not agaist Argentina though (have to count the rivalry). He does this quite frequently, I can find about 10 different games he has done it. I dont think Berbatov is one of the classiest strikers, not even close. This is what I would compare to rank him that high: Falcao, Cavani, Lewandoski, Huntelaar, RVP, Aguero, Tevez, Dzeko, Torres (Liverpool), Benzema, etc. Damiao does look like a donky, lol. I dont rate him, it is clear reading my posts... Btw, it was just a comparison to give an idea of what type of player he was. All I was saying is that he knows how to score (Berba), but he also has speed and ability (Hernandez). He can get the job done and has mobility, nothing special though. I wouldnt want any of the 3 in CFC, I want a top5 striker (Falcao, Cavani, Dzeko, etc).

Bernard is really really small and weak, even for Brazilian standards. He had amazing performances througout the course of the season (doing and exceptional partneship with Ronaldinho), BUT he was never praised as one of our top, top qualitity young promissing stars (Oscar, Neymar, Lucas, etc). He can actually play as a Winger, as an Advanced Midfield or as an Attacker. Bernard is definetly fast, skilled and has vision. The problem is that he cant shoot.........Robinho anyone? We must stop only buying Brazilians just because they are Brazilians. Just because Oscar came here and rock everybody off their feet it does not mean he will too. I dont think we need that type of player, it would be way more important for us to buy a DM + ST. Even if we needed that type of player and we want it to be Brazilian, buy Willian. He is clearly a better player!

Ask Berba to do this then...

No one Manure hasnt already bought...

There is a reason why Brazil does not play with a true striker. It is because we dont have a great player like we used to have (Ronaldo, Romario, Careca, Roberto Dinamite, etc). Mano Menezes wasnt even calling Damiao for the backup position, he was calling Fred. Damiao is Hernandez with a header and/or Berbatov with more skills... In the end, I was right about Willian, so...

We need movement... The problem is not that he is playing LW, it is he is not changing position with Mata and Oscar frequently. Oscar does not feel comfortable at the sideline (one of the reasons I think Moses should be in our attackin trio and not him), so he barely get out of the middle and Mata is more preocupied with the right side. We need mobility and short passes. We dont have mobility and our short passes always get stuck without penetration because of Torres. Look at CR7, Ozil, Di Maria and Benzema movements, for instance.

WTF?????? Must be a left, fucking a lot of wanking...

Great post mate! I agree with everything you just said, except the lines I quoted. Like I said many times, we dont need to back the manager in order to support the team. However, the booing inside our own stadium can only harm the team. It does affect the players mentality (even if they know it is not directed to them). They can start ignoring Benitez or they can feel uncomfortable, opponents might get excited, etc. Anything that might be harmful to the team I am totally against. About Roman, he has his problems and he did not respected the fans in some events (Wilkins and Benitez), but that is about it. No Board from a big Club actually cares about the fans, just like no manager listens to the fans. Abramovich thinks solely about the capacity and performance and if we look carefully at the facts, it was the best decision. I vahe a very angry feeling about RDM treatment and he will always be a legend, but he was indeed making some amateurs mistakes. I personally think he would thrive with proper time. It was very wrong (specially because there was nobody on the market), but we cant go back in time. I find it stupid to want him out (I dont know how you feel about it). We definetly dont have to agree with him, although, he is still better than any other owner we would get. EDIT: I have come to understand the booing now that I have talked to some hardcore fans, but I still wouldnt do it.

Would be fucking awsome, cant denny it.

@SeB, care to explain what you are talking about? Thanks!

Dont get too excited, it is just his sex doll.

Jim would disagree with that

We had a pretty good balanced and talented squad from 05 through 09, if you analyse carefully we had a top5 squad for sure. However we made the same mistakes RM, Bayern and Milan did with their transition from 2002, 2001 and 2007 respectively. We let our core go old without making cirurgical changes (or wrong ones) and changing managers like we change underwear. Since we still got a spending mentality, we will have to do the same as RM and Bayern did. We will have to definetly stick with a manager (at this point I dont even care who he is) and mix the team to one system and characteristic. Take a look at their first 2 buying seasons: RM bought Kaka, CR7, Di Maria, Xabi Alonso, Ozil and Benzema... We are in the same process, we already bought some great young players and we will continue to do so by buying specific positions that adds to the team right away (Falcao, Hummels, Paulinho/Vidal, etc). Not all of them will work and we will lose a lot of games (it took Mourinho 2 years to beat Barcelona) but it will pay out. Everyone keep saying we are in transition mode but when we lose they are the same who get extra mad! At first, while we dont buy the 1st Team we want , the eggs will have to be placed in the bags we current have. However, with time and competence we will distribute them well enough so they dont crack, just like 2007/08/09.

I know, I was over the top when we signed him. However, we did end up beeing fooled and it can happen again (although the odds are smaller)... Just because we had 2 players that did not performed what we expected, it does not mean it will always happen. RM has tons of examples of both outcomes!

January cant come soon enough...How foolish were we to celebrate Torres??? I really dont care if it is Falcao, Cavani or Lewandoski. I just want a decent striker!

DON`T FEED THE TROLL FFS!

I am not saying this is a bad idea, but we would have a better chance of calling RDM back than to play 3-5-2/3-5-1-1. Roman would hear Benitez saying it and would scream: SAAAAAACKED!