milka 3,393 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said: Feels a lot more like 2014 as of yet 😬 yeah 0:0 vs Atletico then 1:3 but i hope not this time Edited April 27, 2021 by milka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,700 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Good result overall. Could have been better but worse either. Heavy rain ruined the match, but luckily noone got injured and Pulisic is the only player who is booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero 1,874 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 We need a striker like him so much Muzchap, Fernando, Vegetable and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 27 minutes ago, Jason said: Can't decide if this was a missed opportunity or not because think many would have taken a 1-1 draw before the game but there was the Werner miss and so many poor decisions made in the final third in the first half. Didn't create anything in the second half and the only 2 real chances we had was that Werner one and Pulisic's goal. Need to do more in the final third. Technically the Werner chance does n't count as we scored the next minute. After the 1-0 some more came his way that Diego might have put in, but they were not so easy ones.| If someone can win it for them now it's Courtois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 After the 1-0 our best chances were with Pulisic who failed to make proper passes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 1 minute ago, cosmicway said: Technically the Werner chance does n't count as we scored the next minute. You clearly haven't been following the news... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Just now, Jason said: You clearly haven't been following the news... What news ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 You cannot count Werner 1-0, Pulisic 2-0. You can count Germany 2 with Werner not missing - N. Macedonia 1, final score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues11 213 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Werner scares the shit out of me. He's really turning into a glorified Morata at this point. Literally needs to be served on a platter to score and sometimes that's not even enough. That being said I would still start him next week. We terribly need a striker but I'll go with the same three up top and hope he pulls a Torres or something. Haaland would be so nice playing with Pulisic, Mount, Ziyech....Wishful thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, Blues11 said: Haaland would be so nice playing with Pulisic, Mount, Ziyech....Wishful thinking. This isn't to defend Werner or anything and Haaland might well be a better finisher than Werner but I feel like we've all been down this road before, where we get all excited about the shiny toys out there before seeing all that excitement come crashing down when we eventually get the toy. For example, Haaland has scored 25 league goals this season but he has also missed 19 big chances. Last season, Werner scored 28 league goals but missed 21 big chances. And we've seen what happened with Werner this season. Will Haaland be able to maintain a similar goalscoring rate in a team that doesn't create many chances and in a league with teams that don't give many chances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,324 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, Jason said: This isn't to defend Werner or anything and Haaland might well be a better finisher than Werner but I feel like we've all been down this road before, where we get all excited about the shiny toys out there before seeing all that excitement come crashing down when we eventually get the toy. For example, Haaland has scored 25 league goals this season but he has also missed 19 big chances. Last season, Werner scored 28 league goals but missed 21 big chances. And we've seen what happened with Werner this season. Will Haaland be able to maintain a similar goalscoring rate in a team that doesn't create many chances and in a league with teams that don't give many chances? Messi is free agent in 2 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 1 minute ago, NikkiCFC said: Messi is free agent in 2 months. QUADRUPLE INCOMING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, Jason said: This isn't to defend Werner or anything and Haaland might well be a better finisher than Werner but I feel like we've all been down this road before, where we get all excited about the shiny toys out there before seeing all that excitement come crashing down when we eventually get the toy. For example, Haaland has scored 25 league goals this season but he has also missed 19 big chances. Last season, Werner scored 28 league goals but missed 21 big chances. And we've seen what happened with Werner this season. Will Haaland be able to maintain a similar goalscoring rate in a team that doesn't create many chances and in a league with teams that don't give many chances? Will he prove another Secvhenko, or another Hazard in Real ? Imponderables. I hope we sign him and he proves a new Diego. About Werner I remain perplexed. He does n't look like a panic man or in want of physical condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues11 213 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, Jason said: This isn't to defend Werner or anything and Haaland might well be a better finisher than Werner but I feel like we've all been down this road before, where we get all excited about the shiny toys out there before seeing all that excitement come crashing down when we eventually get the toy. For example, Haaland has scored 25 league goals this season but he has also missed 19 big chances. Last season, Werner scored 28 league goals but missed 21 big chances. And we've seen what happened with Werner this season. Will Haaland be able to maintain a similar goalscoring rate in a team that doesn't create many chances and in a league with teams that don't give many chances? Well you could be right, we've seen young players thrive in other leagues then fizzle out playing English football. I would certainly say Haaland's finishing is better than Werner's ever was. Werner has always been a pacey player with good positioning and a capable shot. Haaland's left foot shoots out rockets, straight missiles. What I love about Haaland is his confidence. Yeah he'll miss some chances but he'll come right back full force with his arms flailing ready to destroy his next opportunity. Werner lets every miss get into his head and we're all seeing what that does to him at the moment. I would still take Haaland in a heartbeat but nothing is ever a guarantee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 1 minute ago, Blues11 said: Well you could be right, we've seen young players thrive in other leagues then fizzle out playing English football. I would certainly say Haaland's finishing is better than Werner's ever was. Werner has always been a pacey player with good positioning and a capable shot. Haaland's left foot shoots out rockets, straight missiles. What I love about Haaland is his confidence. Yeah he'll miss some chances but he'll come right back full force with his arms flailing ready to destroy his next opportunity. Werner lets every miss get into his head and we're all seeing what that does to him at the moment. I would still take Haaland in a heartbeat but nothing is ever a guarantee. You could argue that it was the same with Werner in Germany. He missed a lot but it also didn't stop him from going and scoring a lot to make up for those misses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 I wonder how many chances were missed by famous clinical strikers of the years past. E.g. Gert Muller, Ian Rush, Peter Osgood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 The most clinical men I 've seen in recent years was ... Mitroglou. Not much of a footballer but killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 After the dust has settled the semi is starting anew. All we have really is the away goal. We have to fight real hard to go to Istanbul and the home advantage in these matches is exactly 0.00%. Never mind the quartefinal they played against Loserpool, in which Loserpool achieved a better result at home. Real should have won the away leg too by three goals to nil but they did n't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,700 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 10 minutes ago, cosmicway said: The most clinical men I 've seen in recent years was ... Mitroglou. Not much of a footballer but killer. Mitroglou.. Really? Guess your opinion has nothing to do with you being Greek. Never played for top team nor scored goal in top3 league, his record is not very outstanding in Portugal or Greece either. Mentioning critical strikers in top football I rather associate to Lewa, Agüero, Kane, Benzema, Ibrahimovic.. Probably could list up a hundred name before Mitroglou. bigbluewillie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 1 minute ago, nyikolajevics said: Mitroglou.. Really? Guess your opinion has nothing to do with you being Greek. Never played for top team nor scored goal in top3 league, his record is not very outstanding in Portugal or Greece either. Mentioning critical strikers in top football I rather associate to Lewa, Agüero, Kane, Benzema, Ibrahimovic.. Probably could list up a hundred name before Mitroglou. No, I hate his Greek team too. But look around and you will see that he fits the bill. When he went to Fulham he was injured and Fulham knew it but they took the chance and in the end he did not perform for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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