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  1. El Zen
    They really, really hate Jack for some reason.
  2. El Zen
    Pathetic. No belief, no courage.
  3. El Zen
    I have no idea how that’s a penalty, but I might be an idiot.
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    El Zen replied to maqroll's topic in Off Topic

    Biden’s not the most eloquent of speakers, but what he said there was perfectly fine. To paraphrase: ‘Getting bogged down in a negative primary campaign only serves to reelect Trump’. Nothing wrong with that.
  5. El Zen
    The older I get, the more important the ritual of football is for me. There literally isn’t a single live music act I can think of that I’d miss the most trivial home game for. I don’t mind live music, not at all, but it’s not important. Football, perhaps pathetically, very much is.
  6. El Zen
    That might be true, but I (or you, really) was specifically talking about Mings’ role on defensive corners. I can’t possibly say with any confidence we’d concede fewer goals with Mings did man-to-man (insert Kenneth Williams gif here) instead of zonal. All I said was that it’s too easy to call zonal marking ‘madness’ when there are valid arguments to be made in favour of it.
  7. El Zen
    One could argue it would be madness to limit your best defender to marking one player, when he could be marking the most dangerous zone instead. I’m not saying zonal marking is always better, just to be clear. But let’s not pretend it’s a no-brainer.
  8. El Zen
    A much closer contest than I expected it to be. You have to be a little proud of the fight we showed today, even if I’m not in the business of collecting honourable defeats. I’m gutted for the game to be decided by a goal that should never have been, yet prepared to concede that City deserved to win the game. You can only hope we can reproduce the performance levels and the fight in the league, against teams that are actually from this planet. That should give us the points we need to stay in the league. I think the formation change worked and would stick to it, and hope Jack isn’t carrying anything serious.
  9. El Zen
    Dang it.
  10. El Zen
    Have to be able to get the ball before you can attack. You need midfielders for that.
  11. El Zen
    Good shift, Ally. Time for Keinan to make life uncomfortable for them.
  12. El Zen
    Playing later tonight for Barcelona, isn’t he?
  13. El Zen
    Hasn’t been his best game.
  14. El Zen
    Trez and Conor. Not sure if I like that.
  15. El Zen
    Great. De Bruyne. Just when you’re starting to hope you might have a tiny chance.
  16. El Zen
    F*** off, Raheem.
  17. El Zen
    Agreed, as per my response to Kiwi above. You’ve got to somehow stop the initial pass, but that’s easier said than done.
  18. El Zen
    Problem with man marking like that is that you compromise your shape. It’s tempting, but very risky.
  19. El Zen
    We have to stop that left-right switch pass somehow. I haven’t a clue how.
  20. El Zen
    Not just us. Fans of most teams would say the same.
  21. El Zen
    I do think our defensive shape looks better this time, even if they are capable of exposing us down the flanks. We’re more compact and less stretched, and at least we’re making them play.
  22. El Zen
    Can come back out with a bit of hope, at least. They’re a world class football team that are almost impossible to beat. But they’re only ahead through a refereeing cock up. You never know.
  23. El Zen
    Game on!
  24. El Zen
    Don’t know if VAR can check those decisions, but it’s a shocking call.
  25. El Zen
    Thanks, lino.
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