Internationals September (Nations League + Friendlies)

Withnail said:
You bet on them in the first game. Funny that
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Learned from my mistake though. I watched tonight as a neutral and it was really poor from the Irish again. Its a real shame, but there's no real defending that tonight.

EDIT: Not that its much comfort, but England were also really poor yesterday.
 
Rolandofgilead said:
Learned from my mistake though. I watched tonight as a neutral and it was really poor from the Irish again. Its a real shame, but there's no real defending that tonight.

EDIT: Not that its much comfort, but England were also really poor yesterday.
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It wasn't great at all no but I wasn't expecting a huge amount except some signs of the direction the team was taking and hopefully some promising performances.

It's the new manager's first two games. He's implementing a new philosophy with a new formation and while it wasn't a totally new lineup he has brought in new players in so lots of new combinations.

All of this combined with the fact that many of these players haven't had a pre-season and the lack of crowds meant it probably was the worst time to back them for the win :)
 
Spain playing well, especially through the left with Reguilón-Ansu Fati.Ansu is a constant threat every time he attacks, and now a nice goal
 
Werner is so bad, it's almost comical how overrated he is by people, that didn't watch more than bis highlight tape on YouTube.
 
Chief123 said:
Apparently he’s having an incredible debut. I’ve not seen it yet but Ballague is setting himself on Twitter.
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Pretty much. Ukraine is getting murdered on their right hand side by Reguilon and Fati combination.
 
duffer said:
How many prem goals do you think he will score this season?
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Depends on how Chelsea will play. Funny thing is that he'll probably get worse the more dominant Chelsea play.

Imho he really only functions in a counter-attacking system.

His first touch, technique and link-up play are just not really good at all.

The best way I can describe him is as a (really) poor man's Aubameyang.

edit (limit is reached): I would say around 15-20 goals, if they play like they did last season. He won't contribute much to the overall game though.
 
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GameOn said:
Depends on how Chelsea will play. Funny thing is that he'll probably get worse the more dominant Chelsea play.

Imho he really only functions in a counter-attacking system.

His first touch, technique and link-up play are just not really good at all.

The best way I can describe him is as a (really) poor man's Aubameyang.
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So how many goals do you think he will score for Chelsea, assuming we play as we did (style wise) last season.
 
duffer said:
How many prem goals do you think he will score this season?
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Similar to Auba, if Chelsea will create a similar amount of chances compared to last season.

Auba is more clinical with his chances, but Arsenal hadn't that many chances compared to Chelsea. Both aren't the best "footballers", but are incredible good in terms of getting into the right positions for chances.
 
Chief123 said:
Apparently he’s having an incredible debut. I’ve not seen it yet but Ballague is setting himself on Twitter.
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He is mate, he really is. He nutmegs people at will, I've had to rewind sky a few times to appreciate things he does. Hi so soeed of thought and decision making is what stands out the most. Unbelievable
 
It's amazing to hear Löw shout commands in his rusty squeeze box voice
 
Nice play by Embolo.
 
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