Copa del Rey Final thread

apart from the goal against, I am quite pleased with how we are playing. It does look like we could lose a few dangerous balls in circulation at the back though which could cost us.

I feel something lacking though, there's an edge or sharpness missing in our game, I don't know how to describe it. Maybe mental fatigue if not physical.

about half an hour gone already - time flies like an arrow.

fruit flies like a banana.

kas wrote:Bojan needs to be loaned to a club, regardless of which country it's in, where they can properly coach the kids. There is still a lot to improve in his game. I would say Ajax but they are having some serious issues at all levels now, so I don't know where else. But loan for sure IMO.

I think Bojan is actually not fit to play in your 4-3-3. He is not big enough to lead the line and play as a '9' and he is not tricky or pacey enough to play as a wide forward. He would do better in a 4-4-2.

Toure. SOMEONE TELL HIM HE IS PLAYING CENTRE BACK!

What a goal from the Beast!!!

GOOOOOOOOOOLAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZO


WHAT A FUCKING GOAL


GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLL


TOURE TOURE TOURE TOURE TOURE TOURE QUE GOLAAZOOOOOOOOOO

Can Carrick do that

The run from central defence was good but the shot was saveable.

Jaime wrote:Toure. SOMEONE TELL HIM HE IS PLAYING CENTRE BACK!

Someone tell him to pass the ball

I'll have to take my laptop to wherever I'm watching the CL final, and keep criticising all our players.

let someone tell Yaya he's playing as CD!!!!

Now is the time to push forward and capitalise, when the crowd is a bit quietened.

I must be a minute behind everyone else, it seems...

ALVES!

Yeah he can.

kas wrote:

Jaime wrote:Toure. SOMEONE TELL HIM HE IS PLAYING CENTRE BACK!

Someone tell him to pass the ball

I'll have to take my laptop to wherever I'm watching the CL final, and keep criticising all our players.

I will confiscate it.

My stream just jumped to ETB. I forgot how mad Basque sounded!!

I knew my frenetic eating of fuet and drinking of Catalan wine would pay off!

Apparently Toure flashed the middle finger to Athletic fans in his celebrations, that's why Etoo and co. were apologising at the end there.

Not acceptable Yaya

Athletic just hoofing it away however they can now.

ALVES!

Alves has been watching too many Ronaldo DVDs.

Don't know what's happened to him these past 2/3 weeks. He wasn't this bad earlier in the season. Is he cracking up?

kas wrote:Alves has been watching too many Ronaldo DVDs.

Don't know what's happened to him these past 2/3 weeks. He wasn't this bad earlier in the season. Is he cracking up?

Seems to be.

Llorente and Toquero are dropping so deep. Whenever Athletic regain possession and hoof it there is absolutely nobody up top.

Ufff, Alves with a beauty of a free kick, just didn't curl enough.

HT Athletic 1 Barcelona 1

More Oscar-winning theatrics from everybody's favourite fullback.


Halftime already, 1-1. Decent scoreline, and I'm looking for more of the same in terms of overall play in the 2nd half. Etoo owes us some goals.

Athletic already look (in one or two actions) to be content to go till extra time, and we can make them suffer for that.

We will score again, i'm sure of that. We create chances to easy, so the goals will come.
But we are so shit at set pieces, and i'm not looking forward to another corner from them.

I think the reason Keita disrupts our midfield play whenever he plays is how he sticks on the left so much. Not sure if that's his game or Guardiola tells him to do that to add some width when Henry is not playing. Because I think him being so wide distorts some of the passing combinations.

kas wrote:I think the reason Keita disrupts our midfield play whenever he plays is how he sticks on the left so much. Not sure if that's his game or Guardiola tells him to do that to add some width when Henry is not playing. Because I think him being so wide distorts some of the passing combinations.

That's what I was saying earlier...it almost looks like 3-4-3 because Toure is falling to the right quite a bit and Alves is pushing up soooooo much.

----------------Pinto

-----Toure----Pique----Puyol

Alves----Xavi----Busquets----Keita

-----Messi----Bojan----Eto'o