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If you actually watched the game youd know that he only played as a rightback for about 25 mins. He played well, but was poor defensively when hw was moved to rightback in the last 25 mins

Just means he's flexible. I don't even know what pragmatic means, but usually people use the term to mean defensive(which IMO is wrong use of the word, but thats another argument) By the way, Mourinho was only defensive in classicos when he was with Real. But he was obviously a very offensive...

Ya, there are many such instances. He did a similar thing against PSG in the first leg. I just think we'll go around in circles with these kind of arguments though, however hard facts and statistics are very hard to deny/argue against.

So you tell him that his argument that is based on facts is not an argument, but you where you make an absolutely subjective and baseless claim is? Allegri's sides don't score tons of goals relatively. Even though Juve are dominant in the Serie A, there are several seasons where other teams...

:tup: and their last two league campaigns

When I talk about financial advantage I am talking specifically about wage bill, Arsenal's is still significantly higher than Spurs. Now, theoretically if Arsenal keeps underachieving and not reaching the CL, while Spurs keep reaching the CL, the difference in revenues might eventually allow...

I actually meant it as a compliment that Tottenham are punching above their weight. If you want fact based analysis, here it is. Tottenham spend a lot less in wages and net transfer expenditure than Arsenal. Historically transfer spend has not been a reliable predictor for average league...

I'm not sure if we were watching the same Real in the past three seasons. :confused: First of all, for the first time in a years, Real Madrid don't go into classico's with the idea of putting players behind the ball. Secondly, Real's strength lies in their extremely efficient attack, they...

Nothing could be farther from the truth. Zidane is one of the most offensive coaches in a european football.

Ya, no thanks :D I think thats what it comes down to really. But the way I see it, we have players that are 8's for example, but they're not playing that way because of poor coaching, lack of tactics, etc. If Arsenal had a good manager that was able to get the best out of his star players...

Thats my point though, you can have a less talented squad of players end ahead of the more talented one, because the manager of the former was able to create a better team than the more talented squads manager was able to. This is what I think the case with Arsenal and Tottenham is, at Arsenal...

Underwhelming, but forza Unai I guess.

Don't get me wrong, there is no doubt that Tottenham's players have been playing much better than Arsenal's in the past couple of years at the very least, but in my opinion that is a very different thing than who the better players are. For example, I don't think Trippier is a better player...

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I think that also depends on the manager we bring in. Spurs should not be finishing ahead of us, we have better players and much more financial resources; the fact that they have been finishing ahead of us is testament mostly to Pochettino's quality as a manager that is able to extract the most...

I don't like him to be honest. He didn't do a good job with a much better team in PSG, and his league record with both PSG and Sevilla is poor. The bright side is that he's a Europa League specialist, so when he inevitably does poorly in the league, at least theres a chance we can get into...

Yes it is Rab.