Euro 2016 General Discussion Thread (11 Viewers)

[Seven]

Kompany is cack.

He isn't and you know it. But, he is unreliable. He's 30 years old and has been injured for two years. All muscle strains. Whatever the cause it's probably not going to change soon. I think City might push him out this summer.

 

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[Völler]

The North remembers

Enough Game of Thrones for you.

 

[Klovn]

Enough Game of Thrones for you.

You can never get too much GoT

 

[radekas]

Remember when I said that Renato Sanches will turn out to be a 38 years old Nigerian man?

Well I was close enough

http://www.football365.com/news/renato-sanches-accused-of-lying-about-his-age

 

[DutchJuventino]

LEL

 

[lgorTudor]

cut a piece of him and count the rings

 

[Seven]

Remember when I said that Renato Sanches will turn out to be a 38 years old Nigerian man?

Well I was close enough

http://www.football365.com/news/renato-sanches-accused-of-lying-about-his-age

I don't know, but age testing is relatively cheap and easy, so if there were any doubts I'm sure Bayern would have tested him before paying millions. Very unlikely to be true imo.

 

[Zacheryah]

Kompany when fit is one of the top defenders in the world.

And even average defenders can form a really really good defensive unit with the right setup and coach.

Kompany has been insanely underperforming all his career, but its been masked cause he plays in the shitfuckfordefence league, and Belgium, who underperform more so we dont notice.



Kompany, is excellent in 1v1, excellent in duelling, excellent in aerial duels. He's controlling of space and anticipation is dogshit pathetic. He's doing it on intuition and thats truely disgusting. He sucked in Germany. He didnt at city, but there he only needs to do what he's good at. Winning headers and duels. They always get absolutely shafted against european teams.


Is that a shame ? Wel no. Chiellini actually for quite a while wasent that good at those things either. Worldclass manmarker, heading, anticipating and tackling, but not a backline controller (still not) or space controller(is now).
Put Kompany with a coach that puts a rigid tactical system. The 3-5-2 with Conte or Allegri going exceptionally ballsdeep strickt on positionning and instructions. He's definatly capable to adapt to it, and become a MUCH better player.


Belgium wont buy it, but Kompany wasted his potential in the EPL. He could have been so much better.



Also, i'm so, SO, looking forward to Conte physically abusing hazard to make him chase his fullback . he wont be able to carry a purse on the field anymore

 

[Ocelot]

I don't know, but age testing is relatively cheap and easy, so if there were any doubts I'm sure Bayern would have tested him before paying millions. Very unlikely to be true imo.

Is it really that easy? I don't know anything about the biology of it, just hearing about problems determining the age of a person all the time - Falcao or Martins for example were also never tested?

 

[Seven]

Is it really that easy? I don't know anything about the biology of it, just hearing about problems determining the age of a person all the time - Falcao or Martins for example were also never tested?

We do it on millions of refugees so I don't think it's all that expensive. It's some sort of bone scan.

 

[zizinho]

That's awesome by Ronaldo tbh

Great leadership

 

[Ocelot]

Kompany has been insanely underperforming all his career, but its been masked cause he plays in the shitfuckfordefence league, and Belgium, who underperform more so we dont notice.



Kompany, is excellent in 1v1, excellent in duelling, excellent in aerial duels. He's controlling of space and anticipation is dogshit pathetic. He's doing it on intuition and thats truely disgusting. He sucked in Germany. He didnt at city, but there he only needs to do what he's good at. Winning headers and duels. They always get absolutely shafted against european teams.


Is that a shame ? Wel no. Chiellini actually for quite a while wasent that good at those things either. Worldclass manmarker, heading, anticipating and tackling, but not a backline controller (still not) or space controller(is now).
Put Kompany with a coach that puts a rigid tactical system. The 3-5-2 with Conte or Allegri going exceptionally ballsdeep strickt on positionning and instructions. He's definatly capable to adapt to it, and become a MUCH better player.


Belgium wont buy it, but Kompany wasted his potential in the EPL. He could have been so much better.



Also, i'm so, SO, looking forward to Conte physically abusing hazard to make him chase his fullback . he wont be able to carry a purse on the field anymore

Hmmm, I guess we gotta agree to disagree here, in my opinion Kompany is not only really good at 1 vs 1, but also quite decent at positioning - though that's certainly not what his strengths are. Only problems are his occasional fuck-ups, as well as incosistencies relating to his many injuries.

But the bolded part is the key here, it's virtually impossible for a defender on his own to "control space" as you put it, the coach and his system are hugely important here.

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We do it on millions of refugees so I don't think it's all that expensive. It's some sort of bone scan.

And how precise is it? Was actually going to mention the refugee example as well

 

[Seven]

Hmmm, I guess we gotta agree to disagree here, in my opinion Kompany is not only really good at 1 vs 1, but also quite decent at positioning - though that's certainly not what his strengths are. Only problems are his occasional fuck-ups, as well as incosistencies relating to his many injuries.

But the bolded part is the key here, it's virtually impossible for a defender on his own to "control space" as you put it, the coach and his system are hugely important here.

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And how precise is it? Was actually going to mention the refugee example as well

I honestly wouldn't know, but I hope it's rather precise because it affects millions.

 

[Zacheryah]

Hmmm, I guess we gotta agree to disagree here, in my opinion Kompany is not only really good at 1 vs 1, but also quite decent at positioning - though that's certainly not what his strengths are. Only problems are his occasional fuck-ups, as well as incosistencies relating to his many injuries.

But the bolded part is the key here, it's virtually impossible for a defender on his own to "control space" as you put it, the coach and his system are hugely important here.

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And how precise is it? Was actually going to mention the refugee example as well

Defenders user to be quite good at it untill a decade ago.


At Belgium, we often see Kompany beasting the 1v1's. But the controll of space is ever so often horrendous

 

[lgorTudor]

And how precise is it? Was actually going to mention the refugee example as well

From what I read it gets less accurate with age. Like it won't be able to tell if you are 35 or 40 but it can distinguish 16 and 18, 18 and 23 even more.

oh and discussion should be close after watching this video

 

[Fred]

cut a piece of him and count the rings

 

[JuveJay]

For the rest of the tournament:

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad,
Tros ryddid collasant eu gwaed.

Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad,
Tra môr yn fur
I'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Is your keyboard broken, Jay?

 

[DAiDEViL]

hold on, let me get Jamie Carragher to translate this.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

We'll still need a translator for Jamie Carragher, the filthy Scouse fuck