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Robben's goal was pure class, no doubt about it. That's the stuff I want to see at the WC, those moments of brilliance when the pressure is on.@V: I hear so many people say how predictable he is, yet like you say, once he gets going not that many, if anyone at all, can really stop him. I see what you mean, but as a winger, there's only so many ways to run laps around your defender, which is exactly what he does. If he can keep doing what he's been doing for years and years, being predictable, that's fine with me.
@Fred: Spot on. Once he starts running it's like the whole world turns into a blur and he can only see the damn goal, which is rather frustating sometimes. It's usually alright, simply because he can achieve quite a bit on his own, but once he's scored, he turns useless because of it.
Last night, after he scored that goal he made so many runs on his own ignoring teammates in much better positions it drove me crazy. Bayern could've completely killed the game on several occasions after his goal, but Robben felt like he had to keep going by himself. He often makes a move happen, making space for himself, so he's really the one initiating the attack, but he just takes it too far.
He does that more at Bayern than in our NT though, and I hope it stays that way. If he had that bit more vision and less selfishness, he'd be even better.
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What always surprises me though, is how many people actually only criticize Robben, surely you will agree that even though he has quite a few flaws, he's one of the most dangerous and best wingers around?
And yes, I'm biased because he's Dutch, so fook you!
Nah, even 2-0 wouldn't surprise me, it's not just the result. I expect them to dominate all 90' and play with Milan. That Roma was weak and playing with such a weak defense organization was a reflection of Spalletti's game. You can't do that England and against Manchester. But Manure was also very lucky that night, every shot went in, everything went like they wanted. It doesn't happen that often.
Lyon - Real is more interesting now, Lyon have a chance to eliminate Real imo.
Robben's goal was pure class, no doubt about it. That's the stuff I want to see at the WC, those moments of brilliance when the pressure is on.
@V: I hear so many people say how predictable he is, yet like you say, once he gets going not that many, if anyone at all, can really stop him. I see what you mean, but as a winger, there's only so many ways to run laps around your defender, which is exactly what he does. If he can keep doing what he's been doing for years and years, being predictable, that's fine with me.
@Fred: Spot on. Once he starts running it's like the whole world turns into a blur and he can only see the damn goal, which is rather frustating sometimes. It's usually alright, simply because he can achieve quite a bit on his own, but once he's scored, he turns useless because of it.
Last night, after he scored that goal he made so many runs on his own ignoring teammates in much better positions it drove me crazy. Bayern could've completely killed the game on several occasions after his goal, but Robben felt like he had to keep going by himself. He often makes a move happen, making space for himself, so he's really the one initiating the attack, but he just takes it too far.
He does that more at Bayern than in our NT though, and I hope it stays that way. If he had that bit more vision and less selfishness, he'd be even better.
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What always surprises me though, is how many people actually only criticize Robben, surely you will agree that even though he has quite a few flaws, he's one of the most dangerous and best wingers around?
And yes, I'm biased because he's Dutch, so fook you!
He is one of the most dangerous and best wingers around, theres no doubt about that at all. He is just frustrating as he can be better than he is right now if he had a little more vision, was better at decision making and was a little less selfish. Talent wise he is one of the best in the world though.
About being predictable, i don't think he is predictable at all. If anything he is really unpredictable, yes of course you always know as a defender he's going to try and dribble you, but he has variation in his dribbling, he could cut inside, he could go dribble to the byline and he's got great close ball control. As a defender, you never know how he's going to dribble you.
Wanna make it interesting :eyebrows:
Robben's goal was pure class, no doubt about it. That's the stuff I want to see at the WC, those moments of brilliance when the pressure is on.@V: I hear so many people say how predictable he is, yet like you say, once he gets going not that many, if anyone at all, can really stop him. I see what you mean, but as a winger, there's only so many ways to run laps around your defender, which is exactly what he does. If he can keep doing what he's been doing for years and years, being predictable, that's fine with me.
@Fred: Spot on. Once he starts running it's like the whole world turns into a blur and he can only see the damn goal, which is rather frustating sometimes. It's usually alright, simply because he can achieve quite a bit on his own, but once he's scored, he turns useless because of it.
Last night, after he scored that goal he made so many runs on his own ignoring teammates in much better positions it drove me crazy. Bayern could've completely killed the game on several occasions after his goal, but Robben felt like he had to keep going by himself. He often makes a move happen, making space for himself, so he's really the one initiating the attack, but he just takes it too far.
He does that more at Bayern than in our NT though, and I hope it stays that way. If he had that bit more vision and less selfishness, he'd be even better.
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What always surprises me though, is how many people actually only criticize Robben, surely you will agree that even though he has quite a few flaws, he's one of the most dangerous and best wingers around?
And yes, I'm biased because he's Dutch, so fook you!
About being predictable, i don't think he is predictable at all. If anything he is really unpredictable, yes of course you always know as a defender he's going to try and dribble you, but he has variation in his dribbling, he could cut inside, he could go dribble to the byline and he's got great close ball control. As a defender, you never know how he's going to dribble you.
Milan will win 