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I'm not talking about our team. I'm talking about the other teams. Villareal had 3 shots all game, in 90 mins! They are one of the best teams in the league this season. How is that possible?

Watching this Madrid game it sparked a little thought in my head. An important one that people maybe don't consider. In this game as it stands, Villareal have been much more attacking than they were against us and they've created some decent chances too. They're essentially playing 442 against...

Except that (frankly, tiring) cliche doesn't apply here. Stats can be deceiving in the case of Xavi having 90% + completion rate and having a bad game. But that right there is anything but deceiving. It doesn't mean he's done a better job than the great man, but that is very very impressive...

They've been shite away from home all season WITH ferndandinho and Aguero so I don't buy all this fernandinho missing talk. Why are people using injury as an excuse for them anyway? You don't spend 400 million + to look clueless against Watford and Norwich after losing just 2 players. We had...

When has Atletico Madrid conceeded 10 goals in two games against the top teams in Spain this season? or heck, against any team? You have a league where the supposed top end teams are being battered 6-0, 6-3, 4-1 and the likes, I'm sorry I'm not buying it.

Err, what world class teams would those be? They have flattered to deceive all season. This is an opinion I've had since October when they were on their best run of form so this isn't revisionism or anything. Their plight in the PL is a damning indictment on how overrated the PL is (and also...

I don't think you understood my point. Bilbao (or Ajax) away weren't games you'd mark down on the calendar as THE game. The perception of those teams was never on the level of playing an Atletico or Real and so we never gave it the same amount of preparation, at least that's my understanding of...

Our best run of form and best performances came with that front 6. We need to put more trust in the Busi-Cesc-Don trio. Xavi is a God but we have to look to the future and play him less. Him playing damn near every game isn't helping his form or the team's.

Fair enough. I said before this teams flat performances this season has came in the "easier games". Tata and the team's preparation against the very best teams we faced (The Madrids) have been very good in contrast. This is perhaps a good thing in the CL but I worry about Tata not motivating the...

Yup, and when you add CL results it gets even better. The bit in bold, that's my only gripe. I'm one of the most pessimistic people I know, yet even I can see that cries for managerial and player selling is absolutely ridiculous its actually laughable at this point. I just tried to give some...

That's the rose tinted specs I'm afraid. We still create plenty of chances against teams. We just beat a team 9-2 on aggregate last week for christ sakes. Despite Soceidad playing with 5 defenders we missed 2 sitters that could have saw the game dead and buried before they got their red card. If...

Before I get to my main point, we are on a patchy run of form, that much is undeniable, Tata and the team needs to get their asses in gear before we start to go downwards at the business end like last season. I was perfectly fine with us not peaking in Jan or Feb like last season, but I hope...

To be honest, you have a very weird obsession/hatred on Tata that makes it difficult to take anything you say about him seriously, No offense. I would have made my point clearer if I wasn't SURE you have an agenda against him (and Masch), so lets just agree to disagree.

Tata is a god in the big games. He's fantastic at preparing for these ties that's why I'm not worried against city. It's his tendency to let complacency creep into the team in the easier games that i'm not comfortable with.

I'm just annoyed now that they'll realise they're very average against teams that know what they're doing. And gladly shut up shop against us instead of playing their fancy dan "all conquering open attacking football".

Nope, its worse....we have performed much better defensively than them all season, the Valencia disaster doesn't change that fact.

But yet he's preaching arrogance....or something....:neymar:

And? We declined from arguably the best team of all time. Coming from a high plateau does NOT mean you're on equal footing, get that right. I hope your manager and players are that naive ;)

Firstly, all four of those teams are incredibly hard working, organized, pressing teams, ditto Bayern last season, City are anything but that. Secondly, and more importantly, In a 2 legged CL tie, with the scores from those 4 games: 2-1, 1-0, 1-1, 0-0. I'd be fairly confident of our chances...

No this is much different, even forgetting the fact that we are much stronger, this city team is NOWHERE near Bayern's team last season. That team had conceded less than 15 goals in all competition at this point last season. City so far has conceded close to 40, they are a shambles defensively...