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Watching the Portugal v Liechtenstein game and its turgid. Portugal are so slow at the build up they're making Liechtenstein look good. 

From what I've seen this season Celtic would be 4 or 5 up on Liechtenstein just on the speed of play. How can Martinez watch his team and think that's OK? 

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Berardi should've years ago now been placed in the Andrea Belotti category, that of a very good Serie A player but not Italy quality. Better to leave the right winger position open for constant auditions from younger players rather than have Berardi holding it down.

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1 minute ago, Crawford Bridge said:

That's not the insult you think it is. 

Pace & power > A million pointless passes. 

It’s not meant to be an insult. My point is technically they ain’t great, they have a poor coach but get results as they are fast and strong.

That alone coupled with the amount of ‘favourable’ refereeing decisions they traditionally get means I fully expect them to win a major tournament in my lifetime.

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35 minutes ago, djchapsticks said:

Anyone noticed that Adidas' own brand logo on top of the dugouts is spelt incorrectly?

 

Big bold letters. 'IMPOSSIBILE IS NOTHING' 

That's a pretty major f**k up. That would be like Nike having 'Jusut Do It' on their official branding.

Impossibile is the Italian spelling. Probably should be "Impossibile è niente" or something, but I guess Adidas wanted some kind of internationalish slogan?

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9 minutes ago, Renfrewblue said:

Watching the Portugal v Liechtenstein game and its turgid. Portugal are so slow at the build up they're making Liechtenstein look good. 

From what I've seen this season Celtic would be 4 or 5 up on Liechtenstein just on the speed of play. How can Martinez watch his team and think that's OK? 

70 seconds of the 2nd half at a faster pace and its 2-0. 

I'm off to play Fifa, I'm a stick on for the title with that insight. 😉

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1 minute ago, Grangemouth Bairn said:

It’s not meant to be an insult. My point is technically they ain’t great, they have a poor coach but get results as they are fast and strong.

That alone coupled with the amount of ‘favourable’ refereeing decisions they traditionally get means I fully expect them to win a major tournament in my lifetime.

Fair enough. 

I'm just of the opinion that the modern obsession with technical players is a bit shite. 

I like that there are still managers who recognise that there's more than one way to skin a cat. 

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1 minute ago, Crawford Bridge said:

Fair enough. 

I'm just of the opinion that the modern obsession with technical players is a bit shite. 

 

Spain and Pep's Barca are the reason for that.

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5 minutes ago, Crawford Bridge said:

That's not the insult you think it is. 

Pace & power > A million pointless passes. 

Italy and Argentina won the last Euros and world cup with possession sides. France were world cup winners then beaten finalists in the last two editions with a direct style. So neither attacking strategy is decisively on top at the moment. Both proving their merits.

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