-the annual "welkome to hell!!!!" post-

 

Arda on the bench? :eekani: And Diego?

 

Adrián's got 3 goals and 4 assists in five games so far. Arda is lacking match fitness, Diego haven't played a competetive game since May, only trained on his own since Wolfsburg wanted to get rid off him. Read the first post, lazy American's..:nono:

Thank you, Hero of Cunton..are Valencia's fans turning into Galatasaray's now?

 

Arda is lacking match fitness, Diego haven't played a competetive game since May, only trained on his own since Wolfsburg wanted to get rid off him. Read the first post, lazy American's..:nono:

I already knew all that p

So... it will be Reyes, Falcao, and Adrian up front?

I don't care how many stats Adrian has, he's shit. Note, no goals and no assists against La Liga teams this season

 

He can be "shit" as long as he wins this game against Valencia. That's all that matters.

 

And if he's shit and (most likely ) loses?

 

There's probably going to be plenty of errors, terrible defending, strikers scoring own goals, and whatnot.

Can't wait. p

 

That won't happen. Adrián is Bota D'Oro, ask Friki.

 

U-21 tourney. Big deal :rollani: p

 

WELCOME TO HELL YOU FUCKING CUNTS, NOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE YOU FACE CHINATOWN ONCE AGAIN

 

Nah, they got Elmander :yuck: Ujfalusi :yuck: :yuck: and Eboue :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: now.

And those two studs Felipe Melo and Albert Riera

 

eboue is freakin legend roud:

 

I agree with the Valencia fan girls, Adrian is garbage. Arda and Diego, even if not in match fitness, are better choices.

You just cannot expect an Atleti coach to stay out of his own way though.

 

Confirmed line-up.

Courtois
Sílvio - Miranda - Domínguez (C) - Filipe Luís
Tiago - Mario - Gabi
Reyes - Falcão - Adrián

Miranda is the only surprise.​

 

Courtois might turn out to be the best signing of the season.

 

Indeed, he's looked very good.

 

Dominguez has been pretty bad today and completely over run by Soldado.

 

Arda Turan comes in for Adrian.

 

We are playing better after switching to 4-2-3-1.

 

Full time 1-0. Diego and Turan looked promising. I don't think Falcao touched the ball today.

 

That Silvio dude really can not deliver one good cross in. You looked better once Diego and Turan came in (he really should've passed to Falcao on that chance though) but still you were a bit clueless out there. Reyes was your man of the match once again and a tie perhaps would have been a fairer result since Valencia didn't do much either.

 

We had a penalty denied and a goal that was not called for the ref not knowing the offside rule. Overall, nothing special but I can say that we were slightly better and that was shown in the defence. Atletico never had the chances we had

 

What penalty denied? Atletico had a legit penalty call disallowed when Rami brought down Diego. Agreed on that offside call though.

 

If the Soldado call was a penalty, then the Falcao one was too, not to mention the Diego incident.

 

Handball on Dominguez, quite clear and obvious handball which should have been a penalty.

 

The one the left side? Jesus christ, he can't cut off his arms. No unatural movement with his arm which is neccessary to be able to call a penalty.

..and Piatti, for gods sake, he's diving even more now than he did at Almería and Estudiantes. Tonight was a disgrace.

 

Oh... meh. If you were an Atleti fan you wouldn't say that p

 

As far as I know, by strecting up your hands over your head when a player is crossing a ball ain't really a natural position for the arms to be in, easily a penalty

 

If Miguel was standing in front of me and about to cross the ball in my direction, I'd probably throw my arms up in self-defense too

 

Anyway, I can now mock zoric by this:

Victor Ruiz > Alvaro Dominguez, no matter what Luis Milla thinks

 

First 15 minutes were good, composed and disciplined. Then the players started losing the ball on a regular basis; couldn't keep it to save their lives until there was 30 minutes left of the game. The space between the lines was too big and it had to be corrected, Valencia were better in the first half and deserved to be ahead when Soldado scored the opening goal. However, it could've easily been avoided if they were just paying a bit more attention and kept an eye on him inside the penalty area. Tough to debut on Mestalla for Miranda who did allright but he clearly needs to be a lot more ruthless, like in the last 30 minutes when he kept winning possession. The midfield trio were good for 15 minutes today and I really don't know why Manzano keeps playing Mario because he doesn't add anything we haven't already got; if you can keep the ball, then there's no need for "steel" in midfield which was clearly shown with the entrance of Diego and Arda. Both of them played really well and we should've scored a few times from the halfchances that never became 100% chances.

The problem was the final ball. Arda, Diego, Sílvio, Reyes and others kept going past their defenders but the delivery was beyond horrendous at times. The difference could be seen when Sílvio put in that cross in the second half from which Gabi should've scored. Atlético should've picked up points tonight but didn't because the finishing wasn't good enough and the final ball was lacking in crucial situations. Arda and Diego will start the next game, I'm positive we played so much better with them on the pitch. I love the way Arda goes past his opponents on the wing and then makes them fall onto their ass, he does that everytime Turkey plays Diego looked very confident and good out there, not quite 100% especially in terms of sprinting yet but he'll come good. Falcao didn't have any delivery today and I've said it before, we haven't got a striker who can do it on his own anymore. Courtois did well, as expected really. The big dissapointment was Filipe Luís who didn't go forward at all.

Overall though we can't expect better for now, there's been many signings in the summer so this team is a work in progress.

 

I'm positive we played so much better with them on the pitch. I love the way Arda goes past his opponents on the wing and then makes them fall onto their ass, he does that everytime Turkey plays

He always does that EPL would've probably been a better adress for him, where he could've stood out more. Anyway, it's clear that both Diego and Arda need to play from the beginning, so they can work their magic in peace.