The Predator

 

Bwah!

 

pepe has pressured RM for a pay increase so i think he's better in this economy thing. gets my vote

 

They would slide tackle the game, studs up.

 

When Pepe plays Monopoly, it affects real world economy, so he tries not to do it anymore since 2007.

 

When you play Monopoly with Pepe, you do not pass go, and you do not collect two hundred dollars. You will be lucky if you make it out alive.

 

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Looks like Mourinho undertood Pepe at the central defence is too much of a risk.

On the midfield where his mistakes if\when he makes them are not as crusial and game changing as they are when it's done inside\just outside the box and he's the last man of the defence.

Just finished watching the games replay and even tho the ref was letting the game go too rough, Pepe was playing great.. that position is much more suited for him then CB where like I said it all along - with his risk taking mentality and his tendency to rely on his athletic ability too much and go really hard into 50/50 tackles it's just too much of a risk to have him play there cause he can destroy the game alot easier then in the midfield, and it looks like Mourinho agrees.

I'm still willing to bet he's gonna get sent off atleast once in those 3 remaining games between us.. not all refs let the game go as rough and physical as it was yesterday.

The fact that Pepe played in midfield yesterday doesn't mean that Mourinho doesn't trust him as a CB.

 

Mascherano gets my vote in every game he plays.

 

Looks like Mourinho undertood Pepe at the central defence is too much of a risk.

On the midfield where his mistakes if\when he makes them are not as crusial and game changing as they are when it's done inside\just outside the box and he's the last man of the defence.

Just finished watching the games replay and even tho the ref was letting the game go too rough, Pepe was playing great.. that position is much more suited for him then CB where like I said it all along - with his risk taking mentality and his tendency to rely on his athletic ability too much and go really hard into 50/50 tackles it's just too much of a risk to have him play there cause he can destroy the game alot easier then in the midfield, and it looks like Mourinho agrees.

I'm still willing to bet he's gonna get sent off atleast once in those 3 remaining games between us.. not all refs let the game go as rough and physical as it was yesterday.

 

Looks like Mourinho undertood Pepe at the central defence is too much of a risk.

Wow dude, you just won't let that go, will you? Just accept you were wrong.

Pepe has had masterful performances against Barca as a CB, this had nothing to do with Mourinho "not trusting" him at CB, the guy's natural position!

Sometimes you make great points, but sometimes you're just wrong and refuse to accept it even after the egg is on your face.

 

I think in the European games, the ref won't be so lenient with his reckless tackles. Yellow card early on, and his game disappears.

 

It means he prefers Pepe to play in the midfield cause he's more usefull and less of a threat to his own team when he plays there, which is exactly what I was saying a while back when Josh took it kinda personal :righton:

I never said he's a bad player before anyone puts words in my mouth - he was the best player in the pitch yesterday and his qualitys are well known, but he's a risk taker and way too aggressive to be reliable as the last man of the defence in a game like this.. it's like a ticking time-bomb when he plays there, cause fouls and interceptions he makes in the midfield might get him a yellow and a free kick from 35 meters, when he does that(and he does) next the box it results in reds and PKs - not to mention possibly collapsing the team pressure you're doing when he decide to challenge a player whos not his responceability and misses - which is alot more crucial in those "Chess-like" type of matchs.

He might have a "perfect game" like the one in the Camp Nou that i'm sure Joshua can't wait to tell me about, but thats more the exception - not the rule.

You Madrid fans love him blindly that some of you guys can't admit it, but ask anyone else and you'll get similar answers(nothing personal against you obviously, just in general your forum), and I think Mourinho decision last night is a final mark on issue.

The midfield is a much better place for him in importent tactical matchs when everythings on the line.

 

It means he prefers Pepe to play in the midfield cause he's more usefull and less of a threat to his own team when he plays there, which is exactly what I was saying a while back when Josh took it kinda personal :righton:

No. It just means that Mourinho preferred Pepe to play in the midfield in this game against the best midfielders on earth because he's the right one to kick their asses. Do you really think Mourinho trusts Albiol more in the CB position than Pepe? He's still our starting CB.

 

Wrong with what? i've never said a thing about Pepe not being a fantastic player in terms of his abilitys, I was talking strictly about his position and the fact in his position can't really be trusted in games that matter, that while he does have a great ability, his risk-taking mentality is something you don't want from your CBs in such games.

Maybe saying Mourinho placed him at the midfield purely cause he doesn't trust him is wrong - I admit to that, cause i'm sure he does trust him more then anyone else in your defence other then Carvalho.

But i'm sure Pepe being who he is and playing the way he is sure was a part of the decision to place him on the midfield, where like I said his fearless and direct intterceptions will profit the game alot more then they will in the defence, where like I said if he does miss here and there it's crusial as he's the last man in the defensive line.

Still don't get how the egg got in my face? what has Pepe prooved me wrong in regard to what I said?(honestly asking that)

Anyways it comes out like i'm saying Pepe sucks or whatnot, and thats not true, just wanted to clearify that.... playing in the midfield where he could play exactly his gamestyle - rushing to players tackling them to take the ball using his athletisizem and strength fearlessly while reading the plays and making his move before it even happens.

That type of game in the midfield is alot more usefull, as when he does miss the occasional tackle, or when he arrives a bit too early or too late - he still got the defence behind him and his midfield teamates to cover him.. while when he does that while being the heart of the defence(and he does), he leaves it wide open and incase he does miss it's a real threat to become a goal against his team.

 

Pepe is an eeejjjjiiittt though you are right Stanko

 

Good Move Mourinho,

Resembles the Great Cambiasso.

 

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I don't think so Stanko. If Mourinho could replicate Pepe he would have one in CB and another one as midfielder. No way Albiol is preferred over him. Pepe played in midfield to deactivate Xavi and Iniesta, nothing to do with him not being trusted as defender. Far, very far from it.

 

Again thats not at all what I ment, if thats what it sounded like then I corrected myself in the post above.

I'm positive he would rather have a Pepe over Albiol in CB - I know I would.

What i'm saying is Pepe being a reckless risk-taking type of defender, the one that at times can cost you big time when played on defence - made the decision to play him in midfield even easier.. as in his attributes and mentality suits the midfield where he got cover behind him alot then in the central defence.

If Mourinho does stay and he brings a CB/RB, I would be suprised to see Pepe staying at the defensive midfield role in those big importent matchs.. not that it's solely cause of that - but partly it is.

 

Pepe is not a reckless defender, his reading of the game and anticipation is what has made the heart of our defense for the past few seasons.

Other than the 2 times where he blatantly lost it, his aggressiveness has never really costs us as you suggest.