Other games

[miller0863]

Bremen watching Andre more than the game, some very strange movement off the ball, not making great angles for team mates to find him, more hiding behind opponents. Done quite a lot of walking too.

H/Tvl Boca 0-1 Fluminense

[redebreck]

Bremen watching Andre more than the game, some very strange movement off the ball, not making great angles for team mates to find him, more hiding behind opponents. Done quite a lot of walking too.

H/Tvl Boca 0-1 Fluminense

Extra time, Boca 1-2 Fluminense

Madness. Fluminense 2nd goal scorer sent off for his celebration. Boca player sent off for slapping an opponent, who went down as though he'd been shot.
Mayhem, no telling how this will finish.

[miller0863]

F/T
Boca 1-2 Flu

As a spectacle it’s been quite entertaining, not like any domestic game you will ever see in Europe.

Three excellent goals, two insane red cards and numerous challenges bordering on assault pretty much ignored by the officials.

The second yellow for the winning goal scorer John Kennedy, was particularly ridiculous, having made himself the hero or Rio with an absolute belter, he ran the full length of the pitch, off the pitch, up the steps and threw himself into the arms of the screaming Fluminense fans.

He then looked genuinely shocked at being given a second yellow.
Mad.

As for Andre … meh. In this showing he wouldn’t be any more affective than Endo.

Not only his poor off the ball movement I mentioned earlier, he lacks the athleticism and physical presence required in the Prem. He jogged and walked his way through the whole 120 minutes, you won’t get away with that under Klopp.

Not for me thanks.

[Kev0909]

So you can judge him off one game?

Jeeze if we did that with Nunez he'd be the worst striker in the prem in a couple of games!

[justme]

I know its 2 or so weeks away. But the game at city. we cant go in with an inside right back , tucked into the middle. we'll get slaughtered with Doku down their side. Be interested to see how we approach that game.

[Kev0909]

I know its 2 or so weeks away. But the game at city. we cant go in with an inside right back , tucked into the middle. we'll get slaughtered with Doku down their side. Be interested to see how we approach that game.

I have no hopes v city anything other than a loss will be a surprise

Luton and Bournemouth are must wins.

are back 4 will get bum'd maybe a high scoring game with us losing by 1

[teesred]

I know its 2 or so weeks away. But the game at city. we cant go in with an inside right back , tucked into the middle. we'll get slaughtered with Doku down their side. Be interested to see how we approach that game.

Aye it will be interesting to see what we start with.
I'm hopeful of something as our midfield is a world away from last season against them. We should be able to compete, our attack will give them a lot to think about.

[Kev0909]

Aye it will be interesting to see what we start with.
I'm hopeful of something as our midfield is a world away from last season against them. We should be able to compete, our attack will give them a lot to think about.

We don't even have a proper DM it's ok against teams that aren't as good as city...

[ianlfc]

We don't even have a proper DM it's ok against teams that aren't as good as city...

FFS, cheer up.

[Insidious]

Newcastle beat Arsenal.
Like I said a week or so ago. The other challengers will spanner it for themselves and give City a free run.

Can only do our best and try to enjoy the ride.

If we think of that 30-year spell we won the League once and the Champion's League twice. If we think of it as there being two "Elite" trophies per season then in that 30-year spell we won on 3 occasions and fell short on 57 - but there are still some absolutely fabulous memories in there.

On a positive note about the weekend's results, if both ourselves and Villa win our respective games then the top five open up a little gap on the other 15 teams in the Division. Would be good to be part of a group that shows signs of pulling away from the rest - still early enough in the season but our chances of becoming a Champion's League side again look really good and we may silverware this season too.