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142 Comments
jordi(TM)
October 20, 2010
why was villa taken out> Fail.
Josep
October 20, 2010
Alves with the inch perfect tackle!
Kari
October 20, 2010
Brilliant tackle Alves.
Frustrating game for Villa.
Kari
October 20, 2010
By the by, I don’t think that he should have been taken off. He was getting closer and closer.
so we can only score the second goal when we are THAT close to the goal…
good game, we won, we were spectacular in every way except putting it in the net.
Josep
October 20, 2010
Gareth Bale has been an up and coming player since he was at Soton.
But now, he’s the real deal. If we ever sign a left sided player, I’d love him to play. He’s amazing.
A second half hat trick from the boy!
Jnice
October 20, 2010
I was about to go nuts if we won by only 1. We still have these finishing issues. Good game, though.
Eklavya
October 20, 2010
Gareth Bale holy cow!!!
Helge
October 20, 2010
Yap, he’s the true gem of the EPL. Bale >>> Rooney (I know they don’t play the same position, but still Bale is pure class and I wouldn’t say no to him – as opposed to Rooney)
Jim
October 20, 2010
We really need to look at the lack of threat in the box. For me, Alves needs to be a lot better with his crosses but to be fair there is very little to aim at. We need to have players bursting into the box from midfield. Villa was often the only option. I don’t know what he has to do to score but it’ll come. Certainly wouldn’t have taken him off. I’d have put Pedro on as well. Imo, our problem stemmed from playing two DMs at home. This left a huge pressure on Iniesta to create as neither Masch nor Busi do.
Nice to see us getting a huge slice of luck at the end. We’re about due it.
Ryan
October 20, 2010
The other two teams in our group played to a 0-0 draw; probably the best we could hope for eh? It’d be nice if the last few games of the group stage were inconsequential, then we could then give some of our starters a rest.
Jim
October 20, 2010
Hey, looks like Scottish football might be on the up. Rangers could easily have beaten Valencia. 🙂
why was villa taken out> Fail.
Alves with the inch perfect tackle!
Brilliant tackle Alves.
Frustrating game for Villa.
By the by, I don’t think that he should have been taken off. He was getting closer and closer.
It’s really psychological.
Yes I also disagree with his substitution.
Pep iis angry at Villa, and how can he not.
This sucks
he has been given 70 mins and he didnt score. he is deservedly subbed out to me. and at the end of that 70mins, he was walking around.
We have no options in the box at all now.None.
We have 0 striker in the box now :/
great xavi gets a stupid yellow
This referee has been embarassing. A booking for that? And what was the foul he called on Iniesta a minute ago?
Villa would’ve scored from Pique’s pass but Messi took it.
no it was iniesta
What’s the score guys?
6-0 including offside goals. true score 1-0
the hell
AAAAAAAAAA DAMNIT
Alves off the post! We need more of that though. Not scared to take the shot from just inside the box. If we can score those we’d have 5-6 a game.
Inter 4 Spurs 3…i wonder if they can come back!!
4-6-0. Blech
FREAKING FINALLY
MESSI FINALLY! The brace
FINALLY the walk-in goal we have been playing for…lolz!!!
FT
good lord
FT…..A win is a win
All i have to say from the Inter match is Gareth Bale!!! what a player!!!!
so we can only score the second goal when we are THAT close to the goal…
good game, we won, we were spectacular in every way except putting it in the net.
Gareth Bale has been an up and coming player since he was at Soton.
But now, he’s the real deal. If we ever sign a left sided player, I’d love him to play. He’s amazing.
A second half hat trick from the boy!
I was about to go nuts if we won by only 1. We still have these finishing issues. Good game, though.
Gareth Bale holy cow!!!
Yap, he’s the true gem of the EPL. Bale >>> Rooney (I know they don’t play the same position, but still Bale is pure class and I wouldn’t say no to him – as opposed to Rooney)
We really need to look at the lack of threat in the box. For me, Alves needs to be a lot better with his crosses but to be fair there is very little to aim at. We need to have players bursting into the box from midfield. Villa was often the only option. I don’t know what he has to do to score but it’ll come. Certainly wouldn’t have taken him off. I’d have put Pedro on as well. Imo, our problem stemmed from playing two DMs at home. This left a huge pressure on Iniesta to create as neither Masch nor Busi do.
Nice to see us getting a huge slice of luck at the end. We’re about due it.
The other two teams in our group played to a 0-0 draw; probably the best we could hope for eh? It’d be nice if the last few games of the group stage were inconsequential, then we could then give some of our starters a rest.
Hey, looks like Scottish football might be on the up. Rangers could easily have beaten Valencia. 🙂