| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:13 - Sep 15 with 12554 views | tomdickharry |
1 down awful defending,more of that on Thursday will do. |  | |  |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:26 - Sep 15 with 12494 views | Uxbridge |
2 now. Dodgy at back. Tough but beatable. |  |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:27 - Sep 15 with 12478 views | tomdickharry |
2 down now is this their reserve team? | | | |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:30 - Sep 15 with 12464 views | Uxbridge |
Changes but pretty strong. | |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:34 - Sep 15 with 12443 views | Uxbridge |
three. They are shocking at the back! | |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:34 - Sep 15 with 12435 views | lidojack |
They're getting absolutely battered |  | | |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:35 - Sep 15 with 12428 views | PureRockFury |
Official update: Getting their arse handed to them on a plate. |  |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:36 - Sep 15 with 12421 views | exiledclaseboy |
All of a sudden I've been hit with a wave of (possibly misplaced) optimism for Thursday whereas previously I'd considered defeat inevitable. |  |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:39 - Sep 15 with 12393 views | Uxbridge |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:36 - Sep 15 by exiledclaseboy |
All of a sudden I've been hit with a wave of (possibly misplaced) optimism for Thursday whereas previously I'd considered defeat inevitable. |
Always thought we had a shout. We're not favourites by any means but they're defo beatable. | |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:48 - Sep 15 with 12341 views | PureRockFury |
*Michael Laudrup heads to the fridge to get an ice-cold Tuborg with a spring in his step* | |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:53 - Sep 15 with 12308 views | Senhin |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:36 - Sep 15 by exiledclaseboy |
All of a sudden I've been hit with a wave of (possibly misplaced) optimism for Thursday whereas previously I'd considered defeat inevitable. |
Why would you think defeat inevitable? They're the strongest we'll have played in Europe, and the better in our group, but they aren't that great. I don't think they are on par with Man U, City, Chelski, Arsenal, Spurs or even Liverpool... We don#t consider defeat to them inevitable. I always assumed they were probably around Everton quality. |  |
| Did you see that ludicrous display last night? |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:00 - Sep 15 with 12265 views | exiledclaseboy |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:53 - Sep 15 by Senhin |
Why would you think defeat inevitable? They're the strongest we'll have played in Europe, and the better in our group, but they aren't that great. I don't think they are on par with Man U, City, Chelski, Arsenal, Spurs or even Liverpool... We don#t consider defeat to them inevitable. I always assumed they were probably around Everton quality. |
Because I'm a natural born pessimist in the main. | |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:01 - Sep 15 with 12249 views | Darran |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 20:53 - Sep 15 by Senhin |
Why would you think defeat inevitable? They're the strongest we'll have played in Europe, and the better in our group, but they aren't that great. I don't think they are on par with Man U, City, Chelski, Arsenal, Spurs or even Liverpool... We don#t consider defeat to them inevitable. I always assumed they were probably around Everton quality. |
Well reading his post he obviously didn't know much about them until tonight,what do you think Rabbit? |  |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:02 - Sep 15 with 12232 views | Neath_Jack |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:00 - Sep 15 by exiledclaseboy |
Because I'm a natural born pessimist in the main. |
I prefer to call it, a good old fashioned Swansea City fan myself, basically the same animal. |  |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:04 - Sep 15 with 12216 views | exiledclaseboy |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:02 - Sep 15 by Neath_Jack |
I prefer to call it, a good old fashioned Swansea City fan myself, basically the same animal. |
Well quite. 30 years of watching us mostly lose does that to a man. | |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:08 - Sep 15 with 12178 views | Uxbridge |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:04 - Sep 15 by exiledclaseboy |
Well quite. 30 years of watching us mostly lose does that to a man. |
Aye but we've usually specialised in losing games we shouldn't have. | |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:09 - Sep 15 with 12170 views | Uxbridge |
Almost 4 a couple of times. Our wingers could have a lot of joy here. | |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:11 - Sep 15 with 12150 views | skippyjack |
Take away the top 3.. Spanish teams are very inconsistent.. Valencia are not as good as they were a few years ago.. still don't write them off though or us off. Plus Betis are a good side |  |
| The awkward moment when a Welsh Club become the Champions of England.. shh
The Swansea Way.. To upset the odds. | | Poll: | Best Swans Player |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:25 - Sep 15 with 12076 views | Uxbridge |
valencia goal from set piece. do have some threat going forward. | |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:47 - Sep 15 with 11987 views | PureRockFury |
We've seen more of Valencia as an attacking force in the 2nd half, but even so, Betis dealt with most of it quite easily, and Valencia still look sh*t at the back.
I'm not reading too much into this for Thursday, but the pressure will be on them massively when they face little 'ol Swansea; hopefully we can use that to our advantage. | |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:49 - Sep 15 with 11966 views | Uxbridge |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:47 - Sep 15 by PureRockFury |
We've seen more of Valencia as an attacking force in the 2nd half, but even so, Betis dealt with most of it quite easily, and Valencia still look sh*t at the back.
I'm not reading too much into this for Thursday, but the pressure will be on them massively when they face little 'ol Swansea; hopefully we can use that to our advantage. |
Wise words. Still got our hands full out there. | |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 01:38 - Sep 16 with 11641 views | Plasticman |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 21:47 - Sep 15 by PureRockFury |
We've seen more of Valencia as an attacking force in the 2nd half, but even so, Betis dealt with most of it quite easily, and Valencia still look sh*t at the back.
I'm not reading too much into this for Thursday, but the pressure will be on them massively when they face little 'ol Swansea; hopefully we can use that to our advantage. |
I'm not sure how 'little' swansea is considered in spain, given that all the spanish players told us that swansea were becomming one of the more well-known british team there. |  |
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 02:10 - Sep 16 with 11621 views | JoeSoccerFan |
I was shocked at how bad they were in the back. I hope this isn't their reserve team.
I was convinced that #22 (LCB) Jeremy Mathieu had bet on Betis to win. He stunk so bad he was a sewage treatment plant.
#14 LB Juan Bernat doesn't like to mark dribblers closely - possibly because the Lumbering #22 Mathieu doesn't provide support. Shots from outside of the box and crosses will be available for the right wing/right back/drunken fan from the right side/etc.
DM #6 Oriol Romeu reads the game well for playing with his head up his arse. He doesn't react to the play and when he does he moves without urgency.
RCB #20 Ricardo Costa is serviceable - but surrounded by a clown troop.
RB #14 Joao Pereira gets up the line (as well as the LB - Bernat).
The GK Diego Alves may have broke his jaw blocking a shot (with his face). He doesn't move to his right well.
#9 Postingo is a dangerous sniper that moves into spaces. He needs to be neutralized and marked closely. He was better against Barcelona. #7 Jonas Goncalves should be watched carefully, too.
#10 Ever Banega is their most technical player, but he is a liability on defense. He goes down quicker than a Cardiff prostitute. He delivers low driven corners. For this reason, we need to minimize corners and deep set pieces.
Our best defense is to pressure high. The defenders don't seem skilled with their feet. They'll resort to kicking the ball down the field. Pressure, pressure, pressure. I hope Canas cleans #10 Banega's clock earlier to take him off his game. Work the ball quickly through the center of the field and find Bony working off the slow LCB Mathieu.
I really hope this wasn't their reserve team. I'm glad that we don't have to play Real Betis. The way that we play is absolutely a perfect match for the Valencia team that I saw tonight. | | | |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 09:37 - Sep 16 with 11374 views | Devz00 |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 02:10 - Sep 16 by JoeSoccerFan |
I was shocked at how bad they were in the back. I hope this isn't their reserve team.
I was convinced that #22 (LCB) Jeremy Mathieu had bet on Betis to win. He stunk so bad he was a sewage treatment plant.
#14 LB Juan Bernat doesn't like to mark dribblers closely - possibly because the Lumbering #22 Mathieu doesn't provide support. Shots from outside of the box and crosses will be available for the right wing/right back/drunken fan from the right side/etc.
DM #6 Oriol Romeu reads the game well for playing with his head up his arse. He doesn't react to the play and when he does he moves without urgency.
RCB #20 Ricardo Costa is serviceable - but surrounded by a clown troop.
RB #14 Joao Pereira gets up the line (as well as the LB - Bernat).
The GK Diego Alves may have broke his jaw blocking a shot (with his face). He doesn't move to his right well.
#9 Postingo is a dangerous sniper that moves into spaces. He needs to be neutralized and marked closely. He was better against Barcelona. #7 Jonas Goncalves should be watched carefully, too.
#10 Ever Banega is their most technical player, but he is a liability on defense. He goes down quicker than a Cardiff prostitute. He delivers low driven corners. For this reason, we need to minimize corners and deep set pieces.
Our best defense is to pressure high. The defenders don't seem skilled with their feet. They'll resort to kicking the ball down the field. Pressure, pressure, pressure. I hope Canas cleans #10 Banega's clock earlier to take him off his game. Work the ball quickly through the center of the field and find Bony working off the slow LCB Mathieu.
I really hope this wasn't their reserve team. I'm glad that we don't have to play Real Betis. The way that we play is absolutely a perfect match for the Valencia team that I saw tonight. |
I didn't see the game but most of the players played for them last season.
Diego Alves (gk)
Mathieu
Bernat (think he's midfield more than defence usually)
Ricardo Costa
Joao Pereira
All of those played in defence last season and they weren't up to much as a defensive unit.
Valencia finished 5th last season and relied heavily on goals scored. Soldado was obviously the star and he's now gone. I think he scored over 30 goals last season in the league.
In terms of goals against, they conceded the most goals in the top 6. They conceded the same and even more than some of the bottom sides - celta vigo, osasuna, granada. They all finished just above relegation but conceded less or similar to Valencia.
I enjoyed watching Valencia and didn't watch them religiously but caught the odd game here and there and followed their results. They are there for the taking, IMO. They'll probably still be a threat going forward. Benega is very good too. [Post edited 16 Sep 2013 9:48]
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| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 09:48 - Sep 16 with 11339 views | Oldjack |
| Valencia playing tonight - SS1 on 09:37 - Sep 16 by Devz00 |
I didn't see the game but most of the players played for them last season.
Diego Alves (gk)
Mathieu
Bernat (think he's midfield more than defence usually)
Ricardo Costa
Joao Pereira
All of those played in defence last season and they weren't up to much as a defensive unit.
Valencia finished 5th last season and relied heavily on goals scored. Soldado was obviously the star and he's now gone. I think he scored over 30 goals last season in the league.
In terms of goals against, they conceded the most goals in the top 6. They conceded the same and even more than some of the bottom sides - celta vigo, osasuna, granada. They all finished just above relegation but conceded less or similar to Valencia.
I enjoyed watching Valencia and didn't watch them religiously but caught the odd game here and there and followed their results. They are there for the taking, IMO. They'll probably still be a threat going forward. Benega is very good too. [Post edited 16 Sep 2013 9:48]
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5-0 was the outcome i believe ,Attack them Mike and they will fall |  |
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