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Neither Grimaldo or Llorente is a fullback. I hate 3/5 atb, but that’s what suits our players now? why can’t we play something like 5-3-2 def / 3-5-2 attack with Grimaldo and Llorente as wingback / wingers, Hancko+Pubill+Cuti as cbs?

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🔴⚪️ Cholo won’t learn anything out of this defeat against Athletic club (3-0). We will just deploy the same formation, even thought we dont have players suited for 4-4-2. We will begin spam crossings to nobody everytime the opponents take the lead. We will make random subs..

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..maybe something works.

The board won’t learn anything either. Another season, we have the same issues with the same positions & we bring in players that don’t fit Cholo’s plan. It is not a question of ‘can we fight for trophies?’ anymore. It's more like ‘finish 3rd this time’

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…propably never have again, but he’s finished. He has no tactics, no vision. Maybe its time at the end of the season for a certain Monaco manager to come here😳 because this Athletic defeat is just unacceptable

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Unpopular Opinion: I “knew” once Griezmann said his leaving last season that it will be the end of Cholo. For 5 or more years now his/our tactic is “let Griezmann do some brilliance and we might win” and most of
the times he did. Cholo is the greatest manager this club had and..

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3/3 🔴⚪️
I'd prefer to start hancko there for now ngl. My impression is Grimaldo has to have the entire system built around his strengths and weakness otherwise he doesn't work.

Next - Liverpool in the UCL (A)

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🔴⚪️ FT Thoughts: 1/3

A result worse than our performance, really solid first half with wasted chances, then that start to the second half just killed the game for us and we couldn't break the low block besides the one shot from Julián. I don't get why Johnny came on or why kang

[Atlético de Madrid @atletienglish]

Fulltime in Bilbao.

[Atleti Focus ❁ @AtletiFocus]

2/3
…in came out so soon (besides the yellow card). Grimaldo had one of the worst games I've seen from an atleti player in a while, couldn't get good deliveries from corners or free kicks, was a complete liability on defense with all three goals coming from his side🤦🏾

[Selección Española Masculina de Fútbol @SEFutbol]

🌅 Vimos el amanecer junto a @marcosllorente el día de la final de la #CopaMundialFIFA

⭐️⭐️ Él ya sabía cositas.

🏆 El broche no pudo ser mejor. La guinda a una brillante trayectoria con la @SEFutbol

#VamosEspaña

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Imagine not voting for this as the goal of the month 😮‍💨

Vote for Kang In’s golazo as the @LaLigaEN Best Goal of August ➡️ https://t.co/wHJE3zZLET

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pretty sure he has a kid or expecting one soon. I'd take the same approach he did. He is turning 32 next year and achieved everything a professional player would want to on the national level and wants to keep his body is top shape for the remaining years of his club career.

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🔴⚪️ Totally makes sense as he has won quite literally every trophy possible with the Spain NT. Also he's not a starter with Porro taking that spot from him. He’s not gonna get any younger and his absolute best years are more than likely behind him.

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Marcos Llorente has announced his retirement from international football.

You’re part Spanish football history, and it makes us extremely happy to be able to spend every day with you ⭐️⭐️

We’re proud of what you have accomplished. Let’s keep enjoying every minute together ❤️🤍

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He probably wants to focus more on his club career than worrying about being second fiddle to Porro for however many more times he will be called up.

I also imagine he probably wants his summers back to spend with his newly founded family. Got married a couple years ago and I'm

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..on the field. None of our forwards are suited to be wingbacks maybe other than Simeone so a 5 defender formation is not suitable.
If cholo can figure it out we can have a very good team. The glaring weakness is that we need an in form striker and Grimaldo
defensively.

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🔴⚪️ Happy with the squad overall but it's still imbalanced. Our defenders are better suited for a back 5 except we lack CB depth. Grimaldo is a wingback not a fullback and a liability defensively.

This is the strongest midfield we have had in a long time and we could really

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..dominate possession with a 3 cm formation. With Hjulmand as the anchor, barrios on the right and Baena on the left with Obed, Johnny, Koke and Mendoza as backups who should play a lot.

We also have significant striker depth and need to find a way to get at least 3 forwards

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🔴⚪️
..perform and we send him back to Juventus. I'm all in with this guy.l & I hope Cholo doesn't delay his incorporation too much. If he's ready, we need him, so I'm hoping for the same treatment Lookman had, throw him right to the starting XI. Exciting times ahead

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🔴⚪️ | Man, I'm aware I tend to be over optimistic with most players that we sign, but I'm actually very happy with the J.David operation. If we had signed him it could be a bet... but with this model they're giving us a "free trial".

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🔴⚪️ He only had one bad season (Last one in Italy) but the previous 3 were absolutely top notch. If he recovers his form, signing him for €25m next year could end up being an absolute bargain (Given the current market prices) and the worst that can happen is that he doesn't…

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