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Probably his 'mistake' season was in Rusia with Spartak. And the sacked him in the 13rd week when he was 7th just 1 point to 4th position.

Yes. But he needs a couple of defenders.

Absolutelly. With Valencia he was three consecutive years ending in fourth position. but is was 2009-2012. He was in Valencia players like Villa, Joaquin, Mata or Silva. Atletico was inn the middle of the table and Sevilla and Villarreal far. With Sevilla, in 3 and a half years, He wasn't able to finish in Top4 never. Yes... He was 3 European League, but it was his fault. And with Villarreal, last year he won EL, but ended 7º. Obviously, last games were very dificult because the team were thinking in winning Europe League. He have won 2 times Barcelona (27 matches), 3 Atletico (26 matches) and 5 Real Madrid (25 matches).

He is very tacticall. I believe he tried to play here 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 His real problem is when he plays against top teams.

Villarreal is playing tonight against Young Boys in UCL

Every day I am more convinced that Howe is the manager we should contract. He have been many years in a positiion like that. Fighting with Bournemouth in the bottom of the league and He did very well every year with a poor level squad. He is the man got prometed the team since League Two to Premier League and Keep the team 5 years in Premier. He had players as Ritchie, Fraser and Wilson in his team and got the best level of them. I am not taling about build the proyect with him as a manager, I am talking about give him the team tomorrow and starting to get points to keeping the category and in next Summer we will see, with the Money we can spend and the players we can sign, if Howe could be do good or we need another. PS: Last days in Spain press speak so much about Emery and today in the bet sites is the favourite. I think he could be a good option too. Is a very good manager (I think is problem is when he manage top top teams).

I am not sure about Fonseca. I don't know him to much, but I can tell some things about him. I think he is a coach that need time to built his team and not to get good results inmediatly. And we need to win since next match. Fonseca did very well with small teams in Portugal with 0 pressure. In his first experience, in Second Level of Portugal League, he ended the League in 3rd position with Deportivo Aves, a team that should be top5 or top6. Ok. Is good. Well done. In his second experience, he ended in third position with Paços... A team that should be fight in the bottom of the league. Veeery Well. This team was so smart. Playing defensive football, not conceding in the back and doing so well the counterattack. This performance made him to sign with Porto... And he not convince. Bad in League, Cups and Europe, he had a very good team, with Jackson, Quintero, Quaresma, James, Fernando, Danilo, Hector Herrera, Varela, Alex Sandro, Otamendi... He was eliminated in Champions in groups and was fired when he was third in League. Come back with Paços and did well. He discovered Diogo Jota this year playing the end of the season and ending in half of the table. Again, a new experience with a better team. Braga, probably the fourth of the country behind Portp, Benfica and Sporting. And he did very well. He won the half of the matches this season. He won the Cup, ended the season in 4th and QuartersFinals in Europa League. With Shakthar is not easy to evaluate because Shakthar is by far the best team in the country. In the Ukranian Championship he did very well. Three leagues and three cups in three years. But not in Europe. First year, a bad Europa League, being eliminated by Celta. Second, good performance, getting 12 points in Group Stage and later downing by Roma. Third, bad again, being 3rd in Group Stage and losing later in Europa League against Frankfurt. In Roma, he was correct in League in first year (5th, but not have a squad for more) and correct in Cups, being defeted by Juventus and Sevilla. But second he ended in 7th and the squad was for more. He had lots of personal problems with Dzeko and bad relationship with the players. I am not sure about him. He have never getting a team in the middle of the season. Not experienced in this kind of situation. He need more time to work and this team needs to win inmediatly. Hehave done very well with bad squads, and very bad with strong squads. He have played almost his all career with 4-4-2 formation, and 3-4-2-1 in Rome. And this team need to sign better defenses to play with 4 in the back.

I always have comparated Almiron with Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid player). They played similar rol in Liga Argentina. Very Good Seconds Strikers, with speedy, with good level of dribblig, but with lack of numbers of goals. When Correa arrived Atletico, he played a couple of matches in their original position, but there are a problem... This was the Griezmann Position. So, Simeone found the Right Wing the perfect position to Correa. Why? Because he understands the game. He workes a lot in defence, he helped a lot the CM and the Right Back. He didn't shine, but he was very important for the team. And all seasons ending with 7-8 goals and 7-8 assist. People hated a lot, because he lost so much balls, he tried impossible dribblings... And they didn't see the work he did for the team. Correa is one of the most skills players I have seen ever in my life when he was young. And I always thouth that he will never be the player I saw in Argentina because he adapted to European Football as another kind of player.... But last season, he played with Suarez in the attack... He was amazing. I think maybe is not too late for Almiron. He need to play near to Wilson and to the rival area. Bruce are using him as 'box to box' because he has the stamina, and he was the only player with the power to helping the defence and running a counterattack to create a chance in a few seconds. But he should shine more in a attackins system.

We have to try transfer good players ending contracts, good players in not top teams and Top Players in a very bad moment of form that could be become stars again. Frank Kessie is ending contract Belotti is ending contract Jesús Corona is ending contract (and he coul be a very good in 3-5-2 sistem Boubacar Kamara is ending contract (and he will convert in a Top player in a few years). Tarkowski, Freuler, Cantwell, Boga, Lingard, Januzaj... All of them are players that could be improve our team. All of them is ending contract. There are 3 or 4 players that will be hard to convince to play here in first term, because they are playing in top levels team. Kessie, Romagnoli, Bernardeschi and Tolisso. This 4 is ending contract too, but Bernardeschi and Tolisso are not starters in their teams and Romagnoli, Milan Captain, are lossing his starter status and in Italy are saying they want to go (Lazio). And then, there are players with a decent level that is not happy en their clubes and their clubes are searching sell them. Coutinho, Jovic, Icardi... For me, the most important thing in Winter Market is to sign a Right and Left Back and maybe a center back... Lewis, Ritchie, Krafth and Murphy doesn't have skills to play in a 4 man defence. And They have very low level to play in a 5 man defence. Atalanta is trying to sell Hateboer because they buying Maeleh and PSG want to sell Bernat Grimaldo, Bensebaini, Max, Gunter, Mazraoui are players in not top teams or teams that should sell players easily. Dodo is one of my fevourites, but probably he will be very expensive and land in a Top team soon. Dubois or Lamptey will be amazing too.

Favre, Gattuso, Rudi Garcia or Ernesto Valverde (I am not sure he speak English).

Congratulations Lads. I am very happy for you. Ashley is past.

VAR is absurd.

I have to tell you, I am watching the matches in the last season at home with my father (We always see togheter Atletico matches)... And today he has celebrated the Wilson and Murphy goals as if he was one of you and insulting the reefere in the penalty. There is a new Magpie in the City, boys.

What to say. Ritchie and Murphy can never be Starters in this team as a defenders. Krafth can never be Premier League Player... Neither Right Back or Center Back. And if you add to this a bad match for Fede and Clark... You have a totally chaos in the back. With 2-2- the match was open and can win any team.... The 'Penalty' changed everything. It is very difficult, because we are a deffensive team with a bad defense style (With Rafa we were deffensive team... But we are stones in the back. A wall). And the problem is that players like Lewis (over all) or Manquillo are not so much better than the players have play today. I hope we improve with Lascelles and Schar.

Unbelieveble that Toney and Armstrong, two of our players, have been the best strikers in last years en Championship. I mean... I don't believe in they as our starter strikers... But they had never have chances with us in the team. Specially in the Armstrong situation... Academy player, Youth England Member... It was obvious that when he developed physical aspects he would be a great player for the Premier.

Armstrong scores for Saints in 21 minutes...

I Hope Shelvey didn't step on his inhaler on the first workout

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