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We've seem them all now... so what do we think of our opponents?


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We've played attractive, attacking football all-season and with MP's appointment, early indications are that we're continuing in the same vain but with more pressing. Aside from us though, who else plays good football that you enjoy watching? Conversely, what teams are absolute turd. Here's my opinions, FWIW;

 

 

Arsenal

 

Style: Passing, attractive football.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Fortunate enough to be blessed with both.

Physicality: 4/10

Organisation: 6/10

Attractiveness: 8/10

 

Aston Villa

 

Style: Disorganised hoofball with smatterings of passing.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Teamwork. And Benteke.

Physicality: 5/10

Organisation: 3/10

Attractiveness: 5/10

 

Chelsea

 

Style: Attacking, over-organised football with players typically confused by Benitez's ****wittery.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Teamwork.

Physicality: 6/10

Organisation: 6/10

Attractiveness: 7/10

 

Everton

 

Style: Attacking, direct physical football.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Teamwork with a dash of Fellaini and Baines.

Physicality: 8/10

Organisation: 9/10

Attractiveness: 7/10

 

Fulham

 

Style: Passing, open football with an emphasis on using wingers.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Teamwork.

Physicality: 6/10

Organisation: 6/10

Attractiveness: 7/10

 

Liverpool

 

Style: Tika-taka or "give it to Suarez".

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Teamwork mainly, but there is a tendency to rely heavily on Suarez.

Physicality: 6/10

Organisation: 8/10

Attractiveness: 6/10

 

Man City

 

Style: Disorganised, throw 11 players together and hope it works. Individual brilliance carries them through most days but if someone with a 1/100 of nous was in Mancini's position, they'd have had the title wrapped up already. Despite the stars they've got, I found them utterly boring to watch.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: No pattern of play, it's almost entirely individual brilliance that sees them through.

Physicality: 8/10

Organisation: 3/10

Attractiveness: 5/10

 

Man Utd

 

Style: Attacking, pressing football. Can switch from passing to direct comfortably.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Teamwork, but have enough good players to change a game.

Physicality: 7/10

Organisation: 8/10

Attractiveness: 7/10

 

QPR

 

Style: "Throw a smorgasbord (no, sorry, family-sized platter) of mercenaries together and hopefully we'll be ok".

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Teamwork, but have enough good players to change a game.

Physicality: 8/10

Organisation: 3/10

Attractiveness: 3/10

 

Reading

 

Style: Irritating, counter-attacking smash 'n' grab with a lot of heart and guts.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Teamwork.

Physicality: 6/10

Organisation: 7/10

Attractiveness: 7/10

 

Stoke City

 

Style: Direct, physical approach in attempt to cower the opposition. That, and wingplay, depending on the team. When they want to keep it tight, they go with 3/4 centrebacks, 3/4 central midfielders in a 4-4-2. Against "lesser sides", fullbacks and wingers are utilised.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Teamwork.

Physicality: 9/10

Organisation: 9/10

Attractiveness: 6/10

 

Sunderland

 

Style: Mixed style, though have a reliance of Sessengon and Fletcher.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Teamwork.

Physicality: 8/10

Organisation: 7/10

Attractiveness: 5/10

 

Swansea

 

Style: Not so much tika-taka anymore but a balanced, passing approach. Laudrup has made them a far more solid outfit. Less fannying around, more penetrative.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Teamwork.

Physicality: 6/10

Organisation: 7/10

Attractiveness: 8/10

 

Spurs

 

Style: Still can't work them out. Pleased AVB's having a good season but for me he's got a touch of Mancini about him, relying on his talisman(s) to pull the team through. I can't see any real pattern of play.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Gareth Bale, then a good serving of teamwork to go alongside it.

Physicality: 6/10

Organisation: 7/10

Attractiveness: 7/10

 

WBA

 

Style: Mixed, with pressing, defending from the front.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Teamwork.

Physicality: 8/10

Organisation: 7/10

Attractiveness: 7/10

 

WHU

 

Style: A predominantly direct style with smatterings of passing. Jarvis has added an extra dimension/width.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Teamwork.

Physicality: 8/10

Organisation: 8/10

Attractiveness: 6/10

 

Wigan

 

Style: There seems to be a long-held myth that they're a great passing team. I'm not totally convinced... more likely a mixed style, depending on the opposition.

Team Work or Individual Brilliance: Teamwork.

Physicality: 7/10

Organisation: 5/10

Attractiveness: 7/10

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Good summary, but I don't agree that Reading, West Ham and Stoke would have a higher attractiveness than Swansea. Far from it in my book.

 

Agree. Reading aren't much more attractive than QPR. and hoof ball Stoke aren't much better either. West Ham can have there moments.

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Agree. Reading aren't much more attractive than QPR. and hoof ball Stoke aren't much better either. West Ham can have there moments.

 

Lmfao, I didn't mean to put 5!!!!! Whoops, sorry about that but ta for pointing it out! Haha, whilst I was copy/pasting the the categories I left the five in!! I meant to put 8, will change now!

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