jones wrote:Nah it's been a lot longer than two months. He hasn't always been consistent but his purple patch has been a good bit longer than that, does a lot of donkey work for them so Griezmann can shine
Don't watch Atletico often but when I do, it seems Griezmann does a lot of donkey work himself as well as all the brilliant stuff.
Klaus wrote:jones wrote:He's been great for them this season
He hasn't been great by any stretch of imagination. He had scored two goals by February.
He didn't score today either but bar the missed penalty he's been very good too imo.
Simeone beating the 4th official up 
Love the man
Coman has been shite since he came in. Really, really bad.
Did Simeone just shove/smack the 4th official on the shoulder? the look on the official's face!
Mirth wrote:jones wrote:Younger than Wilshere and plays like he's about 30
Didn't recall that actually, just remembered that he was born in 92 and in that case he's most likely younger than Jack
Correa has been in and out of the picture, to be expected given his age and Atlético's season
Ooooo!!
That was brilliant.
Get in!
Fuck yes
Fuck off Bayern
oh yeaahhhh, upset city!
jones wrote:Klaus wrote:He hasn't been great by any stretch of imagination. He had scored two goals by February.
He didn't score today either but bar the missed penalty he's been very good too imo.
He's a less impressive version of Giroud basically (and with a longer goal drought this season to boot). It's alright for a squaddie but considering who he is and who he plays for you'd expect a lot more. It's sad to see Atletico trying to build him up based on past merits from nearly a decade ago.
Great game. Another CL final for Atletico and still pushing Barca all the way in La Liga, amazing how they've been punching above their weight over the last 3 years.
He works hard. Very hard for the team.
Brilliant from Atletico. Well done!
I don't think Torres looks much better than average myself. Only gets away with it at Atletico, in my view, because he can run and chase and that's enough. He doesn't look like a good striker or dangerous goal scorer these days at all.
Torres was never the best technically. Stood out compared to his Spanish teammates even when he was one of the best strikers around.
Good stuff. Delighted for that twat Guardiola.
So what do we make of Pep's tenure at Bayern then? Pretty unspectacular in my opinion. Most impressive thing is how well he's managed to enforce his brand of football at another club.
Alaba was really poor for Griezmann's goal btw. If he goes with Griezmann there's no real chance. Poor, poor decision.
Griezmann will do good things this summer. Wonder if he'll be on the move after that?
I'm lost for words when it comes to Simeone.
Atletico/Leicester, what utter triumphs these two teams are. Just when you think their luck is about to come to and end they keep at it and win.
Glad Atletico went through
Now for city to get there
otfgoon wrote:So what do we make of Pep's tenure at Bayern then? Pretty unspectacular in my opinion. Most impressive thing is how well he's managed to enforce his brand of football at another club.
He's a great coach and Bayern are a real sight to behold most of the time, but he couldn't beat the very best when it mattered and I suspect the same would have happened at Barcelona had he not has the best player that's ever played the game for 60 gmaes every season that he was there.
He's going to make City a serious team though, levels above what they are now. Whether he can go a step further with them than he has managed with Bayern probably depends on who they can sign relative to the Spanish giants.
I love how Atletico played Bayern and Barca in the knockout rounds and yet PSV were their toughest opponents en route to the final.
