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Atletico now 3rd! Well it was good while it lasted folks! Status quo returned:/
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Doubt weāll even finish 4thā¦ extremely difficult at this point and with this manager.
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I got to say I agree with you. Think we will be caught too. Valencia and real Sociedad have more firepower in attack than us. I think we will be 6th.
We need to sign a top striker urgently and improve our form at home. Iām hoping for toP 4 but donāt expect it either
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Atletico go up third after beating Levante, we couldāve dropped to fifth if Sociedad had not fked up at home versus Villarreal. Maybe Villarreal are better on the road?
Nevertheless with Valencia getting back on the track the competition for the European places will come down to the final weeks. We may have built a solid foundation for the first half of the season but the lack of firepower will bite us unless we get some decent reinforcements. With Atletico having one of their weaker squads in the past decade and Valencia in turmoil we should have taken full advantage but this has not been the case.
Lope may get some results on the road but his home record is really poor, other teams use home advantage to batter the opposition but we are flat and usually concede first. This is my main reservation towards him and if this becomes a trend for this season we need a better manager too.
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This could see us in a bad way if our shitty Jan and Feb runs of old poke through this year.
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Spanish Super Copa final with no domestic trophy winnersā¦joy!
Also, I saw Betis got Alena from Barca. Thoughts on that?
Valverde sacked. Quique SetiĆ©n appointed. Itās a definite gamble, but SetiĆ©n being so ballsy might work for them during away matches. He has the world class talent to make his plan work this time around. But for the CL, Iām not so sure. Might get found out.
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ATM goes down at Eibar!
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Yep, a surprise result that one. Eibar beat us early in season and now took the scalp of Atletico. Itās good news for us. We can still fight for top 3. Today made it clear itās a 2 horse race for the title between the 2 giants.
Valencia getting thrashed at Mallorca. Great news for us! Another surprise result. If Betis can stop Sociedad later, it will be a good set of results for us and our loss wonāt be so damaging.
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Iām afraid that betis are now hitting some form. Can see them closing the gap if we donāt get back on it. But good results for us in terms of the teams around. Our next 3 games, Iād be disappointed if we dont come away with 9 points. Even though granada will be up for it.
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Itās an important run of games. If we can bounce back well with 9 points from 9, we will be pole position for top 4. Letās hope the team can respond!
I agree though that Betis could mount a challenge as they are one of the form teams and much better than they were when we beat them!
Credits to Eibar but for me Atletico have sort of lost the āitā factor that made them so fearsome in the past. Godin was basically a projection of Simeone on the field, the integral psychological leader and for 2-3 years arguably the top defender in the game, letting him and Juanfran as well as Felipe Luis leave is akin to starting from scratch. Letting Griezmann go was inevitable but putting the pressure of the world on a 19 year old Joao Felix is asking too much; even Messi and Ronaldo had mature leaders around him to take up the burden when they couldnāt step up at that age. Add in the sub-standard signings Morata and Lemar or the ones who were signed and donāt play in Herrera and Llorente you get a poor manās version of the Atleticoās of the past. Simeone may get fed up and leave in a season or two if their current course continues.
Which makes we wonder why the heck could we not win them even in their current state? This is an ideal season to challenge or even take their mantle as top 3rd or 4th team in Spain.
Looks straightforward on paper but with our form and Lopeās wonky tactics at home you never know. How we perform the next 3 home games will affect how the fans rate him as a manager.
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I agree. Itās a great chance to maybe finish 3rd this season. Too often though when we get these chances we blow it. I hope we can do it and go on a winning run as this squad has a lot of potential. A big month coming up for Lopetegui to earn his stripes.
Damn Valencia getting demolished by Mallorca.
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I have to say we used all our potion of liquid luck today! All our rivals slipped up today. Great day for us! 
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Good call out on ATM. They have been very boring this year. Would ATMās brass ever think of moving on from Simeone? I mean personally, they would be fucking stupid to do such, but big teams in La Liga do really stupid managerial moves often.
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It feels like itās gone a bit stale. Heās very reluctant to change from that rigid 4-4-2. But maybe the stability is something they donāt mind either.
Simeoneās teams have become pretty monotone in the past few seasons. It was most exciting when Kun and Falcao were there to work their magic. Once Greizmann got there things became direct and anti-football. Theyāve led to the downfall of a fair number of handicaps as they would score 1 goal then shut up shop for the rest of the game.
At Madrid make some pretty head-scratching moves every now and then, but as long as Simeone gives them a top four finish and Champions League football I think theyāre fine, itās just they cannot realistically challenge for any major honors bar the Europa League. If Simeone does leave Iād welcome him with open arms.