Just shows how exceptional our defence and Bono were the past couple of seasons. As they carried us to the position of 4th place. We look so far away from 4th place right now.
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Weāll be lucky to get mid-table the way weāre playing right now.
Agree that Almeria is already Lopeās cup final, a derby game we simply have to win with Barca after that. Weāve not done well on the road recently either so Iām not particularly confident!
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And letās be totally honest. Without Asenjoās error, we lose that game and things would be even worse. It took a mistake for us to score another lucky goal.
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I felt despite playing well first half we still didnāt look like scoring. Then in the 2nd half we went back to the boring lope ball. Like you said we got given a gift. They carved us open to score but there blunder give us the draw or we would have lost.
Itās to much huff and puff but no end product. The amount bad crosses we did wasnāt pretty to see either. Itās been a recurring problem, for ages under this system now. Things have to change fast or we will get left behind. In football you canāt stand still or it goes downhill quick.
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Yeah away form hasnāt been great for a while. Itās been a while since our last win on the road. Almeria will be bang up for it as well being a derby. They made it difficult for the mighty Real Madrid so we in for another tough test it seems. Letās hope for the best but yeah Iām not confident either.
There are promising signs but overall we go inconsistent and still revert back to that type in games. Our forwards simply arenāt good enough at the top level we crave. Monchi would be mad not to try and also get a better forward in before the transfer deadline shuts. We simply canāt rely on Mir or YEN anymore.
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It seemed all attacking ability stopped after Jordan missed that through ball to Papu.
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This is when you guys have to support Lope btw. Half of these signings came because of Lope. How much of a clown are you if after a bad start, fire the coach after just in the off season building a team along side him and repeatedly giving full trust. No way are we such an emotional club. But now we are here, we are here.
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Papu was the only one as usual who tried to do something different and Lope takes him off for a clearly lacking in match fitness Isco.
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Iscoās feet were heavier than a herd of elephants.
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Yes Mir and YEN bang average like too many of this team and Lopeās tactics.
Something has to give.
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Weāll leave that to @Rogelio 
Hoping for things to changeā¦ but weāve hoped for too long now since 2020-21. Sacking him now could be a logistical mess, but it could be too late until January as well. Itās tough to predict.
Remember that Simeone took charge of Atletico in December 2011 after Gregorio Manzano was sacked and the rest is history.
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I think he should have been sacked at the end of last season. I can understand why he was kept on securing us another 4th place finish, but we were on the slide all of the second part of the season and the problems were obvious to see. The football wasnāt good.
That has continued this season minus Kounde and Carlos who bailed him out on numerous occasions. With the exception of a quick turnaround in our fortunes, I suspect Lopeās days may be numbered.
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12 corners, plus countless crosses and not 1 player got his head to any of them. 2 shots against a very poor Valladolid, Nothing has changed since last mid season.
As much as I have defended him in the past Lope has to go.
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In 2020-21 we had a bad start and then we got a record amount of points. Letās be real he wonāt get sacked soon, unless we donāt win the next three to four games or something. And thatās the only reason in which he should be sacked soon. Sacking him this early would be a mess.
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If we drop points next week he gone after we lose yo Barcelona. Imo short rope
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Shows how much I pay attention to football these days. 
I checked out our score and was like who the hell is at Centre Back with Rekik. 
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Yeah where you been lately? You crash a train?
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Probably too busy on the picket line. 
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Watched the match on recording this morning.
First half was much better than most of recent games incl most of second half of last season, but again the lack of better goalscorer hurt the team and even against the newly promoted team who lost their first game 0-3 at home we couldnāt take the lead. Lamela performed well with effective creative play and his usual tenacity in winning the ball back for the team.
Second half Valladolid regrouped while Seviila seemed to decide to go for as many crosses as possible, but without required quality. Lope seemed to try to change that tactics later on but it was then too little too late.
Ocampos and Rakitic came on and showed their weak defensive play letting Anuar go past both of them without any challenge from them.
Luckily Lamela was still trying hard, winning the ball after tracking their player back to halfway line and starting the counter that led to our equaliser.
Monchi really has to get a better striker who could help bring more goals or Lope has to play both Mir and YEN in the matches we should win. Having just one of them up front makes it easy for opposition defenders and limits the choices for midfielders to play attacking passes as there is not enough good movement in and around the box with just one of Mir or YEN there.
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Just wait a minute while I take the red nose off.
There, Right, do you let the fire get to the door before you get your ass off the sofa?
Itās time.