Bumped into Caparroz yesterday in a country restaurant and had a few words. Amazing that my first Sevilla game was a 1-0 win over Real Sociedad, goal by Hornos in extra time, Caparroz was manager.
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Thatās awesome Tim. Did you plug Monchis Men? Haha
Fingers crossed that Getafe wonāt get more than a point today vs. Las Palmas. 0-0 at HT and Las Palmas dominating all over, but it can really go either way unfortunately 
Wow what a horrible game to watch and only got worse when Las Palmas just lazily gave Getafe the ball to score at the end.
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Things are very complicated as of now. Thereās a very high chance that Getafe will win their 2 remaining matches as theyāll play vs. Atletico at home (Madrid brotherhood) and Malaga away (similar to Las Palmas, theyāll just let them win).
Meanwhile, weāll play RM (almost impossible to get a positive result) and Betis (the derby, we can concede 5 or score 5 you never know in this one). Our only āeasyā match on paper is vs. Alaves at home.
So now weāll probably need 7 points and 6 might just not be enough for the 7th spot.
Possibly no CR7 and I think Bale misses our game with Real.
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They play way better without CR7, though thereās a lesser risk for conceding a manita now 
I agree. I couldnāt believe it when I saw him make a tackle in the Bayern gameā¦ Actually tracking back to play defense
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Like in the Euro 2016 final when he was injured, Portugal pulled together as a team and turned the game round to defeat France.
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These are the players I want to keep.
Navas, Layun, Escudero, Lenglet, Roque Mesa, Sandro, Ganso, Mercado, Geis.
Navas because he can play in two positions, not the right time of his contract to fold on him, and heās 101% Sevillista. Layun because I believe heās a solid player. Escudero because heās our most consistent player. Lenglet because heās OK but can go at the right price, Mesa because heās unquestionable in his first touch and play development (as a defender there are doubts) Sandro because he destabilizes opposition defenders, Ben Yedder because heās a guarantee of goals, Ganso because he still deserves a chance, Mercado because heās solid and Geis because he deserves a run and heās top quality dead ball man.
Now the biggest problem with that choice is that itās almost the same defence thatās conceded a record number of goals.
These are the players that I donāt mind selling.
Pareja and CarriƧo are passed the sell by date.
Correa is a zero trick pony.
Muriel has failed to materialize.
Sarabia is one good game, one average game, followed by two bad games.
Corchia and Carole with apologies for wasting their time.
Pizarro, Banega, Nzonzi, Nolito, Rico, Soraya, Arana, Kjaer, Vazquez and Carlos Fernanzez at the right price, can go.
I mostly agree with that but by keeping Sandro and WBY then I donāt see us scoring too much next year either with or without Muriel unless we get a forward who can shoot the ball between the posts away from the goalie. Donāt really think Ganso has been lacking in chances since I have plenty of memories of seeing him pretty much being a Brazilian version of Mudo, but doubt anyone is going to pay anywhere near the $15 million we paid for him so I guess heās a suitable back up midfielder. One player Iām curious about is Kjaer as he is a national team captain and had some good moments but faded away as the season wore on. Also, I read that theyāre trying to renew Sarabiaās contract so expect him to stick around another season or two despite a mostly bad campaign from him.
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Speaking to Sevilla fans here, itās clear that they all have their individual opinions of whatās wrong, what went wrong, who should be sold, bought etc. Itās a real puzzle and thereās very little agreement. Iāve got to confess, itās with mixed feelings that I would let anyone of the squad go, except perhaps for Rico.
The thing with Sandro is that for his few appearances he has deserved a few goals, heās been unlucky. The thing with Ganso is that it appears 3 managers have rejected him now, but when last rejected early in the season, he was joint top goalscorer with 2 goals in 3 games. I seem to remember him and Nolito covering the most km in the stats.
I also like Kjaer but heās been turned twice in the box and the shot has sailed past Sergio Rico, Iām not sure who was to blame. He started Ok and then the injuries, who knows.
Heās not that bad Brian, of course he got it wrong when James pushed Modric and he gave a Penalty against Sevilla but I think heās one of the best in la liga (OK thatās not saying much 
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Itās not just that cup game Tim. Iāve always thought he favours R. madrid no matter who they are playing