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19 hours ago, Oregon Ducks said:

Marcos Llorente has had a great year. Another great player that RM let go that could be helping them right now.

Llorente is one of the important players in Atlético Madrid’s tactics for the defensive shape and can contribute in the team system within a 4-4-2, regardless of his positioning on the pitch as a defensive midfielder or by taking up a place in the attacking third.

In addition, he also provides support to the right-back in the team to not let him be in a 2 vs 1 situation in the defensive case, and he helps him cover the pitch on the right side. 

Beside his flexibility with various positions, he also has the ability to put pressure on the opponent players to recover the ball and win possession for his team. He recovered 102 balls this season in La Liga, 53 of them in the middle third, and that gives the group an option for a counter-attack

 

With his rush of power to cut the ball in the field, Marcos makes a great addition to Diego Simeone’s system by completing the third-most successful recoveries in the final third at the Spanish league with a ratio up to 3.2 balls per match.

Marcos applies pressure on the opponent players 309 times at the league matches, with focus on the ball and contributing well especially in the middle and first thirds 

 

Marcos had a total of 2.39 expected assists (xA) last season and this is a good percentage for him with quality contribution, especially as his vertical movement on the pitch makes him an option to receive the ball.

Llorente’s ability to make the right decision is particularly distinctive in the final third in terms of passing to colleagues or shooting, as well as in his movement after applying the ideas of high pressure

 

https://laligaanalysis.com/analysis/player-analysis/marcos-llorente-2019-20-scout-report-tactical-analysis-tactics

https://totalfootballanalysis.com/player-analysis/marcos-llorente-real-madrid-la-liga-tactical-player-analysis-statistics

 

 

 

TL;DR - He's very good positionally, defensively, offensively, in support, in finding space, is quick and strong, can assist and score

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 - United are a joke. Yet another victory scraped last minute and Maguire should have been off and pen awarded to Brighton. 

That's United (worth 4.7Bn) fluking a victory over (1.3Bn) Brighton. Their penalty luck, both ends, is outrageous. They're also watching their fellow Manchester club just cake-walk the PL title again.

 

- Arsenal are a joke and are now a mid-table club. Aubamayang earning £375K per week to do what, exactly? Play left back? Pepe is the 4th most expensive player in British football history.....not playing like it. 

 

Were I a fan of either of these, I wouldn't be happy. 

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On 4/5/2021 at 3:20 PM, Hunter2_1 said:

 - United are a joke. Yet another victory scraped last minute and Maguire should have been off and pen awarded to Brighton. 

That's United (worth 4.7Bn) fluking a victory over (1.3Bn) Brighton. Their penalty luck, both ends, is outrageous. They're also watching their fellow Manchester club just cake-walk the PL title again.

 

- Arsenal are a joke and are now a mid-table club. Aubamayang earning £375K per week to do what, exactly? Play left back? Pepe is the 4th most expensive player in British football history.....not playing like it. 

 

Were I a fan of either of these, I wouldn't be happy. 

Wait. Are you suggesting Brighton are valued at 1.3 billion?

 

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16 hours ago, Oregon Ducks said:

******* lucky bastards.

we got Moyes’d again.

Luck?

We haven't even got a striker at the club and our converted winger is out injured.

Moyes would probably win the lot if he were given the teams the 'top 6' types have.

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