DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
He can mix it up better than any manager I've seen. Ken Early did a (ridiculous) piece on him lately I thought, actually criticising him for reacting to the opposition's substitutions, etc. and how he needs to evolve as a manager. I'll dig it up, it's worth a read for its ridiculousness alone I think.
Edit - This is the article - http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/socc...fast-1.3016679
Obviously some reasonable points in there but the overall theme was bizarre I thought.
Last edited by DeLorean; 27/04/2017 at 7:30 AM.
I thought I heard what was a crazy stat last night in the Deportivo - Real Madrid game. The commentator said something along the lines of "Although Madrid have had some joy in the Riazor in recent seasons, it wasn't always like this, until a few years ago they went seventeen league matches without a win at the venue". Well, in keeping with 'Nerd Week', I said I had to check this out for myself and indeed I had heard correctly.
Míchel, Hagi and Butragueno played in Real's victory in 1991 and their win in 2010 was Cristiano Ronaldo's debut season at the club! In between they suffered some serious punishment:
2008-09 Deportivo 2-1 Real Madrid
2007-08 Deportivo 1-0 Real Madrid
2006-07 Deportivo 2-0 Real Madrid
2005-06 Deportivo 3-1 Real Madrid
2004-05 Deportivo 2-0 Real Madrid
2003-04 Deportivo 2-0 Real Madrid
2002-03 Deportivo 0-0 Real Madrid
2001-02 Deportivo 3-0 Real Madrid
2000-01 Deportivo 2-2 Real Madrid
1999-00 Deportivo 5-2 Real Madrid
1998-99 Deportivo 4-0 Real Madrid
1997-98 Deportivo 2-2 Real Madrid
1996-97 Deportivo 1-1 Real Madrid
1995-96 Deportivo 3-0 Real Madrid
1994-95 Deportivo 0-0 Real Madrid
1993-94 Deportivo 4-0 Real Madrid
1992-93 Deportivo 3-2 Real Madrid
Real's record in those seventeen seasons:
PLD 17
W 0
D 5
L 12
GF 11
GA 39
GD -28
Last edited by DeLorean; 27/04/2017 at 8:12 AM.
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