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[Euler]

Some match this is!

[Kafkaesque]

Barcelona with it all to do, have a decent amount on the +8.5 goals at 130 at the moment, see how the first 10 mins of the 2nd half pans out

Sooooo......did you trade out?

[Kafkaesque]

I'll admit the price on Bayern looked short and tempting (to lay) pre, but luckily Barca are just too much of a wild card these days.

Whoever takes over at Barca has some job on their hands. They never really solved losing Xavi and Iniesta, their core (Pique, Busquets, Messi and Suarez) are all 32-33 with no heirs being apparent (though you never know with La Masia), and they don't seem to have solved City raiding them for the people pulling the strings. The line-ups, and benches especially, speak to a much bigger problem than the manager. Having two 100m+ players on the bench, AND another in the same bracket who's on loan at the opposition, can't get into the team, and still comes on to score two goals against you in 20 minutes....is just nutter butters

Bayern Vs City (if they get through, obv) should be tasty.

[Korattt]

Barcelona with it all to do, have a decent amount on the +8.5 goals at 130 at the moment, see how the first 10 mins of the 2nd half pans out

Sooooo......did you trade out?

head said yes, heart said no, annoyingly went with my head

[Kafkaesque]

Barcelona with it all to do, have a decent amount on the +8.5 goals at 130 at the moment, see how the first 10 mins of the 2nd half pans out

Sooooo......did you trade out?

head said yes, heart said no, annoyingly went with my head

Stupid head Would have been a great spot, had the goals started to flow a bit earlier second half

Unrelated, but can't help myself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpZVdAltIhM

[wearthefoxhat]

Man City should pick up the pace 2nd half...

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[Euler]

City and the Champions league just don't seem to mix do they?

[wearthefoxhat]

City and the Champions league just don't seem to mix do they?

Very true...

[greenmark]

Don't have access to Champions League. But a sad day to see David Silva depart. I'm LFC but Silva has lit up the Premier League. Fabulous player. The vision and ability to drop a ball on someone's toe was just brilliant.

[Dublin_Flyer]

I'll admit the price on Bayern looked short and tempting (to lay) pre, but luckily Barca are just too much of a wild card these days.

Whoever takes over at Barca has some job on their hands. They never really solved losing Xavi and Iniesta, their core (Pique, Busquets, Messi and Suarez) are all 32-33 with no heirs being apparent (though you never know with La Masia), and they don't seem to have solved City raiding them for the people pulling the strings. The line-ups, and benches especially, speak to a much bigger problem than the manager. Having two 100m+ players on the bench, AND another in the same bracket who's on loan at the opposition, can't get into the team, and still comes on to score two goals against you in 20 minutes....is just nutter butters

Bayern Vs City (if they get through, obv) should be tasty.

Agree fully Kafka, it was bad enough not replacing Xavi properly and leaving all midfield up to Iniesta, but when he went it's been a shambles. I was at Iniestas last home game and there was a lot of middle aged men leaving before the post game La Liga cup presentation/goodbye Iniesta/general party began, I think they knew it was the end of an era.
Went to a game in Jan this year, think it was Granada, and they were absolutely dire. Frenkie De Jong cost 75m and he was totally anonymous, same as yesterday. The only bright point was there's huge hype about Ricky Puig but he's not been getting the chances in the big games, and Ansu Fati runs forever.
From the team on Saturday I'd look at gutting the midfield for a start, De Jong probably fits in any other team but not at present Barca, Biscuits never had legs and it was never more evident than yesterday, Vidals massive potential seems to have plateaued right when he signed for Barca, Sergi Roberto got replaced by Griezmann, one clown for another. As for Suarez as a LFC man I never noticed how much of a whinging bitch he was, I guess you always think your own ones don't smell
Definite end of an era in my eyes, won't be visiting the dear seats of the Nou Camp for a while methinks.

[StellaBot]

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[Kafkaesque]

I'll admit the price on Bayern looked short and tempting (to lay) pre, but luckily Barca are just too much of a wild card these days.

Whoever takes over at Barca has some job on their hands. They never really solved losing Xavi and Iniesta, their core (Pique, Busquets, Messi and Suarez) are all 32-33 with no heirs being apparent (though you never know with La Masia), and they don't seem to have solved City raiding them for the people pulling the strings. The line-ups, and benches especially, speak to a much bigger problem than the manager. Having two 100m+ players on the bench, AND another in the same bracket who's on loan at the opposition, can't get into the team, and still comes on to score two goals against you in 20 minutes....is just nutter butters

Bayern Vs City (if they get through, obv) should be tasty.

Frenkie De Jong cost 75m and he was totally anonymous, same as yesterday.

I still from what I've seen, both at Ajax and Barca, feel there's a world beater in the making in there. He's just not the finished article, not quite yet. At least not at the very top end, in terms of dictating a match when the very best of the best clashes against each other. He'll get there imo. The price tag might suggest otherwise, and if Barca bought him expecting him to be a boss now (as opposed to being dead cert that he would become so, barring injuries), and they cut bait at this point, then it's yet another huge blunder on their part.

Very few come out of those medium level leagues, Holland, Portugal, Belgium etc, and are readymade for the very top of the pops.

[Kai]

Apparently there was a friendly match today between Arsenal and Liverpool? Must have missed it.

[Euler]

Leveraged clubs could run into trouble soon with Covid-19 and this sort of problem: -

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/20 ... have-huge/

[LeTiss]

Leveraged clubs could run into trouble soon with Covid-19 and this sort of problem: -

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/20 ... have-huge/

Interesting stuff. I imagine there are many clubs in the PL that are closer to financial meltdowns than we'd ever imagined