ljkeane Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Decent enough performance so far. Of course the game against Leicester was going quite well until it wasn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Yep, we've had the better of the half, it's just a shame that our number 9 is about as useful as a drunk toddler in front of goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I mean, we're pants up front at the moment, but if you give us this many goes we'll score eventually! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soylent Brown Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 The number of times we've gone back to Alisson is irritating. He's coming off the back of two poor games - are we trying to make it three? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Kabak’s looked a lot better. Barcelona really are in trouble. If it’s this bad now what’s it going to be like without Messi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon the Leaner Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Well PSG always look much better without Neymar in big games so who knows. I mean, it's always going to be bad to lose Messi. But it will be particularly bad if their board keep being donkeys. I mean they had Suarez and their number 9 is now Martin Braithwaite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ants Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 18 hours ago, Rorshach said: I'll have to see the clip again, I guess, I have no recollection of this. Honestly not trying to be difficult I'm not either. I support Leeds, so beyond how fun it was to see Mourinho lose I don't have any horses in that race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 That was a great performance from PSG. Kimpembe and Marquinhos were immaculate at the back, Verratti and Paredes dominated the midfield and Mbappe had Barca's entire defence on toast. A very comfortable win for Liverpool as well. Don't think many would have expected the game to be that easy. Leipzig lucky to get away with only a 2-0 defeat. 13 hours ago, Ser Glendon Fireball said: But it will be particularly bad if their board keep being donkeys. I mean they had Suarez and their number 9 is now Martin Braithwaite. Their previous board ran the club into the ground - Barca's gross debt stands at around €1.2 billion and they have by far the highest wage bill which accounts for more than 70% of the club's revenue. Their presidential election is set for 7 March (was supposed to have been on 24 Jan but was postponed due to increasing cases of Covid). The new board will have a huge task on their hands to sort out the finances. Rakitic, Vidal and Suarez were offloaded because the club desperately needed to get rid of their wages - the latter two's contracts were terminated by mutual consent and they left for free while Rakitic was sold to Sevilla for a mere €1.5m. The club also didn't have the funds to pay for Wijnaldum, Depay or Eric Garcia either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rorshach Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 The Tikka Masala, obviously. Great dish, that. ETA: should have remembered it's the Tikka-taka Masala. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 5 hours ago, Consigliere said: Their previous board ran the club into the ground - Barca's gross debt stands at around €1.2 billion and they have by far the highest wage bill which accounts for more than 70% of the club's revenue. Their presidential election is set for 7 March (was supposed to have been on 24 Jan but was postponed due to increasing cases of Covid). The new board will have a huge task on their hands to sort out the finances. Rakitic, Vidal and Suarez were offloaded because the club desperately needed to get rid of their wages - the latter two's contracts were terminated by mutual consent and they left for free while Rakitic was sold to Sevilla for a mere €1.5m. The club also didn't have the funds to pay for Wijnaldum, Depay or Eric Garcia either. Well, that and basically destroying la Masia with their La Masia 2.0 or whatever they called that disaster. They got rid of the guys that used to run la Masia, made some philosophy changes, that resulted in hardly any talents making it, blocking Barca's B team with other players. The result was, that most of the bigger talents (like Olmo, or Eric Garcia) rather ran off and tried their luck elsewhere. Barca's in for a real shitty patch, unless their scouting/recruitment improves significantly and they unearth some real gems for little money. But honestly I think they are more likely on an AC Milan trajectory than on the brink of another dynasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughn Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 NBC Sports reporting that Arsenal is going to jettison 10 players including Agent Luiz and Lacazette https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2021/02/17/arsenal-10-players-finances-transfer-news/ Totally fine with this starting 11 next year honestly. —– Leno —– — Bellerin — Holding — Gabriel — Tierney — —- Xhaka —- Partey —- —- Martinelli —- Smith Rowe —- Saka —- —– Aubameyang —– Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 49 minutes ago, Vaughn said: Totally fine with this starting 11 next year honestly. As a starting 11 that would be fine but selling all the guys that article claims they'd be selling would mean the bench would be full of debutants every week. One injury and you're fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughn Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 9 minutes ago, polishgenius said: As a starting 11 that would be fine but selling all the guys that article claims they'd be selling would mean the bench would be full of debutants every week. One injury and you're fucked. Well, they want to keep Ceballos, Odegaard and some others. Given the lack of Champions league $$$ they're down in the mid-table knife fight where good scouting and savvy signings are more critical than top shelf, expensive backup talent anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Erlin Haaland is stupid good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 And things are not exactly working out for Juve thus far. I guess Pirlo will have to learn the ins and outs of managing a football team elsewhere after this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 51 minutes ago, polishgenius said: Erlin Haaland is stupid good. I dont watch much foreign football anymore, is he, or just incredibly efficient? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 minute ago, BigFatCoward said: I dont watch much foreign football anymore, is he, or just incredibly efficient? Well, he's efficient in the sense that it's his game intelligence and movement along with his size and speed that get him over rather than unreal on-the-ball technical skill. But he's so good at it and his finishing is about as good as anyone there is. Basically imagine if Alan Shearer was as fast as Ronaldo and finished... well, like Ronaldo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 32 minutes ago, polishgenius said: Well, he's efficient in the sense that it's his game intelligence and movement along with his size and speed that get him over rather than unreal on-the-ball technical skill. But he's so good at it and his finishing is about as good as anyone there is. Basically imagine if Alan Shearer was as fast as Ronaldo and finished... well, like Ronaldo. But does he fill your heart with joy, like Gazza, or Beardsley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 25 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: But does he fill your heart with joy, like Gazza, or Beardsley? He fills mine, but Sancho is the guy you want for that really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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