Geoff won’t comment on English players diving.
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Yes I might spice things up by spending two weeks defending a paedophile. That is what the forum needs.
Pep is doing an amazing job at Man City. Best manager in world football.
The comparable sides regards playing style to the current Man united over the last 30 years were George Graham’s Arsenal and the Wimbledon Crazy gang . In fairness both those sides had real personalities and characters .
Norway under Egil Olsen too. Similar colours.
Odd you’re not bemoaning his spending. You bemoaned Conte taking a side from 10th to a title with a net spend of £20m in one season but Pep has won nothibg yet with a seismic net spend.
You’re a hypocrite.
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WIth a suitbale manager in place I’d now fancy Bayern. I maybe proved on but i think Psg have a soft underbelly.
I can’t see Bayern having any impact, the landscape is changing.
Atletico look certain to miss out, Real and Barca are looking weaker. Bayern are weaker too, Juventus as well. They’ve been the standard bearers over the past 3/4 years.
Bayern haven’t added anything to the squad of 3/4 years ago really. Ribery and Robben are well in their 30s now, Alonso and Lahm haven’t been adequately replaced. Muller looks a shadow of his former self, I see them going out in the last 16 or quarters.
Still early doors yet.
If you want to indulge in your Conte obsession, you need to get back over on the Chelsea thread fast. You’ve a real mutiny on your hands there with @Tassotti. He was calling for Conte’s head again last night and he’s just announced a few minutes ago that he’ll be making a statement about his support for Chelsea shortly.
I’m just pointing out your hypocrisy which is a touchy subject for you.
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Barcelona look stronger than last season.
Neymar’s absence has improved the balance of the team, as he’s a lazy shit of dubious character who spreads bad vibes in a dressing room.
All the other main continental teams are weaker.
Barcelona and the three big Premier League contenders, Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City look a cut above the rest this season.
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Stronger than last season arguably but I’m not sure either, I think it’s just being exaggerated by the drop in the two Madrid clubs.
Its a real pity Atletico never got over the line. I’d have PSG favourites
Yeah I’d definitely agree on that. Suarez is in awful form and everything has been on Messi so far this season. If Dembele can recover well they might have a chance
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The real business starts in the knockout stages, it’s a different ball game and it will be a lot more tactical - that is where the opposition will earn their corn.
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We’ll see whether Mourinho still has it or not
Yeah, I think there is a real quality differential with this United squad and the top clubs now compared to Mourinho’s Inter/Chelsea/Madrid teams. They’ve been blessed with a handy draw.
For all the money he has spend they just seem to be flat track bullies.
Matip is shit
The demolition of Juventus would suggest not.
And they have the greatest player in the world by a distance.
If Barcelona can wrap up La Liga early, and there’s a very good chance of that, they may well be able to fully concentrate on Europe from February on.
At the moment the group winners look like:
Manchester Unirah
Paris
Roma
Barcelona
Liverpool
Manchester City
Besiktas
Tottenham
Second placed teams look like:
Basel
Bayern Munich
Chelsea
Juventus
Sevilla
Shakhtar Donetsk
Porto
Real Mathrith