Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

[Yayo Toure]

too many holes to fill IMO. LB, RB, 2 actual midfielders. Unless they get lucky with their academy..since you can’t just spend anyhow now

PSG president is on the UEFA Financial control board, he's good.

But like someone said they can just poach around ligue 1 and build a great side for relatively cheap, especially with the profit they get when they sell Neymar to a qatari side.

 

[null]

Well done City ..

They played very well over both legs.

Madrid Chelsea

 

[NSSVO]

Oui Oui Obertan

Mbappe really gets slandered alot.

Yo football twitter is a fukking goldmine man for real

 

[Lakerman0834]

Lol so did Jermaine Jenas when Fernandinho fouled Neymar for that last free kick... "how has he not been booked all night "

All it’s gonna take is for tuchel or zidane to mention this and he’ll be booked by the 20th minute in the final

 

[Trajan]

All it’s gonna take is for tuchel or zidane to mention this and he’ll be booked by the 20th minute in the final

Lol nah Fernandinho is teflon

He been doing this. Tactical foul specialist

 

[null]

"Legacy videos" like "legacy fans" hard to understand ma franchised out bredda ?



Roma is NOT a worse club than the Chelsea that Jose took over in 2004 .

Back in 2003 when Kerry Dixon and Ron "Chopper" Harris were the club's heroes and they had somehow managed to tap up some pre-retirement players like Gullit.

Meanwhile Roma had Totti, Cafu, De Rossi, Falcao etc at their peaks.

But you don't know anything about that...

That's not an insult though. You actually don't know.

In 2003 the top English teams (big 5) were Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal, Everton, Spurs.

This is the all time English 1st Division table - just to show where Chelsea were league-wise relatively speaking.

Chelsea was the team in the rich part of London with racist thug fans and locals who didn't understand or care for football (as they preferred posher games like cricket or rugby (union)).

Hiddink, Hitzfeld, LvG, Robson (Bobby) even Wenger.

Wenger went from Monaco to Japan == "coli finished". Then went to Arsenal.

LvG Barca to AZ .. then to Man Utd

Rodgers Liverpool to Scotland .. then to Leicester .. then turned down Arsenal.

the examples are everywhere but you don't know AND when it's pointed out to you, you ignore.

Jose (even as a success) for historic reasons cannot go to the biggest clubs.

Real 99% rules out Barca. Inter 99% rules out Juve/AC. Bayern and Jose won't match. PSG just hired someone.

Once you have managed at top clubs in the big 3 (ex-Germany) moving to the other top clubs is less likely. Possible but less likely.

We are talking about 12 seats ONLY and at any given time no more than 2 - 3 max are open at the same time.

We are talking about 12 seats ONLY and working at some are auto-disqualifications for others. That means that in reality that 12 is probably only really 5 - 6 opportunities. This is demonstrated by the dearth of managers who have managed for many of them.

@TobiOT

hate to do it to you ma bredda but Roma were a big team and are now suffering from the relative decline of Serie A (Italian economy). And even now Roma are bigger than Chelsea were in 2004 (when Jose rolled up).

Ron "Chopper" Harris and Kerry Dixon brehs

AS Roma 13 European Cup /. Champions league appearances to how many to Spurs A.S. Roma in European football - Wikipedia ?

Spurs reached there 2 times via winning the league and probably twice since then at most.

Ron "Chopper" Harris and Kerry Dixon brehs

 

[BLAZO da GAWD]

Said it before the semis started. None of these teams are likeable in the least bit. Wackest UCL year ever. Genuinely wanted all 4 teams to lose.

 

[African_brehda]

Deserved for City, though Fernandinho should have been off first half.
This match was more even than the second of the first leg. But overall City took their chances.
PSG are mentally weak, Di Maria especially, WTF was that?
Neymar was too selfish without Mbappe on the pitch.

I better find out that Mbappe was injured, otherwise just fire Poch.

PSG project is done imo. Everyone is dipping.

you really think someone like Poch at PSG, can bench Mbappe for tactical reasons?
He was hurt

 

[null]

Said it before the semis started. None of these teams are likeable in the least bit. Wackest UCL year ever.

el plastico

el gassico

 

[African_brehda]

Oui Oui Obertan

Mbappe really gets slandered alot.

Oui Oui Obertan
What is wrong with nikkas?

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

too many holes to fill IMO. LB, RB, 2 actual midfielders. Unless they get lucky with their academy..since you can’t just spend anyhow now

Their academy is good enough but they rather use expensive purchases instead. May change under Poch. But they've always under appreciated their academy players going back to Anelka

At least 3 of Lille players come from the Academy Nkunku was gotten rid if too soon. Ferland Mendy, Moussa Dembele.

 

[BelieveBeOK]

Pause () but this dude is genuinely one of the most physically disgusting men I have ever seen.

Dude looks like he is inbred and like he stink too. Genuinely think I would have an upset stomach if I had to eat at a table with him

Spoiler

 

[Yayo Toure]

Ruben Dias, what a player.

 

[null]

Ruben Dias, what a player.

How did we all miss him? Did he have a rep before Pep signed him?

 

[TobiOT]