2016 - 2017 Football Thread - Page 212

On April 12 2017 14:16 WillyWanker wrote:

Weeeeeell, that was a sad night. Again. But this time I don't think the scoreline is really fair. The defending on the 3 goals was atrocious and you can't do that at this level, but apart from those, Juventus didn't create much. They dominated the first half but in the second they conceded a lot of chances, and 3-0 is really crazy. It should have been a 2-1 or even 2-2, but there wasn't a 3 goals level difference between the 2 teams. They just couldn't score that 1 goal that would change a lot

There's no way they can repeat the 6-1 miracle. They're not good enough for that and Juventus is too good at defending. Totaaaally like the 4-0 against Milan. I guess it was to be expected, you can't turn your level up that much in a few days. And the game against PSG wasn't even that amazing from them. End of the cycle? How do you rebuild a team like that? They have so many 30-something players that won't retire just yet but that aren't hungry enough anymore...

On April 12 2017 15:26 evilfatsh1t wrote:

what nayumi said. you do a fergie (before his last years) and cut players that arent showing the hunger or no longer have the skill to play.
otherwise you end up like man utd and attempt to rebuild from scratch and hope it works. you go further from there and you end up as liverpool or ac milan

On April 12 2017 21:27 HolydaKing wrote:
Some infos on the BVB explosions yesterday in the following text in german: http://www.generalbundesanwalt.de/de/showpress.php?themenid=19&newsid=690

The bomb yesterday was equipped with metal pins and one of them was going through the head cushion of a bus seat, which led to an injured person (I assume Bartra?). Also the blast effect had an range of 100 metres and the explosion was coming from behind a hedge.

Hope the team will be able to play well today...

On April 12 2017 16:26 WillyWanker wrote:
But that can only work if the management allows it, and Bartomeu/Rosell have been catastrophic in that regard. I mean, Luis Enrique was already a big risk for them as he's not one to be very diplomatic. Tata and Tito were much easier to 'control'.

I think no matter who they sign next, Barça's screwed for the next few years. Messi, Neymar, Piqué, Iniesta, they're all above the coach in terms of importance. Even Pep couldn't get rid of Cesc, Piqué, Alves on his last year and that's one reason why he left.

The issue is the team isn't that bad, but it can't perform at the level it had before. Not bad enough that it's obvious you need to change everything. As for 'track records', Barça is definitely a place where they screw up a lot. Look at the end of the 90's, beginning of the 2000's, before Laporta took Rijkaard. And now a similar thing is happening. The club is too big to go back to the status they had in these bad eras, but it's not looking like they'll be able to win like they did a few years ago. It was exceptional thanks to an exceptional generation, but it felt like they controlled that success and it could be repeated. Not the case anymore x(

Wenger will see this as a challenge to his authority, but senior Arsenal chiefs want an experienced head in to oversee transfers and direct the club's football ethos.

The Frenchman has come under increasing pressure with dire results in recent weeks making a top-four finish look unlikely for the first time in his tenure at the Emirates.

And Overmars, who spent four years at the club, winning the Double with Wenger in 1997-98, is the lead candidate to take the role, according to the Daily Mail.

The Dutchman, 44, is director of football at Ajax, while Michael Zorc, who is in the same role at Borussia Dortmund, is another candidate being considered.

Wenger is expected to be in charge next summer will have £200million transfer fund to radically re-shape the playing staff this summer after what looks likely to be the club's worst league finish since 1995-96 when they finished 5th.

Wenger will oversee the club's remodelling that will see a number of players heading in both directions in and out of the club, according to The Mirror.

Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Olivier Giroud are among the players who could be leaving.