On April 16 2018 09:51 nayumi wrote:
so we succeeded in not allowing City to win the title on Etihad only to let them win it on Old Trafford instead ...

noice

At least yanited didn't have to see the celebrations in front of their faces. Man city winning the title was inevitable.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 16 2018 09:03 GMT

#4943

Would have gotten funny if Spurs beat them and Yanited still won though. Making it 2 prem defeats in a row for City (4 defeats in a row in total) and then them having to try break down relegation fighting teams who would park the bus and some xD

nayumi

Australia6499 Posts

April 16 2018 11:31 GMT

#4944

not following Ligue 1 much but i thought Monaco was better?

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 16 2018 11:46 GMT

#4945

PSG won the title 4 years in a row after they got bought out. Monaco then won the title last year thanks to some quite genius coaching by Jardim getting all those talented youngsters playing well together, for them the majority of them all to be sold in the summer and not replaced. This year was always going to belong to PSG once they secured Mbappe as that alone hurt Monaco enough to move them out of title contention (imo at least)

Lemar the next best player along with Falcao at Monaco is now to been put on the transfer list if you read reports in the press today as well. Poor Monaco

Lyon could even take second spot by this time next year.

Rebs

Pakistan10726 Posts

April 16 2018 13:53 GMT

#4946

Lyon will lose some players possibly aswell. Lemar is as good as gone from Monaco this summer. No way they keep him, just a matter of how much

WillyWanker

France1915 Posts

April 16 2018 14:14 GMT

#4947

Poor Monaco? They're into buying cheap and selling expensive, they don't care about long term performance, just revenue. Lemar is great business for them, Fabinho could go too, Sidibé as well. In 1 season Baldé's turn, maybe Tielemans if he shines in Europe. Rinse and repeat :D

Obviously last year, business was amazing. Semi finals in CL will do that.

haitike

Spain2716 Posts

April 16 2018 17:38 GMT

#4948

It is almost confirmed that Iniesta will leave this summer (rumours say to China). I think he could play one more season (as a rotating player, not all matches) but I understand why he wants to leave now. I will miss him so much, so awesome player.

Congratulations to MCity and Pep. Despite the Spain media press hate against him (often because political reasons), he is one of the best coaches. It is very hard to win PL so easily as he did this season.

sneirac

Germany3464 Posts

April 16 2018 19:40 GMT

#4949

Well VAR can't catch a break at all.

This happened: https://www.clippituser.tv/c/zbzwag

However as you can see at end of the gif, everyone is headed into the changing rooms. And because VAR took fairly long and Freiburg tried to refuse coming back out, it took 7 minutes until the resulting penalty was taken.

https://www.clippituser.tv/c/llvpgw

Once again VAR likely got everything right, but because it took long in an unusual situation there is yet going to be more controversy. Sammer already making the case that it wasn't a "clearly wrong decision".

e: full video https://streamable.com/8znol

sharkie

Austria18482 Posts

April 16 2018 19:56 GMT

#4950

well Mainz will celebrate VAR, Freiburg will curse and hate it

TheNewEra

Germany3128 Posts

April 16 2018 19:59 GMT

#4951

can't wait for Streichs press conference

sneirac

Germany3464 Posts

April 16 2018 20:25 GMT

#4952

On April 17 2018 04:56 sharkie wrote:
well Mainz will celebrate VAR, Freiburg will curse and hate it

Yeah that much is obvious, the problem is the neutrals/press using this to bash VAR again despite everything operating within the rules and as it should.

edit: throwing in 2-0 because it is amazingly stupid too
https://www.clippituser.tv/c/edpvrw

Also this means HSV 8 points behind relegation playoff spot with 4 games left, this has to be it

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

April 17 2018 12:03 GMT

#4953

Who the hell is he going to go after, as if the club isn't top heavy enough as it is.

Manchester United are reportedly ready to let Paul Pogba leave this summer.

According to multiple reports the French midfielder will be sold after this season as he continues to clash with manager Jose Mourinho.

Pogba, 25, has only completed 90 minutes in four of his last 11 games for United and was subbed in the second half of their shock home defeat against West Brom on Sunday, although Mourinho insisted that was because he was on a yellow card and he didn’t want to go down to 10-men.

Yet this situation between Pogba and Mourinho has been unraveling for some time as the former was left out of plenty of United squads, then Pep Guardiola revealed recently that Man City were offered the chance to buy Pogba in January, around the same time he was dropped by Mourinho in place of youngster Scott McTominay.

Things have deteriorated quickly for the club-record $130 million signing as he started the season superbly but then injury and a loss of form derailed his campaign. It now seems like Mourinho is ready to move on from Pogba.

As for some of United’s other stars, it is believed that Anthony Martial, Daley Blind and Matteo Darmian will all be sold this summer as Mourinho wants a huge clearance as he tries to close the gap on Manchester City who wrapped up the PL title on Sunday.

Source

LennX

4557 Posts

April 17 2018 12:46 GMT

#4954

Well Rashford is looking at his options too. The typical Mourinho not trusting youths situation is happening again....

To be fair, I dont see Pogba flourishing under Guardiola too. Pogba personality is too strong to be able to listen to follow orders for the whole match. He prefers a manager that allows him to do whatever he wants.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 17 2018 13:01 GMT

#4955

I can't see them getting rid of him, would be a huge transfer for him to leave.

I do agree Yanited are not playing him where he should / with freedom he needs. He needs to be played in a 3 man midfield as the box to box guy or needs to be played as the CAM in a 4-2-3-1 formation. I don't think he can play in a holding 2 or a standard midfield 2 like say Chelsea play in a 3-4-3. He was the spare man for Juve in their 3-5-2 which he flourishes.

Bacillus

Finland1973 Posts

April 17 2018 14:13 GMT

#4956

The most common explanation why he isn't played as CAM seems to be that he's not very good unless he's facing the attacking direction. Playing well back to the goal seems to be a requirement in PL at least.

So, basically he's only playing to his full strengths while sitting deep enough in 4-3-3 or some 3-5-2 without much defensive responsiblity. That's a role some teams can afford, but not something you want out of your 100 million star player in a Mourinho system.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 17 2018 15:01 GMT

#4957

True but when he scored the goals vs Man City when he arrives late in the box or just makes runs in the box period, also makes him one of the hardest players to defend against. He is 6ft plus and strong, if he can do that more and make his runs in the box he can score more goals too which helps justify the price tag a bit xD

Savatage

Italy182 Posts

April 17 2018 15:13 GMT

#4958

Dybala to United and Pogba back to Robbentus, that's what will happen :D

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

April 17 2018 19:04 GMT

#4959

Welcome to Canada Chivas.

Rebs

Pakistan10726 Posts

April 17 2018 19:36 GMT

#4960

Barcelona is getting absolutely owned by Celta Vigo. They arent behind but this a team that has been coached out of playing the kind of football that they used to play. Its really not fun.

Granted its a mostly second string but the Messi dependency has never been more painfully obvious.

And they might even get ahead because of the superior attacking prowess.. but its sooo... Mou footy.. its ugly

EDIT: Whaddaya know, golazo on a half chance..this will only encourage this stuff. Although the goal seems to have perked them up.