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Sapaio
Denmark2037 Posts
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Dante08
Singapore4189 Posts
On August 16 2020 06:07 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Billion dollars down the drain and it's all Pep's fault. CL is really weird huh, a few goals swing in either way can determine a manager’s job. | ||
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Sapaio
Denmark2037 Posts
On August 16 2020 19:50 Dante08 wrote: CL is really weird huh, a few goals swing in either way can determine a manager’s job. Pep was brought in to win CL for City, he has had 3 tries and going out to Lyon isn't really acceptable and hard to write it of as a fluke when it's the thrid time. | ||
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TerransHill
Germany572 Posts
On August 16 2020 07:06 WillyWanker wrote: He overthinks CL games a lot. He always tries to do unexpected things and when it works (Messi false 9 against Madrid for a 6-2), he's a genius, when it fails he's a terrible coach. In my opinion, he should still try new things but he should never abandon his attacking philosophy. He did tonight, the same way he did against Tottenham the first game last season, and both times he lost in similar fashions. Kinda reminded me alot on how we in munich always went out of CL with pep as a coach in the semis. When he is playing a team that is defending with alot of discipline, there seems to be no creativity in his game plan to overcome this. He is always trying to carry the ball into the net and is running against a concrete wall every time. And it then just depends entirely on individual class or lucky crosses to even create goal chances. And then he is always kind of vulnerable to counters since his defenders are so far up front. Reminded me especially of our loss against Athletico in the semis. We had the ball & stuff but didnt really do any good with it. The years before vs Madrid & barca he just completly threw it. | ||
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evilfatsh1t
Australia8930 Posts
On August 16 2020 21:23 Sapaio wrote: Pep was brought in to win CL for City, he has had 3 tries and going out to Lyon isn't really acceptable and hard to write it of as a fluke when it's the thrid time. if pep was to lose his job it shouldnt be because he lost to lyon. when his players are missing open goals theres not much he can do tbh. if sterling got his goal i would have put money on city to win the leg | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
On August 16 2020 19:35 Sapaio wrote: Porchettino is looking as new Barca manager. Seems like a one year job. As Barca have president election in a year. Well, he is an Espanyol player which is Barca rivals and said before in an interview somewhere that he wouldn't do it because it wouldn't be right because of being player for Espanyol. I think he is the best fit for them now though, but i just don't see it because of that stuff. Maybe Sarri? xD | ||
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Sapaio
Denmark2037 Posts
On August 16 2020 22:41 evilfatsh1t wrote: if pep was to lose his job it shouldnt be because he lost to lyon. when his players are missing open goals theres not much he can do tbh. if sterling got his goal i would have put money on city to win the leg I get your point. But it's not like a new thing that Sterling miss open chance, so my counter point is that if Pep keep picking Sterling the arrow starts to point on Pep, also keep in mind the insane amount of money he had to buy other players that can actually finish. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27464 Posts
On August 16 2020 19:50 Dante08 wrote: CL is really weird huh, a few goals swing in either way can determine a manager’s job. It seems a strange yardstick (actually winning it) to set. Lippi’s great Juventus team and the team Fergie measured United’s progress against in that era only managed to win one. Arguably Mourinho’s best sides in his first stint didn’t manage to win it. Should absolutely be a goal and an aspiration, it seems silly to be an expectation. However with Pep it’s that he isn’t even really putting City in the conversation. And yet again we’ve had him seemingly outthink himself and set up his team in a way that just didn’t work. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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sneakyfox
8218 Posts
Sick penalty there | ||
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sneakyfox
8218 Posts
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Sapaio
Denmark2037 Posts
On August 17 2020 04:14 sneakyfox wrote: The journalist who broke Neymar to PSG says that Messi as requested a transfer: https://twitter.com/marcelobechler/status/1295058777666981893 This will be a brutal rebuild for Barca. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
On August 17 2020 04:11 sneakyfox wrote: They say there are no added crowd noises, but where the heck are the noises coming from then? Sick penalty there In UK, BT do no crowd noise on BT Sport Extra which i watch and i can only hear the benches shouting and players yelping lol | ||
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sneirac
Germany3464 Posts
Lol just fold the club if that happens this summer... let's just combine this with the Ronaldo rumour and have PSG buy both for the ultimate superteam. | ||
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sneakyfox
8218 Posts
On August 17 2020 04:25 Pandemona wrote: In UK, BT do no crowd noise on BT Sport Extra which i watch and i can only hear the benches shouting and players yelping lol Really? I'm watching on BT sport 1 and there are crowd noises, even though at the beginning of the game there was a game which said "no added crowd noises"... | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27464 Posts
Might make it easier, as heretical as that sounds. Barca’s saleable assets are the players they need to rebuild around. Scenario A - Barca sell half their promising players to rebuild the other half of a team, and with 1-2 seasons of regular revenue have enough in the kitty to assemble a good team. Which may be enough to give Messi a final shot or two at another Champions League once the rebuild’s done, provided he’s still close to his current level 2-3 years down the line. Scenario B - Barca sell Messi and fill 3-4 holes with the money. Barcelona are the only club with a player of Messi’s ability in the world, but hey there are far, far better teams in European football right now. The sad part is that the board has pissed away money so badly that to build another team worthy of Messi’s talents they almost have to sell Messi unless they get some external cash injection. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27464 Posts
On August 17 2020 04:25 sneirac wrote: Lol just fold the club if that happens this summer... let's just combine this with the Ronaldo rumour and have PSG buy both for the ultimate superteam. Tsk, Ronaldo’s a poor man’s Mauro Icardi. In more contemporary news this match tonight is looking promising. United don’t look as physically lacking as they did last round. | ||
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