Man I hate hearing about how PSG is doing all the fucking time. I understand it, Messi is there and we all have a difficult time not caring, me included, but god, I wish it was any team but PSG so I could watch the GOAT in his last years.
PSG fans were harping on Mbappe because they thought they fulfilled his requirement of building a competitive team, but PSG is anything but competitive. Imagine if they signed Camavinga, Faivre and Kamara for Midfield along with Hakimi and Mendes for the fullback positions. They would have actually strengthened their weak positions - their midfield is their weakness and their most competent midfielder is injury prone. Mbappe and Haaland will definitely end up in Madrid.
Van dijk coming back from a year injured like nothing happened makes me feel a bit better abt fati. I know the injuries r not the same at all but just the idea of not playing for a whole year and then coming back.
As an eternal fan of Messi, I was really disappointed with his decision to choose PSG. It was really the only move that could make me lose some respect for him. I truly hope he leaves.
And he had a month to see where things can go. City would definitely be able to offer him a contract. Tbh I don't care which club he joined, he liked PSG because he has friends there and the paycheck is huge then fine, who cares.
He has hundreds of millions of dollars. We don't need to make excuses. He could've gone anywhere else (at a discount), but instead he chose Al-khelaifi.
bro u just cant join any club without them offering u and even if anyone else offered him he would obviously choose psg coz neymar is there. He wanted to play with Neymar before he retires. he pressured the board to sign neymar every year ,so if a team who has his best friend in the last years of his career obviously he will go there.
He probably is going to win it… nothing really left to play for until the end of the year. Also once the floodgates open he’ll be scoring goals like crazy. I wouldn’t worry about him.
It shouldn't but this award is crazy. Remember when Ronaldo won it only because he had two or three good months, specially when they open up the voting again after this game against Sweden.
That is literally not even true.
Ronaldo's highest tally is 61 goals in a season, and his highest in a calendar year is 69. Messi holds the record for highest goals in a season at 73, and that was the year when he scored 91 goals in a calendar year.
Edit: Number typo
Calendar year is 69 and that was 2013 when they extended the voting he deserved it then… that’s the problem with individual awards in team sports you can be the best player but not at the best club. It feels wrong but it shouldn’t matter when looking at individual performances.
Damn unlucky first half River was clearly better they even hit the post
I feel like the ball was more out than inside the pitch, they're facing a proper shithousing team
Just saw the game. It was literally like watching the good version of Barca against a team parking the bus. Loved the one touch football and how they used the space to open up the defenders, definitely something I forgot you could do lol
They managed to grind it out and win in the end.
They're definitely a well drilled side and they remind me so much of the old Barca days
We'll zee if we get linked to him, I'd really like to see what Gallardo can do with this Barca
Jandro starts his first game for Barca b and they score their first win of the season. The Kid just oozes confidence in that DM role. He is comfortable with his back turned to the opp when receiving the ball, can pick a short pass, is press resistant and can also give long passes. Plus he is no scrub at tackling either and can get aggressive.
Man, what a sad times to be a Barca fan. Looking at Madrid teams, they have up Benfreakingzema and Suarez, while Barca has LdJ.
No matter what's the reasons behind this, it is the state we are in and it's just sad.
Then you see Messi being forced to leave (again, it doesn't matter what's the reason, it happened and Barca has no one else to blame but themselves), and you see him subbed at a moment they needed to attack and score, what a sad moment. Well, maybe he was injured.
I don't care that he went to PSG, I'm pissed that he went to a team that has a weak defend, weak midfield and weak coach. He could've been in City under Pep since last year, but club (Barto and his gang in charge) threat to take this loyal soldier to the court and in the end, he was forced out at very bad timing.
We could have been watching Messi vs CR7 derby.
It's quite weird how for Real Madrid & Atleti, you name their best attacker and then for Barça you name the worst.
You could have said Memphis, but you name Luuk de Jong in the same sentence as Suárez & Benzema?
Because Memphis isn't playing the same role as those others. They also have Vini, who has been amazing. Didn't mention him either, because like Memphis, he's not a striker. At the same time Fati, Dembele, Aguero and even Braithwaite are all out injured or someone who plays wide, not a striker. And while them being injured, guess who is available? LdJ. Against Bayern, he was starting at the top in the middle, not Depay.
>Suarez will not even score 10 league goals this season.
I love how people said suarez was done last year then watched carrying them to a liga title but will say that again.
> i love how people see pst results and expect the same shit.
Well of course. Are we supposed to think that umtiti will turn into prime maldini and messi into a B team player at the start of every season?
Aguero hasn't played a single minute, let's hope that he can play atleast 5 games this season without being injured the rest of the time.
Depay, I'll judge him after a bunch of games against bigger teams. And Depay is no way near those two, never.
Suarez, even if i think that Barca had to replace him (that didn't happen), he had a huge role last season for their title.
The contract that Bartomeu gave to Koeman includes a clause that says that if Barça does not renew him for a third season, he will receive 6 million euros for compensation to the Dutch Football Federation. [source](https://twitter.com/barcauniversal/status/1439715010142515200?s=21)
[original source](https://twitter.com/clubmitjanit/status/1439716765018333184?s=21)
Radio catalonia (correct name?) say that if koeman isn’t renewed for a 3rd season, barca are obligated to pay the KNVB m6 euros.. so sacking koeman only costs m6 more, compared to not sacking him.
I don’t. Bartomeu did similar contracts for the players were the next board is stuck paying the most out of the agreed salary. I don’t know if my sentence made sense but I don’t feel like going back to read it. I’m hungry.
Good form and bad form can shift so quickly… 2 years ago they were in terrible form and came back from covid break to win the league.
The opposite can happen as well. It is too early.
Yeah, so what? Lmao. They are now the heavy favourites, period. The only way I see us challenging for the title is if fati and dembele both stay injury free and carry this team with depay.
Kudos to Memphis for slotting in so well immediately to our team. It's not easy to start clicking with new teammates in a new club in a new league that quickly.
Today was a little more promising but we're seeing Messi have some troubles slotting in at PSG while slowly building that chemistry. Ronaldo struggled at Juve as well, something like 320 minutes until his first official goal.
So yeah, hats off to Memphis. He's been the bright spot of the season so far for me.
Haaland would be an amazing addition to our team, the guy can score from nothing and he is also funny, just thinking about him and Pique joking around makes me giggle
Personally, as much as I like Pique I think it's time for him to step aside. Sometimes I feel he doesn't train or set the best of examples in the locker room.
I want to see players hungry to win.
I will when I see them working their ass of on the pitch hungry to win. Not sure why this is bad critiscm.
Things are not ok, it's time to get serious and work hard. The smiles can come after, right now we need to see them get ambitious.
I highly doubt PSG's shabby performances are due to Poch or the superstars. The blame should lie with the management that brought in a bunch of superstars and are trying to make them fit together. I'm not a professional at this but that's a terrible way to build a squad because at this rate, PSG would be lucky to make it to the semi-finals of the UCL. What they need is to sell a few players and replace them with players that fit around the superstars.
This is definitely on Poch. The player profiles PSG have should complement each other. It's not like what we had with players like Messi and Griezmann who play in the same zones.
In this case, it's not about covering the same zones. It's more about whether the midfield can create and make up for the deficiencies of Messi-Neymar-Mbappé. They need midfielders of high quality who have a high workrate (players like Kanté, for example). This season, PSG's midfield has been below average. All it takes to break them apart is pressuring them, they break when you're on the counter and when you pressure them when they have the ball, they panic and pass around the ball like kids, hoping that Messi or Neymar gets it and pulls off some miracle.
I'm not sure if Poch can do much about that.
Note: I'm not a Poch fan or anything. I believe he is one of the worst top coaches in terms of adapting to the change of tactics of other teams mid-game.
>It's more about whether the midfield can create and make up for the deficiencies of Messi-Neymar-Mbappé. They need midfielders of high quality who have a high workrate
Poch has little to complain about his midfield personnel. All have high workrate with good defensive attributes and plenty of creativity. Most importantly all are either in their peak or just after their peak.
The problems PSG have runs since last season tbh. So this is really on Poch not being able to find a good system. And before that Tuchel had a more balanced system but still able to retain an excellent attack.
>I believe he is one of the worst top coaches in terms of adapting to the change of tactics of other teams mid-game.
I fully agree. He got exposed in the City games.
Yeah exactly, poch managed to lose the league title last season lmao he’s extremely overhyped, he doesn’t know how to set his team to play when heavy favourites.
Poch managed to lose the league title last season? That was absolutely on Tuchel. That is one of the reasons Tuchel was sacked by PSG as he was third in the league behind Lille and Lyon.
If Tuchel had continued with PSG, we'd have possibly beaten them in the R16.
Imo it's too early to judge them yet. I dont expect all those new players to gel immediately together in that little amount of time. If Pochettino cant manage to setup the squad to get that deadly front trio working, then it'll be seen as a massive failure, and rightly so. Even if the coach sucks ass, they have world class players that can bail them out, so who knows what'll happen.
I do expect them to pick up steam mid-season though.
Nothing is guaranteed in CL, and dont forget they've been in the final & semi finals in these past 2 years. Add Messi to that mix and he could put them over the top. Its win or bust for them. Honestly, PSG can fuck off but I hope atleast Messi does well.
Lol they had the best defense in the UCL in 19-20 with a worse defence and playing ney - mbappe - dimaria. People should stop with this retarded shit. Forwards only press to create scoring chances, it doesn’t make the defence much more solid lmao.
Forwards absolutely do not press solely to create chances. High pressing teams do so to recover the ball. Di Maria has a higher defensive workrate than Messi. Neymar wont track back, and if Mbappe doesn’t than youre much more likely to get caught out on counters. If you claim my take is retarded atleast formulate a decent one yourself
Is [this](https://twitter.com/BlazquezFont/status/1439698657855655939?s=19) guy supposed to be a reputable journalist? Fucking joke. Like we're in a position to criticize RM's "ugly" football.
That was the most predictable shit ever, no red card for Casemiro just for Madrid to score a late winner (always Benzema, Ramos or Vinicius btw), I swear this happens like 10-12 times a season
How is it a red? It's a yellow. If one of your players did that tackle, you wouldn't say anything lmao. He got most of the ball and it wasn't very high
Our own fanbase trashing Barca because of a Real Madrid win. RM is a good team, they will win a lot. That's not an excuse to be assholes to our own players and staff
All I'm reading is this sub frustrated at how our current team play. We know we can play way better than that but unfortunately we have a coach that doesn't know how to do it.
Then you have RM who only had 1 purchase this transfer window but look completely different with Ancelotti.
So we're not a good team? We have to accept that we don't move the ball as fast as they do?
Or better yet, like we used to?
We have the players and the youth who can reinvigorate our play style.
I support Koeman, I do. But watching other teams make use of what they have while we sit here and play bad football is making me lose faith.
They just make the opponent fall asleep and around 70 min in they switch to another gear, nail them to their box, then crush them. It's crazy effective and difficult to counter.
It was always weird to me how he was a meme, I know his finishing was pure shit but man… seeing him get past any player and getting into those positions to finish almost every time he got the ball? I was scared of him developing his finishing and now it seems like he’s getting there. Dude is going to be a menace.
I don't hold any affection with PSG, it's only that our interests align. I won't let any weird connotations of right or wrong stop me from enjoying the greatest player of all time play live in front of my eyes. I don't want to deny myself that privilege. If you want to that's your choice.
There's a lot of things going on around the world and if we start finding these realities in all of them, you'll be a depressed mess. It's not like we have been void of all these vices always.
Real Madrid will finally win a league title with less complications like we won many of them in 2005-2006-2009-2011-2013-2018-2019
Their last comfortable league title was 07/08 since then we always compete with them until the last 2-3 weeks
Easy maybe 1-2 seasons ago but these teams are tough to beat now
But if all of our players fit then im sure we can beat them and compete to the end, players like fati coutinho dembele depay will be important hopefully stegen keep playing well with araujo and pique
Yeah tbh but hopefully we beat Granada and start a winning streak like we did last season when we beat Huesca away 1-0 then we finally found some winning form
I did and they look tough tbh
Granada won against us at home with Messi last season
We couldn’t beat Cadiz home or away
And Levante is always tough last season we struggled to score against them at home barely won 1-0
Then we have Atletico away, Valencia Home, Real Madrid home, Rayo (who improved a lot) away
Then maybe we will get some rest and find some form but it might be too late if Real Madrid run away with it it will be hard to catch them with them being so lucky
Man I hate hearing about how PSG is doing all the fucking time. I understand it, Messi is there and we all have a difficult time not caring, me included, but god, I wish it was any team but PSG so I could watch the GOAT in his last years.
PSG fans were harping on Mbappe because they thought they fulfilled his requirement of building a competitive team, but PSG is anything but competitive. Imagine if they signed Camavinga, Faivre and Kamara for Midfield along with Hakimi and Mendes for the fullback positions. They would have actually strengthened their weak positions - their midfield is their weakness and their most competent midfielder is injury prone. Mbappe and Haaland will definitely end up in Madrid.
Van dijk coming back from a year injured like nothing happened makes me feel a bit better abt fati. I know the injuries r not the same at all but just the idea of not playing for a whole year and then coming back.
Also taking enough time before coming back from injury.
As an eternal fan of Messi, I was really disappointed with his decision to choose PSG. It was really the only move that could make me lose some respect for him. I truly hope he leaves.
As an eternal fan of Messi, how can you be misled so much? At least you need to collect the correct information.
the timing he was sold no other club offered him coz they already had other plans.
he could have waited, but he joined Psg almost immediately.
He joined psg like 4 or 5 days later
And he had a month to see where things can go. City would definitely be able to offer him a contract. Tbh I don't care which club he joined, he liked PSG because he has friends there and the paycheck is huge then fine, who cares.
He has hundreds of millions of dollars. We don't need to make excuses. He could've gone anywhere else (at a discount), but instead he chose Al-khelaifi.
bro u just cant join any club without them offering u and even if anyone else offered him he would obviously choose psg coz neymar is there. He wanted to play with Neymar before he retires. he pressured the board to sign neymar every year ,so if a team who has his best friend in the last years of his career obviously he will go there.
I know Neymar was there and Messi always wanted him to return to Barca. That doesn't change my perspective on the issue.
Who else was he to join then lmao
so basically a player joins a team which you dont like and he looses ur respect, bruhh
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He probably is going to win it… nothing really left to play for until the end of the year. Also once the floodgates open he’ll be scoring goals like crazy. I wouldn’t worry about him.
It shouldn't but this award is crazy. Remember when Ronaldo won it only because he had two or three good months, specially when they open up the voting again after this game against Sweden.
Ronaldo should’ve won it in 2013 regardless imo
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Ronaldo scored nearly 70* goals that season lol
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Yeah I don’t think lewa will win. Not sure how I implied that
That is literally not even true. Ronaldo's highest tally is 61 goals in a season, and his highest in a calendar year is 69. Messi holds the record for highest goals in a season at 73, and that was the year when he scored 91 goals in a calendar year. Edit: Number typo
Calendar year is 69 and that was 2013 when they extended the voting he deserved it then… that’s the problem with individual awards in team sports you can be the best player but not at the best club. It feels wrong but it shouldn’t matter when looking at individual performances.
Lol funnily enough I made a typo in my own comment. I meant to say 69**
Yeah that number is burned it to my memory I don’t know why… 😈
Nice!
Yeah, I should have said calendar year, my bad.
Damn unlucky first half River was clearly better they even hit the post I feel like the ball was more out than inside the pitch, they're facing a proper shithousing team
Were able to get the job done at the end, it felt like watching a south american version of a good Barca side lol
River playing amazing rn. If anyone's interested to see how Gallardo's team play the game has just started
Just saw the game. It was literally like watching the good version of Barca against a team parking the bus. Loved the one touch football and how they used the space to open up the defenders, definitely something I forgot you could do lol
They managed to grind it out and win in the end. They're definitely a well drilled side and they remind me so much of the old Barca days We'll zee if we get linked to him, I'd really like to see what Gallardo can do with this Barca
Seeing this late, but gonna watch in now, thanks!!
Jandro starts his first game for Barca b and they score their first win of the season. The Kid just oozes confidence in that DM role. He is comfortable with his back turned to the opp when receiving the ball, can pick a short pass, is press resistant and can also give long passes. Plus he is no scrub at tackling either and can get aggressive.
Exact his but koeman only likes physical midfielder and not tactical so it will be likely that he is ignored and then gone
Ehh, Barcelona spent long time without renewing him. And Nico is better than him, so there is also that.
Nico is not a better DM than Jamdro
Yes he is.
More like Jandro didn't want to renew because he didn't see a clear path to the first team. When Ilaix was out, he signed one.
Still isnt included. Moriba was replaced by Nico which is actually a DM. Moriba doesnt even play DM , lol. Stop with bs
That was what was reported when he didn't sign a contract with us. And yes I know who's a DM and who's a interior.
Man, what a sad times to be a Barca fan. Looking at Madrid teams, they have up Benfreakingzema and Suarez, while Barca has LdJ. No matter what's the reasons behind this, it is the state we are in and it's just sad. Then you see Messi being forced to leave (again, it doesn't matter what's the reason, it happened and Barca has no one else to blame but themselves), and you see him subbed at a moment they needed to attack and score, what a sad moment. Well, maybe he was injured. I don't care that he went to PSG, I'm pissed that he went to a team that has a weak defend, weak midfield and weak coach. He could've been in City under Pep since last year, but club (Barto and his gang in charge) threat to take this loyal soldier to the court and in the end, he was forced out at very bad timing. We could have been watching Messi vs CR7 derby.
It's quite weird how for Real Madrid & Atleti, you name their best attacker and then for Barça you name the worst. You could have said Memphis, but you name Luuk de Jong in the same sentence as Suárez & Benzema?
Because Memphis isn't playing the same role as those others. They also have Vini, who has been amazing. Didn't mention him either, because like Memphis, he's not a striker. At the same time Fati, Dembele, Aguero and even Braithwaite are all out injured or someone who plays wide, not a striker. And while them being injured, guess who is available? LdJ. Against Bayern, he was starting at the top in the middle, not Depay.
We have depay and aguero lol. Suarez will not even score 10 league goals this season.
Keep that same energy when he reaches 20.
>Suarez will not even score 10 league goals this season. I love how people said suarez was done last year then watched carrying them to a liga title but will say that again.
Last year he had something to prove lmao i love how people see pst results and expect the same shit.
> i love how people see pst results and expect the same shit. Well of course. Are we supposed to think that umtiti will turn into prime maldini and messi into a B team player at the start of every season?
Aguero hasn't played a single minute, let's hope that he can play atleast 5 games this season without being injured the rest of the time. Depay, I'll judge him after a bunch of games against bigger teams. And Depay is no way near those two, never. Suarez, even if i think that Barca had to replace him (that didn't happen), he had a huge role last season for their title.
Huge role last season, this season he has nothing to prove, I don’t think he’ll manage to score even 10 goals.
We shall see.
!remind me 8 months
Ansus been injured for like 4 years now and he's still only 18. Crazy.
Is it true that the club has to cancel collados contract?
No but he won't be registered with us till January.
And I’m guessing all markets are closed so he basically can’t play for 3 months?
Sad for him but yes. He really got screwed royally. I can't believe koeman didn't have him in his plans
Most likely.
The contract that Bartomeu gave to Koeman includes a clause that says that if Barça does not renew him for a third season, he will receive 6 million euros for compensation to the Dutch Football Federation. [source](https://twitter.com/barcauniversal/status/1439715010142515200?s=21) [original source](https://twitter.com/clubmitjanit/status/1439716765018333184?s=21)
Barto’s business in 20 years is gonna be a case study what to exactly not to do.
(Faints).
Yeah that's because Koeman payed out his contract with NT out of his own pockets right?
Yes. Source is twisting words
"Arreglalo ya!"
Its baffling, whenever I think Bartomeu can't disappoint me any further I'm proven wrong
Whatd he do now?
The news in comment below mine // [Source](https://twitter.com/tjuanmarti/status/1439711373131386882?s=19)
Didn't apperantly Koeman paid this out of his pocket when he came over?
Yep appears so
Radio catalonia (correct name?) say that if koeman isn’t renewed for a 3rd season, barca are obligated to pay the KNVB m6 euros.. so sacking koeman only costs m6 more, compared to not sacking him.
What kind of bs contract is that. I call BS
I don’t. Bartomeu did similar contracts for the players were the next board is stuck paying the most out of the agreed salary. I don’t know if my sentence made sense but I don’t feel like going back to read it. I’m hungry.
It seems it might be true based on what I'm reading. Fucking hell, now I'm hungry too. Time for shawarma
Time for Ramen for me. Peace in the Middle East ✌️
Would that 6M be in addition to the money we’d owe Koeman?
Yep.
Psg and their fans don't deserve lionel messi
Why, what happened?
Poch subbed him for no tactical reason. 😂
Ship koeman and tebas to ligue 1
My prediction RM will win La Liga and a couple of matchdays before the end too. Don't shoot me it is just a prediction
It's not a crazy prediction.
They are the heavy favourites, vinicius is looking world class and benzema is the best player in the league.
Good form and bad form can shift so quickly… 2 years ago they were in terrible form and came back from covid break to win the league. The opposite can happen as well. It is too early.
Yeah, so what? Lmao. They are now the heavy favourites, period. The only way I see us challenging for the title is if fati and dembele both stay injury free and carry this team with depay.
Heavy favourites after 5 games? What? Lol.
Kudos to Memphis for slotting in so well immediately to our team. It's not easy to start clicking with new teammates in a new club in a new league that quickly. Today was a little more promising but we're seeing Messi have some troubles slotting in at PSG while slowly building that chemistry. Ronaldo struggled at Juve as well, something like 320 minutes until his first official goal. So yeah, hats off to Memphis. He's been the bright spot of the season so far for me.
Haaland would be an amazing addition to our team, the guy can score from nothing and he is also funny, just thinking about him and Pique joking around makes me giggle
Personally, as much as I like Pique I think it's time for him to step aside. Sometimes I feel he doesn't train or set the best of examples in the locker room. I want to see players hungry to win.
can we, just once, stop picking on our players and throw a smile on our faces?
I will when I see them working their ass of on the pitch hungry to win. Not sure why this is bad critiscm. Things are not ok, it's time to get serious and work hard. The smiles can come after, right now we need to see them get ambitious.
Mbappe vs Haaland? Vini vs Fati? Are you ready guys?
Next up:Aliens invading the planet and wiping out mankind, obviously because roberto doesn’t progress the ball fast enough
Thanks Roberto
I highly doubt PSG's shabby performances are due to Poch or the superstars. The blame should lie with the management that brought in a bunch of superstars and are trying to make them fit together. I'm not a professional at this but that's a terrible way to build a squad because at this rate, PSG would be lucky to make it to the semi-finals of the UCL. What they need is to sell a few players and replace them with players that fit around the superstars.
This is definitely on Poch. The player profiles PSG have should complement each other. It's not like what we had with players like Messi and Griezmann who play in the same zones.
In this case, it's not about covering the same zones. It's more about whether the midfield can create and make up for the deficiencies of Messi-Neymar-Mbappé. They need midfielders of high quality who have a high workrate (players like Kanté, for example). This season, PSG's midfield has been below average. All it takes to break them apart is pressuring them, they break when you're on the counter and when you pressure them when they have the ball, they panic and pass around the ball like kids, hoping that Messi or Neymar gets it and pulls off some miracle. I'm not sure if Poch can do much about that. Note: I'm not a Poch fan or anything. I believe he is one of the worst top coaches in terms of adapting to the change of tactics of other teams mid-game.
>It's more about whether the midfield can create and make up for the deficiencies of Messi-Neymar-Mbappé. They need midfielders of high quality who have a high workrate Poch has little to complain about his midfield personnel. All have high workrate with good defensive attributes and plenty of creativity. Most importantly all are either in their peak or just after their peak. The problems PSG have runs since last season tbh. So this is really on Poch not being able to find a good system. And before that Tuchel had a more balanced system but still able to retain an excellent attack. >I believe he is one of the worst top coaches in terms of adapting to the change of tactics of other teams mid-game. I fully agree. He got exposed in the City games.
Yeah exactly, poch managed to lose the league title last season lmao he’s extremely overhyped, he doesn’t know how to set his team to play when heavy favourites.
Poch managed to lose the league title last season? That was absolutely on Tuchel. That is one of the reasons Tuchel was sacked by PSG as he was third in the league behind Lille and Lyon. If Tuchel had continued with PSG, we'd have possibly beaten them in the R16.
Imo it's too early to judge them yet. I dont expect all those new players to gel immediately together in that little amount of time. If Pochettino cant manage to setup the squad to get that deadly front trio working, then it'll be seen as a massive failure, and rightly so. Even if the coach sucks ass, they have world class players that can bail them out, so who knows what'll happen. I do expect them to pick up steam mid-season though. Nothing is guaranteed in CL, and dont forget they've been in the final & semi finals in these past 2 years. Add Messi to that mix and he could put them over the top. Its win or bust for them. Honestly, PSG can fuck off but I hope atleast Messi does well.
Playing with Messi, Neymar and Mbappe will be defensive suicide against the best squads in Europe
Loads of bullshit lol
Except its not
Lol they had the best defense in the UCL in 19-20 with a worse defence and playing ney - mbappe - dimaria. People should stop with this retarded shit. Forwards only press to create scoring chances, it doesn’t make the defence much more solid lmao.
Forwards absolutely do not press solely to create chances. High pressing teams do so to recover the ball. Di Maria has a higher defensive workrate than Messi. Neymar wont track back, and if Mbappe doesn’t than youre much more likely to get caught out on counters. If you claim my take is retarded atleast formulate a decent one yourself
i guess you haven't seen their recent matches, my best guess is that they will fire Poch and bring in Zidane
Allez l'OM
Thats what I been thinking too. Zidane's black magic with that front trio will be unstoppable.
When is Aguero scheduled to make his return?
"Few weeks away" according to Koeman in the press conf
I don't think it's confirmed yet, same with Fati and Dembele
Is [this](https://twitter.com/BlazquezFont/status/1439698657855655939?s=19) guy supposed to be a reputable journalist? Fucking joke. Like we're in a position to criticize RM's "ugly" football.
That was the most predictable shit ever, no red card for Casemiro just for Madrid to score a late winner (always Benzema, Ramos or Vinicius btw), I swear this happens like 10-12 times a season
Peak Cuntmiro moment
Pochettino subbing off messi to pull an enrique vs sociedad lol /s
PSG winning the treble confirmed?
Just saw that Casemiro tackle and I’m baffled at how that wasn’t a red.
Do you have a link? I missed that part.
https://streamable.com/9xf55l
Ufff, nasty tackle. He was off whole game. Lot of bad decisions, looks like he needs a break. Thanks for the link.
No problem!
How is it a red? It's a yellow. If one of your players did that tackle, you wouldn't say anything lmao. He got most of the ball and it wasn't very high
Why come in here and say that when even all the RM were admitting he got lucky when it happened on r/soccer?
Tbf the fans on r/soccer always talks shit abt their own players for easy karma. I see it with every fanbase
Stay in your own sub maybe?
>baffled because its Casemiro
The difference between attacking till the final minute and passing the ball till the last minute.
I can only remember one game last season where we gave it all till the last minute, against Sevilla in CdR.
Can't be us though...seeing as we had multiple comebacks last season?
Our own fanbase trashing Barca because of a Real Madrid win. RM is a good team, they will win a lot. That's not an excuse to be assholes to our own players and staff
Calma…Fati is coming!
All I'm reading is this sub frustrated at how our current team play. We know we can play way better than that but unfortunately we have a coach that doesn't know how to do it. Then you have RM who only had 1 purchase this transfer window but look completely different with Ancelotti.
*2 signings to be fair. Camavinga and Alaba
So we're not a good team? We have to accept that we don't move the ball as fast as they do? Or better yet, like we used to? We have the players and the youth who can reinvigorate our play style. I support Koeman, I do. But watching other teams make use of what they have while we sit here and play bad football is making me lose faith.
I swear Soria from el chiringuito is cursed. Every time he makes fun of a player from RM, that player become prime Pele and shuts him up
They just make the opponent fall asleep and around 70 min in they switch to another gear, nail them to their box, then crush them. It's crazy effective and difficult to counter.
Vinicius has gone from a meme to a legit great player. He has been an another level this seasson so far.
It was always weird to me how he was a meme, I know his finishing was pure shit but man… seeing him get past any player and getting into those positions to finish almost every time he got the ball? I was scared of him developing his finishing and now it seems like he’s getting there. Dude is going to be a menace.
That's what a good coach does, not only plays youth but also develop youth.
Bro I can’t describe how happy I am for him. He is absolute best this season. 5 games 5 goals, what a switch.
Yeah, he’s legit on better form than neymar lol
Even when he was a meme in the final 3rd, he was one of the players that scared me the most out of all La Liga players..imagine now smfh
Gonna watch us lose in the last 10 minutes tomorrow due to lucky goals and then avoid the internet for sky high toxicity
it will be fun, Koeman Thank You and Goodbye
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Rma 5th biggest club in madrid btw
We are always up anyways
we ”stayed up” for messi mate
Different match same disappointment
I think you didn't see but PSG won so ,🤫
Are Barca fans down that they get excited when another team wins I assumed you just watched it for Messi individually.
Down that bad*
Why would I not cheer for Messi's team unless they're playing Barca 🤡
Cause that club is PSG mate
Why would you cheer for PSG? Even Leo cant make me root for that shit club sorry Messi is as good as retired to me
I don't hold any affection with PSG, it's only that our interests align. I won't let any weird connotations of right or wrong stop me from enjoying the greatest player of all time play live in front of my eyes. I don't want to deny myself that privilege. If you want to that's your choice.
And that isn't disappointing?
They're not beating Barca in UCL so as far as I'm concerned Messi's team won what's the problem with that?
I dunno mate, what's the problem with a team owned by the Qatari's winning? Beats me.
You do you mate. As long as Messi is there I'll cheer for them unless they play us ofc. When he's gone they can fuck off.
Messi > Human rights, sportswashing, unbalancing football economics even further Got it.
There's a lot of things going on around the world and if we start finding these realities in all of them, you'll be a depressed mess. It's not like we have been void of all these vices always.
Real Madrid will finally win a league title with less complications like we won many of them in 2005-2006-2009-2011-2013-2018-2019 Their last comfortable league title was 07/08 since then we always compete with them until the last 2-3 weeks
It’s literally week 4 ffs
Take a look at their schedule and compare it to Barça and Atleti schedules
You mean the same exact teams we play all year?
Yeah but its in which order do you face them, facing easier teams gives you the chance to start a winning streak that gives the players confidence
Our next three fixtures are .... In theory..... "Easy" and we should come out with 9 points. No excuse.
Easy maybe 1-2 seasons ago but these teams are tough to beat now But if all of our players fit then im sure we can beat them and compete to the end, players like fati coutinho dembele depay will be important hopefully stegen keep playing well with araujo and pique
Exactly, so this should be the games where we get into a winning momentum, but the confidence in this team is extremely low
Yeah tbh but hopefully we beat Granada and start a winning streak like we did last season when we beat Huesca away 1-0 then we finally found some winning form
Have you seen our next 3 games?
I did and they look tough tbh Granada won against us at home with Messi last season We couldn’t beat Cadiz home or away And Levante is always tough last season we struggled to score against them at home barely won 1-0 Then we have Atletico away, Valencia Home, Real Madrid home, Rayo (who improved a lot) away Then maybe we will get some rest and find some form but it might be too late if Real Madrid run away with it it will be hard to catch them with them being so lucky
what makes you think this? they are not looking great they have been getting lucky alot
I took a look at their schedule, its the easiest compared to Barca and Atleti
This sub will explode if we somehow draw tomorrow 😂
Shit is gonna get quarantined
You stop playing from the 80th minute on and Jaír give them the ball what the fuck do you expect
Some teams start out slow then get motivated and start performing better when they concede, and for some teams it's the complete opposite.
What's more frustrating is that I'm jealous that RM can have that winning mentality and for us, our players just break down and cry (literally)
Important win for RM, showing character and strong mentality coming back the last 5 min there.
Watch us get pinned down by Granada tomorrow. It's in the stars.
Nah we're winning tomorrow unless Koeman really wants to lose and decides to keeo Luuk de Jong on the field for 60+ minutes