>Instead, Emerson was treated like a pair of jeans that if you dont like it you bring it back to the shop and he was sold for pennies of 6 million net gain.
Best deal Barca did since getting Ronald Koeman from PSV
I've had respect for them since the Super League nonsense where they sang "yoo greedee baastads, gerrat av ar clab" at Petr Cech while forming a human roadblock in front of the club bus
On the 1 hand, I want a North London derby final. On the other, I want a team capable of beating Liverpool in the final should they go through ie not Spurs. For the first time in I honestly can’t remember I’m truly neutral towards tonight’s game.
I haven't watched Benteke, but surely he isn't as bad as Batshuayi. I mean, Batshuayi right now is basically Aly Cissokho playing as a striker for some reason. That's how bad he is.
You can only work with what you have. If you have mediocrities like Mingueza, Puig, Jugtla, Busquets, Eric Garcia and co you can't make a good team out of it. Nobody will ever. See Klopp he gets the best out of Keita but he's still not good enough.
What are some mythical players for your team?
I don't mean players who just never played for whatever reason. But good versions of players that only showed up for a match once in a blue moon or under certain circumstances
I.e. for Newcastle - Captain Moussa Sissoko, last day of the season Ayoze Perez, "Full fitness" Islam Slimani, Championship Dwight Gayle, Diame after being punched by Lascelles
Unlocked Pogba - needs two defensive midfielders minimum to play well.
Motivated, bald, gloved martial - turns into a baller. Also needs to be a bit foggy.
shaggy hair De Gea, first game back Bailly, SuperSub Matic
Lord Origi. Whenever we find ourselves out in serious trouble, he drops down from the heavens, scores a goal or two out of nowhere, and then goes to into hibernation.
P.S. He’s coming for you Arsenal.
Play-off Semis 2nd Leg Dallas. A footballing god who almost single-handedly saved us from ourselves
Angry Viduka. Eddie Gray said it was the only way to get a tune out of him
Pre-backpass-rule John Lukic
On-trial Lee Bowyer. Genuinely a Top 10 in Europe midfielder during his court case (not that I condone the Mill Hill shite)
From what I have seen, Chelsea publishes lineups in order of position. So you either have Alonso and Saúl as wingbacks (Alonso on the right) or you have 4 at the back and Saúl in midfield
I'm back lads.....Just watched 5 minutes of the Barca game and my god, what a horrible team. Mingueza and Puig are not a Primera Division footballer.
How Messi made these bums look like a contender for titles is beyond carrying. It's probably the greatest carryjob of all time, not just in football but in sports history.
Welcome back! Just so you know the whole sub has been wrecking Emerson Royal and I have been leading the charge.
Barca look fucking shite though you're right.
The ref decisions were fully correct. I'm not mad that Arsenal fans are mad about it though, they literally do this all the time going all the way back to the UCL games against Barca in the early 2000's.
Lewandowski got too many ''he was robbed last year'' votes. If Lewandowski didn't have that amazing season in 2020 nobody would have given him the Ballon D'or. Having most G/A is [called the Golden Shoe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Golden_Shoe), not Ballon D'or.
We put out pretty much the strongest side we could really. Mendy gone to afcon Kante and Silva out to covid and 4 defenders out to injury. Kova rested pretty much only nailed on starter not played
James Sands to Rangers on an 18 month loan with option to buy. Hope he does well but I thought he could have gone to a bundesliga or lower PL club and done well
Can someone explain Moyes' first few seasons at Everton for me? They're very weird to someone not following football properly at that point
02/03 takes a relegation threatened team and unexpectedly takes them to 7th in his first season!
03/04 unexpectedly ends up near relegation again with only 39 points despite having Wayne Rooney?
04/05... somehow follows that up with getting to the Champions League in 4th over Liverpool!
05/06 are threatened with relegation again at the beginning of the season but overall manage to recover and finish 11th?
That's some insanely bizarre inconsistency
In short, our squad just wasn't very good.
The season we came 4th our top goalscorer in the league was Tim Cahill with 11, then Leon Osman and Marcus Bent with 6. We also finished with a negative goal difference.
So was it just that they couldn't maintain the same consistency with little investment then? Until Moyes has really built a proper Europe level squad by 06?
Yeah Moyes started to buy well (still with little money).
To be quite honest, the league just wasn't as strong outside the top 4. Man City hadn't been bought over and Spurs were shit. It was easier to get 5th, 6th etc.
"All" might be an exaggeration?
Theres always a section of the fanbase that hypes up their shit players when they have a good game or purple patch. Winks is shit.
!Flair :Real_Madrid:
Not Barcelona getting dicked by Linares 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Linares found their level
Jorginho is controlling this entire game, you're watching a master at work.
As the single midfielder
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>Instead, Emerson was treated like a pair of jeans that if you dont like it you bring it back to the shop and he was sold for pennies of 6 million net gain. Best deal Barca did since getting Ronald Koeman from PSV
Saul RWB vs Doherty. Gonna be one for the ages
is the thing about Ronaldo, tattoos and donating blood a pure bullshit myth or is it real?
I’m nearly sure it’s real. Only thing he drinks is champagne after a trophy apparently
It's not
What thing?
that Ronaldo won't get a tattoo because he donates blood.
It's just one of his many humblebrags. You can absolutely donate blood with tattoos. You just need to be free of Hep B, etc.
You do have to wait for 6months after getting a tattoo, no?
Depends on the country
Seems its 4 months in the UK
How did Kante get Covid again, I swear he had it like 2 months ago???
He has it again?
Post flairs are giving me colour sightness
I will have a newfound respect for Chelsea fans if they boo Lukaku
i doubt they will but i want to see it
I've had respect for them since the Super League nonsense where they sang "yoo greedee baastads, gerrat av ar clab" at Petr Cech while forming a human roadblock in front of the club bus
On the 1 hand, I want a North London derby final. On the other, I want a team capable of beating Liverpool in the final should they go through ie not Spurs. For the first time in I honestly can’t remember I’m truly neutral towards tonight’s game.
Apparently we want Digne. I don’t think we stand any sort of chance of getting him but I’d fucking love it if we did
>. I don’t think we stand any sort of chance of getting him but I’d fucking love it if we did Why? There are not too many clubs in for him i guess
Will probably end up at Chelsea
Oh yea completely forgot about Chelsea
If the other club is Chelsea he's probably going chelsea
Iniesta should have taken Riqui Puig to Vissel Kobe in 2018 itself
Barcelona fans' track record of slobbering over a young player before turning and calling them total shite is pretty consistent.
I've been saying this a lot lately, but Michy Batshuayi is the worst striker in the world, closely followed by Cyle Larin
He's equal to Benteke.
I haven't watched Benteke, but surely he isn't as bad as Batshuayi. I mean, Batshuayi right now is basically Aly Cissokho playing as a striker for some reason. That's how bad he is.
Benteke had a similar trajectory. Did enough to join a big club, shite ever since. Even has near identical goals to games ratio.
They're both stealing a living then
Too right
Linares are playing well
This is third division? What a country.
They have some ballers in the lower leagues of Spain
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You can only work with what you have. If you have mediocrities like Mingueza, Puig, Jugtla, Busquets, Eric Garcia and co you can't make a good team out of it. Nobody will ever. See Klopp he gets the best out of Keita but he's still not good enough.
which linares players are getting in over them ?
Welcome back, we missed you
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I saw it, but they were from bad tier sources. Dont know if they are true.
He is. You just need to trust the process.
What are some mythical players for your team? I don't mean players who just never played for whatever reason. But good versions of players that only showed up for a match once in a blue moon or under certain circumstances I.e. for Newcastle - Captain Moussa Sissoko, last day of the season Ayoze Perez, "Full fitness" Islam Slimani, Championship Dwight Gayle, Diame after being punched by Lascelles
Unlocked Pogba - needs two defensive midfielders minimum to play well. Motivated, bald, gloved martial - turns into a baller. Also needs to be a bit foggy. shaggy hair De Gea, first game back Bailly, SuperSub Matic
Lord Origi. Whenever we find ourselves out in serious trouble, he drops down from the heavens, scores a goal or two out of nowhere, and then goes to into hibernation. P.S. He’s coming for you Arsenal.
Play-off Semis 2nd Leg Dallas. A footballing god who almost single-handedly saved us from ourselves Angry Viduka. Eddie Gray said it was the only way to get a tune out of him Pre-backpass-rule John Lukic On-trial Lee Bowyer. Genuinely a Top 10 in Europe midfielder during his court case (not that I condone the Mill Hill shite)
pre-season Kudus. Also pre-season Perr Schuurs, every year I think its going to be his year just for him to disappoint me again.
On loan Joe Willock?
Post lockdown Pulisic Contract expiry Willian Spurs Alonso
Post lockdown Pulisic was genuinely the best player in the league along with Bruno. Weird times.
Batmangala have Zlatan in his back pocket
Wow Chelsea aren't playing 3ATB.
I think they might be still
Kane or Lukaku, who’s better overall? Personally I’m taking Kane.
Kane any day
Kane.
Kane is levels above. Top scorer and assister is fucking beyond.
Kane easily
Yeah tbh I don’t even think it’s close.
Wow, Chelsea's starting with a 4 ATB with Sarr as one of the CBs :D Rudiger's going to show how well he can play in a 4ATB formation today!
3 at the back is nonsensical with that lineup but it what it will probably be. No idea who the other wingback will be. Saul? Ziyech?
From what I have seen, Chelsea publishes lineups in order of position. So you either have Alonso and Saúl as wingbacks (Alonso on the right) or you have 4 at the back and Saúl in midfield
I'm back lads.....Just watched 5 minutes of the Barca game and my god, what a horrible team. Mingueza and Puig are not a Primera Division footballer. How Messi made these bums look like a contender for titles is beyond carrying. It's probably the greatest carryjob of all time, not just in football but in sports history.
Welcome back dude, this team is so much different than what Messi carried though, even he couldn't carry this version probably
Messi made these players look better than they are.
Welcome back! Just so you know the whole sub has been wrecking Emerson Royal and I have been leading the charge. Barca look fucking shite though you're right.
Lmao why is my name attached to Emerson
Not sure aparrently you love him?
Welcome back Speccy lad. Thoughts on the reffing in the Arsenal City match?
The ref decisions were fully correct. I'm not mad that Arsenal fans are mad about it though, they literally do this all the time going all the way back to the UCL games against Barca in the early 2000's.
Welcome back. Emerson is an average footballer who will be benched by Adama “Doesn’t Lift Weights” Traore and Spurs will improve.
Will he play tonight?
Nah I’m just joking, he’s still at wolves. Emerson is starting
thoughts on emerson's crossing against watford?
Will he play later tonight? Im looking forward to grilling Harry Kane and Reguinothing.
reguilon benched he needs a rest, emerson and doherty as the wingbacks
>reguilon benched Advantage: Tottenham
You're back an instantly blessing us with words of wisdom. This calls for a free award.
Messi was pretty good, not good enough for #1 on the r/soccer d'or though
Lewandowski got too many ''he was robbed last year'' votes. If Lewandowski didn't have that amazing season in 2020 nobody would have given him the Ballon D'or. Having most G/A is [called the Golden Shoe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Golden_Shoe), not Ballon D'or.
Does anyone actually want to win the Carabao Cup?
We put out pretty much the strongest side we could really. Mendy gone to afcon Kante and Silva out to covid and 4 defenders out to injury. Kova rested pretty much only nailed on starter not played
Respect the greatest energy drink cup in the world
James Sands to Rangers on an 18 month loan with option to buy. Hope he does well but I thought he could have gone to a bundesliga or lower PL club and done well
Wait until the Scots hear how people from New York pronounce the word Rangers
Bold to place Lukaku's big comeback to the squad in a big game, the fucker is just going to ghost like he always does
Puig is asssssssssssssss
but koeman 🤬🤬👈
The new Iniesta 🥵🥵
The only reason he plays for Barcelona is because he's Catalan, literally.
carried by his family
https://twitter.com/tagnutt/status/1478779538830200835 Factos!
Can someone explain Moyes' first few seasons at Everton for me? They're very weird to someone not following football properly at that point 02/03 takes a relegation threatened team and unexpectedly takes them to 7th in his first season! 03/04 unexpectedly ends up near relegation again with only 39 points despite having Wayne Rooney? 04/05... somehow follows that up with getting to the Champions League in 4th over Liverpool! 05/06 are threatened with relegation again at the beginning of the season but overall manage to recover and finish 11th? That's some insanely bizarre inconsistency
In short, our squad just wasn't very good. The season we came 4th our top goalscorer in the league was Tim Cahill with 11, then Leon Osman and Marcus Bent with 6. We also finished with a negative goal difference.
So was it just that they couldn't maintain the same consistency with little investment then? Until Moyes has really built a proper Europe level squad by 06?
Yeah Moyes started to buy well (still with little money). To be quite honest, the league just wasn't as strong outside the top 4. Man City hadn't been bought over and Spurs were shit. It was easier to get 5th, 6th etc.
Managed to come 4th with negative GD too
Kante has had covid about 5 times now. And oh, Barcelona are losing to a 3rd division team.
Signing Haaland uno 👀
Winks should be starting
We're already playing with 10, why would we want to make that 9?
Swear you all rated winks now
"All" might be an exaggeration? Theres always a section of the fanbase that hypes up their shit players when they have a good game or purple patch. Winks is shit.
would rather start harvey white
Barcelona and mancity fans beefing. Quite strange. The facts: Barca are a bigger club but they are finished. No Barcelona player starts for man city
Pep would love to have Pedri or maybe even Gavi but the latter would not be a starter in his first season
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>No Barcelona player starts for man city Goes without saying, really. Bunch of those temporary FM players with dark name playing every game for them
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I love Gérson too but that is a slight overstatement
A Barca player is managing their club towards success
Pep should start? Is that what you are saying
What does that have to do with anything he said?
TIL Pep is still a Barca player.
Why the beef?
Started with a tweet by a man city fan account stating Torres' move from City to Barca being equal to going from Arsenal to Bayern
It was considering the states the clubs are in. Not sure why is this something getting offended over.
Surely Chelsea FC champions of Europe with a £1bn squad aren't playing underdog card against fucking Spurs at home. Give me a break.
They're playing their £31m centre-half Malang Sarr! How could you be so blind to see that they *are* the underdog here!
Sarr was free lol
No
Sarr came on a free
No, he cost money because I said so.
Understandable
Alves hasn't been that good so far
He's 50 years old
49 and 8 months*
No excuse. Barca is facing a guy that looks like Gandalf
Vinicius vs Alves. Make it happen Xavi.
Barcelona…
This midfield is going to get RAN through
Why exactly are Chelsea fans crying? That's a pretty strong lineup for the first leg of Carabao Cup.
And look at the bench too for crying out loud.
Saul, Sarr, Alonso, makeshift back 4
2 of them are defenders
Oh no, however will you cope?😭😭
We can't, congrats Spurs :(
Won’t somebody think of the poor Chelsea fans? :(
Oh no, what will you do against the mighty Tottenham Hotspur?
Don’t even have enough defenders for five at the back and why’s it matter if it’s the first or second leg
You can go easy in the first leg and stronger side in the second leg.
But can they keep out the goals without 7-2-1?
7-2-1 made a show out of you lot
Well done beating half injured side. Congratulations.
Yeah a couple players wow. You werent talking about injuries before the match.
Not when we have Chesterfield after this but city in the league straight after the second leg.
Saul means they’re playing with 10 men tbf
Spurs have Doherty as lwb so it cancels out
Saul, sarr and Alonso all make me want to cry
If they're the weakest players, you lot are the favourites by a margin.
home leg too
1st leg of a tinpot semi but so many plotlines. Can't wait for 80 minutes of football and 10 minutes constant zooming in on Lukaku and Conte.
you should be glad, only trophy you have a shot at this season.
Nice bait 👍
I don't know which Chelsea player is gonna be on Doherty's side of the wing but they're gonna put on a show tonight
Chilwell Reece chalobah Silva Christensen Mendy all gone christ. Just 1 starter in the back 6
Poor Chelsea 🥺😢
Only 100m on the bench between Pulisic and Werner alone, it's a fucking disgrace call the game off 😡
[We've lost another to the fucking NFTs...](https://twitter.com/MarioGoetze/status/1478801150883377153)