25 minutes into the Bayern v Man City game. Bayern with 72 percent possession. They have more possession because the rarely attempt the dangerous ball. We have a new Barcelona guys.

Think that's a bit unfair, they are killing City all over the pitch.

City are defending very deep and in numbers.

They are, and they are playing really well. No arguments there.

Up until two months ago they didn't really value possession for the sake of it though. They attempted the early, risky but potentially threatening, ball to either flank or to Mandzukic a lot. It meant less possession and more attacks from their opponents, but they gained opportunities to counter attack a lot more. I am not saying that this way of playing necessarily will be less successful, though it is highly likely after last season, but I think they are a lot less attractive to watch as a neutral.

Holy shit, Michael Owen is in the studio.

David James barnet is proper rascal.

Man City 1-0, Negredo. Bayern, predictably, look vulnerable the same way Barcelona do.

Bayern peno now. Muller makes it 1-1

Mandzukic 2-1.

Boateng. I know they look similar, but still...

BT Sport lied to me.

Nah, was Mandzukic. They look better with a proper striker on the pitch too.

Commentator just said that nobody expected Navas to be that quick. Do these guys even watch football?

Navas is going to be really good for Man City unfortunately.

They are mostly clueless.

Swansea dusting off Malmo 4-0. Rex, your boys are taking one hell of a beating.

Captain wrote:

Commentator just said that nobody expected Navas to be that quick. Do these guys even watch football?

He's electric.

Wish we signed him

Captain wrote:

Commentator just said that nobody expected Navas to be that quick. Do these guys even watch football?

Tea almost went down my windpipe when that "expert" dropped that gem.

Is David James really that thick?
It takes some doing to make McManaman sound intelligent.

Captain wrote:

David James barnet is proper rascal.

Captain wrote:

Swansea dusting off Malmo 4-0. Rex, your boys are taking one hell of a beating.

Swedish football is just shit. This is a Malmö team which is currently 2nd in the Swedish top division too. Sad state of affairs.

Rex
Nela
Klaus
Fast Freddie
Björn Borg
Björn
Benny
Agnetha
Anni-Frida
Ingmar Bergman
Max Von Sydow
Gustavus Adolphus
Carl Linnaeus

Your boys really took a beating.

That was a Norwegian commentator when Norway beat England btw.

Don't be hard on him. It's difficult for people in New Zealand to separate countries from geographical regions for some reason.

You all look the same anyway.

Rex wrote:

That was a Norwegian commentator when Norway beat England btw.

Klaus wrote:

Don't be hard on him. It's difficult for people in New Zealand to separate countries from geographical regions for some reason.

invisibleman18 wrote:

Biggus is in Australia.

The irony

That one went over someone's head.

That first touch... is that Giroud?

Isco to Benzema

Friendly against the LA galaxy

The universal Isco hard on just got bigger

Not a single one of us is surprised by Isco's ability even though none of us are scouts, ITKs or whatever.
Makes me wonder why we waste time employing them.
The money saved on their wages could be put to better use in brown paper bags.

Biggus wrote:

You can't beat the early 90's can you Tone- A golden generation......

Richard Shaw is not the guy to hold up for the 90's as he was a shittier version of Benoit Assou Risotto.
Only posted him as David James' had an identical hairstyle on BT Sports last night.
http://uk.zebigweb.com/David+James.html

Irish gunner wrote:

Isco to Benzema

I know.

Rex wrote:

That was a Norwegian commentator when Norway beat England btw.

Very good.

Sorry invis. Unprotected stumps and all!

invisibleman18 wrote:

Klaus wrote:

That one went over someone's head.

Walked like Bernie under that one.

Meanwhile, Mourinho revealed that he puts his renowned self-confidence down to coaching big name players like Rivaldo and Ronaldo - whom he calls 'the real one' - as a young coach at Barcelona.

"I was manager for the first time in the 2000 year but, before that, I was assistant in big clubs and with big managers and coaching the best players in the world so I was 30 and I was coaching Ronaldo, not this fake one [Cristiano], the real one, the Brazilian Ronaldo,

"I was coaching Rivaldo, I was coaching Figo, I was coaching Guardiola, I was coaching big players when I was very, very young. So, at that time, I was not the manager, I was just an assistant but I was feeling that I had, in my hands, some potential and after that I start my career in the year 2000 and after four years I won my first UCL and, after that, everything comes as a consequence."

Gotta love his antics this coming season.