Not Coutinho. Well, not unless £120m is put down in front of us.

If we lose him, Forsberg is a player I really like.

Ricky1985 wrote:

Edit: @Clarence.

Think that's well over the top, he has the best collection of players by far. That's pretty much what it's always about.

Exactly. 

Zidane goat lmao. He needs to do well at a club that isn't Real for starters. Or if he stays at Madrid for years lets see what he brings out of a system and his players when his backs against the wall and he has to make important decisions regarding squad changes. When Ronaldo finally ends his time at Madrid and Ramos starts to decline, we'll see how well he does. 

Real, Psg and City are the three Super teams in world football who are great now and who's future looks in good shape. 

Anfield 1884 wrote:

Ricky1985 wrote:

Edit: @Clarence.

Think that's well over the top, he has the best collection of players by far. That's pretty much what it's always about.

Exactly. 

Zidane goat lmao.

Think you missed out the word potential.

Anfield 1884 wrote:

Not Coutinho. Well, not unless £120m is put down in front of us.

If we lose him, Forsberg is a player I really like.

He's put in a transfer request and wants out, he is going to be a negative presence in the dressing room. I think Coutinho will go for 80m, Barca can't afford 120m.

Im sure they can. They won't get both Dembele and Coutinho. Just 1 and it won't be Coutinho.

Don't see Barca as an elite club at the moment.

Suarez is now out for 4 weeks. Messi's going to have to carry the club and then be too tired for the WC - again

http://www.marca.com/futbol/barcelona/2017/08/20/59994a75268e3e900b8b458c.html

Iniesta isn't happy and considering his options.

Something something sinking ship.

This guy.

Wele almost did something like that today

He loses the ball like that all the time Flo. Nothing special really.

Good goal:

Loved that. Pires esque side foot finish

Oooh, that's disgusting.

Maybe it's the footage that is missing a few frames but it looks like he shinned it. Class finish regardless.

banduan wrote:

It was definitely shinned. A bit of a hit and hope but was classy regardless.

Slowing it down you can see him hitting it with the side of his lower calf, explains how there is still some curl on the ball which you wouldn't get hitting it with the shin. It was an extremely difficult shot to take and even though he was lucky he actually meant to sidefoot it in the far corner, can't really call it a hit and hope when he had other options and opted for the most difficult one

I remember when we were heavily linked to him. Good to see him back, he had an abysmal time at Porto. Was a good game this, felt like 2012 with Illarramendi playing out of his skin too. Zidane could be in deep trouble next week already, the way La Real are playing Real will seriously struggle against them, especially at the Anoeta. Could be seven points behind Barcelona already by then

Sorry for the stupid question, but who was the goalscorer?

Adrian Lopez

I'd really love to see us sign Guaita. Was unlucky with injuries and unlucky that Valencia had him and Diego Alves at the same time but he's insanely good if a bit inconsistent. With a proper GK coach (i.e. not Peyton) he'd be genuinely world class, some of his saves over the years have been utterly insane

Also his last name sounds similar to Higuita so that's another reason to buy him

Also Paulinho just scored the last minute winner for Barcelona. 40m looked like a joke but it seems it's not just Brazil's NT that he's looking good for, had a strong cameo off the bench

Guaita is an interesting shout. Can't say I have seen him much but all these Spanish keepers tend to look very good at shot stopping. A proper GK coach is what we lack though.

Clrnc wrote:

Guaita is an interesting shout. Can't say I have seen him much but all these Spanish keepers tend to look very good at shot stopping. A proper GK coach is what we lack though.

Most definitely. It's not like they're difficult to find really, just like with other positions there are several clubs in a couple of leagues which basically always have a good to great keeper. Buy the bloke in charge of coaching them and you save a lot of money

Also been quite a while since the last Messi compilation

Yeah I've seen most of it too. Wasn't exactly last minute but it was like the 87th minute or something, regardless it was pretty impressive how he shrugged off in Djene a defender who has dominated Suárez the full 90 minutes. Don't think anyone would have gotten to that ball, it was very well placed

Agree though Suárez was complete shit yesterday and generally has been poor for a good while

Dembele out for 4 months at the very least

Good team goal by Betis yesterday

Messi with a hattrick. So boring[size=small]ly good. [/size]

4 goals, in fact

Who is "they"? This isn't cricket.

No worries. Onoy ever heard that term used in cricket. I'm not even sure 6 goals would be deemed a hatrick but then again I've never seen a player score 6 goals in one game.