Qwiss! wrote:

The way Macmanaman is going on you'd think United dominated this game. PSG have been all over them 2nd half, just shit in the box.

United could have scored more in they were more decisive in the final third. PSG are atrocious.

Qwiss! wrote:

The way Macmanaman is going on you'd think United dominated this game. PSG have been all over them 2nd half, just shit in the box.

Yep

No structure about PSG at all. That has been there downfall. Also no midfield to speak of, once Neymar et al lost the ball up front, it was a straight counter to Navas. No one to actually win the ball or dictate from deep.

Is it just me or has the champions league started to lose its appeal? I used to want to watch it but now I’d seriously rather watch GBBO

Just feels like the teams are playing a fruit machine ploughing coins in to it, letting them roll and repeating it until they eventually win

Did it start to lose its appeal when we stopped being in it?

Tbf that was 2 of the biggest teams in Europe, massive stars and it was full of shit football.

ohboy!!! wrote:

Qwiss! wrote:

The way Macmanaman is going on you'd think United dominated this game. PSG have been all over them 2nd half, just shit in the box.

Yep

No structure about PSG at all. That has been there downfall. Also no midfield to speak of, once Neymar et al lost the ball up front, it was a straight counter to Navas. No one to actually win the ball or dictate from deep.

They're literally half the team without Marco Verratti, and that's a bit of a problem seeing as he's always injured.

They sort of have an replacement in Marquinhos, who is a fantastic player and as good a midfielder as he is a defender, but he's also missing. PSG have nothing without those two. They're head and shoulders above anyone else in that squad when it comes to giving the team shape and meaning.

Qwiss! wrote:

Anyway keeps Ole at the wheel so can't complain.

Main takeaway for me. Hope he's backed in the winter again and he spends 400 million on Tarkowski Barnes and Longstaff

I don't know what's funnier, that United made a £50+ million bid for Longstaff or that it was rejected.

Klaus wrote:

ohboy!!! wrote:

Yep

No structure about PSG at all. That has been there downfall. Also no midfield to speak of, once Neymar et al lost the ball up front, it was a straight counter to Navas. No one to actually win the ball or dictate from deep.

They're literally half the team without Marco Verratti, and that's a bit of a problem seeing as he's always injured.

They sort of have an replacement in Marquinhos, who is a fantastic player and as good a midfielder as he is a defender, but he's also missing. PSG have nothing without those two. They're head and shoulders above anyone else in that squad when it comes to giving the team shape and meaning.

Great point about Verratti and Marquinhos.

Shocked at how predictable they were. Be interesting to see Verratti’s future next year.

Predict a mini exodus next summer, when it seems Mbappe will leave. It will be the perfect time for a refresh/overhaul of the team.

jones wrote:

Qwiss! wrote:

Anyway keeps Ole at the wheel so can't complain.

Main takeaway for me. Hope he's backed in the winter again and he spends 400 million on Tarkowski Barnes and Longstaff

And Ed Woodward saying that they can do things in the transfer market that other teams WONT ever dream of

Man United jerseys are even worse than I thought possible

Qwiss! wrote:

Tbf that was 2 of the biggest teams in Europe, massive stars and it was full of shit football.

I switched off at half time, it was so pedestrian.

mentalvortex wrote:

Another one of Barca's young kids has scored on his champions league debut - 17 year-old Pedri who was recently poached from Las Palmas academy.

FM legend. Looks good in real life too

And all have looked better than OMIT fave Dembele. He looks physically shot.
Pedri looks really good. And Fati is sensational. The other big letdown for them this season has to be Griezmann. He’s just not owning a position

Dembele has looked better than all of them bar Fati last night though. Not sure if you missed the game he looked anything but shot for his assist for Pedri's goal.

mentalvortex wrote:

Clrnc wrote:

FM legend. Looks good in real life too

Yeah, that is atleast one good thing that Koeman is doing at Barca.

He is not afraid to play the kids. I think Pedri, Fati, Trincao have either started or come off the bench in all their matches so far.

On the other hand he tried to sell Puig who looked better than all of them last season. Still think Koeman is out of his depth, we'll see if the youngers can keep their trajectory when things get tough with him

Real Madrid seeing their asses at home to Shakhtar. 0-2
First goal was matador defending.
Second goal, Courtois spilled the ball Leno style in front of his goal and Varane booted it into his own net