Qwiss! wrote:

Thats one hell of a high line there

Jesus

How does that happen ten minutes into a game

PSG having a bit of a rough start to the season. First half their teams out injured or with corona now after traveling to Leipzig ten squad members were stuck in an elevator for close to an hour until firefighters came to the rescue

Claudius wrote:

jones wrote:

I sure hope so because if they saw him and passed up on him that'd be even worse. Massive upside for peanuts even if he didn't work out we could have recouped the fee and even if we hadn't it wouldn't matter.

On a serious note I think it's entirely possible the club never had him on their radar. The way the club's been operating in Wengers last years was shocking

I doubt our scouts are that daft. 
I think our problems are higher up. I think our ability to make quality decisions quickly is impaired. We have all the Dick Law stores about deprioritising Hazard and spending time messing around with all kinds of agents to find Campbell. Or allegedly agreeing terms with Partey as far back as 2 years ago for someone with a release clause and only getting him now on a team that has had a shit midfield. 
I bet our scouts have been even more frustrated than you. 

Well, we never buy Portugese players lol. Missing out on a lot of the young talent there. 

Our win at Old Trafford is looking worse by the week

It's so much fun how much of a circus United continue to be.

https://en.armradio.am/2020/11/04/uefa-bans-qarabag-communications-officer-after-call-to-kill-all-armenians/

astonishing this could be said in 2020.

mentalvortex wrote:

Tuchel must be on the brink.

PSG have well and truly blown it tonight. Were leading against Leipzig and ended up losing 2-1.

Also got two men sent off, Kimpembe and Gueye.

Pochettino must be taking calls hourly this week. 

jones wrote:

How does that happen ten minutes into a game

schoolboys

Ter Stegen saving Barcelona today, though Loko's keeper had a game himself.

5 consecutive clean sheets for Chelsea. Ziyech has been a nmasterful signing. Werner is actually working out. They should make top 4. I think the rest of us are fighting for one spot. But I’m not too stressed.

Definitely. Chelsea are a team that is coming together.

They're on the same points as us, except while we've dropped points to Leicester and City, they've dropped points to West Brom, Southampton and United.

They spent a billion pounds over the summer so top 4 should be a foregone conclusion, but it will take more than clean sheets against Krasnodar, Burnley and 10 man Rennes to make an impression on me.

Will see. I still feel that we are somewhere along the lines of Liverpool, City, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal, Leicester / United in order.
So that 5th I had in the season predictions post Partey. But things could change as teams settle. United are volatile. I think we will show volatility as well given how unsettled our squad is. I’m still not too interested in the likes of Everton / Villa. Maybe they prove me wrong. I think Chelsea don’t have enough for top 2 but nor do they drop too far down the table given their overall quality.

Aside from Havertz I don't see what's so great about Chelsea, and he's been struggling a bit so far. Only true world class potential they have though. They have some young players I like, such as Mount, but he's not being played to his strengths either at the moment. And they've chucked Rüdiger who was the only one who could defend for toffee. Lampard is making a mess out of that team. Who in their right mind sells a player like Lamptey?

Ziyech has been really good so far. And obviously Pulisic is a top talent. Werner has started well and should be the type of striker who gets 20 when the offense is fluid and the team is galloping. Havertz has started slowly but will get there.
Zouma has been strong offensively and the defense as a whole seems better coordinated with the new goalie. But let’s see them against top 6 opponents other than United before being declarative.

Werner, Ziyech and Pulisic are all good to very good players on their day, but I don't think any of them are going to be European top players. I just don't see them having the same ceiling as other Champions League teams. They've spent a crap ton of money to lock themselves into a starting eleven that doesn't feel very upwardly mobile if you catch my drift. Maybe it's not a big issue for a cheating scumbag club like them but I'm a little puzzled over why they aren't getting scrutinised the same way United are, who have made similar mistakes.