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Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil

Talk Tennis Guru
They were seven points ahead in January then lost to City. Could have regained that gap when City lost to someone but drew against Leicester at home. A few successive away draws, mostly caused by our injuries and Everton's wind, were their undoing.

Wish we won, not surprised we gave them a good game. Plenty of dull low scoring affairs in this match up lately.
 

Slice'n'dice

Hall of Fame
Dreadful performance to be honest worst since Napoli away last season, even so still probably the better team on the day Keep plugging away right to the end though that's what this team is all about. Playing well or not, never give up.

One of the worst refereeing performances I have seen in a long time and VAR is a mess clear and obvious? What were they smoking when they cam up with that ****. New handball rule is ludicrous but such is life. Enjoyed it when City were screwed by it I'll have to take it when Liverpool are screwed by it. Hey ho though, still unbeaten still 6 points ahead and that's probably bought Solksjear a bit of time. Still positives despite a poor result.
 

Federer and Del Potro

Talk Tennis Guru
They were seven points ahead in January then lost to City. Could have regained that gap when City lost to someone but drew against Leicester at home. A few successive away draws, mostly caused by our injuries and Everton's wind, were their undoing.

Wish we won, not surprised we gave them a good game. Plenty of dull low scoring affairs in this match up lately.

:-D

You forgot our injuries and using all 3 subs in the first half that hurt THEM, not us.
 
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Tiki-Taka

Guest
Good performance and 3-0 away victory against Eibar yesterday. Didn't allow them any clear chances while being quite direct on the other end.

De Jong had a great performance and was applauded by the entire Ipurua stadium when he was subbed off. Pique was suspended for the game however Umtiti returned and played his first Barcelona game in five months. And honestly it didn't feel like he was out for that long. Did well together with Lenglet. Not the best opponent but you have to start gaining match time somewhere.

And the goals were so well worked. With just over ten minutes gone, Lenglet's long ball found Griezmann one on one with Dmitrovic, as the Frenchman scored his first away goal for Barcelona. He played an important part in the other two goals in the second half, as he smartly assisted Messi from short distance in penalty area, giving him an easy finish, and then splitting the entire defense open and leaving Leo one on one with the goalkeeper. Despite all the options, he decided to give Suarez the simplest finish into the empty net, which meant the Uruguayan tied Josep Samitier at 184 goals, the 4th highest tally in FC Barcelona colors.

More significantly as far as the present is concerned, yesterday was the first game in which each member of the club's new MSG trio scored. Like I said already, it's not the best opponent to test yourself against. But they have to start somewhere. If they can start clicking regularly, Barca will be in for much brighter days.

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Other results yesterday, Atletico drew against Valencia 1-1 at home as Parejo's beautiful late free kick cancelled out Costa's first half penalty. Simeone's men's struggles in front of goal continue, only 8 in nine games, haven't scored from open play in their last three La Liga matches, each ending in draws, and their mega signing Joao Felix is out for a couple of weeks at least due to injury.

The better news were in the evening however, as Real Madrid lost their first La Liga game of the season. Mallorca got the better of them 1-0 thanks to Lago Junior's early goal. Don't know who did Rafa support on his wedding day between those two sides as Mallorca and Madrid are his two favorites, but I know the number one Nadal (Miguel Angel) is thrilled. :p Clinical display from the side that just got back to highest level of Spanish football. And it becomes more and more clear how much more vulnerable Real have become. Their best midfielders are not as imposing and creative as they used to be. And the end product is lacking since Cristiano left. Benzema is still working hard, and Hazard is a good purchase, but they are simply not as powerful as last time Zidane managed them.

I miss the old Valencia and Deportivo, who were our and Real's equals a couple of decades back. But La Liga has become more even recently due to these big team struggles. Real are going through transition, Atletico are having the worst time since Simeone took over, and Barcelona can think of plenty better times during this decade than now. You can't write off the possibility of any result in any week these days.

Which brings me to this. Just four games after what was the club's worst ever start to La Liga season under the three points for a win system, Barcelona are now top of the table. This doesn't fix the problems but it's good to see the players recover from an awful start and early season injuries. A few of them complained about the pre-season so maybe that explains some things...

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Feels good to be back to the spot that the club enjoyed for majority of the time during the last two seasons, hopefully the boys won't look back. Granada continue with their dream return in La Liga with another good display and win against Osasuna, and Sociedad entertained their fans again by beating a struggling Betis, sending them into the relegation zone alongside Espanyol :giggle: and Leganes.

El Clasico which was supposed to be played next Saturday has been postponed for mid December. All this mess happening, unlike anything I have seen before in Barcelona, it was just too risky hosting Real Madrid when everything is still fresh. Hopefully by then things here will be sorted out, and hopefully Barca can build some more momentum by then. After playing Slavia in Prague on Wednesday, the club will host Valladolid at Camp Nou on the next midweek, going for a fifth La Liga win in a row...
 
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Tiki-Taka

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Shame Manchester United didn't hold on for a win. Didn't look outplayed at all like they tend to be these days. Thought Liverpool would beat them convincingly. But at least someone managed to prevent them from winning in the league, it's been quite a long time...
 

Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
Good to see Rashford and James keeping her litt this afternoon. Instead of players just hitting the ball into nowhere, they worked well together. Nice move in the second half could have put the game to bed.
 

Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
Quote of the day from Jose.

''He [Klopp] didn't like the menu - he likes meat and he got fish."

Found this interesting from Ole. When you consider Pogba is a keen dilly-dallyer,
"We are better when we attack quickly, with no dilly-dallying on the ball. ''
 

Feña14

G.O.A.T.
How great is to have club football again. We won yesterday 4-1 against Nize with 2 goals from Di Maria(The 2nd one was amazing) , 1 goal from Mbappé and 1 from Icardi. I can see us ready for Club Brugge despite Neymar’s stupid injury

Palace has been playing good , But City needs a win. Spurs losing points again. Leicester comesback to keep themselves in the race. Chelsea wins by the minimum

I was away for the weekend so only saw the scores, but I’m glad it’s back. Sounds like Chelsea had a hard time breaking down Newcastle playing 11 men in their own half, but I’m pleased with the win. Those games are something you need to learn how to win, so the experience will stand them in good stead.

Ajax on Wednesday will be difficult, but I’m looking forward to see how they cope with it.
 

Feña14

G.O.A.T.
Has anyone seen a referee go to the sideline monitors in the PL?
"The on-field referee always has the option of using the Referee Review Area (RRA) and can view VAR incidents at their discretion."

I certainly haven't. It's amazing how bad VAR is.

All the talk in the years building up to it was based around the stop/start nature, taking the flow out of the game etc.. That's certainly an issue, but the way it's used is awful. We're still not getting the right decisions, the smallest things are being picked up (even when they happened 5 phases before the goal is scored), you don't even celebrate a goal anymore because you're waiting for them to go and check it etc..

I know everyone says "things were better back in the old days", but football is becoming just that. The whole VAR thing, we had TV fighting over fixtures which delayed the Christmas schedule being announced (5 games on Boxing Day with one kicking off at 8?). I dunno, the game just feels like it's slowly been losing itself for awhile.
 

Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
And we still couldn't beat Liverpool, darling. :happydevil:

Just wait until the next world cup is here in November-December 2022. That will make some people lose the plot completely. Me being one of those people.
 

Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil

Talk Tennis Guru
Yikes, Spurs really let all the recent frustration out on us. 5-0 :X3:

Oh well. We'll see what happens when they come to Belgrade. Liverpool were conquered there last season. Why not them as well...
 

AlexanderTheGreat08

Hall of Fame
Saw a stat showing that Neymar has missed like 50% of PSG games since he signed. Honestly I don’t really count on him anymore , I’m not really surprised when he gets injured. I will be worried if someone like Icardi , Di Maria , Verrati or Mbappé gets injured. For Neymar , I just accepted that it’s not working , From a commercial pov I think he did good for the club , On the pitch , Dissapointed , He’s so fragile. I hope we sell him for 120m+ next season and buy a good replacement
 

Feña14

G.O.A.T.
Earned himself a start.

I'm jealous of the Chelsea project. haha Maybe jealous is the wrong word. They are organised. On a good run at the minute, the most impressive team not called City or Liverpool. Tonight might be the best win yet.

I've been trying to find the right words for the last 2 hours. Incredible performance away from home against one of the best/most exciting teams in Europe. Chelsea did to Ajax what they did last year when they dismantled Real Madrid.

Credit again to Lampard, both his tactics and substitutions were spot on. Tomori is looking like a better version of players other clubs spend £80 Million on, Mount looking like Liverpool era Coutinho and i'm not sure what Frank has done to Jorginho. He's been incredible all season, and to think it was supposedly Sarri who he had the great relationship with :unsure:


Special praise for Pulisic last. He's been great the last 3 games. I imagine he'll be seeing a lot more playing time moving forward.
 

AlexanderTheGreat08

Hall of Fame
French clubs in Europe. Huge mistake from Lyon's gk to give an undeserved win to Benfica , Dissapointed. Lille draws at the last minute , Great goal from Ikone , I'm not very pleased , I expected better. Hopefully PSG wins 6/6 in the groups and does great in the KO's to make up for their **** performances and improve the coefficient
 

Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
Pretty enjoyable United game here. Compared to what we are used to.

A couple of loose passes from Garner to go along with some good interceptions.

Williams earns United a penalty. Martial makes no mistake. This ended up being against the recent run of play. Partizan were getting into it.
 
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Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
I like the look of Williams. (y)

Paul Scholes and RVP are less than impressed. ''They play like a team of strangers.''
 
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Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
Some little details on the 9-0 for Leicester vs Southampton.

The father and son connection. Peter Schmeichel played in the 9-0 vs Ipswich. Kasper Schmeichel played in the 9-0 vs Southampton. Both keeping clean sheets (no doubt. :p)

The Foxes also recorded the biggest-ever victory by an away side in an English top-flight league match in the 131-year history of the Football League. (Wowzers)

Leicester have become only the second side in Premier League history to have two players score a hat-trick in the same game (Perez and Vardy), after Arsenal in May 2003 - also against Southampton (Pennant and Pires).
 

Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
Pep sees certain doom in his future if Man City repeat their first half performance.. Is he getting his Manchester's mixed up? (haha No, mate, of course not. Manchester United are not OK in any half. BURN)

"If we play like we did in the second half, we will be there at the end of the season, I am sure of that," he said. "If we play how we played in the first half, we will be relegated in the relegation positions far away from the top of the table.''
 

jmnk

Hall of Fame
I'll be in London the weekend of 11/09, both Tottenham and Chelsea are playing at home that weekend. How do I but tickets for either match (I do not really care which one, I just want to see a Premiere League football match) since they all appear to be sold out?
 

Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
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Did you have a good time.? Anything you saw up close to give us some answers on how to change things? :p I see the usual talk about our performance but it was still good to see Williams make an impact. Sounded like big atmosphere on TV.
 

Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
Only just realised the Norwich vs United match isn't on TV. Starts at the same time as Liverpool vs Spurs. Yeah, I think the schedulers made the right choice with what match they are putting on.
 

Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil

Talk Tennis Guru
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Did you have a good time.? Anything you saw up close to give us some answers on how to change things? :p I see the usual talk about our performance but it was still good to see Williams make an impact. Sounded like big atmosphere on TV.
It was great. I had to be a little cooler because I was in the home crowd (although right next to the away section) plus when it comes to local teams I support Partizan's rival so I hate them intensely, but I enjoyed the whole atmosphere they created. They are a bit disorganised as they have three fractions among fans who all do as they please which sometimes results in different songs or chants going on at the same time, but it was still great. One that stood out was (translated) ole ole ole o, Manchester is a village, bald one is better than Pogba. And the away fans left a good impression too. One of them spotted me singing along with them and wanted to shake hands once I responded affirmatively to his "Man United?" question. But the security between us didn't allow that.

We were trash to be honest, really got away with this one. One shot on target, and 15-5 in attempts for Partizan who could have easily had a penalty themselves. And being at the stadium I didn't even recognize some of the youngsters, including the one that won us the penalty. I am already accepting the mediocrity and that returning where we belong will take some time, but even if that wasn't the case I wouldn't have minded their poor performance on Thursday, because one of my biggest wishes was achieved. Who knows when will Man United play in these parts of Europe again. Couldn't have picked a better city to see them live either, with Manchester/Old Trafford obviously being the exception. Belgrade is one of finest cities for young people to hang out.

Something I will cherish forever and look back on even when the team becomes great again. I devoted myself to it when the players were like a bunch of headless chicken. Nobody can seriously question my support now. Even my best friend who hates everything about modern football and insists on local patriotism has warmed up to Manchester United because of me.
 

Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil

Talk Tennis Guru
Surprised those penalty misses didn't backfire again. We have been awarded a lot of them so far. I can think of seven this season, and then there was that shootout in the cup too. Dreadful from open play at the moment.
 

Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
Missing 2 penalty is not acceptable but It feels good to get the win. Moving on up the table. woohoo I would expect it to be a boost going into the Chelsea game. I watched some highlights there. Nice to see James and Rashford hooking up again. If not for Krul then who knows what the score is today.. Yay for creating some chances.
 

Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
Decent first half for United.

Goal fest in the Arsenal vs Liverpool match.

Williams got away with one there. Pretty much chucked Hudson-Odoi into the crowd.
 

Poisoned Slice

Bionic Poster
Chelsea have come out swinging in the second half. Looking like they could make something happen.

United haven't regressed as much in the second half compared to recent showings. Still, early days.

*Make something happen indeed. Superb goal from Batshuayi. 1-1.
 
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