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#la-liga
feral palm
MB19?
torn ermine
braithwaite yes
feral palm
Barcelona doesn't mind if he stays or goes, he's on the market, but he wants to stay, and Koeman sees him as useful rotation for copa del rey and a la liga sub
torn ermine
ohh
hybrid python
RDT is like firmino > Former Madrid player, Current Espanyol player
@rian#6355
elfin flower
He was a first choice goalie only in the first season he moved to Valencia right?
elfin flower
Or prolly they're resting him
feral palm
grim thicket
Lol wuts happening
hybrid python
Team photo shoot 2020-2021
feral palm
They announced their new official suits partner for the year
And obv Trincao and Pjanic were chosen as the models
grave glen
yes
feral palm
He's landed
My boi done came out of the bermuda triangle
idk what took that flight so long
hybrid python
feral palm
The only redemption that the Barca admin could have rn
Is if he posts a video
Of dest cutting griezmanns hair
feral palm
feral palm
For the first time I'm torn between Photo of the Day
light void
lol
grave glen
lol
unique elm
feral palm
Daily Roundup - 29.09.20
🟠 MAIN STORY
- Sergino Dest is in Barcelona! He arrived tonight in Catalonia ahead of his medical tomorrow. His announcement will be between tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday. Continued Below.
🟢 TRANSFERS IN
- Dest: Cont. His official presentation will be Friday so it does not clash with Thursday night's game vs Celta Vigo. The 19-Year Old arrives from Ajax on a 5-Year Deal. Barcelona will pay €5M up front, and the rest, naturally with interest, to be paid over the course of Dest's contract at the club. Sources: Fabrizio Romano, MD, Miguel Rico, Mike Verweij
- Garcia: Eric Garcia is still the #1 priority for Barca. There has been no official progress on a deal with Manchester City today, but multiple reports say that both clubs are interested in using multiple players in the deal. If Eric does not arrive, Barcelona will look for a free CB on a short term deal, or sign a player through loan, waiting for Garcia to be out of contract next season. Sources: Gerard Romero, RAC1, Oriol Domenech
- Depay: There has been no progress today, and time is running out, with only 3 days left until the deadline set by Lyon President, Jean-Michel Aulas. Barcelona only want Memphis. If he does not come, no other striker will come. The priority for Barcelona is not to risk breaking FFP by signing the Dutchman. They do not want to make a fool of themselves. A potential situation that may arise is Lyon lowering their asking price of Depay, so not to lose him for free next Summer, with the club considering bids as low as €12.5M. Sources: Tot Costa, Moillorens, SPORT, L'Equipe
- Zinchenko: Barcelona are considering the signing of Oleksandr Zinchenko along with Eric Garcia. They find the 23-Year Old Ukranian interesting, as he is versatile and can play in multiple positions. The deal would likely be a loan, and not a permanent move. Sources: Oriol Domenech
- De Tomas: Current Espanyol Striker, and former Real Madrid player, Raul De Tomas, has allegedly emerged as a cheap option to Memphis Depay. Source: CUATRO
🔴 TRANSFERS OUT
- Rafinha: Barcelona value Rafinha Alcantara at €16M. If no offer arrives for the Brazilian in the next week, he will stay at Barcelona and be used as a rotation player. One option for him, is to move to Manchester City in the Eric Garcia operation. Sources: Oriel Domenech, TV3
- Dembele: Koeman is reportedly losing faith in Ousmane Dembele, and believes that he could be key in signing Memphis Depay if they can achieve transfer funds for the Frenchman. Barcelona sources admit that Manchester United was an option for Dembele up till last week, but he rejected, as he wants to stay at Barca. The reports are polarizing, with reliable sources saying that Dembele is moving, and others arguing otherwise. More will be known tomorrow. Rian Note: It feels like a tactic from United to get through Borussia Dortmund in their attempt to sign Jadon Sancho, but anything can happen in this next week. Sources: Guillem Balague, Fabrizio Romano, Moillorens, Alfredo Martinez, Onda Cero, TV3, MD, SPORT
- Todibo: Jean-Clair Todibo has 3 Options remaining. Napoli, Fulham or Everton. Everton is in pole position, and they would like to sign him on loan. Sources: Alexis Bernard, Le 10 Sport, Gerard Romero
- Firpo: Junior Firpo plans on staying at Barcelona. He is not convinced by the interest of other clubs that have reached out to him, and would only leave if he finds a better project than he has at Barcelona. Sources: Fernando Polo
- Braithwaite: Martin Braithwaite wants to continue at Barca. The coaches are very happy with the Dane, and he trains well. If no offer arrives, he will stay another season. Sources: Gerard Romero
- Miranda: Juan Miranda values staying at the club if Junior leaves. If Junior stays, he prefers to find a way out rather than continuing with Barca B. Sources: Gerard Romero
- Collado/Busquets: Both Alex Collado and Oriol Busquets will continue with Barca B this season. Sources: Gerard Romero
🔵 GENERAL ISSUES
- Mocio2020 Vote Count: On the 1st Day of Validation, 3,734 signatures were analyzed. 3,656 signatures have been approved. Some Socios today were contacted via SMS and Phone Calls to confirm their signatures. The rate of validation is much higher than expected. The validation could be finished by the end of this week. Sources: Rac1, Alfredo Martinez, Mes Que Una Mocio
- Mocio2020 Board Feelings: Bartomeu and the board of directors feel a sense of defeat with the Mocio. They are still considering resigning. Sources: CAT Radio
- Jorge Mendes: Jorge Mendes and his relationship with the club is getting complex. On one hand, he is helping with the signing of players such as Francisco Trincao, removal of players like Nelson Semedo, and renewals of others like Ansu Fati. He charges for each operation, both entry and exit. He is getting closer with some directors. On the other hand, some figures feel that he is getting too powerful at the club. Sources: Cadena SER, Ivan San Antonio
- Training: Koeman gave Messi, Coutinho, Griezmann, and De Jong a day off training today. Sources: GOL, Alex Pintanel
🟡 INTERVIEWS
- Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, with SPORT: "As always, we will go out on the pitch with the idea of winning each game. This year, there have been some important changes and we have to try and adapt to it. We have to create a new group, with new feelings, but the objective will remain the same. We will try to win every competition."
- Lionel Messi, with SPORT: "After so many disagreements, I would like to put an end to it. All Barca fans must unite, and assume that the best is yet to come".. "I assume responsibility for my mistakes, but they were meant to make Barca stronger".. "Adding passion and enthusiasm will be the only way to achieve our objectives. We have to be united, and go together in the same direction".. "I wanted to send a message to all the Socios and fans that follow us. If at any moment, any of them were annoyed by something that I said or did, let there be no doubts that anything I did was always with the club's best interests in mind".. "Today my commitment to the shirt and this badge is total, it's still intact".
🟣 GOOD NEWS
- Barca B: With Alex Collado's decision to stay and develop in the B-Team this year, we can now look forward to an incredibly talented front 4 for Barcelona B this season. Konrad De La Fuente [LW], Gustavo Maia [ST], Alex Collado [RW], Ilaix Moriba [CAM] is a front line to watch.
🟤 RIVAL WATCH
- Valencia: Valencia were victors over Real Sociedad at the Anoeta (Sociedad stadium) today, thanks to a 75th minute winner from Maxi Gomez. A 95th Minute equaliser for the hosts was cancelled out by VAR.
⚪ PHOTO OF THE DAY
- Not a photo today, but a video instead, of Barcelona Striker, Martin Braithwaite, getting out of his car following this morning's training session to take photos with some fans.
potent spade
Lyon is never going to sell him for 12.5m
I think they rather let him go for free next year lol
feral palm
It beats them losing him for free
They're about to get 50m for Aouar
He's their source of income this summer
potent spade
I still don't think they would accept that
There have been reports before that Lyon will let him go for free next year if the bid is too low
feral palm
Man I just the messenger i don't know what they're thinking lol
potent spade
Im just saying what I think I'm not criticizing you lol
I would be very surprised if he went for that amount of money
Its not impossible ofc
Barcelona would be very lucky if that happened
feral palm
Nothing's impossible in the transfer window
It's all money money money and how to maximize it
potent spade
I kinda dont get Barcelona much lol. They cant spend money because they dont want to break ffp yet they let all these players go for free
Letting Suarez go to Atletico Madrid for free is one of the dumbest moves in recent years
Rakitic for 1.5m to Sevilla is pretty stupid too
These clubs are rivals imo. It might not be as straightforward as it used to be with just Real Madrid and Barcelona at the top.
feral palm
They're absolutely rivals
But here's the difference to other leagues
A lot of teams here are owned by the people
Members of the club
Right?
potent spade
Yes
potent spade
That doesn't mean you should offload great players for no money to your rivals tho
feral palm
It's a completely different transfer market with diff prices that have been massively hit by this pandemic
Suarez had no options
- Moving to the USA wasn't an opportunity he was interested in
- He couldn't get European citizenship in time to move to Italy
- No english clubs were interested in him
- Only Atletico were looking to sign him
potent spade
Ajax was looking to sign him but Suarez said no lol
feral palm
Up until the day before he left, he was moving for free, bartomeu stepped in and got some variables
Ajax couldn't afford his wages
potent spade
I think more like they didnt want to afford his wages lol
Which i dont blame them for
feral palm
Eh I don't think they needed Suarez and no offense to them bc I really like them but Suarez can do better
potent spade
Ajax is a good club in a shit league basically
feral palm
Plus they have tadic, huntelaar and antony
potent spade
Big players dont really want to come here
feral palm
Suarez would be overkill
potent spade
Not really Huntelaar doesnt play
potent spade
Tadic Suarez Antony would have been the front 3
Now its Tadic Labyad Antony
And Labyad is pretty shit so i get why they wanted to sign Suarez
feral palm
Rakitic was always gonna return to Sevilla and just like Suarez price it was small bc Sevilla couldn't afford it, but barcelona wanted him off the wage books and a return for him was the best thing for everyone
potent spade
But yeah big time players dont want to go to small leagues even if the club is good
feral palm
They only do it towards the end of their careers
They do a year or two in a league to collect a fat cheque and then they go somewhere close to their hearts
potent spade
Theres not that many players like that tho
feral palm
Van persie was the first that came to mind
potent spade
Most players just go for the fat cheque even at the end of their career
Yeah
Huntelaar too
potent spade
A lot of people go to MLS or the middle east at the end of their career to get money
feral palm
Or turkey or china
feral palm
Why else would ppl go to turkey
not like it's an ideal place to live
If you look at players in Turkey rn they're all ex top5 league players at the end of their careers to collect that bag
potent spade
Idk i thought they kinda had an economical crisis going on in that league
feral palm
Clichy, Falcao, Demba Ba, Luiz Gustavo, Feghouli, Podolski
opal sigil
Ye wednesday
opal sigil
Lost a match and drew two matches
Didnt watch them so i dont know how they are really
grim thicket
no i meant like do they park the bus or play free
tbf most laliga teams park the bus....the betis game was weird becoz they didnt
like, whenever they see real madrid or barca they automatically go for 532
opal sigil
I think they will park the bus, irdk tho
grim thicket
some of the teams like villareal and valencia dont, and they mostly get killed
even sociedad who play beautiful football mostly, park the bus when they see barca or madrid
feral palm
1 loss, 1 draw (from behind), 1 draw (from ahead)
2 goals scored this year
1 from a Penalty
Should be fine
I wouldn't worry about em
elfin flower
even sociedad who play beautiful football mostly, park the bus when they see barca or madrid
@grim thicket Tbh, I find Sociedad with 4 defs, and playing very defensive against RMA or Barca. They only poach on the counter attacks, and that's how they score
grim thicket
thats wut i saw too, mostly sociedad play fluid but when they come against us or Barca they play defensive
grim thicket
thats actually the slightly annoying part about laliga
elfin flower
Yeah
grim thicket
the betis game was so surprising in that aspect, betis defensive line were literally coming up to the halfway
elfin flower
Like against big clubs they play over-defensive
grim thicket
putting pressure on our defence
elfin flower
From what I've also seen, is that some top clubs use this, and play more attacking
And then end up conceding on the counter
grim thicket
like chelsea?
for having a possession based game, its very important to have super high quality centre backs
elfin flower
I mean, that's a diff league, and a diff scenario
Have you watched Barca vs Celta last year?
The second leg, of LaLiga
grim thicket
ya
elfin flower
You remember the 2nd goal?
grim thicket
but the goal actually came off the error from umtiti right?
like i said, u need very high quality centre backs for possession based game
elfin flower
All our CBs were high up, and Celta just passed in the through
grim thicket
pique commited way too early if i remember correctly
elfin flower
but the goal actually came off the error from umtiti right?
@grim thicket I mean, you could say it was a defensive error, but the CBs were high up
Yes, I remember too
grave glen
o
elfin flower
But that's what I mean, the players go high up
grim thicket
and umtiti was left shitting
elfin flower
It's in case of RMA too
grim thicket
we cover that up well with fast centre backs
i mean varane can literally catch up with wingers so...
elfin flower
and umtiti was left shitting
@grim thicket Our CBs suck anyway, but the point of my example was to show the high possession game top clubs play against small clubs
And end up conceding on the counter
grim thicket
we make it work well becoz our CBs r best in the world rn, and casemiro is a monster against counter attacks
but also becoz of tactics
elfin flower
Yeah, that's there, but still
grim thicket
mendy and carvajal actually underlap
elfin flower
RMA and Barca if you see, mosly concede from counters
elfin flower
If you specifically Barca, our Lb and Rb move up while playing
Like a lot, replacing wingers
That's why in counters, we have legit 2 players b/w goalie and attacker
grim thicket
for barca on the other hand, the wing backs need to move up since messi moves in centrally and so does griezzman
elfin flower
for barca on the other hand, the wing backs need to move up since messi moves in centrally and so does griezzman
@grim thicket Grizzy plays centerish itself
He rarely comes out on the wing, for which Alba has to make up
grim thicket
ya but remember when last yr he was stuck on the left wing, and barca literally had no width
same for semedo with messi
elfin flower
Messi still stays on the wing, but Semedo always overlaps
grim thicket
last yr since messi was doing every thing, he moved a lot more centrally
thats why semedo had to move up t provide width
elfin flower
Yeah, that's there
grim thicket
on the other hand, since either rodrygo/whoever plays on our right generally stays wide, carvajal underlaps and plays almost as a CM
its either Mendy or Carva doing that depending on which side we use to focus our attacks
but since we mostly attack thru the left, mendy overlaps and carva underlaps
elfin flower
Hmmm
grim thicket
but i think this season will be different for barca as they have more focused wingers nw
grim thicket
ya but that was emery
torn ermine
ik
grim thicket
the important matches will be the park the bus people like atleti and getafe
torn ermine
it will be the next game that decide our form is actually good or not
grim thicket
villareal made a mistake last szn at the end by playing open against barca, and seems like they havent learnt
u always park the bus against barca, thats like, a rule
grim thicket
even we get more defensive while playing barca, but emery knows better
man cant catch a break since his PSg seasons
he destroyed arsenal, and now cant do shit with such a grt villareal squad
torn ermine
idk why madrid is better at camp nou than at bernabeu tbh
torn ermine
just imagine, madrid loves attacking at bernabeu which leads their defense to be more "Open"
grim thicket
ya, but we have learnt from before
torn ermine
also the result at bernabeu is better than at camp nou
grim thicket
like last szns clasico we stayed tight on defence and only attacked with counters
elfin flower
he destroyed arsenal, and now cant do shit with such a grt villareal squad
@grim thicket Except, come up with his "Good ebening"
grim thicket
pique was looking rlly stupid after that el clasico interview
torn ermine
but yeah, madrid has improved a lot last season
grim thicket
he said something like, that was the worst real madrid in the first half
and ramos spoke back that he would rather have a win than a good first half
grim thicket
rlly last season, pique and vidal were speaking too much and doing too little
he clearly isnt a top quality CB anymore
wut about the eric garcia links? still happening?
torn ermine
pique got dribbled past so easily now
he committed tackles too early
which leads to goal
grim thicket
ya he is slow, and doesnt have the athleticism to recover his mistakes
tbh i have always seen pique to be carried by puyol, ik pique has been great in the past but i dont remember pique to be great without another good CB
like, after puyol left, the barca defence went downwards
hybrid python
Btw
Pique has changed his style completely different since the start of the season
grim thicket
ya maybe this szn he does something different...
bcoz barca's defence on paper is quite the same as last szn
hybrid python
Ye it is
grim thicket
Dest is also an attacking full back and not good defensively
hybrid python
Under koeman
grim thicket
maybe he is an upgrade on semedo butnot defensively ithink
hybrid python
Yea
torn ermine
koeman just recently implements a intense training schedule and routine
hope it is good tho
hybrid python
But I'm sure koeman will make him defensively better
grim thicket
setien did that too at the start of his appointment
grim thicket
im pretty sure he did, rigorous training sessions at the start of the szn
oh idk the specifics, but i heard setien was doing that, and thats why he ws hyped up after his appointment
torn ermine
Hope koeman has the guts to tell messi what to do
grim thicket
barca rlly struggle against low blocks, so thats gonna be their real test
against low blocks, setiens team just used to pass around sideways and wait for some messi magic
lets see wut koeman has in mind
torn ermine
it makes me pissed when out defenders dont even attempt to slide tackle and block the shots
yes low blocks
tbh we are weak against high ball cross
our defense are overall weak
too much holes for opponents to cross
grim thicket
ya and high pressing teams too....bayern made that pretty clear
torn ermine
we are so weak against pressing 
hopefully with double pivot will change that
so there will be more option to pass
grim thicket
bayern werent rlly even trying to defend, they just were trying to outscore barca, and outscore barca they did
ya double pivot of pjanic and frenkie may solve that
pjanic is good against the press and can bring the ball up
but again, that doesnt help against low blocks
hybrid python
Well ig signings won’t make any changes anything
Every player has to step up now and improve
torn ermine
pique is okay at passing tbh
grim thicket
u just sold so many players....literally a player like semedo for 40m
grim thicket
40m for semedo!!! wut were wolves even thinking??!!
hybrid python
Smoking 
grim thicket
literally reguilon was 30m...and semedo is 40m
grim thicket
old jordi alba is better than all of barca's current full backs
torn ermine
@hybrid python can you play good at academy, so you will be promoted to senior squad 👀
hybrid python
Lmao
grim thicket
lol
grim thicket
barca b aint that quality anymore.....only a few quality players rn
the old la masia days r gone
hybrid python
Jordi was good 1st game don’t know he will perform the same 
grim thicket
lets see....marcelo at 32-33 is just not the same anymore
he def cant start every game all szn
hybrid python
Mendy is elite LB
grim thicket
i think the same gonna happen for jordi, barca need a good fullback asap
hybrid python
Bartomeu rejected Davies
grim thicket
leftback*
hybrid python
Next season
grim thicket
hybrid python
Nouri
grim thicket
wut about grimaldo...or maybe bringing cucurella back
torn ermine
we need to scout north america honestly, some good talents are there
hybrid python
Nouri is cheap
torn ermine
but scouting brazil is a must
hybrid python
Lmao
grim thicket
ait nouri is cheap, but not nearly good enough
hybrid python
You’ll find all skill full left backs
grim thicket
our current scouting strategy is basically bring all brazilian teenagers
french too
torn ermine
our current scouting strategy is basically bring all brazilian teenagers
@grim thicket
hybrid python
Well that won’t solve anything
torn ermine
scouting brazil is the best man, you will find 1 or 2 people who can dribble good, then you take the kid
torn ermine
garcia confirmed?
hybrid python
Yes they did but they rejected our 20M offer last time
elfin flower
I think we're bidding again today or tomorrow for 12M
elfin flower
Yeah, we're bidding less now, cuz he's surplus, and his contract expires next year
spice magnet
City reportedly wanted 30 mn
spice magnet
Why did they reject the 20 mn bid then?
Prolly now that dias has come in they might let Garcia leave for a lil bit less
elfin flower
Cuz Dias wasn't confirmed
spice magnet
Yeah
hybrid python
We have to buy him this weekend
hybrid python
I want him to join Us next season
spice magnet
Yeah city were in for him but now that they got Dias the deals for koulubaly and kounde collapsed
spice magnet
not really considering man city's standards 😂
their starting bids are always 50 mn
and they just got Ake
hybrid python
Wish we had some random Arabic oil merchant
grim thicket
wut ruben dias was rlly 70m+??!!
hybrid python
Yes 71M+Otamemdi
hybrid python
He got emotional
grim thicket
ruben dias aint even that good
hybrid python
Gattuso convinced him to stay
spice magnet
koulibably was 90 mn
hybrid python
He would be happy in Napoli than Man City
grim thicket
ya...so 75m
grim thicket
whn u say u will accept 75m, its 75 mil....koulibaly just didnt wanna leave napoli
hybrid python
Pep era coming to end soon 
grim thicket
bald fraud
hybrid python
Last season as a Man City coach
grim thicket
but dias doesnt rlly have sky high potential
he is okayish
its not like he is upamecano
hybrid python
Rated fine
spice magnet
lol upamecano costs 50 mn and he is better
hybrid python
They would’ve got Upamenaco for 53M
grim thicket
exactly my point...upamecano has much better chances of being great than ruben dias does
ruben dias is just....okay
upamecano was literally bossing in the UCL last szn
hybrid python
Upamenaco clause was 53M
hybrid python
Yes 😂
grim thicket
71m for ruben dias is still better than 80m for harry maguire tho
torn ermine
71m for ruben dias is still better than 80m for harry maguire tho
@grim thicket yeah true
spice magnet
and on the decline
hybrid python
torn ermine
maguire no look defending 🔥
grim thicket
otamendi was always on th decline lmao
pep doesnt rlly know wut to do of the defence
thats just not wut he is good at
spice magnet
lol the fact that they paid 50 mn for john stones
he is a better dancer than a player
grim thicket
at barca and bayern he had the luxury of having legendary full backs
not the same at mancity
hybrid python
Best fullbacks
grim thicket
literally
spice magnet
^^
grim thicket
dani alves lahm jordi alba alaba
couldnt hv asked for better
scenario is much different at mancity.....he got kyle walker and mendy
grim thicket
not near as good as lahm or dani alves
they were literally the best roght backs of the generation
spice magnet
lol he could have bought a top quality full back from some other team but man city's reputation sucks
grim thicket
dani is old now
spice magnet
39 duh
grim thicket
he wouldnt work
hybrid python
Look at zlatan
grim thicket
he isnt that fast anymore to cover the entire right wing
spice magnet
zlatan still has it in him
grim thicket
zlatan is a goal poacher, the situation is different
hybrid python
Just get him ffs for free
grim thicket
he doesnt have to cover an entire flank and run up and down the field all game
zlatan just waits for the ball to come to him now
hybrid python
Zlatan can give Milan the ucl spot again
spice magnet
agreed
grim thicket
ya i think so too
spice magnet
they reached 5th from 13th last yr
grim thicket
milan going for ucl this yr
hybrid python
After zlatan joined yes
grim thicket
they also got a lot of qulity youngsters
spice magnet
Milan deserve to play in UCL every day of the week
hybrid python
And they also bought haaland new friend
grim thicket
tonali theo brahim
hybrid python
His name is tough
spice magnet
brahim is nice
grim thicket
rebic also pretty good
and kessie and bennacer r just wut a player like tonali needs to shine
they can screen him while he plays the pirlo role
spice magnet
nice
spice magnet
there's no one who wouldn't want to play for Milan
grim thicket
milan r up and coming now
grim thicket
they r nowhere near their 90s-00s level but still pretty great
ya me too....i really wanna see inter displace juve finlly
torn ermine
milan is historically very big
spice magnet
lazio are better poised to displace juve tbh
hybrid python
Classic club
hybrid python
Ye lol
torn ermine
when was juventus scudetto streak started? 2012?
grim thicket
i see lazio maybe qualifying for ucl, not sure
hybrid python
Their sqaud is kinda old ngl
grim thicket
depends on how atalanta r this szn
spice magnet
inter sell a lot of players and buy new ones too fast
torn ermine
atalanta, napoli, inter, lazio
spice magnet
they already want to sell eriksen
torn ermine
contender for scudetto
unkempt crag
when was juventus scudetto streak started? 2012?
@torn ermine yea, Bayern's Dominance was started a year later
grim thicket
napoli def not qualifying for ucl
torn ermine
@torn ermine yea, Bayern's Dominance was started a year later
@unkempt crag ohh okay
grim thicket
they lost milik and allan
hybrid python
unkempt crag
that's all i know about it
torn ermine
bruh juve won like 8 years straight now? lol
grim thicket
prolly gonna lose fabian too
bruh juve won like 8 years straight now? lol
@torn ermine 10 yrs i think
hybrid python
Atalanta scoring 5 goals in one game
grim thicket
bayern r on 8 yrs
hybrid python
*9 years
torn ermine
2011*
grim thicket
bayern r on 9 yrs?
hybrid python
No
unkempt crag
Yea they had Ston9er as their hashtag
grim thicket
didnt dortmund win in 2012?
spice magnet
they lost milik and allan
@grim thicket is milik a done deal for city?
hybrid python
2013-2020
grim thicket
@grim thicket is milik a done deal for city?
@spice magnet for roma
spice magnet
oh 👍
grim thicket
dzeko to juve prolly
unkempt crag
didnt dortmund win in 2012?
@grim thicket won back to back in 2011 and 2012
hybrid python
No
grim thicket
ya the dortmund klopp era
hybrid python
Morata joined juve
unkempt crag
ya the dortmund klopp era
@grim thicket the years we first experienced Gegenpressing
except for me
hybrid python
Klopp is genius Fr
spice magnet
^^
grim thicket
ya dortmund defeated us 4-0 in the ucl that time
unkempt crag
because i watched the Bundesliga from only last season
spice magnet
Klopp is sooo good
unkempt crag
but Klopp is very good
grim thicket
that was the lewandowski betrayal year too
spice magnet
lol
hybrid python
They sold Him for free
grim thicket
they didnt sell him for free
he betrayed them
he ws in contrct talks with both bayern and dortmund at the same time
hybrid python
Lmao this is like Griezmann deal
spice magnet
he was free to discuss with other clubs at that time
torn ermine
Yea they had Ston9er as their hashtag
@unkempt crag very sad aidan, not a good time for you 😔
grim thicket
remember the next season when reus and lewa met ?
hybrid python
Ye
spice magnet
laugh
hybrid python
This season Messi and Suarez
torn ermine
they smiled at each other
grim thicket
he was free to discuss with other clubs at that time
@spice magnet ya but it isnt ethical
its frowned upon
unkempt crag
@unkempt crag very sad aidan, not a good time for you 😔
@torn ermine i've moved on from this though, i've hit the reset button for myself this season
spice magnet
its frowned upon
@grim thicket yeah, but if it was already there in the clause, he shouldn't be frowned upon for something which was legally allowed
grim thicket
has ronaldo facedus after leaving madrid? i dont think so
torn ermine
@unkempt crag good luck to your team tho, im pretty sure there will be time when the club hit their prime and peak
spice magnet
besides a player of his quality would want to play for the best 🤷♂️
grim thicket
that would be epic tho, ronaldo coming back at bernabeu against us
hybrid python
I want that
unkempt crag
I'll be happy if anyone wins
grim thicket
he faced manU that i remember
torn ermine
Klopp has changed the modern football
hybrid python
^^
grim thicket
he didnt celebrate after scoring
hybrid python
Madrid would win that game probably
grim thicket
idk about that
unkempt crag
I should not be supporting a club i literally liked after 3 legit seconds, let's be real
grim thicket
but our defence is pretty solid, but ronaldo is ronaldo man
torn ermine
we had a quite hard group stage last season
grim thicket
he is crazy athletic for a 35yr old
ramos and ronaldo r prolly the fittest 32+ in football
they r fitter than most players in their prime
torn ermine
researcher make a statement that ronaldo's 35 years old body can perform like 20s players, he is too athletic
hybrid python
Ronaldo is a strong guy
grim thicket
it was a post lockdown return article
on how he is keeping up
ronaldo is strong fast and explosive
hybrid python
Man still got the energy
grim thicket
i released James rodriguez on a free in fm20 and dude joined barca
grim thicket
massive L, considering barca just sold coutinho for like 80m
spice magnet
i released James rodriguez on a free in fm20 and dude joined barca
@grim thicket lol
hybrid python
lol
grim thicket
i couldnt sell him, couldnt find any suitors
hybrid python
Barto is resigning
spice magnet
james is exploding the prem now
hybrid python
Lmao
grim thicket
dunno how that turns out tho
hybrid python
Boom boom
grim thicket
james didnt rlly fit well in laliga
hybrid python
Ye
grim thicket
he was always the more dynamic no.10 that prem teams prefer
hybrid python
La Liga is tough but premier league fans won’t understand it
grim thicket
messi is well suited to the laliga on the other hand...so i cant comment on how itll work out
tru
laliga low blocks r hellish
hybrid python
Press
grim thicket
prem is just intense pressing and physical
torn ermine
prem always high cross the ball
hybrid python
Physical
grim thicket
while laliga is slower and more creative
hybrid python
Only Liverpool high press
torn ermine
liverpool high press so much
grim thicket
liverpool has klopp, ofc they do gegenpressing lol
grim thicket
ya bcoz ther midfielders r very physical
but it has drawbacks too
high presses dont work well against low block counter attacking teams
like athleti for example
spice magnet
liverpool players do get tired, they had to miss out on carabao and fa because of prem
grim thicket
with no midfield creativity or aerial strength, its hard to break down low blocks
grim thicket
press all u want, low blocks will just stand all their players in fron of the goal and send out long balls to the target man
spice magnet
Athletico parked the bus
@hybrid python same strategy everytime
but it is pretty boring
it wins you games tho
grim thicket
pressing become very ineffective in such situations
grim thicket
if u have a well structured and disciplined defence and a decent target man, they gonna kill u on counters
thats how liverpool lost
grim thicket
u dont rlly need super creative or technical players
just a good goalkeeper and a well drilled defence
grim thicket
atleti basically play the game in half of the entire pitch
hybrid python
Ye 💀
grim thicket
so when they send out the long balls to the target man, they have loads of space to hit the opposition
hybrid python
Yeah it becomes like 3 V 2
grim thicket
the reason why even griezmann leaving didnt affect tem as much as wouldve been expected
since they didnt rely particularly on grizzy's skillset
torn ermine
llorente was so good against liverpool
hybrid python
Under griezmann they used to play attacking
grim thicket
ya
grim thicket
with grizzy it was still quite the same
hybrid python
https://tenor.com/view/llorente-atletico-liverpool-cornertakenquickly-llorente-atletico-gif-16558563
grim thicket
the target man used to flick the ball on for grizzy to run with
it was either diego costa or morata or literally any other big bodied striker
hybrid python
Yeah Godin to Carassco
grim thicket
carrasco does that for atleti now yeah
hybrid python
Yeh
grim thicket
they won the laliga amidst real and barca dominance
hybrid python
David Villa vibes
hybrid python
Lmao
grim thicket
man atleti have had so many great strikers over the yrs
hybrid python
Forlan was underrated
spice magnet
Koke is very good too
hybrid python
Saul amd Koke lmao
grim thicket
koke and saul r solid
hybrid python
Ye
spice magnet
Saul is too good for ATM
grim thicket
thomas lemar doesnt make sense
spice magnet
he should move now
grim thicket
saul koke correa carrasco doesnt need to be messed with
hybrid python
0 goals and 0 assists so far
grim thicket
lemar doesnt fit in the team
spice magnet
Correa is 🔥
grim thicket
he has never played low blocks ever before
hybrid python
Hazard >Lemar
grim thicket
lmao
hybrid python
Will hazard play today ?
grim thicket
a year ago that wouldnt even hv been a comparison
but now i cant be sure who is better
spice magnet
lol
hybrid python
Hazard was a threat man
spice magnet
Hazard is destroying his career now
grim thicket
Will hazard play today ?
@hybrid python i dont think so.....id prefer vini to play ovr hazard
spice magnet
he is so good
hybrid python
Nowadays he’s declining
grim thicket
hazard is thicc
spice magnet
lol
grim thicket
he needs to get back to fitness
hybrid python
Zidane will play hazard
torn ermine
lol
spice magnet
burger king
grim thicket
he came back overweight after the summer again
hybrid python
burger kings say what
@spice magnet
spice magnet
hybrid python
Yeah
torn ermine
his body is so wide now
hybrid python
Best prem player
grim thicket
now he is fat, and also that ankle injury
spice magnet
hazard would we a legend already if not for the 🍔
hybrid python
Dembele smiles
spice magnet
dembele
torn ermine
tell me a better duo than dembele and harmstring
grim thicket
based on his prem performance i think the payment ws justified, he just declined too much after making the move
hybrid python
Guy had more injuries than he played games but when he’s fit he’s elite
grim thicket
well, there is reus and ankle/hamstring/knee@torn ermine
hybrid python
You have to pay more to Chelsea ig
grim thicket
reus legs r made of glass or somehting
grim thicket
dude is a fking legend but he gets injured way too much
imagine how good reus wouldve been without the injuires
spice magnet
reus legs r made of glass or somehting
@grim thicket reus lol
hybrid python
He’s good
grim thicket
there is also R9 and knee
hybrid python
Without injury no doubt top 10 player
grim thicket
R9 the goat with a injury shortened career
imagine R9 without those knee problems
messi and cr7 who?
hybrid python
Lmao
spice magnet
we paid 105 mn for dembele and at dortmund he was only injured for 10 days
and here he has prolly only started 10 games
hybrid python
Ronaldo was far by the best striker
grim thicket
dembele and hazard prices were justified
spice magnet
agreed
hybrid python
Attitude issues
spice magnet
but then they decided to eat a lot of burgers and do shit
hybrid python
Dembele is young
grim thicket
ya both hazard and dembele r lazy af
spice magnet
dembele has time on his side
grim thicket
laziness aint a good attitude in young developig players
hybrid python
Dembele is the play station kid
spice magnet
but he needs to get back to form
grim thicket
look at the turkish messi emre mor
grim thicket
career destroyed becoz of his laziness
spice magnet
there was one guy for milan who nows warms the bench for some serie c side
hybrid python
Dembele has improved now
grim thicket
only been the start of szn
spice magnet
Dembele has improved now
@hybrid python when r we gonna see him tho?
grim thicket
lets see after a few months
grim thicket
wut made cr7 and messi grt is their dedication
i dont see dembele having that much dedication
hybrid python
Ye
spice magnet
Koeman prefers Trincao
@hybrid pythonso do I, trincao is sooo good
grim thicket
patrice evra once said, ronaldo called him for dinner and just gave him salad...he was pissed
spice magnet
lol
spice magnet
ye
grim thicket
then ronaldo and marcelo
hybrid python
Now no one pain
spice magnet
he has pjanic
grim thicket
PAAAAAAIIIIIIIN
hybrid python
Lmao
spice magnet
now he's gonna find someone else
hybrid python
Now he has Georgina
grim thicket
lol
hybrid python
spice magnet
grim thicket
irina shayk forgtten
torn ermine
lol
hybrid python
She lost like 5M followers after he left her
torn ermine
LOL
hybrid python
She said I’m not because of ronaldo I did it by myself
torn ermine
a guy like ronaldo can easily be hittin on girls
whos the mother of ronaldo jr? i get confused
@grim thicket ronaldo kept it quite
grim thicket
damn
hybrid python
whos the mother of ronaldo jr? i get confused
@grim thicket she is no more alive :v
spice magnet
lmao
torn ermine
media also asked him for some time. But he was angry and said this is privacy
media is annoying af
hybrid python
His mom and sister confessed
spice magnet
that the mom died?
torn ermine
what, the mom died?
hybrid python
She was from Manchester and JR doesn’t knows his mom died
grim thicket
oh i think even ronaldo jr doesnt know his mothers name
apparently cr7 never told him
grim thicket
man thats sad
hybrid python
Ye
grim thicket
why did i bum myself out just befre goinf to sleep
torn ermine
😭
grim thicket
ffs
torn ermine
poor JR
spice magnet
very sad
grim thicket
had to do it!!
torn ermine
?
grim thicket
ya
hybrid python
Bruh I see USA going after too shit
hybrid python
Trump vs Biden
grim thicket
trump is a huge SOB
grim thicket
he still supporting white supremacy...but i think thats something for #off-topic
grim thicket
i think so yah, maybe 1-0 or 2-0
grim thicket
i dont see vallodolid scoring
spice magnet
R9 owns that team
grim thicket
but wut im most excited about is its our first home game...gonna hear that anthem again
always perks me up
hybrid python
Bernabeu ?
grim thicket
nope
hybrid python
Or Alfredo
hybrid python
Well that’d be win for Madrid then
grim thicket
maye till November
spice magnet
bernabeu isnt complete yet
@grim thicket is it being just renovated or expansion is going on?
hybrid python
Ffs if zidane loses or draw Madrid fans will start riot
grim thicket
and its supposed to generate something like twice the revenue or some shit
spice magnet
twice wow?
camp nou is the biggest now, with this upgrade will the bernabeu will be bigger?
grim thicket
idk why it feels like a ripoff of the allianz arena
all for th mbappe and camavinga deal
i read somewhere that we made somewhre around 130m in player sales this summer
hybrid python
100M ^
spice magnet
Camp nou construction will start in 2021
@hybrid python i read that they are gonna build one around te existing one and then destroy the inner one
hybrid python
Yeh
grim thicket
somewhere between 100m-130m i think
the target was 100m, but we overshot it i think
spice magnet
camavinga is some player, absolute 🔥
torn ermine
if i could have a house, my house would be stadium
grim thicket
great passing range, and also very technical on defence
hybrid python
https://youtu.be/ySa7Km4kOC> @hybrid python i read that they are gonna build one around te existing one and then destroy the inner one
@spice magnet
Camawinga will join Madrid tho
grim thicket
ya hopefully....him and mbappe r the primary targets next summer
350m for the two, perez said in a press conference
hybrid python
Perez will sell anything for Mbappe
grim thicket
ya
hybrid python
This is modric last season
grim thicket
mbappe to madrid will pay itslef back in terms of jersey and ticket sales
prolly marcelo's last szn too dependng on his fitness
hybrid python
Juve are targeting him
grim thicket
who? kroos?
hybrid python
Yes
grim thicket
juve were targetting benzema this season lmao
hybrid python
Pirlo wants him
grim thicket
they going after all of ronaldo's old buddies
grim thicket
nah i dont see tht happening.....kroos and modric leaving in one summer i highly improbable
ya kroos will miss 2 weeks with a pulled butt muscle
gluteus
prolly clenched his butt too tight mid game lmao
grim thicket
ya me too....but cant rlly see how zidane would be angry at kroos
he is almost always one of our best players when he plays
grim thicket
gotta be when u concede two stupid goals like that
neither goal was betis brilliance
hybrid python
Fekir was class
grim thicket
both were mistakes from our players
first goal, casemiro just stopped marking suddenly
second goal was a near post on courtois
those just arent quality goals
hybrid python
He lost the clean sheet tho
grim thicket
thats abig no, ask any keeper
hybrid python
Next game will be levante away for Madrid
grim thicket
ya....how has levante been?
grim thicket
they defeated villarel right?
but then again Villareal is coached by mr good ebening so....
torn ermine
emery masterclass 
grim thicket
oh was the 2-1 a friendly then?
hybrid python
Club friendly
grim thicket
emery just doesnt know wut to do and when
hybrid python
Yeh lol
grim thicket
prolly the worst defensive coach in recent times
hybrid python
Villarreal coach was good they so dumb that they bought emery
grim thicket
arsenal defence wasnt as bad as emery made it out to be
grim thicket
damn valencia
spice magnet
^^
grim thicket
somebody kill peter lim
spice magnet
valencia is destroyed
hybrid python
Valencia won yesterday
spice magnet
their management is the worst I have ever seen
grim thicket
ya huge surprise
spice magnet
worse than barto
hybrid python
Yeh
grim thicket
maxi gomez scored yesterday right?
torn ermine
their stadium mestalla is good man, decent atmosphere
hybrid python
grim thicket
valencia used to be a top 3 contender
hybrid python
Valencia
grim thicket
their stadium is been buitl since 2010 if i remember
torn ermine
wtf man
grim thicket
the new mestella was supposed to be the third biggest stadium in spain
hybrid python
It’s always tuff to play in mestella
grim thicket
they let a club legend like parejo go for free smh
hybrid python
5am
spice magnet
yeah and to a direct rival
hybrid python
5M
grim thicket
taht too to city rivals
spice magnet
villareal
grim thicket
when parejo himslef wanted to stay
spice magnet
the man who owns the club is just fucked up
grim thicket
he didnt even get a decent farewell
hybrid python
He had the highest wages that’s why they sold him ffs
spice magnet
he deserved every penny
grim thicket
parejo was willing to take a cut
hybrid python
Yeah ferran got a farewell
grim thicket
owner just didnt want him somehow
remember when david silva used to play at valencia
hybrid python
The whole team was in the transfer market smh