Football (Soccer)
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holy shit
wow, we did it.
BLOODY HELL YES!! i woke up about 0411(GMT +8) for a piss and we're 1-0 up. then PSG scored and i thought fuck it, i'm going to bed. woke up about 0700 (GMT+8) and a notification from the news says "united through to quarters…" and i was thinking "fucking hell no way".
the teenagers played well. they we're lucky PSG's shots didn't end up in the back of the net as well. and for once, i'm thankful that pogba didn't play because if he was on and that penalty was given, boy i'd be having a heart attack.
This ^ exactly! If Pogba was stuttering and prancing up to the ball I wouldn't be able to watch (great player under OLE though)
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^pogba is a great player. probably not a penalty taker. freekicks, sure. but not penalties.
With all that being said though, PSG have really made a habit of choking and under-performing in the champions league. It poses the question…are they really that good? Are they as good as we think they are? Sure they tear it up in the domestic league but let's be honest, Ligue 1 isn't exactly the most competitive league in the world. The second place team in League 1 has 54 points which would put them in 7th place if they were in the Premier League.
hahaha they don't call it a farmer's league for no reason. they're definitely a good team. but it just shows that money cannot buy success. i honestly did not write them off for the second leg. improbable but not impossible.. i predicted a scoreline of 2-0 at the parc. 3-1 close enough. through on away goals rule..
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Very happy camper here to see Bayern out. So sweet. Any nice facial shot of Messrs. Hoeness and Rummenigge on this occasion?
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the return of english football perthaps? depending on the draw tomorrow. there could be 2-4 teams in the semis at this rate… it's been about 10 years maybe? that we've had 3 teams in the semis...
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I was thinking the same….is the pendulum swinging back towards the premier league? I feel like it is.
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i would love to see 4 english teams in the semis, just like 08/09 for the sake of english football. hoping the draw tonight swings our way.
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manchester derby final. i'm calling it here first.
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Of course we had to get Barcelona.
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Definitely an incredible game.
I am really looking forward to Liverpool v Barcelona.
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As a side note it is also pretty interesting that after OGS was officially announced as United's new manager on a permanent basis his team delivered one poor performance after another. Maybe it was a bit premature at this stage of the season? I still hope he can reach the CL and build a strong team for the future and put Utd back on top.
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OGS is never going to be the solution to all that is wrong at OT. The recent run of games suggests the issue with the team was both Mourinho and within the squad, which I think everyone can now see. From a more elevated perspective we’re seeing the result of years of managerial shuffling, poor investment and no grand scheme, but I suspect the Glazers are the root problem.
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well, if you're saying that, the glazers have been there for over 10+years. under your theory, SAF should not have won anything from 2005 till the time he retired..
Moyes, LVG and Mou are all respectable managers in their own right. OGS would've taken a leaf out of SAF's book at the very least and is now trying to find his own style. where i felt has gone wrong in the past 5 years is the lack of commitment to push through a deal and overpaying for players that do not fit into this team. They've also wrongly identified the areas that needed to be strengthened.
it doesn't matter if OGS has been prematurely selected. Let's give him a fresh start. i will be really keen to see who he lets go and the players that he will sign and the team he will build.
in my opinion, lukaku, sanchez, martial, fred and dalot all need to go. it's absolutely appalling seeing fred give away the ball time after time and then making rash challenges. he clearly doesn't have the strength to play in that deep lying midfield row. Also, sanchez at arsenal vs sanchez at united is a massive difference. it seems as though he totally forgot how to play football in manchester..
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The rot had set in before SAF left. The team Moyes took over had just won the PL against a very ordinary field and were hailed as being the poorest team to ever win the PL. SAF was holding them together. When he left Moyes inherited shite. While LVG, Moyes and Mourinho are all respectable, Moyes was unproven at the top level (and hasn't been back) and LVG and Maureen were a poor fit for the clubs attacking style and heritage and probably past there best too.
The Glazers have shown no interest in redeveloping the stadium or arguably the first team. Have a read of this… https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/apr/07/rivals-grand-designs-put-glazers-neglect-of-old-trafford-in-spotlight&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwieqL_74ePhAhUMJVAKHWXzDkwQFggFMAA&client=internal-uds-cse&cx=007466294097402385199:m2ealvuxh1i&usg=AOvVaw3_bdSHH9v0OCiieeQKRGOG
I agree with you that the squad is carrying a lot of deadwood. I can't see OGS getting the money he needs to turn it around with enough new signings though. There needs to be a long term plan to rebuild Man Utd, and I don't think the Glazers are interested in that.
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The glazers haven't been the forefront of news in recent years. i remember back when they made massive headlines about the protests and the whole 'glazer out' saga.
Yes the stadium has been largely neglected and i feel it will come back to haunt them especially with them just sitting on their laurels being the biggest stadium in football in england with the exception of Wembley. nou camp and all the italian teams can make bigger stadiums but no one fills them to the brim like old trafford every game day, be it against barcelona or notts county.
to be fair, as a club, they are making great revenues over the past few years with their sponsors. it's not to say they haven't got any money to spend for players. they've spent over £200million quid on useless players, or rather players that have no proven record like fred or dalot. £75million for lukaku, £50million for FRED!! Without selling out the club to another arab billionaire that's constantly injecting money, i'd say they are doing rather well along with arsenal. the one thing clubs like city and psg lack is the SOUL of the club itself and its fans.
bring on 19/20 season, i can only hope that OGS have an eye out for good talent at reasonable price and buys players to suit his style of football. i'm kinda hopeful because i know he has mike phelan helping him behind the scenes too.
