Other football - 2020/21

[Daisy]

If it wasn't for shit goal keepers we would be on 8 European cups by now. 

[Grinch]

36 minutes ago, Daisy said:

If it wasn't for shit goal keepers we would be on 8 European cups by now. 

Nah we wouldn't.   Madrid won that game when Salah went off injured and we had only shite on the bench. 

 

Something we've still not addressed and don't look like doing so this year either.  

[dockers_strike]

chelsea reportedly agree an initial £72m deal for Havertz. The lad seriously lacks ambition if he thinks lampard is a manager to sign for.

[Guest Alex_K]

Bayern looked quite ordinary outside of the Barca extravaganza. Lyon could easily have got ahead of them in the semi with better finishing, and PSG should have been ahead here too. Neither team could cope with the power and stamina of Bayern as the game went on though. That's a problem we would never have. Definitely think we would/could beat Bayern over 2 legs or in a one-off tie - we would push them back in the manner they have pushed other teams back. Its exactly what we did to them last season. Next year the European Cup should be number 1 priority.

[3 Stacks]

3 hours ago, dockers_strike said:

chelsea reportedly agree an initial £72m deal for Havertz. The lad seriously lacks ambition if he thinks lampard is a manager to sign for.

He's signing for a club, not a manager, mate. 

[sir roger]

1 hour ago, Alex_K said:

Bayern looked quite ordinary outside of the Barca extravaganza. Lyon could easily have got ahead of them in the semi with better finishing, and PSG should have been ahead here too. Neither team could cope with the power and stamina of Bayern as the game went on though. That's a problem we would never have. Definitely think we would/could beat Bayern over 2 legs or in a one-off tie - we would push them back in the manner they have pushed other teams back. Its exactly what we did to them last season. Next year the European Cup should be number 1 priority.

I would fancy us maybe 60/40 to beat them over two legs, but they are the first team to win every single CL game in a season so suggesting they are ordinary is a bit one-eyed.

[WhiskeyJar]

A bit concerned and confused by Chelsea transfer strategy.

[Guest Alex_K]

16 minutes ago, sir roger said:

I would fancy us maybe 60/40 to beat them over two legs, but they are the first team to win every single CL game in a season so suggesting they are ordinary is a bit one-eyed.

Why are you applying seasonal logic to a competition that did not have 2-legged knockout rounds and has never been repeated in CL history? It is not remotely comparable. Do you think Bayern were outstanding against PSG last night, or indeed the first half against Lyon?

 

They are clearly a very good side but the Barcelona results was not in line with what followed in the semis or final; do not think they're in the class of their previous EC winning side or indeed the great Madrid side of the mid-10s.

[Guest Alex_K]

11 minutes ago, WhiskeyJar said:

A bit concerned and confused by Chelsea transfer strategy.

History does not bode well for teams that make 5 or 6 significant changes in a single window, as they might. Lots of young players coming in, too. Bump me if they come within 12 points of us next season .

[3 Stacks]

14 minutes ago, WhiskeyJar said:

A bit concerned and confused by Chelsea transfer strategy.

They aren't very good, have lots of areas to improve and have money to burn from a couple big sales. Would be confusing if they weren't buying a bunch. 

[WhiskeyJar]

6 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

They aren't very good, have lots of areas to improve and have money to burn from a couple big sales. Would be confusing if they weren't buying a bunch. 

 

They already have good potential young players coming through. Signing all these players will surely impede their progress. Plus all the egos that may be looking for game time has increased. 

Klopp has always worked with a small squad and we have seen the benefits of that ideology. This is the other side of that coin; overflow the squad with proven talent. 

[3 Stacks]

9 minutes ago, WhiskeyJar said:

 

They already have good potential young players coming through. Signing all these players will surely impede their progress. Plus all the egos that may be looking for game time has increased. 

Klopp has always worked with a small squad and we have seen the benefits of that ideology. This is the other side of that coin; overflow the squad with proven talent. 

I do think they've bought one too many attacking players. Agree that one of Havertz and Ziyech is looking like a head scratcher when they've got Pulisic and signed Hudson-Odoi to a long term deal. 

[Ne Moe Imya]

19 minutes ago, WhiskeyJar said:

A bit concerned and confused by Chelsea transfer strategy.

It's all a bit Liverpool-under-Brendan, isn't it?

 

I can't see how they're going to line up, unless it's with a super unbalanced 4-3-3 like:

 

Kante

Havertz    Mount

 

Ziyech   Werner   Pulisic

 

It could be a lot of fun to watch, actually. But with Kante being limited in his mobility these days, they will concede a lot of goals. There will be a lot of 5-3 games if that's the team Lampard runs out there, and I think he will. He really should find a way to get Havertz into the front line, but I don't think he's bought him to play there.

[Guest Alex_K]

Pulisic aside it is very questionable whether Chelsea have many existing good young players coming through. The likes of Giroud and Willian (who had his best ever scoring season) bailed them out after lockdown. Abraham & Mount (for example) were utterly ordinary after the first few months fo the season. The defence remains a complete accident waiting to happen and introducing Thiago Silva probably unsettles it even more. Think he will be more of a David Luiz than Van Dijk. Let see.

[dylstar]

 

[Anubis]

Reports Sky have axed Tommo, Le Tissier and Nicholas.

[liverpoolsno9]

3 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Reports Sky have axed Tommo, Le Tissier and Nicholas.

And Merson keeps his job!!! WTF

[Megadrive Man]

8 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Reports Sky have axed Tommo, Le Tissier and Nicholas.

Yeah I met Thompson at a Legends meeting in December last year and he said that Sky had told him that they weren't going to renew his contract. Told him that they were looking for some younger faces. 

[No2]

Celtic are out of the champions league before Bayern Munich's hangovers have even subsided.

[Bjornebye]

Fucking abysmal 

[Arnaud]

What’s wrong with Scottish Football ? It’s been shite for years.

 

 

[Bruce Spanner]

On 24/08/2020 at 18:05, WhiskeyJar said:

A bit concerned and confused by Chelsea transfer strategy.

Remember Keegan’s Newcastle?

 

That, but with less charisma.

[Leyton388]

Seriously how fucking shite are Celtic? Getting beat by FC chip butty every season to blow CL qualification. 

[Arnaud]

I learnt tonight that Rebrov was the coach of Ferencvaros. Great, outstanding player, ruined by Hoddle.

[Lee909]

Neil Lennon jumping into the next round