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Unread 06-03-2018, 11:21 PM
red in cumbria
 
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Real have been poor this year but you always expect them to turn it on when it really matters
As long as Ronnie is fit and firing, you can never count them out. I'm amazed that some have been doing so, tbh.
 
Unread 07-03-2018, 12:36 AM
Ethers
 
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Nah
Silva was false wide right player like Mata for us with Lemar wide left and Falcao and Mbappé up top

Everyone at the time was saying how refreshing it was to see a side do so well playing an old fashioned 442
Correct.

It was fairly fluid to some extent, and Mbappé certainly did drift out wide from time to time, as did Falcao. You’d struggle to find many games where he did so enough to warrant being described as playing out wide though
 
Unread 07-03-2018, 12:45 AM
sa7
 
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Another minutes silence at Anfield this evening
 
Unread 07-03-2018, 12:45 AM
Part 36 Offer
 
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jose as psg manager wins that tie imo


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Not easy against Madrid and Barca though is it, to match their ability to handle the occasion? Teams with experience at this level you can't come close to without a lot more time and money.

But why do we expect so much? There's the money and then the reality. 35 year old Thiago Motta still starts in midfield. Lassana Diarra coming off the bench. Uncapped 28yo Spanish left-back. Uncapped French goalkeeper. Yes they have a sprinkling of quality but they set themselves expectations that lead to the manager being given ultimatums about beating Real Madrid or losing his job.
Are you serious mateh?
 
Unread 07-03-2018, 12:54 AM
S/Side.Red
 
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Are you serious mateh?


They're playing Real Madrid. How do they get to a situation where it's beat Real (without Neymar) or the PSG manager walks?

Could understand if it was like City last year getting knocked out by Monaco. But they're getting done by Barca and Real. Hands up imo
 
Unread 07-03-2018, 01:21 AM
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PSG's problem is at the first sign of trouble their heads fall. Their culture is making one player the symbol of the club (Neymar now, Zlatan before) - everybody else bows down to them. Including the manager.

That's ok to a point given their domestic competition. They will put four past the likes of Dijon and Poirot at 60%. But in the UCL, you require your squad to have the synergy and courage to rise to the occasion. Real Madrid haven't won three of the last four simply because of Ronaldo. Barcelona at their best were not just Messi FC.

PSG looked out of their depth against Pellegrini's City when he was dead man walking.

People will cite Bayern Munich and Juventus as examples of teams who walk their league and go far in the UCL. Difference is it's a privilege to represent those clubs. Historic clubs who have had greats of the game wear the shirt and who fight for the highest honours. The present day players are compared to the past. Being a flop at a club of that prestige is still the pinnacle for a lot of players.

PSG may not win a UCL yet this current era is their best. You can assemble as many shiny names as you like, we know they are mercenaries but you can't switch on and off intensity. How do you get intensity if the players don't care and don't have to care?
 
Unread 07-03-2018, 08:55 AM
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Mbappe looked like a rabbit in the head lights way too much weight on his shoulders last night. He is still just a kid tbf.


It was plain to see PSG just didn't think they could win without Neymar and so it proved.
 
Unread 07-03-2018, 09:06 AM
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It baffles me that people who supposedly watch football week in week out give any credibility to PSG being a real force in Europe. They have PSG TV here and it's on most days in my local and some of the games they won and goals they score in their league are laughable.
 
Unread 07-03-2018, 09:12 AM
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It baffles me that people who supposedly watch football week in week out give any credibility to PSG being a real force in Europe. They have PSG TV here and it's on most days in my local and some of the games they won and goals they score in their league are laughable.
Tbf, the collection of players they have should be able to give anyone a game, especially the forwards. Just highlights how important a strong league is. The way they, and most of the top clubs, are aiming to dominate by strangling the life out of all domestic competition, nicking the best players of anyone daring to challenge them etc. Is killing them in European compeition, which is fitting. Not sure how Madrid and Barca do it tbh.
 
Unread 07-03-2018, 12:24 PM
sa7
 
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Tbf, the collection of players they have should be able to give anyone a game, especially the forwards. Just highlights how important a strong league is. The way they, and most of the top clubs, are aiming to dominate by strangling the life out of all domestic competition, nicking the best players of anyone daring to challenge them etc. Is killing them in European compeition, which is fitting. Not sure how Madrid and Barca do it tbh.
I think it helps that they have each other to bounce off. Generally speaking they can't slack off domestically because the other team are always ready to take advantage.
 
Unread 07-03-2018, 12:28 PM
believe
 
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I think it helps that they have each other to bounce off. Generally speaking they can't slack off domestically because the other team are always ready to take advantage.
I think it’s also fair to say that the standard of the Spanish League is much higher than the French.
 
Unread 07-03-2018, 01:32 PM
Big Norm
 
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Decent article about PSG here:

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...-a8243491.html

"A hastily-assembled X-Factor boyband" is pretty much the perfect description for them.
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