Paid Members PunkStep Posted August 16, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 16, 2019 Just watched that after flicking through the channels and noticing ITV4 were showing it. Cracking goal. Barca's midfield looked toilet. No Busquets, no Arthur, no Vidal and Rakitic came off the bench. A lot of pressure heaped onto De Jong who had a midfielder even younger than him in Alena and Sergi Roberto alongside him. Their attacking options aren't particularly deep either, unless they do bring back Neymar (which isn't looking that likely). Griezmann in, but Coutinho and Malcolm out. They're going to have a big fight on their hands this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTH17 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 7 minutes ago, Little Johnny said: Yeah, when I saw Barcelona finish the game with an attacking axis of Ousmane Dembele, Thiago Alacantara's younger brother and a winger from the B Team, my immediate reaction was also "too many cooks in the kitchen". Not the point I was making, but good one. Completely forgot that they'd shipped Malcolm out. Took me a while to remember they'd signed him. Think tonight demonstrated the importance of Busquets in that side. De Jong's got all the technical ability in the world, but it's a tall order asking him to be the pivot in that midfield as you say PunkStep alongside Roberto (who I don't rate very highly) and Alena. Certainly a role he might have to be eased into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Nothing against you Adam, but your post has just reminded me how much I hate the term “pivot”. Or “double pivot”. Absolutely wanky term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Bloody image rights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 533rd, I'll take that! Kool Keith posts yet another link from FiveThirtyEight that will interest nobody. Well, maybe @Devon Malcolm and @Fog Dude https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/global-club-soccer-rankings/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Brentford in 145th place warms my dirty little Hounslow heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 27, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 27, 2019 (edited) Salzburg's the interesting one there, in the top 20. Always piss the Bundesliga but rarely do much in Europe. Edited August 27, 2019 by Devon Malcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Absolute top level trolling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Dem Wanz Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Saw this thread bumped with Keith Houchen and I knew it would be this for some reason Top trolling isn't it haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 I'm glad that I'm associated with top shithousery in the beautiful game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted August 30, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted August 30, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Daaaaaad! Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Fuck Cagliari and their racist, monkey-chanting fans. And fuck the Italian FA for persistently turning a blind eye to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 11, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 11, 2019 I like international breaks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted September 19, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted September 19, 2019 Somebody has suffered another concussion then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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