Mr. Brightside Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 That is so soft [emoji23] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 How is that a red? He's had a wee dig but nothing more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David W Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Just now, Mr. Brightside said: That is so soft Soft pretty much sums up AM over the two games. The tie was over the minute Chelsea went 1-0 ahead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Have some faith in Magic Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 How can anybody think that is a red card after watching it back. Farcical. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 That's a red card but Chelsea's blatant foul and red card in the first half wasn't even checked. Some good old, 'common sense' refereeing being applied by this clown. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Chelsea are much improved since Tuchel came in but also infinitely more boring to watch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) On 17/03/2021 at 22:02, eez-eh said: Chelsea are much improved since Tuchel came in but also infinitely more boring to watch. True on both counts. I thought Atletico were really poor. Edited March 19, 2021 by Distant Doonhamer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ahemps Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Have a feeling Chelsea will make the final, had that feeling even before the draw. Would be interesting to see Bayern v City but Pep may over tinker and get knocked out by Dortmund. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Good to see that Bayern have a chance to humiliate the Qatar government's football department once again this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Have a feeling Chelsea will make the final, had that feeling even before the draw. Would be interesting to see Bayern v City but Pep may over tinker and get knocked out by Dortmund. Agree with both your points, although I'm not sure if it'll be the QF or SF that Pep decides to f**k it. His lineups in big games are brilliant fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahemps Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 27 minutes ago, accies1874 said: Agree with both your points, although I'm not sure if it'll be the QF or SF that Pep decides to f**k it. His lineups in big games are brilliant fun. I can't understand why he does it. Last year in a one off game I was really looking forward to them and Bayern going toe to toe and seeing who came out on top as they were both flying and I didn't see any need for either of them to bother with any special tactics then he goes and sh*ts the bed against Lyon by playing a bizarre line-up. City are that good it should be other teams who change their tactics to compete, not the other way round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 3 hours ago, Distant Doonhamer said: Hopefully Bayern win it but I’m not sure the draw could have been any more favourable to the English clubs had it been rigged. Especially given PSG were drawn vs Bayern. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 I can't understand why he does it. Last year in a one off game I was really looking forward to them and Bayern going toe to toe and seeing who came out on top as they were both flying and I didn't see any need for either of them to bother with any special tactics then he goes and sh*ts the bed against Lyon by playing a bizarre line-up. City are that good it should be other teams who change their tactics to compete, not the other way round.He'll obviously have his mad reasons and long may it continue. I'd like to see him win the Champions League again as I love his football, but if he's gonna get pumped out then I want to have fun while he does. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Hoping for a Manchester City champions league win but failing that, Paris Saint Germain would suffice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Man City, PSG & Bayern must be the favourites for this so Real Madrid going to be delighted with that draw as they are missing all the good sides until the final. Liverpool are piss poor then it's Chelsea or Porto. They couldn't get more lucky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 He'll obviously have his mad reasons and long may it continue. I'd like to see him win the Champions League again as I love his football, but if he's gonna get pumped out then I want to have fun while he does. I generally love the football that Pep’s teams play but in the Champions League final stages he’s latterly made some awful decisions in terms of strategy. I’m not absolutely convinced they’ll get past Dortmund and certainly Bayern or even PSG will be a huge test. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 I don't get how anyone can genuinely love Guardiola's style of football tbh. Appreciate its general effectiveness - absolutely. But it's fundamentally a death by a thousand cuts, defend your own goal by endlessly hogging possession strategy. The FA cup match against Everton last night was a prime example of how it works, and his matches are utter snorefests 95% of the time as a result. The Ajax team that reached the semi final a couple of years ago had a truly adventurous style - one in which half of all passes were always played directly forward - and no fucks were given about being exposed defensively. Even Liverpool under Klopp - despite every right minded person rooting for them to fail - played an attractive and open style in the same CL campaign compared to the sanitised fayre of 'Pep's' latest hyperclub. Take out Messi's influence at Barcelona and his sides are insipid in terms of actual appeal to a neutral. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 I don't get how anyone can genuinely love Guardiola's style of football tbh. Appreciate its general effectiveness - absolutely. But it's fundamentally a death by a thousand cuts, defend your own goal by endlessly hogging possession strategy. The FA cup match against Everton last night was a prime example of how it works, and his matches are utter snorefests 95% of the time as a result. The Ajax team that reached the semi final a couple of years ago had a truly adventurous style - one in which half of all passes were always played directly forward - and no fucks were given about being exposed defensively. Even Liverpool under Klopp - despite every right minded person rooting for them to fail - played an attractive and open style in the same CL campaign compared to the sanitised fayre of 'Pep's' latest hyperclub. Take out Messi's influence at Barcelona and his sides are insipid in terms of actual appeal to a neutral.Some very fair points in that. I guess my love for his football is largely based on the Barcelona team. As you rightly say Messi had huge influence there. Iniesta one of my favourite players so more than just Messi for me there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfCutNinja Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Its one of the great tragedies of modern football that Ajax team didn't get to the final, where I'm sure they'd have disposed of Liverpool. They absolutely BATTERED Spurs for over 1.5 of those 2 games. If the first leg in London had finished 7-0 to Ajax Spurs couldn't have had any complaints. Then the second leg Ajax should have been about five up by the time Spurs scored their first. Then they just shat the bed a bit, the second goal a disaster where the keeper panicked, they had it well under control and he just dived on the ball and it rebounded to Moura. Real shame, maybe just wasn't meant to be. They were sensational that year and it would have been great for football if a team from outside the big leagues had won it playing bold attacking football. Maybe they were just a bit too young and panicked. Very sad. Against Juventus and Real away from home they were stunning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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