trousers Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 Come on Ronnie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 6 hours ago, John Boy Saint said: 6 hours ago, John Boy Saint said: Tonights game could be interesting. Barca are defending like we did against Leicester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 Proper game this is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 Flashbacks to Brazil V Germany here. Barring a miracle, Barca manager will go tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: Flashbacks to Brazil V Germany here. Barring a miracle, Barca manager will go tomorrow. Why do Barca have a habit of appointing these random coaches these days? You'd think a club of their fame and standing could attract any manager in the entire world. This isn't the first time they've had someone not really known who failed - Martino was another, a few years ago. They had Valverde too, not massively high profile and he failed too. Edited 14 August, 2020 by S-Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 (edited) 1 minute ago, S-Clarke said: Why do Barca have a habit of appointing these random coaches these days? You'd think a club of their fame and standing could attract any manager in the entire world. This isn't the first time they've had someone not really known who failed - Martino was another, a few years ago. They had Valverde too, not massively high profile and he failed too. Possibly thinking they just need someone to come in and pick the obvious first 11 then sit back? Pochettino the obvious appointment. Edited 14 August, 2020 by Saint_clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: Pochettino the obvious appointment. Behave. Not obvious at all. Edited 14 August, 2020 by Lord Duckhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 6 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: Possibly thinking they just need someone to come in and pick the obvious first 11 then sit back? Pochettino the obvious appointment. Really isn't any tactical thinking there! Just give it to Messi and let him run seems to be the approach. They have some great players in De Jong, Griezmann etc and they just struggle because there's seemingly no tactical shape or manager philosophy for them to adapt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 8 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: Possibly thinking they just need someone to come in and pick the obvious first 11 then sit back? Pochettino the obvious appointment. His wife said her and the kids would leave him if he took the Barca gig - having been boss at Espanyol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 What the hell was up with Pique there, has he been told not to defend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 Superb dummy sold there one minute Samedo is in Lisbon next he knows he is in Faro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 21 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said: Behave. Not obvious at all. Really? His style of play would suit Barca down to the ground. 18 minutes ago, John Boy Saint said: His wife said her and the kids would leave him if he took the Barca gig - having been boss at Espanyol I think that would go out of the window when he's actually offered the most prestigious job in world football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 Get in Ronnie! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 Coutinho is playing against his parent club? Who the hell is on the Barca board negotiating that sort of deal...? That's bizarre. Didn't a similar thing happen at Monaco a few years ago with Morientes? Vaguely remember similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 And he's only gone and scored. Barca need to sort their shit out, that club is run like a circus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 Never mind Barca, it happens to the best of us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 Maybe Barca will take Hoedt, Lemina, Forster and Elyanoussi of our hands. They can't get worse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 Just now, OttawaSaint said: Maybe Barca will take Hoedt, Lemina, Forster and Elyanoussi of our hands. They can't get worse... Given that they spent £30m on former Middlesbrough Championship player, Martin Braithwaite, I'm sure we have a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 RONNIE THE ROCKET!! GET IN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redder freak Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 1 hour ago, Lord Duckhunter said: Barca are defending like we did against Leicester Saints are the Barcelona of the Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 7 hours ago, John Boy Saint said:Tonights game could be interesting. Didn't think it would be that sort of interesting 7 hours ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsaint Posted 14 August, 2020 Share Posted 14 August, 2020 2 hours ago, Saint_clark said: Possibly thinking they just need someone to come in and pick the obvious first 11 then sit back? Pochettino the obvious appointment. Koeman the obvious appointment surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 15 August, 2020 Share Posted 15 August, 2020 6 hours ago, Saint_clark said: Really? His style of play would suit Barca down to the ground. I think that would go out of the window when he's actually offered the most prestigious job in world football. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11675/11514406/mauricio-pochettino-says-he-will-never-coach-barcelona weak if he goes back on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooney Posted 15 August, 2020 Share Posted 15 August, 2020 7 hours ago, bpsaint said: Koeman the obvious appointment surely? That was always K's dream ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 15 August, 2020 Share Posted 15 August, 2020 Whoever comes in has a massive task. They'll be inheriting an ageing team including some big egos and prima donnas who will be resistant to change, happy to keep banking their megabucks until they retire. Barca's play now looks slow and outmoded. Still dangerous in attack but brittle in defence. They still hope teams will be frightened of them and set up defending deep, which used to be the case. But, as last night showed, they can't cope with the modern pressing game, losing the ball regularly near their own goal and then showing no energy, urgency of intensity to recover. I was reminded of Man Utd struggling against us in one of our first games under Poch. So used to being allowed possession and time to dwell on the ball. In fact the whole team looked lethargic and put out that they're still playing rather than on the summer break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 15 August, 2020 Share Posted 15 August, 2020 (edited) Blimey City have looks half baked v Lyon - deservedly departing Lisbon Edited 15 August, 2020 by John Boy Saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartman Posted 15 August, 2020 Share Posted 15 August, 2020 No English, Spanish or Italian teams in the semis. Only other time this happened was 1990-91 when Bayern, Marseille, Spartak Moscow and Red Star Belgrade were the semi finalists and Red Star won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 15 August, 2020 Share Posted 15 August, 2020 That was shocking from Man City. The starting line-up (again) was quite frankly bizarre. Pep run his course at City? Looks like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waylander Posted 15 August, 2020 Share Posted 15 August, 2020 That was some miss by Sterling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 15 August, 2020 Share Posted 15 August, 2020 6 minutes ago, waylander said: That was some miss by Sterling Yeah, he's pretty good at that sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 15 August, 2020 Share Posted 15 August, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, RonManager said: Yeah, he's pretty good at that sort of thing. Apart from the fact he's got 131 goals in 394 games as a winger! He missed a sitter, but he is a pretty lethal finisher from the wide areas in pretty much 9/10 games. They lost this due to Pep's total tactical overthinking in the first half. I don't know why some coaches worry so much about the oppo, just play to your own strengths and believe in your own philosophy. Yes, plan for their strengths, but don't abandon your entire identity to try and nullify them. They abandoned everything in the first half. So weird. Edited 15 August, 2020 by S-Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 16 August, 2020 Share Posted 16 August, 2020 De Jong showing Raheem how it’s done! 10 mins left to save it Utd. What a dismal showing from English teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 16 August, 2020 Share Posted 16 August, 2020 17 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said: De Jong showing Raheem how it’s done! 10 mins left to save it Utd. What a dismal showing from English teams. the tater (Darke, I think) was harping on about how tired the united player were due to a very long season....WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted 17 August, 2020 Share Posted 17 August, 2020 I'm guessing the delayed start for these teams in the EPL won't be so long now 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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