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Neymar with goal and assist again so far. He's going to murder that league.

Was thinking the same when I saw it

If we dont buy players we're going down. Total lack of quality.

Griezemann sent off.

And Bailly scores. Deserved.

Wasn't it him who f***ed up the interception on Ayew which lead to Ayew hitting the bar? Otherwise, yeah he's solid. Could've been. Actually missed that part, but he wins every header and seems to recover for Jones and Valencia consistently.

Bailly been best player on the pitch so far. Hasn't lost one challenge.

Willian? Who are these few others? He's definitely behind Hazard, Eriksen and De Bruyne, but after them there's not one other attacking midfielder I'd rather have in my team. I can see a case for Mkhitaryan but he hasn't shown enough in this league yet for me. David Silva isn't the same type of player he was a few years ago. I have often made the case over the years that Silva is overrated because he often goes 6-7 games in a row without doing nothing and then 2 or 3 amazing performances. To the point that in their primes Yaya was more impactful but he's better than Coutinho Not having that one Flip, also City's other Silva is better too imo, it's unfashionable because he's s**** in front of goal but i'd rather have Ozil too. Thinking about it, i really struggle to understand Barca's obsession with him. But their history of signings is s**** so there's that. Well Yaya was absolutely outstanding tbf Well obviously, i have just felt like there was always a double standard surrounding Silva. He'd get no ends of praise when he performed excellently and not a word was uttered when he performed badly which happened more than his fans will have you believe. For example that season where he put that ridiculous outside of the right foot through ball against Yanited, he barely performed for the next 3 months and the team needed Tevez to come back and save them from throwing the league away. Lovely player to watch mind and he's obviously better than Coutinho. Silva is on the decline and was nowhere near the player you're talking about last season. Bernardo Silva hasn't kicked a ball yet in this league either.

Exactly. Willian was in that 7-1 side.

Willian? Who are these few others? He's definitely behind Hazard, Eriksen and De Bruyne, but after them there's not one other attacking midfielder I'd rather have in my team. I can see a case for Mkhitaryan but he hasn't shown enough in this league yet for me. David Silva isn't the same type of player he was a few years ago.

£20m max for Coutinho is rough. He's clearly an inconsistent but very good footballer and with Mane the most important player in their squad. You don't score 13 and assist 8 in 31 matches in the PL if you're not a very good footballer. With that said the sum is ridiculous, but I feel like it's more a case of Liverpool really not wanting to get rid as well as knowing Barcelona can up their bid much more if they really want him that badly.

Suarez out for a month apparently. Will be interesting to see Messi trying to win games all by himself. Don't think he's ever played with a worse team than he will now.

For £40m yes, but he's far better than our current midfielders except maybe Merino who I haven't seen enough of. I know it's gets a bit annoying, but they're taking a huge risk based on his performances for the national team which has been great. Basically been the Paulinho Spurs were buying. Scored a hattrick away against Uruguay in the qualifiers. With that said, he's no player for Barcelona and he's certainly no player for £40m even in todays market.

Were Madrid fans just chanting 'Se Queda' when Pique came off?

Well he shoved a ref tbh. He shouldn't have, true, but howay. He shouldn't have been sent off in the first place. Does that matter? Refs make mistake every game, but you shouldn't be shoving a ref. Mascherano got like a 4 game ban last year didn't he for insulting the ref? So guess Ronaldo should be pretty happy with only a five match ban.

Well he shoved a ref tbh.

This one and Ronaldos finish were f***ing insane.

Worth watching it just to see that glorious goal.

Even if he turns out bad man, he's gonna have been the best ever. On a serious note though, he was extremely highly rated as a young player in Brazil, but made the wrong choice of going to Chelsea. Is there an option to buy?

Linked with Lanzini. On the World Football Phone-In, Tim Vickery keeps saying it'll be Lanzini. What would he cost? Decent player, but feels like he'll cost a fair bit if Coutinho leaves for £100m.

Dat ball by Kroos. My god. Looks so easy.

Real Madrid taking the piss.

Coutinho fee agreed?

That really isn't happening.