The Bonk

fist pump after and straight out the ground.

Think Levy needs to do something, though, that second half was awful. Half hearted attack, lazy defending, clear as day the players could care less.

Ryan Mason until the end of the season.

I don’t think he will, would have far better options, including Bournemouth, if he gets them into Europe.

7min

@Nine VAR lines looked about 2 yards, maybe slightly less. Tino lets off throws his arm up slightly and yells at Schar to let the ball go, hence him being so open, tidy finish regardless.

“Yesth, me lord”

that’s it.

Good to know he’s still alive, hopefully he plays with even flow and will be a better man when he scores.

Haha guess I'm being stubborn.

Fair and admittedly, over time this might be the better approach for a more competitive CL.

Couldn't agree more. Other than money, I don't get what the outcome is other than to water down the stakes that were at play in the old format.

This all could have happened theoretically in the old format, @KaKa.

Sometimes those minnows were capable of upsets, which is what I, as a neutral want to see. It just feels over saturated to me now and prolonged.

Enshitification at it's finest. The new format absolutely sucked the life out of the group stages in favour of squeezing money out of viewership. I guess from a revenue perspective for the clubs involved, it's a positive?