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2-0 to Bayern.

Would love to see STRACQ score.

Only hope for Basel here is once Bayern get their inevitable second goal they slow down.

Friendly derby init, probably play for a draw so the winner is 'Merseyside'

Basel getting battered. Need to settle the tempo of the game down asap.

Bit of a flukey goal.

Sorry but anybody who thinks he got it 'spot on' yesterday is mental.

Absolutely beggars belief that this lad hasn't played every minute of our season. Fucking ridiculous.

The first half was OK at best, the second half was beyond clueless. It's okay going to games like Arsenal away with a gameplan but frankly we had nothing of the sort. Long ball up to Ba that he is completely incapable of winning followed by an attack for Arsenal where they somehow managed to not score - rince and repeat for the second half. That's not a gameplan, it's a suicide note. No attempt to keep possession or offer anything going forward whatsoever. We came here last year with a weaker team and mugged them a bit for a 1-0 win but when we got the ball in that game we were confident and sensible in possession. It was poles apart from that rubbish yesterday. Fuck sake even Stoke playing away from home have more clue and idea with the ball than we did yesterday. We could have easily lost by 4 goals if they weren't so wasteful infront of goal. Shame we didn't in all honesty then people might start giving Pardew the criticism he deserves.

I can't believe the lack of criticism Pardew is getting for yesterday away from these boards. I'd have honestly been annoyed even if we'd escaped with the draw such was the ineptitude of our display yet again. Stealing a draw would have meant very little in the grand scheme of things - the way our football is going we're not going to build towards anything.

Yep, and this leads to our defence being put under far too much pressure to the point where they're bound to buckle. Second half yesterday was so infuriating, there was no need to be under as much pressure as we were. We clearly don't have the first fucking clue how to get hold of possession, move for each other and keep hold of the ball for any more than 20 seconds. Problem has to stem from the training grond because the players are more than good enough to do so.

Aye. That's the crux of it for me too.

Only got back a couple of hours ago. Was gutted by the goal at the time but in all honesty I find myself far more annoyed with the way we played yet again. It's getting beyond a joke now. That second half was absolutely pathetic. Hoofball towards Ba that resulted in giving them the ball over and over again. We made absolutely no attempt to make a match of it - which for me is completely unforgivable when we were right in the match at 1-1. There's nowt wrong with maybe shutting the game down but try and keep the fucking ball for a bit. Fuck me what are we doing on the coaching side of things during the week. We went there and mugged them a bit last season but when we got the ball in that game we played confidently and economically in possession.

Cowardly disgrace today.

Yet CRonaldo has more goals in fewer league matches in the last three seasons. Just Saying. Fact. Aye pens and tap ins. Messi's two goals today were a pen and a tap in. Makes a change.

Yet CRonaldo has more goals in fewer league matches in the last three seasons. Just Saying. Fact. Aye pens and tap ins.

Let the Stracq play. He can beat them with his gashness.

Ander and Llorente on at half time, both combine to pull a goal back.

It isn't completely beyond the relms of possibility that Messi could get 70 goals this season. Amazing, especially considering everything else he offers on top of goalscoring.

You reckon Athletic's core group of players will stay regardless of CL qualification? Would be a shame if they sold any of them, they're onto a winner atm.

Looking at the fixtures...it's Man U's title all the way now.

Yer I know. Who do you think will get 4th spot?

Athletic fucking up. Gay, really want them to get CL.

Not as much IMO. They'd be marked by better defenders and their fitness tested after half an hour. The standard of football is miles ahead of what it was from their eras, where they were special, in today's football they'd not stack up as well. Aye. Then again you never know how Pele or Maradona would have developed with modern training and techniques.

Of course I can see where you're coming from, I'm just winding you up. I called Pele shite to Felipao the other day.