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What a depressing sub. 4231 I presume?

Pellegrini’s a class coach. West Ham very good to watch with Lanzini back a big plus

Bertrand should get a red there. Basically tackled Lukaku waist high. Lukaku didn’t even flinch which made it not look as bad

Wouldn’t be surprised by any result here

North London derby is the only decent one in the PL these days

Not a red for me

That block by Verthongen on the rebound was unbelievable

I thought it was a pen

There will be no agreement as its so subjective but remember just being amazed the first few times I watched Klopp’s Dortmund particularly that semi final against Real

They play open as fuck like. Good team to watch

The way he moves and his size is similar to Carrick. Hope he doesn't end up playing really deep as he has great technique on his shots

Imagine the reaction on here if some Mackem had said one of their kids who'd played less than 10 times for the first team would be England's first £100m player

Don't have the exact rule but it was widely reported in the aftermath that a player doesn't have to go off when their number goes up

Better than Messi too imo. Maybe HBA now vs. Messi now. Messi 2009-2012 no way

I don’t think that’s the case at Real or Barca. Pellegrini - bought the second gen galacticos and crashed out the CL same stage. Think he only had 1 season but he failed there. Mourinho - overall a success. But did his thing by falling out with everyone. Ancelotti - Overall successful. Harshly sacked for not winning a major comp in his scone season Rafa - players hated him. Too many instructions. Told Modric to stop passing with the outside of his right foot. They called him the playmaker or something for banter. Not too big for the club but too big for Rafa at this point Zidane - success Biggest issue is being fired for a single bad season. Pellegrini’s “failure” was also their highest ever point total at that time iirc

Schar and Lejeune being so good on the ball basically negates the need for him to do anything special on the ball which he isn't capable of and he's thriving just focusing mainly on winning the ball back and having a good shape when we're out of possession

Thought this was a very fair assessment of Sarri outside of the usual "Jorginho is shit, Sarriball doesn't work" hyperbole from F365 https://www.football365.com/news/premier-league-winners-and-losers-113 Maurizio Sarri A manager justifiably under pressure, but also one who must be commended for his work over the last week. Sarri managed a horrible situation well, playing down Kepa’s actions in public but then dealing with them appropriately in private. Anyone criticising him for not coming onto the pitch and dragging his goalkeeper off are guilty of ignoring a) the laws of the game, and b) that Sarri would have lost his moral high ground – and potentially the support of some players – in doing so. It also overshadowed the fact that Chelsea competed excellently against Manchester City in Sunday’s final, and continued that work against Tottenham. There is a valid question to answer about Sarri moving away from his ideals in both matches and therefore making his own position more vulnerable (if you aren’t going to be Sarri anymore, why should they want you?), but they can be postponed while Chelsea are on the up. Sarri will also be mightily pleased by the display of Jorginho, a player who now apparently is in line for criticism when things go wrong but not praise when they go well. No-one made more interceptions. No-one made more tackles. No-one regained possession more often. Jorginho and Sarri’s reputations have become entwined. This was a good night for both. I’ve said before that I feel a little sorry for Sarri, a long-termist manager appointed by a club soaked in short-termism three weeks before the first game of the season and given one permanent first-team transfer to make it work. Under these conditions, and given Chelsea’s impending transfer ban, Sarri is doing just fine. The worst defeats have indeed been shambolic, but there are senior players who deserve just as much censure for those. Hopefully, victory over Fulham on Saturday will stop the “f*** Sarriball” chants from Chelsea supporters that don’t help matters. They have a good chance of European progression and have five games against non-Big Six opposition before the trip to Anfield in mid-April. It will take some doing, but Sarri can turn around this sad, sad situation before it gets more and more absurd."

Quite cool when well known players play with each other before they are well known as well, as with him and Salah at Basel which I wouldn't have thought of. Xhaka and Elneny as well

Some weight in that studio

I know Lejeune was great the back end of last season too so he obviously can do well in a normal back two but if we continue with the three at the back over the coming years its also harsh to judge Colo playing in a 2 under Pards vs. Lejeune playing under Rafa in a 3

Disco and Kaka together at last

Lejeune hasn't even played 1 full season worth of appearances for us so I'm not sure how you can say that He's been here going on two years, and has barely put a foot wrong. All I was saying is that the conversation would be different, if Colo had maintained a standard that was worthy of comparison. The fact he didn't and is still our goto comparison says it all, though. Tbf Lejeune was really shaky last season until Lascelles came back from injury

Not my favourite if I had a good think about it but Ayoze had a lovely outside of the boot cross in the Championship

Immortality Their only rivals have been dead for most of that run, they should get 20 in a row

The main reason this Real Madrid team won't be talked about as one of the greats even though they've won 3 CL's in a row is because they've largely been battered by Barca in those years. Even the year they won the league Barca (Messi) massively mugged them off at the Bernabeu