Other games (2024/25)

[Nine]

PSG are immense, probably the most complete side left in the competition. Back down to earth for Villa. 

[toon25]

  On 08/04/2025 at 22:35, brummie said:

I see Real on their way out.

 

I tell you this, we are winning this thing. There are too many little strokes of luck for it not to happen.

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[duo]

  On 09/04/2025 at 21:42, Nine said:

PSG are immense, probably the most complete side left in the competition. Back down to earth for Villa. 

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PSG have recruited really well

[Wolfcastle]

Seen too many illogical things happen in second legs at this stage - with Real Madrid contributing more than their fair share - to assume the first legs will be the story of the ties....

Except Barcelona - Dortmund, that c*nts done.

[ponsaelius]

  On 09/04/2025 at 22:07, duo said:

PSG have recruited really well

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I mean, they have an unlimited budget and the best domestic/local talent pool of young players available to recruit from. It is a bit incredulous that is has taken them them over a decade stumble across building an actual football team.

[Nine]

  On 09/04/2025 at 22:34, ponsaelius said:

 

I mean, they have an unlimited budget and the best domestic/local talent pool of young players available to recruit from. It is a bit incredulous that is has taken them them over a decade stumble across building an actual football team.

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To be fair, the strategy has only recently changed. They spent years spending huge amounts on big names in an attempt to grow the PSG brand, it worked. 
 

They could be a serious problem for the rest of Europe now they have seemingly adjusted their approach. 

[Wolfcastle]

Marseilles when being bankrolled by Tapie sorted themselves out in a fraction of the time. They'd been knocked out in the EC/CL semis by a handball, lost a final on penalties and won the thing inside about 6years

[ponsaelius]

  On 09/04/2025 at 22:43, Nine said:

To be fair, the strategy has only recently changed. They spent years spending huge amounts on big names in an attempt to grow the PSG brand, it worked. 
 

They could be a serious problem for the rest of Europe now they have seemingly adjusted their approach. 

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I don't think it worked, they've not really come close to winning the CL outside of the COVID year tournament. The whole thing has been a bit of a debacle IMO given the resources available. 

 

They've got it right now but a French club with unlimited moneh spending 50 million a pop on Doue, Dembele and Barcola just seems the obvious thing to do really.

 

 

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[Nine]

  On 09/04/2025 at 22:52, ponsaelius said:

 

I don't think it worked, they've not really come close to winning the CL outside of the COVID year tournament. The whole thing has been a bit of a debacle IMO given the resources available. 

 

They've got it right now but a French club with unlimited moneh spending 50 million a pop on Doue, Dembele and Barcola just seems the obvious thing to do really.

 

 

 

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When I say it worked, I meant specifically in terms of growing the PSG ‘brand’. On the pitch it clearly didn’t (in CL terms anyway, they have been as dominant as you’d expect domestically), but I also don’t think that on the field success was necessarily their primary goal at the time. 

 

 

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[TheBrownBottle]

  On 09/04/2025 at 22:43, Nine said:

To be fair, the strategy has only recently changed. They spent years spending huge amounts on big names in an attempt to grow the PSG brand, it worked. 
 

They could be a serious problem for the rest of Europe now they have seemingly adjusted their approach. 

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They we signing those players and spending that money to try and do this years ago - this hasn’t been a considered build.  This is more like Perez’s ‘Galacticos’ horseshit at R Madrid a couple of decades ago  

[toon25]

Didn't help when they had a player who had cosy dinners with Macron and foreign dignitaries rocking up every week expecting to dictate who he played next to either. 

 

 

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[Superior Acuña]

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[Mike]

Is this the ick?

[Sibierski]

PSG are the style of side I want us to be in time. Hard pressing, pace and movement in attack, ball retention in middle. Just rather our more unit sized midfielders because it’s needed in Prem.

 

Instead of this inverted crap with full backs and tippy tappy possession for possession sake. Howe it feels like is taking us more PSG direction than the latter which is good.

[Dr.Spaceman]

[brummie]

What a team they are. Sometimes you lose and you just can't complain. TBH we did well to keep it to 2-1 until the death. 2-1 and it's not the end of the world, still alive. 3-1 and it's not dead, but unless we score at least 1 and ideally 2 early goals next week, it's over.

 

I think in that form and that mood last night, they'd have beaten anyone. 

 

If we go out, I really hope they win it. 

 

 

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[black_n_white]

I can see Villa scoring, trouble is PSG will also.

[buzza]

Yep, PSG look a very solid team this season and are playing nice direct and fast football with a team who works hard off the ball. Good to watch!

[AyeDubbleYoo]

  On 10/04/2025 at 08:56, brummie said:

What a team they are. Sometimes you lose and you just can't complain. TBH we did well to keep it to 2-1 until the death. 2-1 and it's not the end of the world, still alive. 3-1 and it's not dead, but unless we score at least 1 and ideally 2 early goals next week, it's over.

 

I think in that form and that mood last night, they'd have beaten anyone. 

 

If we go out, I really hope they win it. 

 

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Obviously 3-1 is worse than 2-1, but either way the chances of going through are tiny. Even the chances of beating PSG in an individual match are incredibly small. I wouldn’t worry about the third goal too much. 

[Groundhog63]

Fwiw, and for want of a better thread to post this BUT, I am today years old in discovering Real Betis are from Seville

Derby game a couple of weeks ago. Also have a boat race between the two. 

[Chicken Dancer]

Aye, Emery seemed to say as much post-match.

 

They were comfortably better than the best team in England over two legs so it was always going to be a tall ask @brummie, but it's not dead yet! I'd guess you would need to score at least 3 to take it to ET though, as I can't see them not scoring. 

 

Saying that, they didn't in the home tie vs Liverpool - though not sure how! Was an absolute battering.

[joeyt]

Love watching Kvaratskhelia

 

Feels like a proper throwback to the Easter Euopean flair players of the 90s/2000s

[Ginola14]

I love watching this new PSG team, they're on another level to every team in the PL, probably only this Barca team have a chance of stopping them winning the CL

 

also mostly forgiven them for last season's robbery in Paris as they did such a great job of softening up Liverpool for us in the final 

 

not a fan of them destroying competition in France etc but I do also really like how the atmosphere in Parc de Princes always seems electric 

 

 

[Fak]

  On 10/04/2025 at 09:47, joeyt said:

Love watching Kvaratskhelia

 

Feels like a proper throwback to the Easter Euopean flair players of the 90s/2000s

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He's like Alexander Hleb on PEDs.

[bobbydazzla]

  On 10/04/2025 at 08:56, brummie said:

What a team they are. Sometimes you lose and you just can't complain. TBH we did well to keep it to 2-1 until the death. 2-1 and it's not the end of the world, still alive. 3-1 and it's not dead, but unless we score at least 1 and ideally 2 early goals next week, it's over.

 

I think in that form and that mood last night, they'd have beaten anyone. 

 

If we go out, I really hope they win it. 

 

 

 

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