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[echappist]

Conspicuous for whom he omitted.

Probably would be world beating in the noughts, but the lac of width might get them these days.

Also, which Ronaldo?

[tuscanyswe]

Originally Posted by echappist

Conspicuous for whom he omitted.

Probably would be world beating in the noughts, but the lac of width might get them these days.

Also, which Ronaldo?

Which Ronaldo? do you have to ask..
Its not the one with a C. Ibra was always a big fan of Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima
Im sure he sees CR as a good player but he dont seem to impressed nore friendly with him tbh.

[echappist]

Thanks for the explanation. I’m still a bit of a novice when it comes to Zlatanspiel and spectating football

[goonster]

Originally Posted by wc1934

Ronaldo the phenomenon

There's only one Fenomeno.

[goonster]

Apropos of nothing, other than wanting to get it on the record . . .

Arsenal should rebuild with Tuchel. I've always thought he was the right man for that job, but Wenger's dithering and the club's reluctance to act meant he had committed to PSG before the job opened up.

[wc1934]

"When you walk through a storm, Hold your head up high, And don't be afraid of the dark"....

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainmen...obit-1.5860110

[Beldar77]

Originally Posted by goonster

Apropos of nothing, other than wanting to get it on the record . . .

Arsenal should rebuild with Tuchel. I've always thought he was the right man for that job, but Wenger's dithering and the club's reluctance to act meant he had committed to PSG before the job opened up.

Disagree. Tuchel is meh. He did well at Dortmund with players picked by Sven Mislintat and coached by Klopp before he got there. His teams have the same problem that late Wenger/ emery and still Arteta have - lack of concentration leading to stupid mistakes.

[martl]

Tuchel had a reputation in Dortmund lacking in people skills, but he navigated the shark infested waters at PSG with an all-powerful sporting director who didn't like him and an ensemble of divas remarkably well for longer than I had thought, and PSG played some sexy football last season as well. He is the ultimate football and tactics nerd as well, on eye level with Pep. I think he would be a good fit at Arsenal.

[echappist]

An American scores in the Serie A for Juve against Milan. I know it really shouldnt be that big of a deal, but could one imagine saying something like that three years ago?

That Serie A title race sure is hotting up. Milan really needs the Zlatan.

[Beldar77]

Originally Posted by echappist

An American scores in the Serie A for Juve against Milan. I know it really shouldnt be that big of a deal, but could one imagine saying something like that three years ago?

That Serie A title race sure is hotting up. Milan really needs the Zlatan.

I really like McKennie. My favorite US player. I wish Arsenal had gone for him in the summer. He covers so much ground, plays defense as well as smart attacking play.

[echappist]

Originally Posted by Beldar77

I really like McKennie. My favorite US player. I wish Arsenal had gone for him in the summer. He covers so much ground, plays defense as well as smart attacking play.

He’d get wasted on the Arsenal bench, only to be loaned out to some Ligue Un bottom feeders in an year (a la Guendozi).

[Beldar77]

Originally Posted by echappist

He’d get wasted on the Arsenal bench, only to be loaned out to some Ligue Un bottom feeders in an year (a la Guendozi).

No way, he would have pushed Xhaka and or Elneny to the bench easily.

[wc1934]

Originally Posted by echappist

Champion League draws are out. Quite a few tasty matches here.

Mönchengladbach v Manchester City
Lazio v Bayern Munich
Atlético Madrid v Chelsea
RB Leipzig v Liverpool
Porto v Juventus
Barcelona v Paris Saint-Germain
Sevilla v Dortmund
Atalanta v Real Madrid

UCL Round of 16 fixture list
First leg:

February 16:
RB Leipzig v Liverpool
Barcelona v Paris Saint-Germain

February 17:
Porto v Juventus
Sevilla v Borussia Dortmund

February 23:
Lazio v Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid v Chelsea

February 24:
Borussia M’Gladbach v Manchester City
Atalanta v Real Madrid


Return leg:

March 9:
Juventus v Porto
Borussia Dortmund v Sevilla

March 10:
Liverpool v RB Leipzig
Paris Saint-Germain v Barcelona

March 16:
Manchester City v Borussia M’Gladbach
Real Madrid v Atalanta

March 17:
Bayern Munich v Lazio
Chelsea v Atletico Madrid

[echappist]

So apparently, an American teenager bagged a hat trick in the Bundesliga, and I had no idea who the hell he was. My ignorance is excusable, as said teenager plays on a god-awful Schalke team, but the U.S.A. soccer apparently is just as oblivious, as the teenager hasn't been capped by the U.S. at any level yet. Actually find that hard to believe.

Well, he now will be getting capped, one would think. Those goals were quite tasty, too, so much so that Frito-Lay should ask him for the secret ingredients to his delightfully insouciant chips (yes, that's correct, two of his goals were chips, one of them a long-ranger). Then again, one would expect this level of technique from someone who spent formative years at La Masia.

Josh Sargent better watch out, as he no longer has a stranglehold on the starting striker spot.

[wc1934]

Originally Posted by echappist

So apparently, an American teenager bagged a hat trick in the Bundesliga, and I had no idea who the hell he was. My ignorance is excusable, as said teenager plays on a god-awful Schalke team, but the U.S.A. soccer apparently is just as oblivious, as the teenager hasn't been capped by the U.S. at any level yet. Actually find that hard to believe.

Well, he now will be getting capped, one would think. Those goals were quite tasty, too, so much so that Frito-Lay should ask him for the secret ingredients to his delightfully insouciant chips (yes, that's correct, two of his goals were chips, one of them a long-ranger). Then again, one would expect this level of technique from someone who spent formative years at La Masia.

Josh Sargent better watch out, as he no longer has a stranglehold on the starting striker spot.

next stop - juve