This is expected though. That whole financial debacle, having to get rid of Messi on such short notice... they'll need years to rebuild the team into something. Maybe one of the youngsters will explode and be the next Messi. But this year is pure damage control.
Champions League | Matchday 6
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) look forward to a new life under Ruben Amorim. What system will we be playing? What players will impress? and how will it all go? We also say goodbye to Ruud Van Nistelrooy and review United's 3-0 win at home against Leicester City.
Sevilla going to EL right now
We're not consistent enough yet. We lost 0:5 to Gladbach in the cup and in the league to Frankfurt and fecking Augsburg.
I wouldn't trust our defense against Liverpool or City.
Bigger favourites than Dortmund?
In Europe uses are ruthless. Obviously Liverpool and city would cause problem but their some of the best sides in the world
Matic has been shite.
Expected a lot more from Bayern. Some kind of big score
Sevilla, Leipzig, Dortmund, Porto, Atalanta/Villarreal - then some of the teams that are in it already like Leverkusen, Betis… would you be that surprised if West Ham on current form beat Barca? I wouldn’t.
Barcelona started with this: Ter Stegen-Araujo-Pique-Lenglet-Alba-Busquets-De Jong-Gavi-Dest-Memphis-Dembele
They could have stuck Gavi in the front 3 and started Nico in midfield and drop Lenglet
I don't care how they look right now and how easy it is to claim these are crap players. They are not. Busquets is still routinely the best player for Spain, even starting ahead of Rodri and the choice is more than justified. De Jong is one of the best DMs in the world too. Memphis is the netherlands star, and coming off several great seasons in france. Pique and Alba are still good and Araujo is the one player who always looks good for them. Dembele is going to have a lot of suitors come next month. Dest was wanted by Bayern
This team really should not be this bad. Not now, not with Memphis and Dembele on the pitch
They could have stuck Gavi in the front 3 and started Nico in midfield and drop Lenglet
I don't care how they look right now and how easy it is to claim these are crap players. They are not. Busquets is still routinely the best player for Spain, even starting ahead of Rodri and the choice is more than justified. De Jong is one of the best DMs in the world too. Memphis is the netherlands star, and coming off several great seasons in france. Pique and Alba are still good and Araujo is the one player who always looks good for them. Dembele is going to have a lot of suitors come next month. Dest was wanted by Bayern
This team really should not be this bad. Not now, not with Memphis and Dembele on the pitch
Bayern are missing 8 players at the moment. Unlikely that they do (much) more than necessary.
Things are getting serious now with Roca on
You and I knows what means
It's EL. Only team that matters is Sevilla
Bayern even further ahead. Musiala.
Barcelona in the Europa League, never thought I'd see the day.
That is because we play in a joke of a league where all the opponents just roll on their back and say yes please give us three goals
Coman, Sane and Gnabry I’d all have over Depay. And you said it yourself De Jong is one of the best DMs in the world. Busquets is the DM. So not even playing their best player in his best position.
Lewandowski is such a ridiculous player, that pass to Davies from inside his own half was so precise it landed on his feet.
They drew Atletico on the 6th matchday last year, playing their B-Team.
But they are on 25 wins from the 27 games in the last 3 seasons (1 draw vs Atletico and the loss vs PSG last year) with a GD of +70 (91 for vs 21 against)
Edit: +71 now
You have a fabulous striker, Muller is a threat, Sane is coming good. You have a good chance.
They are all better than Depay for me but the big difference is them 3 have Lewandowski, Muller and other top class experienced talent around them while Barca rely on the likes of Depay
Looks like Group E was the real group of Death with Barcelona making their exit.
3-0 and it's not even a good Bayern. The first half of the game was pretty poor from a technical standpoint (Kimmich and Goretzka would make a big difference). How low the Barça has fallen.
Surprised that’s not a Benfica penalty, looked like handball to me
Has this been here yet?
The scary part for other teams is this Bayern haven’t been great yet still score loads. The even scarier part for Barca is that even a poor Bayern performance is mailing them
Careful … Chelsea fans will be here in no time again reminding us of their incredibly harsh draws in the last 60+ years while at the same time reminding us that we drew Olympiacos and Sevilla in the last 16 (conveniently leaving out that we also drew RM and PSG).
He's not wrong. Wouldn't take any of the Barca players over their Bayern counterparts, Gnabry and Pavard might be annoyed they aren't in the line up
So play them in a double pivot. It's not rocket science! De Jong's best quality is his ball carrying...
They have other youngsters like Demir, they have Coutinho...feck sake
Tell me true: ter stegen;dest-araujo-pique-alba;De Jong-Busquets;Coutinho-Dembele;Memphis-De Jong
I'm not pretending this would be some great side or anything. But it would be at least a CL caliber side
I absolutely love seeing Barcelona getting shafted.
Kimmich, Goretzka, Sabitzer, Cuisance - that's four CMs not available today, so they started with a double pivot of their fourth choice (Tolisso) and a makeshift solution (Musiala, usually an AM). Bayern are fielding a 3241 system without any real DM. No wonder this doesn't look great.
Not even EL for Barca? Bet there are some people really happy they don't have Leo on the payroll any more
They'll go into the Europa league now.
As long as Fati and Pedri are not injured, yes.
Some people on here were shitting on Messi for the past 2-3 years when he was basically their only spark
Some high profile teams in the EL this year. Good for the competition you would say. When was the last time Barcelona were in there?