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This.
If fit, Verratti can solve 50% of the issues observed tonight.
For the rest, a lot of uncertainties.
Hope this defeat is the welcome to make Tuchel reconsider his views...
For the rest, a lot of uncertainties.
Hope this defeat is the welcome to make Tuchel reconsider his views...
I wouldn't want to be part of this dressing room. It must be toxic as hell.
Hmm watching them play I feel Mourinho is the perfect manager for this team . He would probably organise the defense much better with Marquinos and Silva and get the midfield in shape . The problem I feel with this team is that Tuchel is trying out a team work game plan with individual responsibilities for all including a method to the attack . Mourinho would probably make them play in a better version of our side . He would most probably leave Neymar to do his thing the way Hazard used to do at Chelsea while letting Mbappe in the open just using his pace to stretch the play while Cavani would play the Lukaku role better than Lukaku .
Also Rabiot isn't that good to be honest . I have been reading so many rave reviews about him . Watched him 3 times granted all big games till now and every time he seemed to be sort of clueless .
Also Rabiot isn't that good to be honest . I have been reading so many rave reviews about him . Watched him 3 times granted all big games till now and every time he seemed to be sort of clueless .
Why did they sell Matuidi and Lo Celso?
They were playing with Marquinhos in midfield ffs.
They were playing with Marquinhos in midfield ffs.
PSG fans....does Tuchel actually encourage his attackers to not track back? Or does he want them to and they just don't do it?
Financial Fair Play.
Lo Celso's move was strange given the fact Motta retired and we didn't recruit a central midfielder
They will not win the CL this season.
What PSG have done with their depth and midfield over the last 2 seasons is just criminal. Choupo-Moting getting into a CL match for them is just pathetic.
If Tuchel didn't compete for CL this season, I won't be able to see the hype around him anymore tbh. People tend to overhype any manager who tells his team to attack these days.
The season is long so let's see, even though yeah I'm not expecting much difference.
The season is long so let's see, even though yeah I'm not expecting much difference.
But you didn’t even receive a fee for Lo Celso yet, this could not have been for FFP.
It's like the case Guedes, the idea is to play a lot, shine in Spain and sell him at a good price.
the main reason is certainly Tuchel doesn't like his profile
Everything that's happened this summer is due to FFP one way or another, how else would you explain these bizarre moves? When you spend close to half a billion on two players, the team is going to be affected somewhat.
I'm not judging them this early, especially given that they're now paying for their ridiculous spending last summer. New coach, new system, subpar players coming in, good players leaving, players playing in a completely different role (Marquinhos), and Tuschel's tactics take a while to take effect, and even longer if you have a guy like Neymar who can't be bothered. So we will see, but it's far too early to judge. I don't think they'll do much outside of the usual this season, they need serious reinforcements whenever their FFP issues are behind them.
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They're not a team.
3-2 flattered them tonight. I agree that they look like a group of expensive players who don’t know how to play together.
Thiago Silva is a proper CB though.
Thiago Silva is a proper CB though.
I concur with any idea that puts Neymar on a Mourinho team. That would be hilarious.
Sadly neither of those two would accept it.
Would be superfun though.
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As long its not United while Mourinho still is around here of course...
Agree. I’m a little concerned about our profligacy in front of goal. We aren’t often making the right decisions in the final 1/3 and a lot of good opportunities are coming to nothing. Hopeful it’s just a lack of sharpness and this improves steadily over the next few games. Salah’s been heavily marked. Needs to realise this and look for other players in more space, but he’s not found his passing range yet.
They should have done everything to keep Matuidi. He’d cover the left side of the pitch and allow Neymar to not track back instead of having the opponent’s rightback always alone
Their heavy investments in Neymar and Mbappe has resulted in a complete neglect of their midfield. There's no way they win the CL when it's that bad.
FFP does not excuse them paying 37 million for Kehrer when they already had 3 great CBs. Heck they could have spent that on a DM.
They might be able to steamroll teams in their domestic league with that but teams in Europe will continue to punish them for zero defensive effort from their front three.
He cost that much?!
Never heard of the guy tbh.PSG could've signed Pavard for that price probably.
Crazy to mee that they god rid of Matutidi. Him veratti, + one more would be class.
Surprises me as Cavani is terrific in the workhorse forward role for Uruguay and still scores plenty for them. I'm sure Mbappe at his age could adapt properly aswell. Neymar is a lost cause.
Just probably a case of too many egos in one place as for their national teams two of them can play completely different roles.
Good point.
He cost that much?!
PSG could've signed Pavard for that price probably.
Maybe they could but, the last thing they needed was another CB. Silva, Kimpembe and Marquinhos is good enough. But, since they did not replace Thiago Motta they have to play Marquinhos at DM.
To be fair, PSG were lucky to be in that game, Liverpool should have been out of sight by half time. All PL teams should see Liverpool as beatable after that also.
PSG are the French Celtic. Shit league, very little competition, get pasted in the Champions League every year.
They'll most likely get stripped soon as well, Neymar to Madrid, Mbappe to Barcelona and the rest aren't good enough to be on the wages their on.
PSG are the French Celtic. Shit league, very little competition, get pasted in the Champions League every year.
They'll most likely get stripped soon as well, Neymar to Madrid, Mbappe to Barcelona and the rest aren't good enough to be on the wages their on.
French posters may get mad about that truth but that's really the result of playing in such a poor league week in week out with zero competition, you'll never get used to such high intensity matches when they come to you.
Choupo-Moting plays for PSG? Seriously?
If that is the best they can do in terms of an attacking sub just fill the bench with kids.
The club deserves all the stick it's getting, but it's overly reactionary from a lot of you, especially for the reasons I've listed above. No club would perform well in those conditions against that Liverpool team (and I'm really excited to see how they do throughout the season, they have no excuse not to win something). The knock on the French league is very original, but it didn't stop them from showing potential in Europe, but as always they come too short and I can't see this season changing with the team currently constructed, even after Tuschel gets his system in place. They're in shambles and still were a few minutes away of getting away with a draw.
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For a team that won league so many times and spent so much, their bench is just poor. I know verratti was suspended, did they have any other player suspended/Injured?
Kehrer, Choupo-Moting, Diarra, Draxler, Nkunku, N'soki, Cibois was their bench. It's just poor except Draxler.
Kehrer, Choupo-Moting, Diarra, Draxler, Nkunku, N'soki, Cibois was their bench. It's just poor except Draxler.
After last night, Rabiot must know exactly what it is like for Henderson to play midfield for England.
Well, that's the price to buy just 2 players for 400m. They do not need depth for the league. If they are lucky with injuries, they can still perform well in the CL. Wouldn't count them as likely winners though.
No surprise that when they came up against good opposition and not farmers they get massively exposed. That's the least amount of team chemistry I have seen in years. It is criminal they have lost Matuidi, Pastore, Lo Celso in CM and not replaced them at all. At this point Verratti is basically becoming a luxury player with the amount of injuries he is getting. SURELY they must address that next Summer.
The composition of the team seems much more of an issue to me than the French league. We're talking about a league that produces a significant amount of talent year in year out of a high enough level that many instantly do well when they move to the 4 better ranked leagues. It's a competitive enough environment not to be holding back a side from doing well in europe. PSG have other more pressing problems. If it was as bad as people are saying then it wouldn't be producing the volume of good players it does.
Are you a United fan?
The very best French players are either at Psg or at top European clubs; Not in ligue 1.
someone can correct me if I'm wrong but only 2/3 guys in the world cup winning squad are from a Ligue 1 team which is not PSG.
Having strong competition in your league helps you raise your Level. It's clearly the same thing thats held back Bayern in recent years.
I think its a factor that has made Barca and Madrid so good the last decade or so. That obsession to be better than your rival leading to some of the best teams of the modern game.
Obviously not since I'm capable of admitting anything remotely positive about this Liverpool team.
I think it's a fair point, I don't know how valid it is yet, but it's fair. However, Madrid/Barcelona really only have each other as a true competition. English clubs have had a far more competitive league and yet struggle in the Champion's League, last season was the furthest an English club had gone in some time. So it remains to be seen if competition in the league is really a driving factor for success in the CL.
The problem with Ligue 1 is that it produces a lot of very talented players, but it doesn't have the revenues to keep a hold of them for long, and so it's hard to have many talented teams besides PSG, and I don't think that will change for some time.