This was our CL run last season under Xavi -
1st in group, 4W 2L (Porto, Shakhtar, Royal Antwerp)
W vs Napoli
L vs PSG
On paper that is really nothing crazy, I don't know why it's being held up as some achievement on here. The 'progression' in CL was basically all down to the fact we drew a...
This 9th nonsense has already been debunked 10 times over but we're still seeing it.
Yes, we were 9th, at the start of the season, with almost the entire starting 11 injured and before 4 new starters came in January. And also with a bad manager who the board was undermining.
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I doubt he'll get much time under this system frankly. I think Ferran Torres is likely to play more.
However I'm still really rooting for the kid, I have hope he'll still turn out to be a superstar even if it looks impossible. What happened to him is hurting my heart.
It's actually crazy Mbappe will be goalless in 4 league starts. When is the last time that happened to him, in fact, it's probably never happened to him in his career.
Can't find the post from @fergus90 from a couple seasons ago but it's still relevant, he pointed out how useless Madrid are at defending titles.
These guys almost never repeat LaLiga titles, ever.
Investment in junk, though.
Their team is fucking crap. I don't think I would give Yamal for their entire starting 11.
Still, he should be doing better in the league with what he has.
Haaland being poor outside of goal threat is well remarked upon. But it doesn't matter. His movement and his finishing is such a big threat that he can succeed as a one trick pony.
He also isn't as bad as people claim with the ball. Not amazing but not awful either.
They just spend way too much money on mid players that you should get for cheap or for free.
These types of fees of 60m, 70m, 80m, should only be spent on top players, not Antony, Hojlund, even Ugarte for 50 was absurd.
Puig is in MLS at 25. At that point he already gave up his ambitions of being a top player.
Even Dinamo Zagreb (which was Olmo's club at a very young age) are better than almost all the teams in MLS, perhaps better than all of them except Inter Miami.
I don't think if Puig went to Zagreb now...