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Wow... there's nothing wrong with the international football as such, except that particularly the Nations Leage seems an artificial concept that interrupts otherwise exciting drama at the club level. For Europe, I'd prefer this to be somehow incorporated into the World Cup and Euro qualifiers...

Sometimes, going back to the basics does miracles. Let's hope it is also going to be the case with Szczęsny.

I am not worried about Szczęsny availability for any competition. He'll be able to play. I am more worried about the expectations of him. For sure, he is not Neuer to be that level of a keeper sweeper. Shot stopping, aerial battles, overall command on the defensive line is excellent but his...

I agree 100%. Can't wait to see Lewa and Szczęsny in the same line up against Bayern in CL but now there's this Nations Leage...🥱😕😖 BTW. Does anyone at all get any kick out of this international break?

BTW...wasn't there a similar case at Bayern last year, when Neuer, after breaking his leg, got replaced by Yann Sommer?

About his being allowed to play in CL... "According to Marca, Szczesny will be eligible to play in the Champions League as soon as the club confirms his signing. If an A-list player suffers a long-term injury, UEFA rules allow for the registration of a substitute; this applies to Ter Stegen’s...

Xavi's system assumed Lewandowski's to have technical skills, speed, defensive play propensity to adhere to the La Liga number 9 definition whereas Lewandowski's genius is only unleashed when he is serviced ball in the panelty area. That takes a lot of mental commitment from other players who...

I concur. I chuckle seeing that many people thinking being a poacher and making those tap ins is a trivial job to be handled by anybody. Somehow, his - supposedly - easy peasy job of doing tap ins, was not so easy to find replacement for at Bayern, or BVB previously. The former, it took "only"...

All right. FC Barcelona is now bi polar. One Pole up front. Another Pole in the back. 🤔

Weaknesses when he played for Bayern? 1. Who does not have them? 2. I must have watched almost every Bayern game when he played there. Between 2019-21 nowhere in the World there was a better striker than him with Haaland, Benzema, and Kane combined. Today...he is a shadow of what he was there...

So far, it has seemingly been more difficult for him to be as prolific as in Bundesliga but I think Flick has the ingredient that was missing in Xavi's game plan. I don't want to gallop too far, but the success of Flick at Bayern had a direct connection with Lewandowski as a CF in his system...

You will love him and hate him is all I am saying...be ready for that.

You can't help bet be ambivalent about Szczęsny; Moments of brilliance interrupted by sheer brain farts worthy a donkey. He had royal fuck ups at the national team AND in big games for that matter. I think he f..ed up Poland's team more often than helped... I was never a big fan of the dude. And...

My own thoughts too. Using chess analogy, RL is a knight at this point, sort of moot if left to its own, but formidable if one knows how to use it.

Had it not been for the missed pen, this would have been Classic lethal Lewandowski. Until next time...

I could not watch the match but from the highlights looks like it was Robert's indolence to cost the 2nd goal. Flick should not hesitate to sit him down, replace him with someone else and let him play from 60th minute. I've said this before, out of all the clubs after Bayern, Barcelona was the...

One more thing to remember. With Lewandowski, whenever he is thought to be a waste of money, he gets his game where it is supposed to be. I'm not digging this edition of CL yet. I did not study the new rules but I reckon the chances to advance to knock off stages are more probable than before...

I've said this before. The rule of thumb to measure how lethal a strike is, is not how many times he misses but how many chances he gets. Lewandowski, under Flick, gets these occasions, as long as he gets them, he'll convert. Today, I feel it, he'll bang two...

A hungry South American...I think I heard that somewhere else.🤔

Too many fuck ups...fortunately irrelevant to the outcome. Until next time...