Kylian Mbappé
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LDJ would like a word with you.
Lord Luuk for the win
Total-Football
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Jadentheman
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Chelsea 2021 proves you can still win playing as a team so idk
malvolio
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All teams play as a team. It just happens that the 2021 Chelsea side didn't have many prominent stars, or generational talents. Even though they poured truck loads of cash into that team.
People get things mixed up and think that what we had in Messi's last 2 seasons was kind of a strategy by the club so many get to the conclusion that having superstars is a failed approach. It happened like that because the players we bought to complement Messi have either been bums or a poor fit.
In reality having superstars(best players around) will increase massively your chances of success. Just look at our star studded squads in 2009, 2011, 2015(best attack ever with 3 massive stars?).
You just have to have a good strategy and a competent manager.
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PSG dont
malvolio
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They played pretty well for 150 minutes vs Madrid, if they didn't collapse everyone would have said they are one of the favorites.
There are several problems with PSG and it all comes down to how they approached the squad building:
- they jumped at the opportunity to get some players because the market opportunity was there and not because they planned their squad like that. see how they got messi, a player very similar to current neymar in style of play and position occupied on the pitch
- managers come and go every season and it's hard for them to implement their tactics and squad building strategy
- many players are bought without studying them on a personality level and how they would integrate in the team
- big drop in quality when you compare defense-midfield-attack. excluding veratti, their midfield contains some bums
So the problem with PSG is not following a clear strategy, with a Pep/Klopp manager at the helm who has a free hand in modeling their squad how they wish. Of course that buying players just to raise status or because the opportunity is there will affect the way you perform.
But that doesn't mean that star studded teams can't play collectively or can't have good understanding/chemistry on the pitch.
It's a stupid fallacy, isn't? People here are acting as if there are only two options: playing as a team, or having great players in your team...as if they're mutually exclusive. It's funny watching the rationalizations, you know it's only a thing because our club can't afford these players.
Chelsea would be doing a lot better in the league if they actually had quality forwards that could score goals and perform at a high level consistently. Chelsea's current league run is showing that just being well drilled and tactically competent isn't enough, what's making them lose points against Liverpool and Manchester City is their lack of quality upfront.
If Havertz, Pullisic, Ziyech, Hudson Odoi and Lukaku weren't duds upfront the PL would be a 3 horse race right now.
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Horatio
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FinBarcelonafan
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It will be sad to see him with Madrid
Total-Football
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He would kill in la laliga.lord benzema is 34 and scoring for fun. Laliga is open space season because its an offensive league as opposed to calcio or premierleague. Injury free he would easily score +30 every season. Whereas halaand is more of a premierleague type of player. Its a shame mbappe was born to play for a team like barca.
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