Premier League 2014/15

[te amo barca]

Buy Cabella and Janmaat. Sell Neymar.

Seriously, Cabella would be a great fit, and can dribble circles around Neymar.

Wow. Some FAT trolling there.

 

[Semi-Neutral]

Phew, that was stressful! Newcastle played really well in the 2nd half, probably should have had a penalty, poor performances from Monreal and especially Chambers today, got beaten far too often, but we got the 3 points, even if we didn't deserve them.

 

[Morten]

Phew, that was stressful! Newcastle played really well in the 2nd half, probably should have had a penalty, poor performances from Monreal and especially Chambers today, got beaten far too often, but we got the 3 points, even if we didn't deserve them.

Its Wenger, he has this magical aura around him that will always be more than enough to get a cl-spot.

 

[linetty]

Buy Cabella and Janmaat. Sell Neymar.

Seriously, Cabella would be a great fit, and can dribble circles around Neymar.

Thankfully it's Pedro who's more likely to be sold rather than Neymar! Nice try, Bernie, but never go full r*tard, please.

 

[StarLord]

Thankfully it's Pedro who's more likely to be sold rather than Neymar! Nice try, Bernie, but never go full r*tard, please.

Neymar was immense against City.

If we exclude his poor finishing that is, but then again, all our players were bad at finishing the other day.

 

[KingMessi]

Buy Cabella and Janmaat. Sell Neymar.

Seriously, Cabella would be a great fit, and can dribble circles around Neymar.

Cabella? As in Remy Cabella? lel
Also lel at Janmaat.

 

[Semi-Neutral]

I mean they did play really well today, but no way they're better than Neymar

 

[linetty]

I mean they did play really well today, but no way they're better than Neymar

Obviously, lol. Bernie is just sad his dream man is in Neymar's shadow and tries to undermine the Brazilian at every occasion. Lamentable, really.

 

[xavi_the_Boss]

Buy Cabella and Janmaat. Sell Neymar.

Seriously, Cabella would be a great fit, and can dribble circles around Neymar.

What a dumb comment.Sell Neymar and buy 2 average Players who had a good match against Arsenal.

 

[BerkeleyBernie]

Thankfully it's Pedro who's more likely to be sold rather than Neymar! Nice try, Bernie, but never go full r*tard, please.

Sell Neymar AND Pedro. Buy Cabella AND Reus.

 

[barca1899]

Buy Cabella and Janmaat. Sell Neymar.

Seriously, Cabella would be a great fit, and can dribble circles around Neymar.

 

[footyfan]

So why were the English teams so successful during the second half of the last decade? The whole issue with tactics, pressing etc. was basically same back then yet English teams only started underperforming after Real's new galactico policy and emergence of pep's Barca as one of the best teams ever...As a United fan I saw my team do pretty well in Europe despite having players who were ridiculously average compared to Real,Barca and Bayern players...I'm convinced that current situation is down to sheer quality of individual players...

You named it, the end of last decade is the key as it marks the rupture. The advent of Pep's Barca changed the football world on a fundamental level: short passing, pressing in all it's varieties, ball circulation, compactness, collective movement. These Barca hallmark assets are now a conditio-sine-qua-non in modern football and have become more important with each passing year for all elite clubs since then, regardless of their general playstyle, and this is where the english clubs couldn't keep step. It's tactical stagnancy due to a variety of reasons.

Accurate response from DennyCrane.

Pep's impact was game-changing, literally. As it stood, the 00s were pretty poor tactically as a whole, with pace and physicality placed at a premium above all else. Barca revolutionized that, all the while entertaining teams to a whole different level. The EPL teams are just way behind the curve right now, and I'd say it's primarily because of their relative profitability. They never really needed to learn and innovate - they had the pick of the players at the mid-table and lower-table level, just because they were so much more financially capable than mid-table and lower-table teams in the other leagues.

 

[linetty]

Sell Neymar AND Pedro. Buy Cabella AND Reus.

 

[footyfan]

That's so cute, like a lion cub

 

[BerkeleyBernie]

What a dumb comment.Sell Neymar and buy 2 average Players who had a good match against Arsenal.

Yeah, he's no Neymar. Can't dribble, can't shoot, can't pass.

Put this guy in a top technical side like Barça and watch him shine. Won't be at Newcastle long, get him while he's cheap.

As far as Janmaat, he's a very good fullback, still young, also cheap for now. You might remember his brilliant assist for Van Persie vs Spain in the World Cup.