Champions League 24/25

[Niall_Quinn]

God has finally decided to piss on this shitshow.

[Niall_Quinn]

Pep's stink still exists at Barca. The number of useless passes. Painful.

[Niall_Quinn]

The new Neymar isn't very good. Evidence right there, as you watch. Don't tell me it's all a bunch of money driven hype- AGAIN!

[Niall_Quinn]

Inter are much better. They aren't very good, but much better.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ah ha! Scum ref saves Barca with his whistle - classic cheating - although Inter would have missed it anyway.

[Niall_Quinn]

I hope our lot can be bothered to watch this. CL on the shelf, just needs to be collected. No opposition except PSG, who aren't much of a challenge. Just go out and attack and you win. How hard can it be? When you compare this bunch of shitkickers to the Barca side we faced last time we were in a final - if we don't win it this time we've CHOSEN to throw it away.

[Niall_Quinn]

Finally, some good play by the New Neymar. Stopped clock is correct twice a day.

[Niall_Quinn]

Decent save Ches. But bad miss.

[Niall_Quinn]

OMG that bloke playing out wide for Inter. That's hilariously bad.

[Niall_Quinn]

It's so awful. LOL.

[Niall_Quinn]

Wait until you hear the pundits talk about this match - having watched it with your own eyes.

[Letters]

Great save

[McNamara That Ghost...]

How many chances does Yamal need?

[Niall_Quinn]

Routine save from shot by dickhead. Commentators make it out to be save of the century.

[Niall_Quinn]

How many chances does Yamal need?

More than Neymar - which is a lot. Yet another hyped up finance vehicle.

[Niall_Quinn]

Boy wizard does nothing again. ANY striker can do that. What is this "genius" going to do though?

[Niall_Quinn]

Every problem that Real has, Barca has it too. All in on the hype - fuck all on the team.

[Niall_Quinn]

It's funny to think Henry never won the Balon Dor, but this cunt Yamal is favourite to win it. Just shows what it's all about.

[Letters]

They think it’s all over…it is now!
Inter vs Arsenal final then :cool:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Barca. :haha:

Bottle jobs.

[Niall_Quinn]

Ah ha ha - what a pile of shit! Barca couldn't even beat a tem with zero defence. LOL.

Fucking hilarious.

Well boys - if you want it, i'ls a freebie. Up to you!

[Niall_Quinn]

What pathetic teams Barca and Real are. All about the hype. Zero substance.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

El Clasico final they said. :lol:

[Mac76]

Epic stuff, two great teams, some really excellent performances, Sommer made some incredible saves, Yamal makes Saka look like an average schoolboy, almost kinda hope we don't get through tomorrow, Inter will make short work of us I think

[Niall_Quinn]

Epic stuff, two great teams, some really excellent performances, Sommer made some incredible saves, Yamal makes Saka look like an average schoolboy, almost kinda hope we don't get through tomorrow, Inter will make short work of us I think

You can't be serious?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Epic stuff, two great teams, some really excellent performances, Sommer made some incredible saves, Yamal makes Saka look like an average schoolboy, almost kinda hope we don't get through tomorrow, Inter will make short work of us I think

Yamal cost them the tie?

[Niall_Quinn]

Yamal cost them the tie?
Nah - he just got unlucky.

Fifty times.

[Niall_Quinn]

We're going to be hearing shit about "best game ever"

Reality:

Barca conceded SEVEN - SEVEN, that's more than six, in a semi.

There lies the reality.

And Inter conceded SIX!

Now if you can't work out what that means for us then I don't even want to be your friend.

[Mac76]

Yamal cost them the tie?

He was creating chances left right and cemtre and but for Sommer he'd have scored at least one

[Mac76]

If cynicism could be converted into electricity there's enough on here to power the national grid, can't you all just watch and enjoy instead of trying to turn everyrhing to shit?

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He was creating chances left right and cemtre and but for Sommer he'd have scored at least one

More that he was often doing exactly the same thing so Sommer could get set.

The one time he did do something differently and just leathered it straight on, it hit the post. Bit unfortunate there.

But not the others.

[Niall_Quinn]

If cynicism could be converted into electricity there's enough on here to power the national grid, can't you all just watch and enjoy instead of trying to turn everyrhing to shit?

But they are SHIT teams. Hyped to the moon. Can't you grasp that from the scoreline? If you mean it was funny watching them thrash about - yes, it was, very entertaining. 10 out of 10 for the comedy and slapstick - no argument there.

[Niall_Quinn]

He was creating chances left right and cemtre and but for Sommer he'd have scored at least one

Yeah. Seen it before. A Real or Barca hyped piece of shit. Don't tell me you haven't seen that before? Don't know why we worship the Spanish game. Maybe the same reason we worship the worst coach in the history of football, the man who killed football, Pep Guardiola.

[Letters]

By the way, I thought VAR worked well last night.

[Mac76]

Yeah. Seen it before. A Real or Barca hyped piece of shit. Don't tell me you haven't seen that before? Don't know why we worship the Spanish game. Maybe the same reason we worship the worst coach in the history of football, the man who killed football, Pep Guardiola.

He was part of a Spain team which in the Euros beat England, who maybe you think play 'proper football', completely disorganised huffing and puffing with a moronic lump of beef up front getting lucky goals bouncing in off his backside

I know which I prefer

[HCZ_Reborn]

Pretty sure Guardiola didn’t invent Tiki-Taka either

It’s an extension of what was already being played by Rijkaard and style Barca played under Cruyff

Also Spain certainly didn’t play Tiki Taka football in Euro 2024, was far more direct.

I like Yamal, explosive pace, excellent ball control

I don’t think NQ particularly admires the football Southgate had us playing. I think he has a romanticised view of football that was played in the 1980s, early 1990s and the mixture of countering and highly technical football we had under the earlier years of Wenger.


I think he makes the mistake of thinking slow sideways passing is a necessary component of “pep ball” rather than a consequence of other teams making sure that attacking teams are denied space to play in.

[Letters]

I like Yamal, explosive pace, excellent ball control
I'm not understanding the Yamal hate on here, he looks bloody brilliant.


I don’t think NQ particularly admires the football Southgate had us playing. I think he has a romanticised view of football that was played in the 1980s, early 1990s and the mixture of countering and highly technical football we had under the earlier years of Wenger.
I don't understand what he was seeing last night. For pretty much everyone this was a brilliant spectacle. Does he actually prefer the 1-0 to the Arsenal dirge of the mid 90s? I'm struggling to understand what he actually enjoys :unsure:

[Letters]

Yamal cost them the tie?

That's pretty reductive in a tie that had endless twists and turns and 13 goals - Barca were only ahead in the whole tie for about 5 minutes and they wouldn't have gone in to last night's level were it not for Yamal's contribution in the first leg.