Real Madrid Wednesday 27th 8pm

[Mr Pink]

Think I might go with Szobo over McAllister tbh as the latter has been poor at times of later.

[Mr Pink]

[bacon]

Awesome game.

MacAllister was brilliant to be fair, the Madrid midfield didnt know how to handle his wandering around between the lines. In the first half he was dragging Camavinga about a few times well out of position.


Jones is in the form of his life at the minute. Genuinely looks like a top player now.

Bradley is just not phased. 21 years old with Mbappe on his side and still bombing on.

I didn’t quite understand the Georgian keeper signing. I’m sure he’s good but Kelleher is genuinely starting to look like he could be a number 1 if Ali leaves.

Agree with this - all 4 were brilliant and none looked out of place beasting the Madrid ... really enjoyed this match .. brilliant performance all round.

[peterbread]

So good to see academy players coming through and being able to perform at the highest level and do things like that. Dare I say it.... FSG's investment in the club as a whole, their insistence on using the academy, rather than just buying for the first team should be acknowledged here?

It can take some time to really get it right and recruiting the best of the best English talent which seems to be the new approach. Doak and Koumas both having very good loans, Nallo looks a great prospect for a CB and we’ve all seen what Nyoni looks like.

5 players from the academy not just playing but looking like top talents in the first team, 6 with Elliot in that elite English player recruitment category.

It’s been said before but even if they only make it as squad players that’s more money to focus on one or two players.

[DerKrampus]

I can't believe we only have a few days to feast on this result until the next top billing. And we're back at home too!

[Harv]

What a nasty cunt that Endrick is.

He's done that purely to cause harm, the spiteful ****.

He had several hacks at Konate when he came on.

That ref was an absolute prick letting it go.

That where you need a Milner type to just come on and chop him in half.

[Harv]

Awesome game.

MacAllister was brilliant to be fair, the Madrid midfield didnt know how to handle his wandering around between the lines. In the first half he was dragging Camavinga about a few times well out of position.


Jones is in the form of his life at the minute. Genuinely looks like a top player now.

Bradley is just not phased. 21 years old with Mbappe on his side and still bombing on.

I didn’t quite understand the Georgian keeper signing. I’m sure he’s good but Kelleher is genuinely starting to look like he could be a number 1 if Ali leaves.

Thats the issue though. Kelleher wants to be number 1 now, he deserves it. But he has the best keeper on the planet in his way

We should be getting a hefty fee for Kelleher tbh. He's shown he's one of the best keepers going around.

[DerKrampus]

https://youtu.be/0TbFPkbJ4QE?si=VMcExZDk4uXqG3v9&t=414

[vlahka]

Both players were booked for their actions, but Merson singled out Nunez for criticism for the manner in which he hit the ground.

“Nunez has gone down like he has been hit but he hasn’t,” said Merson live on Sky Sports.

“It’s embarrassing. He’s not been touched. Does he not know there are cameras? Embarrassing.”

Both players were having a go at each other and were rightly booked for their actions.

However, after a closer look at the replays, it’s clear Asencio threw a hand at Nunez which led to him hitting the floor.

The Uruguayan didn’t really hurt himself in the incident, but lashing out in such a manner counts as violent conduct and we’ve seen players shown straight red cards for such incidents.

This cunt. The video linked below shows its 100% red.

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1h1qwoq/closer_look_on_asencio_and_nunez_scuffle/

[Doc_Piptorious]

This cunt.

Looking forward to him having a pop at Saka after every single game he plays in.

[Kenneth]

The face hold was BS, but the manhandling of him was ridiculous.

[RoadEnd]

I just drove past the Real Madrid bus on the M40. It had crashed into the back of a lorry

I expect the players had already flown back so probably just the driver.

[BigChief]

So I was doing some rough predictions on the remaining games for all teams on 10 points or above. To see what would be considered a safe-ish total for us to finish top 8. Additionally I did Bayern and City as well just in case.

Not many of the high flying teams are playing each other much, but there are some notable ones like Atalanta, Monaco and Leverkuson - the latter two whom I'm confidently predicting will not be finishing top 8.

Anyway, the preseason points tally of 16 seems to be under-estimated. 17 will be nervy, probably the squeeze point for some teams including City and Bayern if they win all their games. 18 is much safer and 19 should do it for sure.

Which annoyingly means we will probably have to go full strength against Lille as well. That game coming after a hard stint every 3/4 days (City, Newcastle, Everton, etc).

Edit: Brest, after a perky start, are drooping as father time pulls down hard on them.

[dom9]

I just drove past the Real Madrid bus on the M40. It had crashed into the back of a lorry

I expect the players had already flown back so probably just the driver.

Was Connor Bradley driving the lorry?

[RoadEnd]

Was Connor Bradley driving the lorry?

...and Mbappe the coach driver.