16 - Fermín López

[JamDav1982]

I agree they are a better side than Inter but if the rules are who has the better history in recent years that doesnt fit.

 

[serghei]

Why doesnt Inter knocking out Bayern last season and going to 2 of the last 3 finals not put them ahead of Bayern?

Because Inter are going through a cycle change imo.

 

[JamDav1982]

Because Inter are going through a cycle change imo.

So are Real. So are Bayern since last won it etc.

Real could have a very different team to one that won it last and a different coach.

 

[serghei]

So are Real. So are Bayern since last won it etc.

Yeah, but not on a budget.

 

[JamDav1982]

Yeah, but not on a budget.

That has no relevance though as not claiming Bayern are behind Inter.

Do Bayern have a better squad than Barca? Liverpool? Arsenal?

 

[serghei]

That has no relevance though as not claiming Bayern are behind Inter.

Do Bayern have a better squad than Barca? Liverpool etc?

I think it's close to Barca, hard to say Liverpool because you don't know how their big money signings are gonna adapt and if they deliver at the expected level.

 

[JamDav1982]

I think it's close to Barca, hard to say Liverpool because you don't know how their big money signings are gonna adapt and if they deliver at the expected level.

What puts Bayern ahead of Barca? Liverpool, City etc?

Again it is same with Reals big signings. They need to click and current players need to show they can win in another way.

 

[serghei]

What puts Bayern ahead of Barca? Liverpool, City etc?

Again it is same with Reals big signings. They need to click and current players need to show they can win in another way.

Not the same. Madrid mainly added over the existing structure. Liverpool also lost some first 11 players.

Bayern is close to Barca, as I said, think they have a bit more experience. Several players that are more accustomed to big games.

 

[JamDav1982]

Not the same. Madrid mainly added over the existing structure. Liverpool also lost some first 11 players.

Their structure has changed and it is adding to an existing structure that looked miles of the pace last season from Barca/Arsenal/PSG etc.

What puts Bayern ahead of Barca and Real ahead of Barca?

 

[serghei]

Their structure has changed and it is adding to an existing structure that looked miles of the pace last season from Barca/Arsenal/PSG etc.

What puts Bayern ahead of Barca and Real ahead of Barca?

Told you before. Barca has to take out a big team first, not Dortmund or Benfica level. But top teams from EPL, Bayern, PSG, before I consider us a top 3 favorite in CL. Still not quite there. Bayern just about still is, but barely.

 

[JamDav1982]

Told you before. Barca has to take out a big team first, not Dortmund or Benfica level. But top teams from EPL, Bayern, PSG, before I consider us a top 3 favorite in CL.

You focus far too much on the history. Same logic that wrote of PSG last season with likes of Dembele a failure.

Barca have beaten Real Madrid regularly in recent seasons. That matters.

 

[FCBarca]

Anticlimatic if not altogether self centered to think an announcement was even warranted, not a good look for the player

 

[FC B]

Only a day and a half left till the window will close, gladly he's stiil here.

 

[RedxMAK]

Told you before. Barca has to take out a big team first, not Dortmund or Benfica level. But top teams from EPL, Bayern, PSG, before I consider us a top 3 favorite in CL. Still not quite there. Bayern just about still is, but barely.

If you don’t think Barcelona is one of the favourites of this UCL season, I don’t know what to tell you

 

[RedxMAK]

Us going out to Inter didn’t mean they were better than us whatsoever, we sabotaged ourselves and knocked our own selves out.