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Clearly you are cherry-picking and choosing the stats that suit your argument. What you say about Real Madrid winning the CL thrice while at the same time not getting anywhere near winning La Liga, just demonstrates that La Liga has been 2nd or 1st (usually 1st) during the past decade and a...

Having it all easy in your league is always a two-edged knife. On the one hand you have the chance to rest players when required, or take it easy as you please, on the other you are not tested as much and it may be more likely for you to get nasty surprises when you come up with stiff...

So your insinuating that La Liga has become a lesser competition in the last few years vis a vis 05/06 for example. Well, let's take a look at what really happened in 11/12: 5 (!!!!) of the 8 semi-finalists in European competitions were Spanish. Real Madrid, Barcelona (both unlucky to be...

We shouldn't be thankful for anything. When the tie was announced, I thought that we were better off if PSG eliminated Chelsea. But while watching the two games, I thought: "wait a minute, why would I want the obviously better team to go through?" Chelsea would have been easy for us, easier...

I am not laughing at all. If he can stay fit (I know that is a Siberia-sized "if") he is a very good player no doubt.

6 out of the 11 players started both the game Eintracht and the first semi vs RM. In the in-between game, Pep rested only Robben, Lahm and Mandzukic. Almost all the players rotated there. Thanx for the links by the way.

Question for Bayern fans. What did Bayern do in previous seasons under similar conditions? Chelsea in 11/12, rested all their starters (except Cech) in the game vs Arsenal which right in the middle of the two semis. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17711484

@ Bayernistas If the league was on the line (imagine that!) the game against Leverkusen would be very tough, as even Leverkusen themselves would be counting on Bayern to be not at 100% in that particular game (is what Sevilla and Valencia will probably do to RM) But the situation is that...

The form did not drop, mate. It was just that Bayern (correctly in my opinion) started resting players and taking their foot off the gas which was 100% the right decision to make. Losing to Augsburg and Dortmund means absolutely nothing when you have the title wrapped up already. Pep was 100%...

OK mate, sorry. I did not think that my tone was so hostile though. :cheers:

1. "Whoscored" is not about the 3 top leagues, but about the 5 top leagues. 2. Moreover, which are the top 3 leagues, as things stand, there is one league that is far ahead, and then another 3 battling it out for places 2-3. 3. How can their ratings methodology even remotely compensate or...

How do you know? Maybe they would have lost even more badly, especially that first leg. Being rested for CL games is always a big advantage. Juventus and Bayern have already entered "walk-for-most-of-the-90-minutes-mode" in their recent games. Just compare the pace of last night's game at the...

NO. :cheers: The only edge that Bayern have over us is that they can rest any player/walk through their league games, while we have to fight to the wire. That is Bayern's (and Juve's) only edge.

You don't say!

Sevilla and Valencia will be 10 times harder than today.

11/12 season :facepalm:

But at least David Luiz scores sometimes. Yup. And you have your replies:

Then again, you have a team that bought Balotelli.

Me 2, but there was no better alternative atm.

Ozil is a bit of a donkey isn't he?