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When was the last time a mid-season appointed manager took over a club sitting at the top of the league?

I think this Madrid would be running away with the title if they still had Cristiano. They are not as dire on a fundamental level as they used to be, but simply don't have the goals in them. It seems like they drop points more often than not when they fail to keep a clean sheet. Not sure Mbappe...

Needs to come good next season or Madrid will have one of the biggest flops of all-time on their hands as well. He does not have the time either. Turns 30 next year.

Technically you are correct. 17-18: 76 points 18-19: 68 points They are on pace for 80 points this season. We ourselves are only on pace for 84 points. Both teams are supremely weak.

Nope, watch the replay. It was a clean hit and came off with power from his boot, but a supposed world class keeper, or any competent pro keeper for that matter should be keeping it out.

Also thank god the Benezma glorification is coming to an end. The revisionism and overhype was getting a bit much when he was on form earlier in the season. He was being compared to Suarez career-wise for feck sake. :lol: Despite us being in shambles we very well may end up lifting the title...

Not a "golazo." Any keeper worth his salt should be saving a near post shot from that position.

That's one way to break a drought. :lol: Need him on form against Napoli and Madrid.

Agreed. These leaks could simply be the result of a few lower level disgruntled associates of the board leaking information to the Catalan press. Remember the same thing happened in the summer of 19' with Valverde's sacking reportedly being mere hours away. Later it was revealed that those...

If you lot get knocked out by Dortmund what do you think the plan of action will be? Would you be in favour of selling one of Neymar or Mbappe at that point to rebuild the rest of the squad, or would you rather hold on to the pair for one more year and shuffle some of the pieces around them...

Aye, you having a laugh mate? If you consider a midfield consisting of an inconsistent De Jong, slumping Arthur, crocked Rakitic, washed Busquets and past it Vidal as "stacked" I truly wonder how poor you reckon our squad must be next season for Puig to get gifted more chances? Setien was...

2-0 Getafe over Ajax? :lol: If all the insufferable slobbering over Ten Hag's supposed "genius" wasn't put to bed after Ajax crashed out of the CL group stages, this should probably do the trick. Unfortunately, I still suspect there are some desperate Cruyffistas still clinging on, but what...

Messi: "I have said it many times, at a sporting level Ney is one of the best in the world and I would love him to return." "Neymar was a very happy person, he was always happy, he had fun both on and off the pitch. It made the dressing room live a different kind of joy." "Ney is really...

Depends on how much you pay for him really. 250-300m and you likely won't see that level of return on investment. 190m-230m is likely more realistic and can be considered a solid fee if he produces at the level of a world class striker for a decade. I don't like the Cristiano comparisons...

2023 :lol: What a pointless signing. Might get a few minutes this season in less meaningful matches, after which the bloke will have his arse stapled to the bench for the next three years while happily collecting his wages.

Sure, but you lot are in no position to land a Pep or a Klopp any time soon. After that, look around at the current market for managers and the pickings are slim. Maybe an Allegri? Not sure you'd be interested in Wenger or a manager like Gallardo that has no experience in Europe. What else is...

Sack Tuchel and appoint whom? Every manager PSG signs seems to run into the same problems of egos in the dressing room, complacency, lack of adequate preparation in the league for the CL, country club atmosphere etc. Not sure which one of the current crop of coaches available for hire is...

If we are still catering to the every whim of a 34-35 year old Messi then there are far greater problems at play than which striker we should go after.

Generational. Better than Messi, Maradona, CR7, Dinho and R9 combined. :coffee: Really though he played like Dembele tonight with one nice moment and an abysmal showing the rest of the match. Madrid are making a mistake banking their future on this bloke.

After Madrid blow 300m on Mbappe we will have clear path to signing the better #9 for far less money.