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You mean that we can buy players in the summer, but not have them play until Jan 2016?

What a horrible, horrible tragedy. RIP to all the victims of that unfortunate flight.

Transfer ban means that we cannot bring in the world-class midfielder we so desperately need (Koke, Verratti, Pogba) nor find a replacement for Alves, nor find a good forward player to sit on our bench. It really sucks.

Maybe he is not that good at shooting.

Bayern don't get exposed as we? Well, I remember them getting really exposed against Arsenal, Man City, United, and of course Real Madrid. They have also had some ugly defeats recently in the Bundesliga from Wolfsburg and Borussia M. Now don't get me wrong, I am not saying that certain...

Bayern is one thing, Germany is another. The fact of the matter is that Messi has played rarely against these teams. Given enough games, he will cut them to shreds more often than not. If Luiz could own Chelsea and Ramos pummel Bayern then, well, you get the picture. Edit: on second...

Berlin is in eastern Germany. Hamburg is the main city in the north of that country. If it was in the Allianz Arena, maybe you could say that they would have some kind of advantage, an advantage that as KingMessi points out was not enough for them to win in 2012. But Berlin is not their home...

Ashley Young never dives though...

I prefer Bayern in the final. No particular reason. Oh wait! Why not have Real Madrid face them in the semi and we face whoever comes out on top in the final? In fact, I would maybe give Real a slight edge over Bayern.

Why do British fans have to repeat this tired cliche all the time? Yes there is some diving and silly playacting etc during Clasicos, and yes that is quite negative, but it is such a marginal aspect of the whole thing which is ludicrous to pretend that it genuinely distracts from the spectacle...

And with 10 players on the pitch for 90+ minutes. Hopefully Jose will get sacked next season, and not find a filthy rich club to employ him.

I agree with almost everything you noted there. I would also add one thing. Lots of people have been writing Real Madrid off in recent weeks due to some really poor performances, but have forgotten what an ass-kicking this team did both us and Bayern only in the recent past. When on song...

Yes, Iniesta is not the player he used to be, and that is why he is benched in several games. But he is still our best midfielder since Rakitic is merely good but not great and Xavi is very old. But I think that we have protected Xavi more than enough this season and I am sure that he will play...

Once the international break stupidity ends, we play Celta Vigo away, while PSG will face Marseille away. In midweek, we will have to face Almeria at home while PSG will host St-Etienne for the League Cup, also at home. We then have to face Sevilla away, while PSG will host Metz. Then we will...

I am still trying to figure out under what capacity was Clichy commenting on the Clasico. I am guessing it's the fact that he has faced Barcelona many times in his career.

On paper, you are absolutely right. But Malaga should have been easy as well, yet we got just one point out of 6 from them. Getafe should also have been easy, as was Celta at home etc... What worries me the most, is not the difficulty of Sevilla/Valencia/Espanyol (games which are tough no...

What the best teams usually do is to deliver their energy more or less evenly throughout the 90mns. This is the best way to increase your chances of success and we did exactly that. It was Real Madrid, either through design or just irrational exuberance after their nice equalizer or through...

Are they playing friendlies? Or official games? The South Americans I mean... Edit: Just checked. It's friendlies. Well, they should just pretend to be injured and be done with it. Sorry, Barca first. :barca scarf:

I never thought that Pique could return to being a world-class CB. Could well be the best in the world at the moment. No BS!

In 2015 we only lost to Real Sociedad and Malaga. Everyone else, we defeated! In our last 7 games against CL-level opponents, we have 7 victories. (Atletico x3, Man City x2, PSG x1 and Real Madrid x1)