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Yeah was a bad bad deal. Like you say though it worked out well with emergence of false 9 Messi. Happy days.

Fair point (y) As I say, appearances are deceiving.

It's mostly me giving my views on his posts, and him ignoring me. We agree but he won't drop the grudge.

Not hindsight either as I laughed the day that happened. Real Madrid aren't any better though, getting rid of Robben and Sneijder (though they didn't miss them in the end, but Barca went on to achieve a lot after that deal, too).

Yeah, I made that mistake recently too, even though I already knew he was a signing. It's just that Barca produce so much talent and he seems exactly the type who would have come through La Masia. It's easy to forget.

Gave you a like for everything except the paragraph wanking over Jose lol. But yeah, they were a great team. Got lucky with decisions against Barca though (though all anyone remembers is the one Barca got with Busquets peeking). Sylvester Stallone gave me a chuckle about Milito. I never got...

I know you're just being sarcastic. Football doesn't work like that though - every game is different. Can just as easily point to their league slip ups recently.

I could never buy Gavi as a hard man - he has the face and hair of a model and is fairly slim/lean and slight. But then appearances can be deceiving.

Think that can do more harm than good - though depends on a player's personality. Being famous and googling yourself to see what anonymous people who don't even know you think about your skill at your job? I couldn't do it regularly, sir.

You aren't really swearing unless you say 'fuck' (or one of its derivatives), 'cock' (or cocksucker, thanks Deadwood) or 'cunt', in my opinion. Arse/ass, shit, dick, pussy, piss, wanker, bastard are all very mild words for me.

You've jinxed them now, lol. Just kidding - I agree with all you said. Gun to me head I think they'll get past Bayern but it could go either way. When it gets to the quarter-finals games are often very tight.

Very tough to call these games, but I have gone: Arsenal 1-2 Real Madrid Bayern 1-1 Inter Barca 2-1 Dortmund PSG 3-1 Aston Villa Not sure about all of them but at the end of the day you have to make a choice.

Said the same a few times recently on here. He's good, but I don't think he's rated this highly if he's not associated with Real Madrid. I don't see a great player there. Still FAIRLY young though so time to develop. I just don't see him ever being close to Vini or Mbappe's level. Which is the...

There's just a few things - on and off the pitch - about Messi that make me think the 'humble guy' thing he has going is a bit of a mask. In truth, I think he has a massive ego - which I can understand with his talent. But then again, even though he is immensely talented, he's not curing cancer...

True mate, it is easy to ignore. But then they seem to be everywhere too. In terms of actual ex player pundits, I find many of them tedious to listen to. I do the same thing you do, I don't watch the analysis at all generally. Sometimes I will leave it on afterwards as background noise but that...

Other than CL, FA Cup and Serie A, it's not going badly at all this season (Paris was during the Olympics)

1 point from 6 so far. Very minimal improvement really, despite their fans coping by claiming 'progress'. Lyon next - if they can beat the convincingly while dominating the match I might start to believe their fans more.

It was so obvious he'd be absolutely useless, just like all of Ferguson's ex players when they become coaches. Ferguson was poor tactically and couldn't pass stuff like that on. Look at how Keane, Ole and Neville talk 'passion, this is Man United, where is the desire?'. Imagine being a player...

@TemporaryFan Lol @Messi983 is only replying here because that's where my novel about the issues with the modern game and celebrity worship (in response to Grande) was posted. I am also 110 percent sure that Messi's issues with football extent way way beyond Robert Lewandowski :lol:

Pretty good squad aye. Good to see love for Bastoni, Barella and Dimarco. Dimarco is the best left-back or left-wing back (as he more often plays) in the world imo.