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Can't believe they would tweet such nonsense. But let's not forget last year, when went through, we had PSG supporters come to this very forum to congratulate us. One dumb community manager doing an awful and unprofessional job shouldn't make us assume that they are all classless twats when we know for a fact some of them are actually great guys.

Explain what you don't like about the sound of it...

I am right now sir.

Its not just one or the other. That was my point.

Well, Hip Hop is such a diverse genre, I'm pretty sure you can't narrow it down to a contestation and social critique even though most of what was hip hop in the early 90's actually stemmed from it. From what I gather though, this is the kind of hip hop you used to listen to and it's pretty ok to say "I grew tired of the kind of songs I used to like in high school". But it's not ok to say "Hip Hop is a phase kids go through because it gives too much of a 'rebel' vibe". It's just not true. Hip Hop doesn't, those songs probably do and even then, just cause you grew not to like them doesn't mean it's a phase for everyone or people who still like them are childish. Hip Hop is huge in France and I'm sure most would argue it's had the second most active scene in the whole world behind the US. I've been a fan of French and American rap all my life, and I can say I like it even more now than I did when I was younger. Although it could be different for other people, the reason I like it so much is actually pretty much the opposite of what you said : - I still love the songs I used to listen to when I was younger and I've grown to actually be able to break down what made them so great and how some of them are very intricate and well crafted pieces of music, more often than not regardless of the contestatory (does this word even exist?) theme in which they are set. - I got to witness how a lot of artists have come up and redefined the genre in a way that makes it still true to its core but at the same time reinventing it to better fit today's culture. The thing is, although most of what I like nowadays is not mainstream per-se, I still can appreciate how even the most "generic" artists have managed to go through the same kind of process. Old school is cool, don't get me wrong but what makes this genre so vibrant today is not the constant flow (especially in France) of artist trying to emulate the glorious tracks of the old days, it's actually the artists that are not afraid to venture into new territories and bring about new ideas and new tracks. I've gone to many, many, many, rap shows in France and I can tell you for a fact that the age range of people in those is not limited to high school kids, actually it couldn't be further away from the truth. And it may be just me but I'm yet to find another genre that I can never get bored of. Old songs get that nostalgia "patina" and new ones just keep my brain challenged in every possible way music can : the lyrics, the technique, the beat, everything really feels stimulating. I have to say though, I'm a "sunday league rapper" myself and I really listen to and think about hip hop very often. To me, nothing compares to the feeling of listening to a rap song and thinking to myself "He/she's killing it". I know you have your beliefs and you feel the way you feel because it's just you and there is nothing wrong with that. Do you really think that calling out hip hop as a "phase" is fair to people who have a different opinion than yours? In my honest opinion, it's much more interesting to come and say "Oh, I feel like I've grown tired of hip hop because x, y and z, do you guys have any idea of songs or artists that might help me reignite that flame? Is there something else inside this genre that I might enjoy?" Its fun and all to be provocative, I get that. But I can tell 100% that this attitude will lead you to missing out on many good things.

How old are you?

Thanks for the info! So with that in mind, it surely isn't just one of our players getting a new contract, right? Do you or your source know of any other occurrences of this kind of confidential set up in recent history?

Tat' your cheeks ! It's Mikel time !

Until you've been at the 2013 Barcelona vs Bayern second leg cl semi final at the Nou Camp, you haven't seen what a shitty atmosphere in a packed stadium is. Although I guess you could understand why they wouldn't be noisy. I was there and oh my... I was at the opposite end from the away fans and you could even hear the words they were shouting... shocking !

If you look closely at Andre's run for the goal, he starts very early and he just knows when to attack the space in front of him. I think that kind of play was rehearsed in training. If so, I mean if Andre is part of specific rehearsed complex plays, it means two things in my opinion : 1 - Mou is really working hard on our attacking sequences. 2 - Andre will be a starter in most games this season. Then again, I'm pumped and I could be wrong but it sure looks this way to me.

My MOTM is Fernando Torres. As opposed to last season, he didn't fuck up any chances or looked like a complete useless tool on the pitch tonight! I'm very excited to see him warming up the bench for the rest of the season. Clearly one of his best performances in a blue shirt! sarcasm aside the Matic/Fabregas partnership is going to be quite fruitful this season.

He's being quite good at linking up the play in the centre of midfield.

It is pretty safe to say both Benzema and Costa are good players. There is no argument in saying who is the better striker because they are very different in style. I personnaly like Benzema a lot (feel free to use my nationality against me, I'm probably biased as fuck), I think he is the kind of player who works well in tight spaces. And I think Costa is more suited to a counter attacking style feeding of quality passes in behind the defense. So one may argue Costa suits our style better. At least our style from last season. However what we lacked last season was versatility. We just couldn't win some games with that counter attacking style although we did just about fine against the big confident in position sides. So my two cents on this are that Benzema would help us win those games agains tightly packed defenses and help us develop a more calm approach towards those tricky games while Costa would make us stronger in what we are already kind of good at. So the question is : Do you want us to be better at counter attacking big teams or do you want us to smack those litlle sides right in the face? Considering last season's results I'm fairly happy to say I would prefer Benzema over Costa. He would help us adding another sharp edge to our style and enable us to mix it up when the counter attack just doesn't seem to be enough. I'm pretty sure that Lukaku is enough in a counter attacking style with the contributions and runs of our forwards. Then again this is me being a French biased SOB so feel free to disagree.

So proud of the french PSG fans who came on this forum. In the end, it was all good and fun banter, but now they actually come throught with the 'congratz' comments. Simply beautiful spirit, thank you!

It was on a french channel, yesterday. Mou was speaking french to french journalists. His french is not as good as say his english and he never said anything too big. I think the quotes are a bit mistranslated. I saw it when it aired and quite frankly although he said Zlatan couldn't be taken from PSG he didn't say too much about Cavani. Quite frankly he didn't deny or confirm anything, just said what everyone who follows football and who has half a brain would already have known at the time. On a somewhat off topic note though, he did say Eden is absolutely not for sale (wants to keep him for ten years ) and that it was cowardly of Falcao to "choose" (I remember the whole "he had no say in it" controversy) to play for AS Monaco because half the stadium is always empty and the french ligue 1 is weak. That's all there was to it.