cosmicway

What's all this talk ? I can understand the new board not agreeing so he goes to Japan, Mitsubishi giants. But the new board will be in place next month and the transfer period is after two months. So why not everybody wait ?

The defense was a shambles. At this rate 4th place is in jeopardy well and truly. Up front Lukaku was useless. I prefer Pulisic one thousand times. The man runs, takes part in the game, scores some goals too. Lukaku is such an idle barge.

Sarr, Kristensen and of course Lukaku are pretty useless. It was a deliberately depleted side but also no one seemed to really care. The pen was a pen. Azpi dragged the man like circus clown and it was n't a dangerous cross either.

I hope it was the last we saw of Lukaku.

If pool escape for the fourth time in a row I will eat my hat.

If you look for an easy FA cup final City is the opponent you want.

He is by far our best in midfield but had the ball stolen from him, like Willian used to do, on a number of occasions.

They were lucky the ball fell for them after the scrimmage. It happens in 90 minutes of play. It was like the Kai goal against Newcastle. Imo the team was very well balanced on the pitch after the 3-0 and they d' have to really struggle to score (+ not concede). I 'm less happy with the way the defense performed in extra time when they had their second.

Was Rodrigo's goal because we did not have defensive formation at that instant ? I don't think.

There was a lousy ping-pong situation in the centre and Modric profited and was set free. Then he did his magic.

Someone ought to have been plugged onto Vinicious - don't let him make a move. If Benzema could outjump our defenders in a corner kick like in last year's 1-1 draw then so be it. But someone should have been on Vinicious - don't move more than five centimeters from him.

Vinicious is their good player and Benzema, Modric of course. The rest are not that great, for this level. Some credit for Courtois who saved the 4-0 from Mount. They should n't have a chance against City but Villareal can to it again.

It's City then.

I think it's Real v. Pool/Atletico in the semi. Is n't it ?

The final is Real v. Pep. Probably Pep's turn to celebrate.

They were lucky to find this break and Modridge ball.

Mandy's giveaway was the whole story.

I don't really see why. There is ten multibillionaires now fighting it out. Our Panathinaikos in the same position ten years ago found a fake Arab seikh, a fake sardine factory owner who was a ticket boy in Panama and a fake again building society from Chicago - so had to relegate for two years in the end !

Our defense was impenetrable until 5 days ago. We had scoring problems and Lukaku problems but not this. Even Pool and City could not score against us.

Me too. If Real is good they deserve it - and in any case one day soon they 'll be as good as before, when they had Ronaldo. But I am losing sleep because of the way we approached the game. No defense, like as if we were already 2-0 down or as if the opponent was a championship team. And there was the Brentford warning too.

He knows his defenders do not have the fast returns needed. He saw it against Brentford three days ago. Yet he commits everybody to the attack, like as if the opponent was Preston Northend. Maybe we are not good enough to eliminate Real Madrid this year but it was a Tuchel howler 100%. Mendy was the last straw but in any case we did not score a second goal. Real Madrid is not like Atletico. Atletico and teams like Atletico can shoot a long ball and perhaps manage two counters in an entire match. But Real Madrid knows how to move the ball downfield better and be clinical better than most.

Not to mention Morata, Iguain, Pato, Falcao. Also we had the man for such jobs: Olivier Giroud.

We couldna have known. I had spotted some dismal performances with Belgium (the semi against France most notably) but overall there were not many candidates last year: Haaland, Lewandowski, him and Ronaldo. Haaland we know the story, Lew was not for sale in the end, Ronaldo well - he went to his childhood love. It's the scouting team who are supposed to know better.

We need a scouting team. The no one priority is good scouting team and the second priority is to have the budget. The one we have now brought Kai but Werner ? Lukaku ?

Those are 180 minute affairs. The days when visiting teams were numbed by the stadium roar are gone - since uncle Tom Cobley's time. Tuchel made a mess.