Jase

Do I sense you losing hope again?

LMAO

Yeah but no mention of Reguilon there. It's still all Chilwell.

I don't believe for one second Man City, Man United and Bayern offered him a 2-year contract. That is just BS. Even if they did, them offering 2 years just like us, should have been a red flag moment but only Arsenal were desperate enough to offer 3 years. And Willian felt discredited? He might have overestimated his position or overplayed his cards. He is 32 years old this year. Did he really expect the club to give him a long term deal at that age? He should have been thankful that he even got 2 years, when the likes of Terry and Lampard didn't even get more than 1 year in the past and they contributed and achieved far more than Willian did!

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It's not hard to look "attacking" or "entertaining" when a team is up against a side with a porous defence like City's. So many sides in the Premier League, for example, this season have looked like that against City. Heck, so many of the lesser, defensive sides have looked that way against us! Atletico being negative under Simeone is no surprise at this point and why they chose that approach in a very winnable game against RB Leipzig is puzzling. In Leipzig's case, I didn't think they were boring against Atletico. They played intelligently by not letting playing into Atletico's hands, which is dominate and let them counter attack. Sure, they might not have played swash-buckling football but they have shown they can play something close to that in past games and let's not forget, they just lost their 34-goal striker. Not easy to reconfigure your side in the space of a month and for big Champions League games. None of the other players are prolific. As for Leipzig against PSG, well yeah. I guess they were caught in between two minds whether to just attack PSG and risk getting pummeled or contain PSG and play on the break. In the end and on hindsight, you could say they chose the wrong approach. Might as well just take the risk and see what would have happened. But again, they just lost Werner and they don't have anyone else who is prolific in the side. So their attack was always gonna look less potent and it's easy to forget that they aren't on, say, Bayern's level and are playing in their first Champions League semi-final. They can't play open attacking football and have to try and win it in different ways. That is debatable. France won the World Cup and Portugal won the Nations League but don't think anyone is calling them adventurous teams. They, especially in France's case, just have quality players to make the difference when it matters. I'd agree that adventurous teams are more likely to win things but pragmatism can still triumph. It just depends on how extreme one takes that approach. But again, no one will remember how a team plays to win things. They just remember winners. Liverpool might be an adventurous side but they beat Spurs in one of the most boring Champions League finals last season. And how is Real Madrid considered entertaining? Assuming you're talking about Zidane's Real Madrid, don't think they are particularly great to watch under him. They are pragmatic and the only reason they won 3 Champions League titles in a row few years ago because they had Ronaldo, Modric, Ramos, Bale etc coming up with decisive goals in big moments.

ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU WANT?

Early look at next season's Champions League group stage draw pots...

You said RB Leipzig and Atletico have been boring but the opposite for Lyon? They have done well to get to the semis but what's exciting about basically just sitting back and playing on the counter attack? Atalanta were decent in the first half against PSG but did zilch in the second and had PSG had their shooting boots on, they would have won that at a canter instead of just 2-1. What I would say is that when you are this far in the competition, it's all about winning. If you can win it with style, then great. If not whatever.

What was Tuchel going on about with that Leipzig player at the end? EDIT: It appears to be one of Leipzig's coach, not a player.

But if Bayern get their pressing game spot on, they could also do a job. Plus, it's not like PSG have great defenders and they have a 36-year-old in defence.

PSG's attacking players will give them a chance but can their defence and midfield - apart from Verratti - keep out Bayern? PSG haven't really been tested defensively too much by Atalanta and RB Leipzig so far.

I know big transfers can take ages to happen but am really curious to know how clubs exactly discuss the transfer and why does it take so long. I mean, they aren't exactly talking about world-worthy issues.

Bet Nagelsmann is wishing he still has Werner in the side...

Who is Modrat? On hindsight, am okay that we missed out on Alves and Neymar. We got Ivanovic and then Hazard.

If Leipzig somehow get to the final, especially from this position, and win the whole damn thing, Werner might regret his decision to leave them in June and join us early. But he seems okay with it judging by recent IG Stories...

Committing fouls doesn't necessarily making the game boring. Can't remember against Atletico (don't recall the game being boring either) but Leipzig have had to commit fouls tonight because they are struggling to contain PSG. And heck, would be nice if our team could commit fouls and show that they are not a bunch of softies!

PSG been very very good. Surprisingly.

Signing a long term contract at a club obviously means "surrendering" their future to the club but one should never do so when Daniel Levy is the one in charge.

The tease...