There isn't a team in the Prem that plays like a cohesive unit as much as
heggsy
FC does, if it wasn't for that racist vardy, I'd root for them... Although they are prone to bad fouls defensively & also lapses defensively, those mistakes haven't translated to losses. I'll be surprised if the foxes don't win the title.
Conte did a great job at Juve. He was a prudent hire for Chelsea.
Not surprised he's leaving the Azzurri due to the tangle of politics he was constantly facing & the lack of commitment from the biug Italian clubs in developing youth players.
Although they don't have the CL next year, Conte has a good nucleus in Hazard & Courtois (if he can convince them to stay). That coupled with some cash for the transfer market, he has a chance to build a team like he did when he inherited the Old Lady.
Conte left Juve because they didn't have the financial where with all to seriously challenge the other Euro giants & he's landed at a club that has that type of backing now. It will be interesting to see how he does in the mighty Prem.
Disappointed at Barca's performance in the Classico... MSN really didn't look mentally in the game. I don't want to take away what Los Blancos did defensively even if they had to foul the crap out of Barca...
@ that goal Bale scored being called back. That was a bad call.
@ Hannibal.... It almost looked like he was paid handsomely to do his part to throw the game. bobbling that pass from Neymar was
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Oh well, maybe this is Barca's loss before they regroup & make their run for another treble.... The CL game against Atleti should be a good barometer to see how the Blaugrana can regroup mentally.
At least Ajax won their Cruyff tribute game against Zwolle, 3-0. The Dutch club also had special patches to commemorate the tribute & also gave Cruyff's son Jordi a shirt signed by all the squad members.
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After reflecting a bit after his passing, I've come to the conclusion that for me, Cryuff is the great footballer to have ever lived & it's not really close. Including what he did as a player for club & country, his contributions as a manager are unparalleled.
What he did as manager at Ajax & Barca & then his heavy influence on Arrigo Sacchi's Milan & Pep's Barca. Cruyff was responsible for the greatest era's in modern footy. cryuff basically invested the modern era of football.... RIP...
Below is proly the best Cruyff vid I came across since his passing that I wanted to share. Unfortunately the embed feature is disabled.
Get well soon Frank de Boer... Homey tore his achilles participating in training a couple of weeks ago... Can't imagine how much that hurts.
Cheers fellas...
PS. I take back my talk of Wolfsburg possibly upsetting Madrid. They looked horrible against Leverkusen... I thought they would continue their run of good form but they dipped. Not sure they can contend the rest of the way to get a CL spot for next year either.
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