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If you can make the passes that Carrick makes then you should head off to nearest Prem team around, because you might get in. Young has been very good this season and better than our other wingers. Shawcross has had a solid season as has Dann. What I find strange is that you bemoan the...

Re: What's wrong with the Premier League? Well when we are discussing why English teams are doing badly we are talking about the elite. If we want to discuss the bottom then I can discuss that too. Showing just how far the top teams have fallen does actually proof how weak the league is...

Next year is going to be an interesting one for the Bundesliga. In some ways I feel that if Schalke, Leverkusen or Dortmund don't make the CL it will hurt the performance of the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg still lack experience as do Gladbach. They will also get horrible groups due to the seeding...

Re: What's wrong with the Premier League? It's not just the defence it's the entire team. English teams never had that much flair then, would say the teams have more flair now, but we can compare the midfields. United probably had one of the weaker midfields, but still had Hargreaves, Scholes...

Re: What's wrong with the Premier League? That team won the league in 2008 and won the league in 2013. That's the ages the players were of the first 11 at the end of the season. If you want we can do the same with the Chelsea side. Cech Essien Terry Carvalho Cole Makelele Ballack Lampard...

Well Walcott is still a very good and useful player and Carrick is probably our best passer of the ball at the moment. Henderson is another certainty. I thin Bertrand has been the best English left back in the league. Apart from Clyne we really don't have any other decent right backs. Bit...

Re: What's wrong with the Premier League? Yes we would, because PSG outplayed Chelsea with 10 men and were the better side. Arsenal would almost certainly have gone out in the next round. Arsenal in recent years have been bettered by Schalke and a injury ravaged Dortmund. If anything Chelsea's...

I am a big fan of Reus, but I thin it is very, very unfair to blame him for Dortmund's tactics. Reus is a very direct player, but he is ONE player in a team. Many of the greatest technical teams had a direct player like Reus and were much better for it: Rjikaard's Barca-Giuly, Arsenal's...

Re: What's wrong with the Premier League? This does not address the question what's wrong with the Premier League. It's a bit like someone asking why is it cold in January and getting the reply that the weather goes in cycles. Does not answer why we are in a cold/bad period at the moment...

I do still consider Reus one of the really top top players in the world, but today he was pathetic and did not even put effort in. A completely unacceptable performance. Yeh was very wrong about Dortmund winning the CL. In part in had a lot to do with the general weakness in Europe and Bayern...

Klopp has had a lot more than one great season. He has had several and took Dormtund back to the top. However, ever since they peaked in 2013 they have made terrible signings and that's there problem. Klopp like Wenger always has an injury crisis as well. His biggest weakness are his tactics and...

No I don't. You can look at my history. However, I admit when I wrong and don't hold on to opinions which have been shown to be wrong. Hummels, Bender, Gundogan and Reus are all world class players and good enough for any team in the world. Piszcek was like Zabelata; brilliant for a couple of...

All the English teams out, three out of the four German teams out. Arsenal were the only English team to even win a game. Dortmund were the only German team to not win a game. Spain dominate Europe and Allegri shows he is more tactically astute than Conte. I thought Dortmund had a shot of...

For some strange reason I think you can do it tomorrow. It's down to the players. Hopefully Yaya, Silva and Aguero don't like what the media has said about them. They have to be angry about the way the season is going. If they give everything then I think they have a decent chance. I am not...

Well depends on the draw. Not seen much of Porto, but considering the group they were in and then getting Basel they don't have to be that great to make it. Monaco after selling Falcao and Rodriguez is a big surprise. This is a huge result for them. Yes they choked today, but they had so many...

Leverkusen's team is decent, but it's not that great. Their defence is very bad and Lars Bender is not very fit. I didn't see the match so you have a better idea of what happened through the first 90. I do see Leverkusen often and they are cut open a lot when they attack. Last season lost 5-0...

My post are to discuss things. Hence why this is a discussion forum. I don't see the problem with discussing and defending your opinions. If you put forward an argument or statement then it's fine for someone else to disagree with it and give their reasons.

It also makes the matches more exciting and more tactical. It's great watching a match knowing one goal can swing the result either way. Like today an Arsenal goal would have won it for them and if they hadn't scored they would have lost it. It an additional pressure to the players and means...

I only watched extra time, but their tactics got them pretty close to winning and they probably had the better keeper and penalty takers. Good management is making decisions to take your team through. Atletico are the better team with the better players, were big favourites and yet he took them...

Yes of course. Every team should just attack all out and get beaten by the best team. Schmidt has done a great job there changing around a club with a poor mentality and had them a couple of pens away from knocking out the Spanish champions.