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Champions League is back this week.

 

Gwan Robbie lad. Happy for him. Hope he doesn't get relegated three years in a row.

 

This is so easy for Swansea. They're a completely different team since dumping Bradley. Great work by Clement.

 

Drinkwater thinks he's fecking Pirlo

 

I was quite drunk but I'm guessing it was regarding our abysmal performances lately and just saying you should be scared.

In all seriousness, I think this could be good. Both teams are arguably playing the worst they have for a while, and whilst you guys are obvious favourites, if one team turns up and the other dials it in, who knows.

 

Fucking hell. I like Hertha but I had to smile at that.

 

King's goal should of stood. he barely has Stones' shirt.

 

How would you guys rank the managers of the top 6 PL clubs? Not based on career accomplishments but on their abilities right now.

 

Abilities right now, think I'd go Poch, Conte, Mou, Klopp, Guardiola, Wenger.

Think Poch is doing a great job with a squad not quite as good as Conte's, but they're basically equal. The improvement in United since Van Gaal left is enough to put Mou right up there, whilst Klopp has hit a rough patch with Liverpool. Both his and Guardiola's inability to build a defence counts against them, and Wenger has completely stagnated with Arsenal.

Open to this being massively disagreed with mind haha,

 

Conte, Jose, Poch, Pep, Klopp, Wenger

Though, I think 2-5 are a big toss up.

 

Conte, Pep, Poch, Jose, Klopp, Wenger

 

Hopefully United pay every single penny that's tied up in the clauses of his transfer

 

Current ability: Conte, Poch, Klopp, Guardiola, Mourinho/Wenger.

Really not impressed with Mourinho this season or last, and I think his inability to keep players happy and get a team with such talent and money above sixth is frankly shocking.

 

I think with Mou you have to look at the style of play and where we came from. It was always going to take time to change a team who were drilled to take no risk whatsoever, to play backwards and sideways and to only need one chance per game. His teams are generally the opposite of this. Add to that the signings made under the previous regime were, for the most part, absolute bang average players.

You've got to look at his successes. After a couple of months to settle in, we're now playing a much more attractive style of play. Unbeaten in the league since November or so. His signings have been top quality. He's succeeded where (arguably) 3 previous managers have failed in getting Rooney out of the Starting XI. His in game management has been pretty fantastic - under Van Gaal, we'd be drawing/ losing and he'd sub a full back. Mou goes for it, and I've lost count of the amount of subs he's made where players end up scoring or assisting the winner.

 

I think Mou has done a fine job at United so far. The club may spend a lot of money every year but he took over a mess of a team. A lot of pieces that didn't fit together and no team identity. They've been very impressive as of late. They may be in 6th now but I'd bet the house on them finishing top 4.

 

Mou still insists on playing Fellaini, lets not forget.

 

Gabriel Jesus out for the season... Damn.

 

Good start to this Dortmund game. End to end.

 

Sergi Roberto continues to impress me at just how comfortable he feels playing any position asked of him.

 

Auba just missed a sitter.

 

Should have been penalty for Dortmund

 

Been the best PSG has looked in well over a year. Barca looking the worst this season. Figures.

 

Iniesta's so bald I thought his forehead was Messi's blonde hair