GWT: CL Matchweek 1

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I think you get too many inconsistencies when you start picking and choosing which games count. I count everything that is a regular season game.

 

[YNWA14]

EL group stages is practice for youth players usually though.

Not always and at least you have the guaranteed quality of European qualifiers for opponents which is a higher standard than a lot of PL snobs give it credit for (say relative to the bottom table teams of most top leagues).

 

[Ivan13]

Olmo is worth far more than what Dinamo is asking for him.

 

[Corto]

Well, this is the first time in a while that I wasn't going back and forth trying to watch 2 or 3 good games, I just ended up watching Dinamo.

They were good last season, choked away the CL in an unfortunate tie vs Basel, dominated the EL group and has multiple chances of knocking out Benfica before eventually losing in ET.

They only lost Sunjic (gone to Birmingham) and while it's a loss, Moro has grown so much over the last year, IMO he's the next big midfielder to come out of Croatia, world class potential and a player a manager like Pep would love.

I wish the FA would've moved sooner to get Olmo to get Croatian citizenship, but what's done is done, just glad he's here for another season.



If he was playing in Spain or England, he'd be worth 70-80 mil. Here, Dinamo will be lucky to get 40 for him.
Him and Moro are (IMO) the biggest talents to come out of Dinamo since Modric and Kovacic.

Most people still don't recognize Moro's potential (sometimes it's hard for TV commentators and casuals to appreciate a good midfielder).

 

[maclean]

Bahahahaha Zidane won't have a job for very long this time. This team is horrible.

He was an unprecedented genius to quit the team when he did and a fool to come back when he did. I get they drove a dumptruck full of cash up to his door and I'm sure he'll still manage to find a job after this, but from a career standpoint he really should've waited and taken a smaller team where almost anything would've been considered success.

 

[cgf]

Atalanta and Leverkusen showing these big leagues need an extra two spots in the CL

In a non joking way only the EPL and La Liga have four quality sides in the competition, the likes of Atalanta, Leverkusen and in the past Schalke, Gladbach, Hoffenheim don’t bring much to the table

You clearly did not watch BMG teach Barca how to football.

 

[Pouchkine]

Only 38k in Naples? Any plans for a real new stadium?

 

[East Coast Bias]

Only 38k in Naples? Any plans for a real new stadium?

another 10k got their tickets robbed off them on the train ride over

 

[les Habs]

And in CL related news, Uli has chimed in. Somebody should tell him it's 2019. Better still, looks like Areola just became popular with the Madrid supporters.