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Other than United-Milan, big 4 leagues all separated. Were there restrictions by country in this round?

In before Mourinho takes credit for Dele's good play.

The talk about weak CBs is fair, but misses the point. Everyone describes Mourinho as the ultimate pragmatist, but I don't think that's true this season and rather he's a stodgy defensive-minded manager. To wit, clubs ahead of Spurs in the table and a quick assessment of their CBs relative to...

Weds 10/02: @Everton, FA Cup - LOSS Sat 13/02: @MANC, EPL - LOSS Thurs 18/02: @Wolfsberger, UEL - WIN Sun 21/02: @WHU, EPL - LOSS Weds 24/02: vs. Wolfsberger, UEL - TBD

Well shit, sure seems like I read the Philly situation wrong. It doesn't make logical sense to me, but mea culpa.

I disagree that Philly is in the QB market. They spent a 2nd round pick on Hurts and are likely encouraged enough by what they saw last year not to draft another QB. Much like the Pats, they have holes everywhere, especially OL (although that might've been injuries, but I digress). Miami has to...

I had the same reaction. I'd seen a lot of his technique in the box before and his strength--OK, you have a Giroud prototype cool. Then yesterday he was blazing runs in behind and showing silky touch. Hot damn!

Bump for the start of knockouts! Home side first: Kiev vs. Brugge (currently at HT (?)) 12:55pm EST Braga vs. Roma Krasnodar vs. Zagreb Olympiakos vs. PSV Sociedad vs. MAN U (what a matchup for this stage!) Red Star vs. AC Milan Prague vs. LCFC Wolfsberger vs. Spurs Young Boys vs. Neverlosin'...

It seems like Barca should've tried to get out 3-1 if they really wanted to compete in the 2nd leg. Instead, they threw numbers forward and got hit on a wide open counter for 4-1. Goodnight.

He's much less of a problem than Busi. This is Pique's first match back in 2 months. He's not what he once was, but he's good enough to start for Barca in 75% of matches.

lol now Koeman with the sub for Dest. 20 minutes too late. Also not all Dest's fault. Putting Dembele in front of him was never going to offer any help.

And set piece defending now letting Barca down. 3-1 to Les Parisiennes. Phenomenal ball in by Paredes.

Barca absolutely reeling at the moment. Would currently take this score line and try to turn it over in the away leg.

Dest and Pique looking rusty there. Dest was behind his defensive line mates to keep the hockey assist onside, then Pique botched a clearance attempt. MATS also tried to intercept the cross and missed. PSG superior on the day.

Jeez what a counter by PSG. Insane skill on display by 3-4 players, likely one pass too many.

Is there an actual rule about this? It seems to happen quite often and isn't enforced uniformly.

Swiss cheese defense there by Barca SMH

Really good and interesting matches all around. Should be a lot of fun. UEFA should be shot into the sun for not having one match at a time.

That certainly helps, but PSG is still going to have plenty of firepower with Mbappe, Di Maria, Kean, Draxler, Simons, and Icardi. Mbappe is basically impossible to defend for elite defensive sides, and Barca is...not that.

I don't think Barca is finding it's rhythm. FDJ still played CB in a liga match last week. Pedri has become close to a star and that's why we've seen slightly better performances lately. But with CB still a total mess and a veritable injury plague (Pique, Araujo, Fati, Coutinho, Dest, and...