UEFA Champions League - League Phase: Matchday 1 (Sep 17-19)

[db10_therza]

So is KDB out for our game? Anyone heard anything?

 

[Jasard]

So is KDB out for our game? Anyone heard anything?

Nothing that I can see. The suggestion in the press is a groin injury so hopefully a few weeks or one of Pep's doctors will sort him out in 24 hours.

 

[outlawz]

So is KDB out for our game? Anyone heard anything?

I half want him to play, because his legs are gone, so it would have nice to see a pensioners party in midfield on the weekend.

 

[Synical]

I half want him to play, because his legs are gone, so it would have nice to see a pensioners party in midfield on the weekend.

Lol, you wish his legs are gone

 

[Batman]

I half want him to play, because his legs are gone, so it would have nice to see a pensioners party in midfield on the weekend.

Nah, he just has a knack for producing against us. Even washed up players with a history of hurting Arsenal still manage to and he's definitely not quite washed up yet.

 

[outlawz]

Nah, he just has a knack for producing against us. Even washed up players with a history of hurting Arsenal still manage to and he's definitely not quite washed up yet.

His passing is still quality, but he struggled against us last season at the Etihad, and he was similar last night. Trying to sprint with old man legs whilst everyone else is passing him by.

I've probably jinxed it now.

 

[Batman]

His passing is still quality, but he struggled against us last season at the Etihad, and he was similar last night. Trying to sprint with old man legs whilst everyone else is passing him by.

I've probably jinxed it now.

I'm still much more worried when I see him on the ball than someone like Foden or Silva. There's still nobody in that squad better at finding a pass that nobody else sees and figuring out how to get Haaland a shooting opportunity. I don't have the split in front of me but I would imagine Haaland's scoring rate with KDB in the team is considerably better than it is without him and when you consider they're going to have the ball most of the time and Rodri plays in their midfield, his legs not being what they were is not a huge issue. I would much rather see a team without KDB than with him.

 

[BergMan]

My team doing very well . Xhaka’s first champions league game in 9 years.
Is it just me or is the Feyenoord pitch really small?

Maybe they’re all like that in Eredivisie I don’t know.

 

[Farzad]

I mean people telling me Kai is best hold up striker in Europe. Did you guys watch Vlahovic for Juve do you see Boniface’s passing? You Sexuals just make up things

 

[Rasmi]

Wirtz ending Gulers Real Madrid career is the most inevitable thing I seen in football for a while

 

[carter777]

4-0 Leverkusen and it's not even H/T

 

[BergMan]

Feyenoord naive. They commit too much forward. Didn’t respect us. Made it easy.

Mature performance from my Leverkusen.

 

[Farzad]

We got the Opel of Basque managers and Leverkusen got a fully loaded Mercedes

 

[jones]

We got the Opel of Basque managers and Leverkusen got a fully loaded Mercedes

We ran a solid Basque Volkswagen out of town for it as well

 

[HattoriHanzo]

We got the Opel of Basque managers and Leverkusen got a fully loaded Mercedes

We saw it in preseason match Arsenal vs. Leverkusen.

 

[Riou]

Love this new format that makes games more "even", tbh.

First game week we have already seen Villa win 3-0 despite not playing in the tournament since the 80s, Bayern score 9, Celtic beat someone 5-1 in an actual Champions League game and Leverkusen be 4-0 at halftime.

Games going to the absolute wire now!

 

[Iwobeast]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1836819691404415215

 

[jones]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1836819691404415215

He's a flat track bully but still better than the alternatives, Gündogan isn't match fit yet and Kovacic Rodri is a blunt pairing

 

[TornadoTed]

I was watching the Champions League analysis of Celtic on the BBC and I can't believe I never noticed what a long neck Joe Hart has.

https://res.cloudinary.com/tla-goalkeeper/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/f_auto/q_auto/v1721385571/joe_hart_grain_c65002484b.webp

 

[Synical]

His passing is still quality, but he struggled against us last season at the Etihad, and he was similar last night. Trying to sprint with old man legs whilst everyone else is passing him by.

I've probably jinxed it now.

The season before last you could see how rattled he was by us during our games. He looked sooo wary. And tried to fight Arteta on the sideline