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Jaime Carragher: Ruben Dias Has Reached the Level of Van Dijk

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Carra's salty VVD is a better back than he ever was. If Chelsea doesn't concede a goal in the finals he'll say Christensen has reached the level of Virgil.

 

[DonJorginho]

Dark Rider thank you mate! I was surprised of how off the pace you guys looked, I guess 47 injuries in one season could do that to a team!

Benzema is another level of footballer, was shit scared whenever he would touch the ball, Eden was quiet both legs but he had only just come back from another injury so it upset me seeing the press attack him after the match.

I think now we've beat you to get to the final, we really might have a chance.

I don't care whether it's entertaining or a park the bus affair, just bring that UCL home Tuchel!

 

[DKehoe]

Carra's salty VVD is a better back than he ever was. If Chelsea doesn't concede a goal in the finals he'll say Christensen has reached the level of Virgil.

Do you think so? He’s always seemed like a big fan of VVD.

Also what he actually said was Dias has been the best Premier League player this season and in some ways is more impressed with him than VVD because he doesn’t have the same physical gifts. He wasn’t necessarily saying he’s better.

 

[DKehoe]

 

[Lionel Richie]

Do you think so? He’s always seemed like a big fan of VVD.

Also what he actually said was Dias has been the best Premier League player this season and in some ways is more impressed with him than VVD because he doesn’t have the same physical gifts. He wasn’t necessarily saying he’s better.

NOBODY IS ON THE SAME LEVEL AS SAINT VIRGIL

 

[Dark Rider]

Carra's salty VVD is a better back than he ever was. If Chelsea doesn't concede a goal in the finals he'll say Christensen has reached the level of Virgil.

Speaking of VVD is he going to rush and play in the euros? if he does not wait until he is fully fit that might impact next season for him.

thank you mate! I was surprised of how off the pace you guys looked, I guess 47 injuries in one season could do that to a team!

58 injuries actually
The players were dead tired and not fully fit to the point it would have been expected that Zidane sub himself in to play

Benzema is another level of footballer, was shit scared whenever he would touch the ball, Eden was quiet both legs but he had only just come back from another injury so it upset me seeing the press attack him after the match.

Benzema is the only forward we have this season that is doing a good job, the rest are a complete disaster so no one had any fear facing us this season and I was shocked we make it this far.

Hazard has been here for three seasons now and I don't think even him will disagree that he was a financial disaster for us so far. He basically contributed nothing, I personally would not make any personal attacks to anyone but I can't help but feel that he is a failed transfer and we need to move on to someone else that can help us and I think there's nothing wrong thinking that.

I think now we've beat you to get to the final, we really might have a chance.

It is a final so both teams have a chance for sure, you both earned getting there so it should be a solid game.

I don't care whether it's entertaining or a park the bus affair, just bring that UCL home Tuchel!

Well me and all the neutrals would rather it be entertaining

 

[Dark Rider]

[Mainz 05] This is the 4th time in a row a former Mainz manager will manage in the CL final (Klopp x2, Tuchel x2)



They need to hide their managers.

 

[Dark Rider]

[Lee Ryder] Statement from Mike Ashley: "After four years of the club being subjected to this investigation, I am pleased it has now been discontinued. It's now time for the dark forces that are preventing this football club from becoming the powerhouse that the fans deserve, to step aside.”

 

[Dark Rider]

[Toni Kroos] Still sleeping ok. But well done yesterday. congrats. Good luck in your first CL final.

 

[Dark Rider]

[Villarreal CF] Advance to the Final of the Europa League



[Manchester United] have advanced to the Europa League final



congrats to both teams
Let's hope for an entertaining final

 

[Dark Rider]

[WilliamHill] Unai Emery has now progressed from each of his last five Europa League semi-finals: 2014 Sevilla |2015 Sevilla | 2016 Sevilla | 2019 Arsenal | 2021 Villarreal | The Unai Emery League.

 

[Dark Rider]

[OFFICIAL ACCOUNT] Villarreal CF



Sorry but I HAD to post this.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Speaking of VVD is he going to rush and play in the euros? if he does not wait until he is fully fit that might impact next season for him.

Not sure, been a while since I last saw any rumor about it. Theoretically he's going to play unless he has/had any setback.

 

[Dark Rider]

Not sure, been a while since I last saw any rumor about it. Theoretically he's going to play unless he has/had any setback.

I assume he will do all he could to play, it will be interesting to see how he fares after a lengthy time out.

 

[Dark Rider]

[Rob Harris, AP] BREAKING: 9 of the 12 Super League clubs formally renounce the breakaway to UEFA but will have 5% of their European competition revenue withheld for 1 season. 3 remaining rebel teams now face disciplinary action from UEFA - Juventus, Barcelona and Real Madrid



5% for one season is too low, does not inspire confidence about the punishment of the remaining 3.

 

[Dark Rider]

[UEFA] UEFA approves reintegration measures for nine clubs involved in the so-called ‘Super League’ | Full Statement on the Super League Consequences

UEFA approves reintegration measures for nine clubs involved in the so-called 'Super League'

The matter of the other clubs involved in the so-called "Super League" will be referred to the competent UEFA disciplinary bodies.

www.uefa.com

 

[Dark Rider]

[ESPN] Arteta: I know reason for club's decline but can't say

Arteta: I can't disclose reason for Arsenal decline

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has said there were reasons behind his side's downward trend that he could not explain in public.

www.espn.com

If he speaks he's in trouble.

 

[Dark Rider]

[COPE] After the Champions League final, UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin will propose to exclude Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus out of European competition for 2 years.

 

[Dark Rider]

Valencia owner Peter Lim: ‘I own a football club and see what happens next. It’s nothing more’

Valencia owner Peter Lim: ‘I own a football club and see what happens next. It’s nothing more’

Billionaire lambasts breakaway tournament and fends off criticism of his leadership at Spanish club

www.ft.com

 

[DKehoe]

[Rob Harris, AP] BREAKING: 9 of the 12 Super League clubs formally renounce the breakaway to UEFA but will have 5% of their European competition revenue withheld for 1 season. 3 remaining rebel teams now face disciplinary action from UEFA - Juventus, Barcelona and Real Madrid



5% for one season is too low, does not inspire confidence about the punishment of the remaining 3.

I don’t really get what Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus are holding out for here. Obviously they still want to do something like the Super League at some point (and let’s be real, the teams that pulled out still want to do it too) but it’s not going to happen any time soon. Why are they still holding off?

 

[DKehoe]

Huh, I figured Neymar would leave PSG some point soon. He’s ridiculously talented but disappears from the wider public consciousness because the vast majority of people don’t care about PSG other than a handful of Champions League games each year.

 

[DonJorginho]

 

[Prison Mike]

Dont get carried away brother

 

[DonJorginho]

Dont get carried away brother

No getting carried away yet my friend, you were the better side the entire first half and should've been 2-0 up, but to come back to win with our c team (against your c team I know) is big for the boys.

Makes this final even more interesting

 

[DKehoe]

Pep should let Ederson take penalties. It's what the people want.

 

[Banjo64]

Yet another chapter today in pigmol and the Premier League’s attempt to manufacture a competitive product. In reality we would have won the league 3 or 4 weeks ago if the referees in this country weren’t bent. I’d be interested to know what percentage of our games Anthony Taylor and Michael Oliver have been involved in this season, as it’s extremely high.

Richard Scudamore aims for new Premier League winners every six years

Executive chairman Richard Scudamore says the Premier League has a strategic plan to enable more clubs to win the title.

www.skysports.com

 

[Dark Rider]

Barcelona and Atlético Madrid game result was a draw which is the best result for us
Only problem is we must win all our remaining games to ensure we win the league no matter what

I don’t really get what Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus are holding out for here. Obviously they still want to do something like the Super League at some point (and let’s be real, the teams that pulled out still want to do it too) but it’s not going to happen any time soon. Why are they still holding off?

They don't want to pay the exit fee + they can hide behind the European courts to fight off the punishment that is planned for them + if/when the super league happen they will have a senior rank over all the others that pulled out.

Huh, I figured Neymar would leave PSG some point soon. He’s ridiculously talented but disappears from the wider public consciousness because the vast majority of people don’t care about PSG other than a handful of Champions League games each year.

He has two contracts each worth hundreds of millions, one with PSG and one with PSG owners to be the face of the 2022 World Cup. If he exit either of the two they will terminate the other. He is collecting money and any drama he does or transfer interest is just smoke so he can get even bigger renewal contracts from PSG.

 

[Dark Rider]

[Fabrizio Romano] PSG has made a new contract proposal to Kylian Mbappe but he has not accepted it. Negotiations are going on and PSG will try again with a different offer.

 

[Dark Rider]

[Real Madrid] Comunicado Oficial: Ramos is injured



It was clear he wasn't ready against Chelsea.

[MiguelitoCope] Ferland Mendy is out due to an overload in his calf.



No surprise either.

 

[Dark Rider]

[Tamsut] Bayern Munich's fan & ultra groups continue to call for #FCBayern & its leadership to take a stand against UEFA's Champions League reform. "Be it the Super League or the #UCL reform: Football for fans, not millionaires! Rummenigge, Kahn, Gerlinger (club bosses): It's up to you!"



The reform is bad and need to be scrapped to be honest. It creates a vicious cycle where select clubs are always in the CL because they were in it before instead of earning being in it every year.

 

[DonJorginho]

[Real Madrid] Comunicado Oficial: Ramos is injured



It was clear he wasn't ready against Chelsea.

Got bullied by King Kai

 

[Dark Rider]

[Official] Bayern have won the 2020-21 Bundesliga title after Dortmund beat Leipzig.

 

[Dark Rider]

Got bullied by King Kai

He played before fully recovering from his injury, not Kai fault of course.

 

[Dark Rider]

[RCD Espanyol] have been promoted to La Liga

 

[Dark Rider]

[Football Espana] Villarreal star Samuel Chukwueze set to miss the Europa League final through injury

Villarreal star Samuel Chukwueze faces Europa League final fitness race - Football España

www.football-espana.net

 

[Dark Rider]

[Fabrizio Romano] Edinson Cavani has signed his contract extension with Manchester United, here we go! #MUFC The agreement has been completed, Cavani has accepted to stay after Man Utd board and Solskjaer were pushing to keep him. Confirmed and done deal. #ManUtd #Cavani



[Manchester United] 𝐄𝐋 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑 One more year of ECavaniOfficial !

 

[Dark Rider]

[skysports] BREAKING Juventus will be kicked out of Serie A if they do not withdraw from the 'European Super League'



[ESPN FC] Italian Football Federation President, Gabriele Gravina, says he is ready to kick Juventus out of Serie A



Juve will file for an injection in court I think and they will get it but it will be hard for them to win since the other clubs in the league signed on kicking them out.

 

[Banjo64]

Thoroughly deserved champions. 8 points behind at Christmas, pure mental strength.

Best defence.

Best midfield.

Best attack.

Best signing of the season;

3 in 4. 5 in 10. Now get Kun smashing Shrek’s record, and let’s show Chelsea our first team for a change.

 

[Banjo64]

Gundogan, Bernardo, Cancelo absolutely phenomenal alongside Dias but Phil fucking Foden and John Stones, incredible.

John Stones forcing Laporte out of the strongest 11, what a fucking beast.

 

[DKehoe]

Gundogan, Bernardo, Cancelo absolutely phenomenal alongside Dias but Phil fucking Foden and John Stones, incredible.

John Stones forcing Laporte out of the strongest 11, what a fucking beast.

Stones deserves huge credit for playing his way back into the team. It looked like he was done and now he's become a key part of a high level team. Laporte is a great player too who was one of the first names on the team sheet not too long ago so it's not like the spot was just sitting there for the taking.

 

[Prison Mike]

Championnnnnes love it now bring on champions league.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

Thoroughly deserved champions. 8 points behind at Christmas, pure mental strength.

Best defence.

Best midfield.

Best attack.

Best signing of the season;

3 in 4. 5 in 10. Now get Kun smashing Shrek’s record, and let’s show Chelsea our first team for a change.

In a contracted season where everyone were tired by Christmas, it must be nice to have a massive squad bought by oil money.

 

[DKehoe]

In a contracted season where everyone were tired by Christmas, it must be nice to have a massive squad bought by oil money.

Played under the same conditions that everyone else did. City and United actually had less of a rest between the end of last season and the start of this one than everyone else did.

 

[Banjo64]

In a contracted season where everyone were tired by Christmas, it must be nice to have a massive squad bought by oil money.

It’s great mate, just so you know though; everyone is permitted the same 25 man squad size.

If our rivals didn’t spunk hundreds of millions of pounds on useless lumps like Lukaku, Sanchez, Diallo, Bailly, Van De Beek and Thiago they might be able to compete. Or if they budgeted more accordingly like when City signed Gundogan for £25m in the same summer that United bought a show pony like Pogba for £100m, or Liverpool spending all of their budget on Van Djik and Allison, they might have more robust squads.

Steffan, Zinchenko, Foden all giants in our successes this season and cost peanuts.

Anyway, keep filling up your car with petrol please mate and using those tears as lubricant for your cry wanks

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

It’s great mate, just so you know though; everyone is permitted the same 25 man squad size.

If our rivals didn’t spunk hundreds of millions of pounds on useless lumps like Lukaku, Sanchez, Diallo, Bailly, Van De Beek and Thiago they might be able to compete. Or if they budgeted more accordingly like when City signed Gundogan for £25m in the same summer that United bought a show pony like Pogba for £100m, or Liverpool spending all of their budget on Van Djik and Allison, they might have more robust squads.

Steffan, Zinchenko, Foden all giants in our successes this season and cost peanuts.

Anyway, keep filling up your car with petrol please mate and using those tears as lubricant for your cry wanks

City’s expenditure over the last 5 years dwarfs everyone else’s - spent GBP160 more than Chelsea. I suppose City fans don’t have much of a choice than to accept that they’re being used for sportswashing. Might as well get a few trophies along the way.

 

[Banjo64]

City’s expenditure over the last 5 years dwarfs everyone else’s - spent GBP160 more than Chelsea. I suppose City fans don’t have much of a choice than to accept that they’re being used for sportswashing. Might as well get a few trophies along the way.

Couldn’t give a fuck mate and if we weren’t successful, neither would you. All boils down to jealousy, as there’s no clean money in football.

And you know, we’re the only English team who’ve qualified for the Champion’s League for the last 10 seasons straight, and have won 5 out of the last 10 League titles, no shit we have loadsa fuckin money, it’s audited legitimate revenue

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

Couldn’t give a fuck mate and if we weren’t successful, neither would you. All boils down to jealousy, as there’s no clean money in football.

And you know, we’re the only English team who’ve qualified for the Champion’s League for the last 10 seasons straight, and have won 5 out of the last 10 League titles, no shit we have loadsa fuckin money, it’s audited legitimate revenue

The only reason City is in the CL is because they had better paid lawyers than the EUFA. And no, it’s not legitimate money. Trying to put myself in a City fan’s shoe - yeah, I would have walked away from the club with that ownership. But then again, it’s not like City is a big club with a whole lot of fans.

 

[Prison Mike]

The only reason City is in the CL is because they had better paid lawyers than the EUFA. And no, it’s not legitimate money. Trying to put myself in a City fan’s shoe - yeah, I would have walked away from the club with that ownership. But then again, it’s not like City is a big club with a whole lot of fans.

Hows those lemons taste

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

Hows those lemons taste

About the fact that the PL scheduled 3 matches for United in 6 games?

 

[DKehoe]

About the fact that the PL scheduled 3 matches for United in 6 games?

Not like that was some grand conspiracy to cost United the title though to be fair. With the postponed game it was always going to be tricky trying to fit that game back into the schedule.