UEFA Champions League/Europa League 20/21/22 February *** Spoilers ***

Barca manage to claw a draw out of the game.

Barca in the driving seat at the moment, can’t see Chelsea getting a result at Camp Nou b
 
The most talented, but also most pathetic team in football.

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Is there something up with images on OcUK. I seem to get the broken image icon a fair few times on Chrome (Android and PC), in this instance I am running stock Chrome with no ad blockers. It's getting annoying.

Assume ^ image is Utd line up :o:p
 
G-MAN2004 said:
The most talented, but also most pathetic team in football.

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Yep I have to agree with you, I absolutely love Barca but the way they fall down like they have been sniped is pathetic.

Real do the same thing as well, seems like it’s a Spanish thing. I know Alli and Kane do their best to emulate them but they aren’t anywhere close to what certain players in the Spanish league do lol.
 
English players dive a lot; nothing compared to our spanish friends but still a lot. The Spanish are absolutely horrendous for going down like they have broken a leg at the slightest touch. The PSG vs RM game was ridiculous. The crowd getting behind their team doesn't make them better it just encourages them to dive more and make the absolutely most out of any contact.
 
fez said:
English players dive a lot; nothing compared to our spanish friends but still a lot. The Spanish are absolutely horrendous for going down like they have broken a leg at the slightest touch. The PSG vs RM game was ridiculous. The crowd getting behind their team doesn't make them better it just encourages them to dive more and make the absolutely most out of any contact.
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Hehe exactly, one of the reasons why I like watching their games because I want to see who will win that gold medal in the diving category:p. Hell some of them can be considered Oscar worthy with the theatrical ways they fall to the ground lol.

On a serious note, it’s beyond annoying to see the beautiful game get ruined by these utter cretins diving all over the place. What’s worse is when it works in their favour to get that advantage :/.
 
Don't see the issue personally. No idea what happened to Alba but Suarez was legitimately stamped on. Seems all Drinkwater did when he came on was kick people.
 
nemtizz said:
Don't see the issue personally. No idea what happened to Alba but Suarez was legitimately stamped on. Seems all Drinkwater did when he came on was kick people.
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I'm glad I'm not insane, Chelsea players were kicking the **** out of Barca at times, Moses was bad for it.

Granted Umtiti dive was grim
 
Yas786 said:
Hehe exactly, one of the reasons why I like watching their games because I want to see who will win that gold medal in the diving category:p. Hell some of them can be considered Oscar worthy with the theatrical ways they fall to the ground lol.

On a serious note, it’s beyond annoying to see the beautiful game get ruined by these utter cretins diving all over the place. What’s worse is when it works in their favour to get that advantage :/.
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I used to enjoy watching La Liga but I eventually got sick of all the diving and play-acting, it ruins what is otherwise a pretty good league imo.
 
nemtizz said:
Nice to see Jose has found himself a new scapegoat.
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It could be suggested pretty fairly that Pogba doesn't deserve to start after the last few matches - system /formation changed or not

(I'm not saying Mata /McTominay do either but its not like Utd are blessed with options at the moment either)

tonight will be a tough game anyway - Pogba being less defensively minded than Herrera and McTominay , even if one is likely to have more licence to go forward, might just suit the system more than Pogba to start with
Atmosphere is going to be really tough, so might well show if the youngster is as ready as its perceived or not (not convinced at all at the moment, but he does deserve more time - just not sure tonight is the right one)
 
I really hope this isn’t something sinister going on behind the scenes. I really like Pogba, I’d much rather have him at the club than Mourinho but Mourinho has a habit of pushing players out of clubs who he isn’t keen on for petty reasons
 
Pogba isn't as good as certain people have raved at times, but he's still pretty great. Can't imagine Mourinho dumb enough to think they're better without him and he isn't 'committed', at times he has looked the only arsed player for manu
 
This Pogba situation needs sorting out. I think if he improves a bit more, and becomes more consistent, there's no better creative central midfielder in the world, and his size/strength makes him more unique too.

It's starting to become clear he can't play as a box to box midfielder, at least at the moment; the defensive awareness and positioning just isn't there.
 
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