European Leagues.

[seafoid]

Real Madrid lost at home to Fc Sheriff Tiraspol 

Barca and Real are very brónach these days.
PSG used to be like Monaghan but now they have Messi.
It's not hard to see why Poch said no to Spurs.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Real Madrid lost at home to Fc Sheriff Tiraspol 

Barca and Real are very brónach these days.
PSG used to be like Monaghan but now they have Messi.
It's not hard to see why Poch said no to Spurs.

Dundalk beat Sheriff easily last year. No matter how poor Spanish football is, they beat League of Ireland level clubs. The defending was shocking. They reckoned they just had to show up.

[brokencrossbar1]

Real Madrid lost at home to Fc Sheriff Tiraspol 

Barca and Real are very brónach these days.
PSG used to be like Monaghan but now they have Messi.
It's not hard to see why Poch said no to Spurs.

Dundalk beat Sheriff easily last year. No matter how poor Spanish football is, they beat League of Ireland level clubs. The defending was shocking. They reckoned they just had to show up.

Agreed that Madrid probably thought they just had to show up but Sheriff also beat Shaktar in the first game and they would be seasoned enough euro campaigners as well. I'd say they will be very hard to beat at home and a win and a draw in the next 4 games will probably see them in the next round

[Captain Obvious]

Real Madrid lost at home to Fc Sheriff Tiraspol 

Barca and Real are very brónach these days.
PSG used to be like Monaghan but now they have Messi.
It's not hard to see why Poch said no to Spurs.

They are the first Moldavian team to reach the Champions League group stages in the history of this competition and Sheriff Tiraspol was priced at 18/1 to win last night no doubt one of the biggest shock results of the competition.

A penny for the thoughts of Florentino Pérez Rodriguez after that defeat.

[Main Street]

Real Madrid lost at home to Fc Sheriff Tiraspol 

Barca and Real are very brónach these days.
PSG used to be like Monaghan but now they have Messi.
It's not hard to see why Poch said no to Spurs.

They are the first Moldavian team to reach the Champions League group stages in the history of this competition and Sheriff Tiraspol was priced at 18/1 to win last night no doubt one of the biggest shock results of the competition.

A penny for the thoughts of Florentino Pérez Rodriguez after that defeat.

And twopence for the thoughts of Zidane, did he just dodge the most humiliating of bullets?
Sheriff were not more that solid plodders in Europe, EL group stage 3rd or 4th.

[J70]

Real Madrid lost at home to Fc Sheriff Tiraspol 

Barca and Real are very brónach these days.
PSG used to be like Monaghan but now they have Messi.
It's not hard to see why Poch said no to Spurs.

They are the first Moldavian team to reach the Champions League group stages in the history of this competition and Sheriff Tiraspol was priced at 18/1 to win last night no doubt one of the biggest shock results of the competition.

A penny for the thoughts of Florentino Pérez Rodriguez after that defeat.

Are they Moldovan?

I looked up Tiraspol on google, and it appears to be part of a self-proclaimed, , only partially recognized, breakaway "nation" called Transitria which lies on the banks of the Dniester river between Ukraine and Moldova.

I presume they're in the CL as a result of playing in Moldova though.

[shark]

Real Madrid lost at home to Fc Sheriff Tiraspol 

Barca and Real are very brónach these days.
PSG used to be like Monaghan but now they have Messi.
It's not hard to see why Poch said no to Spurs.

They are the first Moldavian team to reach the Champions League group stages in the history of this competition and Sheriff Tiraspol was priced at 18/1 to win last night no doubt one of the biggest shock results of the competition.

A penny for the thoughts of Florentino Pérez Rodriguez after that defeat.

Are they Moldovan?

I looked up Tiraspol on google, and it appears to be part of a self-proclaimed, , only partially recognized, breakaway "nation" called Transitria which lies on the banks of the Dniester river between Ukraine and Moldova.

I presume they're in the CL as a result of playing in Moldova though.

They play in the Moldovan league. But do not consider themselves Moldovan.

[gallsman]

Interesting threads on both Transnistria and the club:

https://twitter.com/SlavaMalamud/status/1431245560099508226?s=08

https://twitter.com/SlavaMalamud/status/1430939451069509639?s=08

[Helix.]

Ronald Koeman's days are surely numbered now with Barcelona after 2 defeats in a row in Champions League. 3-0 to benfica last night.

[shark]

Ronald Koeman's days are surely numbered now with Barcelona after 2 defeats in a row in Champions League. 3-0 to benfica last night.

Has been a dead duck for some time now. Not sure they can afford to pay him off though.

[Armagh18]

Ronald Koeman's days are surely numbered now with Barcelona after 2 defeats in a row in Champions League. 3-0 to benfica last night.

Has been a dead duck for some time now. Not sure they can afford to pay him off though.

Where do they even go from here? Will those decent young lads they have even stay?

[shark]

Ronald Koeman's days are surely numbered now with Barcelona after 2 defeats in a row in Champions League. 3-0 to benfica last night.

Has been a dead duck for some time now. Not sure they can afford to pay him off though.

Where do they even go from here? Will those decent young lads they have even stay?

A lot of their problems stem from a failure to accept that success comes in cycles. There is nothing wrong with lowering expectations for 3-5 years, and then aiming to come again with a new team. They will still be likely to get top 4 in La Liga each year and keep the Champs League money coming in. However at Barca, due to their structure, every president feels the need to win as much as possible while in situ. They only plan in political cycles. Failed short-term fixes have put them where they are now - in a financial mess. You'd imagine they'll have no problem holding on to the likes of Pedri, provided they can show them a vision for how things could look in a few years time.

[BennyCake]

Ronald Koeman's days are surely numbered now with Barcelona after 2 defeats in a row in Champions League. 3-0 to benfica last night.

They look a shambles.  I think it's actually encouraging for the Spanish league and Europe that  they seem to be  on the way down. Real too. Freshens up the thing. For too long we've seen these  two continually in CL semis and finals,  buying up all the best talent. The only thing is,  that means other teams like  PSG will reap the benefits

[Armagh18]

Ronald Koeman's days are surely numbered now with Barcelona after 2 defeats in a row in Champions League. 3-0 to benfica last night.

Has been a dead duck for some time now. Not sure they can afford to pay him off though.

Where do they even go from here? Will those decent young lads they have even stay?

A lot of their problems stem from a failure to accept that success comes in cycles. There is nothing wrong with lowering expectations for 3-5 years, and then aiming to come again with a new team. They will still be likely to get top 4 in La Liga each year and keep the Champs League money coming in. However at Barca, due to their structure, every president feels the need to win as much as possible while in situ. They only plan in political cycles. Failed short-term fixes have put them where they are now - in a financial mess. You'd imagine they'll have no problem holding on to the likes of Pedri, provided they can show them a vision for how things could look in a few years time.

They need to go back to what made them the best team in the world- playing the Barca way with homegrown talent, not blowing stacks of cash on expensive flops like Dembele, Couthino and Griezman.

[gallsman]

Ronald Koeman's days are surely numbered now with Barcelona after 2 defeats in a row in Champions League. 3-0 to benfica last night.

Has been a dead duck for some time now. Not sure they can afford to pay him off though.

Where do they even go from here? Will those decent young lads they have even stay?

A lot of their problems stem from a failure to accept that success comes in cycles. There is nothing wrong with lowering expectations for 3-5 years, and then aiming to come again with a new team. They will still be likely to get top 4 in La Liga each year and keep the Champs League money coming in. However at Barca, due to their structure, every president feels the need to win as much as possible while in situ. They only plan in political cycles. Failed short-term fixes have put them where they are now - in a financial mess. You'd imagine they'll have no problem holding on to the likes of Pedri, provided they can show them a vision for how things could look in a few years time.

They need to go back to what made them the best team in the world- playing the Barca way with homegrown talent, not blowing stacks of cash on expensive flops like Dembele, Couthino and Griezman.

What they need to do is find a balance, like they used to do. The pursuit of Eric Garcia was all down to the fact he was a La Masia product. Turns out there was a pretty simple reason Pep didn't play him and City didn't try to keep him - he's shite.