*****Official Sparta Prague v Champions Match Thread*****

[johanhentze 14,089]

19 minutes ago, superallysbears said:

Drop points on Sunday and his head will be getting called for, I'm not there yet but I'm fed up watching pish football this season.

Fucking hell man.. people are laughing at the taigs for this very behaviour. Calm down. We will come together. Support your team.. dont do a fucking sharknado. Christ.

[BlueKnight87 17,286]

8 minutes ago, .Williamson. said:

I’m not that fussed about the result tonight tbh.

I still think we can qualify but winning a domestic treble is far more important to me this year than Europe

We won't be winning a treble if we keep playing like this. We're struggling in attack and our defending is atrocious right now.

Miles off the form we showed last season. Even then we still lost in the cups. 

We need a shake up either in players starting or in the system. Get a run of good consistent form going.

[.Williamson. 82,184]

1 minute ago, Laudrupsleftfoot said:

League's always first and by a monumentally big distance.

Europe's second and then monumentally ahead of the cups for me, i.e. I'd take a long successful run in Europe reaching a quarter final or beyond and not winning the cups (as long as it wasn't defeats to them) vs out early in Europe but winning one or both cups.

Not for me. Not for me at all.

A run to the Europa league quarter finals over winning a treble? Nope

[sassaaaa 11,406]

Just now, writingranger said:

Thought bassey played well. He isn't  great at heading though.

Hes useless at CB , that much we learned tonight. 

[Prso's headband 35,444]

We’re really going through the motions at the moment. 2 of our next 3 are against the two only unbeaten teams in the league, and when they watch our games they’ll know they have nothing to fear. Unlike last season where we almost built up the mentality of being beat in the tunnel before teams played us

[johanhentze 14,089]

3 minutes ago, Swagger said:

Bigger picture though. League is a must financially 

I get what you are saying.. but if you see football as purely financial then the EPL is great for that. 

[STEPPS BOY 73,900]

Understand the reasoning behind Katic loan but going with 4 Centre halves when one has injury issues and one is Jack Simpson was fucking nuts.

[Davidorrp 282]

19 minutes ago, SIRB_72 said:

Playing Roofe with Sakala is an absolute waste of Roofe as well. He has to come deep to get the ball which he can do perfectly well but we need him in the box where he has been absolutely lethal for us in the last year.

Sakala doesn't look like the type of player who can lead a line unlike Roofe or Alfie. I only say that because to me he looked our most further forward player tonight. Same for the Motherwell game.

 

Sakala would be a great attacker for a midfielder that breaks the lines and feed thru balls for him to run on to or allows him to come short for 1-2s to then turn and run thru. But it seems none of our midfield can do that. Someone mentioned Aribo dithering on ball early in first half when Sakala was standing in gap between 2 defenders waiting in a quick pass. I was screaming at Aribo on telly at time,  “first time!!’. But he took several touches instead.  ”We need midfielders to react quicker, play first time passes and play the boy thru. Hopeful  punts to him when he’s got a defender up his jacksy don’t help the lad. 

[.Williamson. 82,184]

5 minutes ago, bluenoz said:

How can you not be fussed when Rangers lose? Comments like that dumbfound me.

Don’t know, just don’t feel fussed about that result tonight. 

We drop points at the weekend and I’ll be furious, but that tonight im not getting carried away over it. I think it’s because I realise any result in European football is a bonus 

[RFC55 108,889]

29 minutes ago, The Blues said:

I wonder how we would have got in the CL this season in place of Malmö who are not doing too well

Probably have intact arseholes at under 14 level 

[SIRB_72 4,000]

3 minutes ago, The Beast said:

It was Balogun who was on his arse out on the right wing for the goal. On his day he's brilliant but his days are too few.

I never said Balogun was good tonight though I do like him as well. Bassey has proven more than once he's much too rash when defending before tonight. St Johnstone and Ross County this season alone come to mind.

[andyhrfc 2,242]

Just dipping my toe in the RM water to see how things are.

Hmmm, still too toxic and fiery, will try again later when it calms down.

[SkylineBlue 23,343]

28 minutes ago, Scottywellhousetb said:

Can't wait for this fundamental change where we are better off than 6 points clear of the scum after 7 games, really excited for this. 

We're 6 points better off because they've had their worst start to a season in 20 odd years, not because we're playing well and smashing teams. Ultimately the only thing that matters is picking up the points no doubt, but picking up points from being this poor won't least a season, imo.

[Davidorrp 282]

Desperate for a game when every player on team sheet actually turns up. Every game so far this season we seem to have as many as 4 players below par. It’s maddening!

[chris182 6,292]

9 minutes ago, Hadron Collider said:

You left out the defending mate. 

I think we have an excuse there

[Laudrupsleftfoot 10,872]

1 minute ago, .Williamson. said:

Not for me. Not for me at all.

A run to the Europa league quarter finals over winning a treble? Nope

I've changed my mind actually, for this season only, given we haven't won one in so long.

[G.E.C. 18,768]

❤️

[Rowley Birkin 8,656]

i'll stick my head on the block and say this: sakala will come good for us and one we'll be wanting on the starting team all the time

 

 

and we'll beat them at home

[Ayrshire Blue 2,053]

3 minutes ago, sassaaaa said:

Hes useless at CB , that much we learned tonight. 

We had our first two choices of CB out injured.

Balogun & Bassey played their first competitive game together, with Bassey, the 21 YO left back playing as a Centre Half in an away tie in Europe!

I don’t think it’s fair to say he’s “useless” 🤦‍♂️

[Bad Robot 21,149]

Was Wright injured and why did Morelos not start? injured, not fit, attitude?

[Swagger 7,927]

5 minutes ago, johanhentze said:

I get what you are saying.. but if you see football as purely financial then the EPL is great for that. 

Get that too but the financial rewards of a league win outweighs a league win for this one season. We have a big rebuild coming up next season - need the cash pure and simple. They win the league they’ll go on a run of wins again 

[Bad Robot 21,149]

1 minute ago, Ayrshire Blue said:

We had our first two choices of CB out injured.

Balogun & Bassey played their first competitive game together, with Bassey, the 21 YO left back playing as a Centre Half in an away tie in Europe!

I don’t think it’s fair to say he’s “useless” 🤦‍♂️

Attackers lose Bassey quite easy but hopefully that comes for him 

[Laudrupsleftfoot 10,872]

11 minutes ago, .Williamson. said:

Not for me. Not for me at all.

A run to the Europa league quarter finals over winning a treble? Nope

Out of interest, would you have given up Manchester after say we'd finished last in the CL group in exchange for winning the treble that season?

[BlackpoolBear1952 388]

2 minutes ago, Bad Robot said:

Was Wright injured and why did Morelos not start? injured, not fit, attitude?

Gerrard said pre match that he had one eye on Sunday,maybe that?

[Hadron Collider 30,870]

Just wish the team had gone in to that fucking cesspit of a country and played their hearts out for Glen Kamara. That should’ve been enough incentive to beat the racist bastards.