Champions League draw coming up at 11 ET...
by wiNDycityfan (2020-10-01 08:13:31)

Here are the pots. Leipzig, Inter and Atalanta in Pot 3 could pose real problems to big clubs. I’m looking at you Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - get additional men in or you’re done.


Pot 1: Bayern Munich, Sevilla, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Juventus, PSG, Zenit St Petersburg, FC Porto

Pot 2: Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund, Shakhtar Donetsk, Chelsea, Ajax

Pot 3: Dynamo Kiev, FC Salzburg, RB Leipzig, Internazionale, Olympiakos, Lazio, Krasnodar, Atalanta

Pot 4: Lokomotiv Moscow, Marseille, Club Brugge, Borussia Monchengladbach, Istanbul Basaksehir, FC Midtjylland, Stade Rennes, Ferencvaros


Our golden generation
by Irishlawyer  (2020-10-02 09:26:23)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Zack Steffen (Manchester City)
Christian Pulisic (Chelsea)
Weston McKennie (Juventus)
Sergiño Dest (Barcelona)
Tyler Adams (RB Leipzig)
Chris Richards (Bayern Munich)
Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund)
Ethan Horvath (Club Brugge)

America has NEVER had this level of quality. Hell, just Gio and Pulisic make this unprecedented.


Reyna three assists today...
by iudomer  (2020-10-03 11:02:15)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Versus Freiburg.


Is Reyna our guy for taking corners from now on? *
by G.K.Chesterton  (2020-10-04 01:13:14)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post


Provided there's not a MLS player ahead of him...
by iudomer  (2020-10-05 08:46:05)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I put it to you Greg!!!!


Some additional ones
by wcnitz  (2020-10-02 10:17:22)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Konrad de la Fuente (Barcelona)
Reggie Cannon (Boavista)
Tim Weah (Lille) - he's finally fully fit


Useless exercise - who would you like to coach
by SixShutouts66  (2020-10-04 13:26:31)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Even with dissatisfaction and/or doubts about Berhalter, it seems like he's still safely ensconced as coach. It's hard to believe we'll trip up against the CONCACAF minnows we have to play, and friendly defeats are easily explained away by the powers that be.

Ideally who or what sort of coach would knowledgeable people want for this opportunity. It seems like any MLS coach or coach of a mid-level team in a big league would be fair game. It seems Gregg tries to fit people to his system ("schematic advantage" we experienced in FB) rather than adapt to the talent.


Of realistic choices
by wcnitz  (2020-10-04 18:32:23)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Van Gaal, Koeman (after Barcelona fires him), Steve Bruce, Mark Warburton.

Honestly, I don't want anyone from MLS.


Some compelling matchups through the
by KnightlyRevue  (2020-10-01 11:57:41)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

first two pots.

Messi v Cristiano in group play. PSG v ManU again. Bayern gets Atleti. Dortmund and Madrid with the most favorable draws thus far.


Correction: it's Dest/McKennie in group play. *
by SavageDragon  (2020-10-04 20:51:27)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post


#7 and #10 on the same pitch will be good theater.
by G.K.Chesterton  (2020-10-01 22:15:11)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post


H the Group of Death...
by iudomer  (2020-10-01 13:16:32)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

PSG/United/Leipzig.


Group of death for who?
by NDMike2001  (2020-10-01 17:50:31)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

United?


Congrats to Salzburg and Lokomotiv for making CL
by DakotaDomer  (2020-10-01 17:22:48)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Better luck next year


But now we have Sancho
by wiNDycityfan  (2020-10-01 13:33:22)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Oh wait


Aug 10th was 50 days ago...
by iudomer  (2020-10-01 14:26:21)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

you still have a chance on Monday.


And Dortmund got the easiest group
by wcnitz  (2020-10-01 13:23:55)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

On the whole, though, the groups came out pretty balanced this year.