Leicester winning the league is an entirely different case compared to Bayern's monopolistic dominance in the Bundesliga. When Leicester won the league agreed it's unexpected, but they didn't win it out of their own explicit brilliance but rather out of how other usually competiting performed woefully. Leceister won the league with  81 points that has been the lowest points for a PL Champion from 14/15 till date (that's just as far as I can tell) but still they finished with 10 points ahead of 2nd. That showed how terrible the top team were fairing then.

Bayern can  afford to rest its key players on certain occasions in the league and still win comfortably, that can't be said of other high flying teams like Leipzig or Dortmund who might need to feed their best almost week in week out.

Indeed, time will tell. Until let's just enjoy the weekly dramas as they unfold.

Aren't things supposed to get better with time, I'm getting terrible by the week on SuperBRU, LFC_Bitcoin might in no time be out of reach to me 

Never used the site before(I don't even have an account on there) but I've been seeing their positive promotions for BTC as a whole which is very impressive, I must admit. I'd be on the lookout, If their odds are not too different. I've been looking for an alternative to 1xbet following various accusations against them as well as my recent encounter with them (I wasn't scammed though) but I can tell they are bitter losers.

Liverpool could have a premier league loss(or consecutive draws) on the horizon too, don't be too naive, Lol. I mean haven't we seen it happen before ?

Offside: Looks like a few people still got 1.5 points off Everton's lose... Hehehe 

I agree with @Joniboini There has been a hude the decline in La Masia players reaching the peak of their talents since the present Barca administration. There has been a huge lack of trust in them while the club enormous transfer fees to bring in recruits of the same calibre. All Barcelona does these days is to send these players out on series of loans(often with a buyback clause), That happened with Deulofeu, Denis Suarez, and Munir. All these were kids with great potentials and could have reach some peak if the club had given them better opportunities they were afforded to Busquets, Iniesta and Xavi. I doubt even those three great minds or even Messi would have existed under this current board.

Edit: @Toma beat me to it...

Maybe Indeed Juventus dominance is about to come to an end this season, Derby matches like the ones against Fiorentina used to be a one sided affair.

Conte's army as I would rather call them now, remain my favorites for the title this year.

I'd say Messi snd Suarez in 16year old but the tag would be outrageous, but he's really that good. Hopefully, Barcelona would nurture his talent.

Every team have had their fair share of reality that the season isn't going to be a roller coaster ride.

I could careless 

I've got Man Utd to win in the pool and Rashford to score on FortuneJacks majestic 7.

Tottenham is running riot! Son is on fire! 3 nil at 23 minutes, Lol, Definitely not the Crystal Palace I was expecting.

I expected a cruise from Real Madrid after 3 - 0 at halftime, At least the were still able to secure 3 points. It all could have been a different story (disastrous one) If Courtois hadn't made that crucial save.

I hope Barcelona can follow up with a victory of theirs, Even if it's marginal like this. You don't want to get too far behind this early into the league.

Messi is definitely out, Saurez should be to get some minutes (at least) If not the whole game. I think it's quite important that the team start adapting to Messi's absence and I'd have love to see it go for a few more games.

The lineups are out already, Hazard would be starting on the bench for the Los Blancos, with  Viniscus Jr starting.

I guess he's statements are contradictory, when he said Liverpool always have the less chance to win City whenever they play a non big-4 team" Less chance means having higher Odds compared to City. According to my past observations that's almost always been the case. Today's is no different (according to my bookies) Liverpool and City offered at 1.18 and 1.11 respectively. However it can be understood that  Newcastle is slightly better in terms of performance compared to Norwich.

Despite dominating the game, perhaps with a small margin Athletic Bilbao couldn't find a win and had to settle for a point. The highlight of the match being the fact both teams missed a penalty with about 9 minutes from stoppage time. Aduriz could have won it for Bilbao, following a VAR Review which awarded them a penalty with approximately a minute or so to play for.

I'd say they should call Allegri, but Man Utd would need a lot of patience to get things back in order.


Even with a functional squad Man Utd would have a tough day against Leicester, I'll probably wait to get more updates and place my bet while watching Liverpool.

The problem these days has to do with clubs/fans wanting instantaneous result. Klopp's Liverpool didn't get where they are over a fortnight, it took time and should Klopp leave today, I doubt Liverpool would have much to worry about over the next three seasons. Man Utd needs to get a coach in whose ability and football philosophy they believe in, then, entrust him with the WHOLE process. but that has seemed to be too much for the club

Casemiro is available for selection as well, making him and Toni Kroos the only pure midfielders available at Zidane's disposal.

Marca reported that Fede Valdverde will miss both the fixtures against Levante as well as clash against PSG, with the Uruguayan having tore a muscle.

Source
https://www.marca.com/futbol/real-madrid/2019/09/13/5d7b799bca474170138b4633.html

Messi is unavailable and wouldn't even get involved in the match, but he could feature for the Champions League opener as he stated in his latest interview.

“I will play when I feel really sure it isn't going to happen again because if it does then I’ll be out for even longer.”

“I really want to play. I hadn’t played for some time and was just back and this happened, so I’m really hungry to get playing again.”

"I certainly won’t be playing against Valencia and we’ll have to wait and see if I’m ready for Dortmund or Granada.”

Source:  https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/1341234/messi-barca-is-my-home

Atletico Madrid or Diego Simeone will never get cocky ahead, from my perspective the team treats every match with the same preparation, except there's something bigger to play for.

I'm of the opinion that even with a relatively good result Man Utd most likely would still part ways with Solksjaer, That's inline with what tomahawk highlighted that an average result (qualifying for second round of CL and maybe a top 4 finish) could secure Lampard till the start of another season, I doubt finishing 4th in the EPL would be enough for Solkjaer.

I guess as much too, I didn't see that coming, Kosovo putting three goals past the England's defense. But England team is still a work in progress, they're solid in attack, quite better in midfield, I'm sure they'll work on their defensive structure too.

It's just rather incredible that he keeps getting better with age!