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#AFCON2021 Fantasy results 87th in the world 🗺️ 1st in Belgium 🇧🇪 Going for first next year🏆

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@cfcsimv2 @0xnewthing No because they won’t get top 16. If Chelsea got 1st in their group (top 8) they also could have goten PSG in 1/8 finals since they finished 2nd in the group (9-16th)

@0xnewthing Former format would’ve got you Crvena zvezda

Genuinely what’s the advantage of finishing top 8

@MC_frnk O’Reilly + Bernardo Nunes needs to start at right back

No Rodri or Nico to hold the midfield against Galatasaray 💔 Who’ll you prefer fill in the role tonight ??

@FPLfrasier He is just tired and really fatigued. He played an insane amount of games this year with almost no rest. Do you want him to get injured just because he is a ‘Star’?

Haaland could be a big name, but Pep remains the biggest star at City. I cannot imagine Messi or Ronaldo or Mbappe being benched after apologizing for two straight losses. The biggest names would force the manger to play them and win their team the next game. Haaland doesn’t have that pull yet, at least not in a Guardiola team.

@PhilouK_8 This is absolutly not the first time that he played awful in defense, he has costed us many games before

@FPL_Maxime Give him second chance please guys

Ma compo d’équipe pour affronter les Wolves demain Foden doit être sur le banc et essayer de se remettre en question car c’est très faible ce qu’il propose Haaland doit se reposer, Marmoush doit reprendre du rythme Guehi titulaire Vos avis ? Je pense que y’a pas débat hein

@PhilouK_8 Yeah he is better in midfield but not good enough to start in a top team like City. We should have sold him to forrest this summer.

@FPL_Maxime Lewis is not defender, he is a 8, he has told this a long time ago. It’s Pep that want to oblige him to game at this position

@chillykdog Wait Pete might be back. 2nd in damage and in kills after barely placing/playing in the last couple months. He still got it

Cold was on one Today 😭

@PhilouK_8 Lewis is an awful defender. Aké, Khusanov, Alleyne, Mfuni, Ait Nouri all above him, just don’t start him

@FPL_Maxime Haha I understand, but Aké is not good also

@toffeedaz @nigel_b_golf As if big teams were often knocked out in the previous format. This format also gives us a lot more big games which we didn't have before

@nigel_b_golf It's garbage. Just a convoluted way to ensure the elite stay in it until KO stage and the competition and clubs make even more money with more games. Very little jeopardy in 24 out of 36 to KO. Nobody really cares about the competition until the KO stage.

Seeing loads of people saying the UCL format isn’t good? I think it’s way better than the old group stage. Basically only 8 teams are through to the knockout stage of the 36 teams. That puts a premium on finishing in those top spots. There then is a further premium on being top 2 so you get a home tie for the 2nd leg in all the knockout rounds. For teams in 9-24 spots, you are in a roulette situation. Last year there was PSG, Real Madrid, Man City and Juve in the playoffs for Ro16. You could end up with a massive tie just to get into the last 16. Then could end up with a huge Ro16 game like Liverpool v PSG… This year as it stands only Arsenal and Bayern are guaranteed a last 16 spot going into MW8. From 3rd to 32nd the teams have something to play for!!! Either to get into the playoff round, get a higher placing in the playoff seeding or to try and get a top 8 spot and avoid the playoff round….. What is not to like? We’ve had massive matches…… Arsenal v Bayern, Madrid v Liverpool, Barca v PSG, PSG v Bayern etc and we’ve had some huge upsets. The Swiss league format has reinvigorated a stale group stage. I’m all for it. What do you think?

@fcmad1960 @nigel_b_golf Big teams play each other now twice like PSG-Bayern and PSG-Barcelona We wouldn't get those matches between pot 1 teams in the old format. Big teams also were rarely eliminated with the old format

@nigel_b_golf How many "big" clubs will end up getting eliminated? Spoiler: Zero.

@NilsMackay 31 even because being 2nd also matters for Bayern as that would mean that every return leg is at home for them and that they wouldn’t face Arsenal until the final

Just to drive home what a great format the new Champions League is — with 1 game to go 30 out of 36 teams still have something to play for.

@dheller91 And Newcastle is still in the top 8 even when they have some of the hardert fixtures. Abd having 5 teams in the top 8 is just crazy, everyone plays 2 pot 1 teams and the Prem teams performed. Look what Vilarreal are doing with their easy fixtures, they are 35th with 1 point.

The Premier League is only doing well this year in the Champions League because there's only 1 Premier League team in the Top 21 hardest schedules, according to Opta. The league that is touted as the "toughest in the world" has had the most convenient path to advancing.

@marnafii He would instantly snake for Boltz or Ajerss

Rapid told Reet he would only snake him for Pollo or Cold

@rodriiola Yeah we needed someone who could play next to Nico/Rodri in a double pivot and someone who could add something defensivly which Reijnders just can’t. He also isn’t really creative enough. Really good box crashing midfielder but not what we need. Anderson/Bruno G would be better

Honest question: did city buy Reijnders bc he was the midfielder of the season for Serie A last season or did they buy him bc they actually did research on him and saw he’s what we needed? He’s a good player but he wasn’t what we lacked in that midfield. Pep suggesting he can play as a dm but Reijnders himself said winning duels is his weakness that he can’t do it so do they not know the players they buy??

@BoopNL_ This is so AWFUL. How are they making the UI worse every update?

This might be the worst thing I've ever seen

@yangscout Heel goede transfer inderdaad. Hij starte deze zomer nog voor Frankrijk U21 waar spelers met een marktwaarde van 20 tot 30 miljoen zoals Thierno Barry, Jean-Mattéo Bahoya en Matthias Abline voor hem op de bank zaten. Kan ook op meerdere posities spelen (LW, CAM en CM)

Heel grote fan van dit, was bij Cercle een speler die eruit sprong en ik wel vond passen bij Club.

@bernardooooV3 PSG in RO16 would be horrible for us. All paths to the final will be really difficult. We just need to get top 8 so that we don't have to play 2 extra games. Our players need the extra rest

But as things stand (we are 11th), our path to the final will look like this (assuming higher lying teams win their matchups): Play offs: Man City vs Monaco/PSV RO16: Man City vs Tottenham/PSG QF: Man City vs Real Madrid/Liverpool SF: Man City vs Arsenal/Bayern

If we somehow finish 7th or 8th and win our RO16 tie, then we will play against Arsenal or Bayern in QFs with the second leg at the Emirates or Allianz. Win that we play the second leg of SFs at home. Yeah good luck

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