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Yuuichirou Kumada said:
Welp, I'm kinda worried about São Paulo's chances tomorrow. It is the domestic Cup's semifinals against Flamengo., and they somehow mounted one hell of a team since their failure in the Rio State Championship, easily their best since 2019. Even the B-team managed to beat Corinthians' main squad a few rounds ago. And of course, they'll go all-in tomorrow.

Ah well, at least we can still win the Sudamericana. It speaks levels about the state of South American footy that such a middling and inconsistent team like São Paulo is the favorite to win it.
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The inconsistency is what makes watching south american football as a neutral so much fun though
 
In somewhat unsurprising news, EFL club Stoke City have sacked former Northern Ireland boss Micheal O'Neill after a poor start to the season. Sean Dyche is the favorite to be the replacement but other candidates include Tony Mowbray and a potential Tony Pulis return.
 
Juventus drawn into the same group as PSG? Not a problem for Max Allegri, who is developing a new possession-based philosophy called the Octagon.
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The goal is for the backline to complete short passes to each other for 90 minutes and hope for a scoreless draw.
 
Zaha rumoured to have met with Chelsea, so much for being injured last game. All while Crystal Palace put in a fresh bid for Gallagher, so the rumour goes.
 
So trannies freaked out before posting the Uefa Champions League, Europa league, and Conference league groups. So its late but time to outline everything and get your predictions out there

Champions League
Group A
Ajax
Liverpool
Napoli
Rangers

Sneakily difficult group but Liverpool should win it. But second place will be a tough ask. Gonna go with Napoli though after Ajax were ransacked this summer

Group B
Porto
Atletico Madrid
Leverkusen
Brugge

Atletico Madrid and Leverkusen should be battling for top spot but Porto are the dark horse to take 3rd. Unless someone collapses

Group C
Bayern
Barca
Inter
Plzen

Bayern should win this group. Losing Lewandowski and getting Mane allowed Bayern to play the way Nagelsmann wants to play and they should be just crushing most of the competition. Barca will probably be up and running to claim second place while Inter get relegated to the Europa league. But don't count out a Barca collapse

Group D
Frankfurt
Tottenham
Sporting
Marseille

Tottenham should win this group. That being said, Frankfurt and Marseille can easily win it or take second. Leaning Marseille right now.

Group E
Milan
Chelsea
Salzburg
Zagreb

Chelsea should win it but Milan will put up a fight. Salzburg take third. Pretty straight forward

Group F
Real Madrid
Leipzig
Donetsk
Celtic

Group G
Man City
Sevilla
Dortmund
Copenhagen

Man City should win this group. I think Sevilla probably take second and Dortmund go into the Europa League. Just don't think Dortmund are consistent enough and they lost Haaland

Group H
PSG
Juventus
Benfica
Maccabi

PSG win the group. That front 3 is clicking and Messi is now scoring goals for fun. Can't see how they don't win it. I am going to go with a little bit of a hot take and say Benfica get second. Juve to the Europa league and just concentrate on Serie A

Europa League post next

Europa League

Group A
Arsenal
PSV
Bodo
Zurich

Arsenal win this one and PSV finish second. There isn't even much travel involved so unless PSV and/or Arsenal don't take it seriously, they should win it

Group B
Kyiv
Rennes
Fenerbahce
Larnaca

Rennes and Fenerbahce advance but I think Fene wins the group. I just don't trust mid table french teams who get hot from the prior season. They lose too many good players over the summer

Group C
Roma
Ludogorets
Betis
HJK

Roma should win this and Betis finish second. Betis suck in Europe though so I bet its going to be a struggle to finish second

Group D
Braga
Malmo
Union Berlin
Union Saint-Gilloise

Braga and Union berlin come out of this but thats just a lucky guess tbh

Group E
Man U
Sociedad
Sheriff
Omonia

Man U and Sociedad should win this unless Sheriff decides to pull what they did last year

Group F
Lazio
Feyenoord
Midtjylland
Sturm Graz

Lazio should win. Idk about Feyenoord and Midtjylland though. Leaning towards Feyenoord though

Group G
Olympiacos
Qarabag
Freiburg
Nantes

I think Olympiacos wins this because I don't trust Freiburg and Nantes to do much outside of finishing second. Leaning Nantes because Freiburg are only here because of the DFB Pokal and there is no such magic in the Europa league

Group H
Red Star Belgrade
Monaco
Ferencvaros
Tranzonspor

Monaco should win this group pretty easily and Tranzonspor should take second

Conference league next

Conference League

Group A
Fiorentina
Hearts
Istanbul Basaksehir
HFS

Fiorentina and Istanbul to win. Scottish team not named Celtic or Rangers suck and HFS is from the Latvian league

Group B
Anderlecht
FCSB
Silkeborg
West Ham

West Ham should win this if they can turn around their season a little. Anderlecht seems like the second best since FCSB is from Romania and Silkeborg is a middle table Danish team

Group C
Austria Wien
H. Beer-Sheva
Lech Poznan
Villareal

Villareal win and I think Lech Poznan take second but Wien could potentiall do something

Group D
Koln
Nice
Partizan
Slovacko

Nice wins and Koln finish second. Pretty cut and dry

Group E
AZ
Apollon
Dnipro
Vaduz

AZ win. I literally don't know any of these other teams so I will random number guess Apollon

Group F
Djurgarden
Gent
Molde
Shamrock Rovers

Lol at the irish team in here. Gent and Molde are my predictions to get out

Group G
Ballkani
CFR Cluj
Sivasspor
Slavia Praha

Could not tell you at all. I recognize Slavia Praha and CFR Cluj so Praha one Cluj two

Group H
Basel
Pyunik
Slovan Bratislava
Zalgiris

I am going with Basel one and Pyunik two because I like Pyunik's badge


There we go, predictions made
 
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Has anyone been able to follow this Pogba story? Apparently his brother and cousin are extorting him. Part of the claim is that he put some kind of Islamic spell on Mbappe if I understand correctly. Weird stuff

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Did Pogba's curse turn him into a homosexual?
 
Manchester United are at it again with some shrewd transfer business, paying north of 80 million pounds for Antony, a player who's been ... okay, for Ajax.

Almost makes you wonder if ETH is just there to inject a fuckton of money in to Ajax, and then resign when the coffers have been emptied out.
 
Hüftpriester said:
Has anyone been able to follow this Pogba story? Apparently his brother and cousin are extorting him. Part of the claim is that he put some kind of Islamic spell on Mbappe if I understand correctly. Weird stuff
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Yeah, looks like a bunch of people who knew him growing up are just trying to get lots of money out of him. Its becoming pretty standard and I hope they get thrown in jail for a few years for extortion

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Apparently Islamic magic is a thing


Monkey Shoulder said:
Manchester United are at it again with some shrewd transfer business, paying north of 80 million pounds for Antony, a player who's been ... okay, for Ajax.

Almost makes you wonder if ETH is just there to inject a fuckton of money in to Ajax, and then resign when the coffers have been emptied out.
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The Glazers aren't the issue lolol
 
DSP's Tax Lawyer said:
Yeah, looks like a bunch of people who knew him growing up are just trying to get lots of money out of him. Its becoming pretty standard and I hope they get thrown in jail for a few years for extortion
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Yeah, I feel like jail is insufficient as a punishment in this case. Blackmailing or extorting a family member is pretty much as low as it gets. These people should just be thrown in the nearest bog.

That being said, as a Juventus fan, I'm kind of hoping this gives us an out with the Pogba contract. It was a bad idea from the beginning. Now we got this kid Miretti showing he belongs in the starting 11 even when the whole squad is fit.

Typical Juve, they have way too many midfielders and they're trying to bring in Paredes from PSG rather than a winger or fullback.

Speaking of Serie A, it looks like Ronaldo to Napoli is picking up some steam. They've actually looked a lot better than expected so far. They lost some big players this summer but brought in Raspadori and this Georgian winger who looks really impressive.
 
Hüftpriester said:
Speaking of Serie A, it looks like Ronaldo to Napoli is picking up some steam. They've actually looked a lot better than expected so far. They lost some big players this summer but brought in Raspadori and this Georgian winger who looks really impressive.
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Napoli might be scamming United into paying 130 mil for their forward and taking on somewhere around 85% of Ronaldo's contract while they take him on loan for probably a season. Would be an amazing move by Napoli


blahblahblah678 said:
Scott Parker told to sod off by Bournemouth, sacked after losing 9-0 to Liverpool.
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Apparently he kept blaming the owners for his losses and they got tired of him doing that
 
Glad to see Dybala open his account at Roma with a brace. I hope my nigga can lock down a spot in the starting 11 for the Argentina NT.

Also glad to see Chelsea drop more points. It hasn't been going so well for Tuchel since he got BTFO by Mr. Conte.
DSP's Tax Lawyer said:
Napoli might be scamming United into paying 130 mil for their forward and taking on somewhere around 85% of Ronaldo's contract while they take him on loan for probably a season. Would be an amazing move by Napoli
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After United's summer, this wouldn't surprise me at all. It seems that everyone is fleecing them with the notable exception of Rabiot's mom.
 
Right now FC Bayern is playing their 1st round game of DFB Pokal. Against 3rd division club Viktoria Köln.

It's the 20th minute and Köln just scored the 1:0. It didn't count bc offside but holy shit. Bayern's defence looked like shit. If they don't fix that I call Bayern not to survive the Champions League group stage.
 
Onni Kalsarikännit said:
Right now FC Bayern is playing their 1st round game of DFB Pokal. Against 3rd division club Viktoria Köln.

It's the 20th minute and Köln just scored the 1:0. It didn't count bc offside but holy shit. Bayern's defence looked like shit. If they don't fix that I call Bayern not to survive the Champions League group stage.
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DFB Pokal is not the same as champions league. I think they will be fine
 
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