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Bayern arent quite Barca yet who need mass changes. But their quality squad is getting on a bit. Robben and Ribery are winding down. Good to get a German league preview. A Spanish one would be good - Barca and Real have been 50/50 for a few years, all of a sudden Real looks miles ahead. Kroos, Modric, Bale, Ronaldo, Benzema etc blast away Suarez and Messi. Yet Messi is still the best individual but Ronaldo is getting better as a No.9. Barca need to make a statement and sign Mbappe and Dembele and resign Sanchez from Arsenal and throw in Coutinho they look a lot healthier.

Its like Buses. Nothing for a while and two come along at once. I guess both preview threads can be merged??

Frank Spencer was accidental in his mistakes!! There was a thread not so long ago about bad ex Gers players. Daly isnt even mentioned because he was that bad. This game couldnt come quick enough and we need to show up and let everyone see that we are playing like Chumbawamba. I get knocked down but I get up again. In the XI. Possibly Rossiter for Jack. Possibly Kranjcar for Windass.

You get the feeling they rescinded the card as a nice gesture yet the radio silence from all angles is deafening. We dropped points (2 or 3) when Jack was wrongly sent off - rescinding is the right decision but we can still field XI in the next game to win - i.e. the damage was done. I suspect Beaton will be up for Player of the month award. Refs are getting blatant now yet I actually said in the Motherwell thread that the ref had a good game and let it flow. If players can play in foreign countries why cant refs move about also.

This hole thing stinks TBH now. 6 days later and it seems Lennon is untouchable. The facts are Halliday and Fenlon received bans for the exact same gesture. Yet Lennon hasnt been taken infront of the SFA or whoever to explain his actions. Refs wise and in game incidents were a joke and the SFA gives them a cooling off period. Someone inside Rangers has to come out a bit stronger.

Who will be my coupon busters this week. Saturday Swansea 0-2 Man Utd Bournemouth 1-1 Watford Burnley 1-1 West Brom Leicester 1-0 Brighton Liverpool 2-0 Crystal Palace Southampton 0-0 West Ham Stoke 0-2 Arsenal Sunday Huddersfield 1-0 Newcastle Tottenham 2-1 Chelsea Monday Man City 1-1 Everton

Legend fits into the same debate as 'World Class' and 'Big Club'.....there is no exact meaning or fixed criteria and it comes down to opinion.

He just cant wait to get the green light on the move so he can turn Pittodrie into flats which means he can then move on and sell his part in the club.

With Villa it would be too early to panic if this was only 3 games but Bruce didnt pull up trees last season.

Shame, a likeable guy and Ive always liked him as a manager.

"Cooling off period". Why cant those running the game just state its due to awful performances rather than taking them out the heat kind of argument. English FA had no problem previously of making stronger true statements.

Late goal gives a slight lifeline but Liverpools 2 away goals should be enough. Come on the Astana tonight.

Think McLaren would have been better than the other names listed.

Cardiff Wolves and Ipswich the surprise front runners with max points. Garner and Waghorn both doing well. Aston Villa, 1 point from opening 3 games.

They look much more like a real Man Utd team now both in play and personnel. The only thing is West Ham set up far to open and tried to match them and out play them which was silly.

Reading a couple of posts from this page makes me wish the club would just apply to play in another league somewhere.

Its unreal. Like a pub attack on a Friday night.

The ref has to get dropped which we have seen happen in England. He should be put down to lower leagues.

Holy shite that's nuts. First time ive seen that. If he doesn't get a suspension for that!!

Think Man Utd could be the champs this season. they looked good and have good options all over the pitch.

Lennon has to be pulled up for that signal. Its a gesture and not a celebration. If he holds one arms up and punches the air its a celebration, the other arm over to cover the other arm is sign language for get it up you. You cant do that in his position. Its as clear as day. Was Gazza putting the hands to his mouth seen as him playing a mouth organ when he did it?? Of course not.

The Result and the nonsense of what happened aside we have to pick ourselves up and just concentrate on the next match. I think we will see more of this as the season goes on especially away from home. Applying to the English Conference 5 years ago should have been done - instead we fund teams and they continuously try to pull a step away as we climb the ladder. Getting back to the top was always going to take 2-3 seasons AFTER being promoted. Its doesnt help with crap like refs not doing their job but we have to find a way of just winning games - or if not winning - not to lose them. We could have been out of sight after 1-0 with the shot off the post and Miller's effort which caught him by surprise. Personally Id have taken on Rossiter straight away. When you lose a man you have to keep your shape at the back and in midfield. Hibs are on a high momentum run in the same way Hearts did when they come back up - it wont last.

You say is too early for this thread question but it isnt too early to be looking to replace him? He has to get the first round of matches before being judged because its a new squad and he has only had 4 competitive matches. Yesterdays result wasnt a reflection on PC. You can argue he should have brought on Rossiter straight away for a like for like replacement to Jack and played out a more defensive game than looking for a win. Hearts, Ross Country and Dundee are our next league outings and more judgement will be obvious after these matches. 9 points is a must though.

Waghorn got Ipswich' winner away to Barnsley. Ipswich have started well with 2 out of 2. Forest also have two wins. Villa thumped at Cardiff and Bruce already needing to win at Reading in midweek. But looking at their starting line up they need at least 4 better players to come in. Warnock waving his magic at the moment at Cardiff, talking about all the managers who know this division Warnock is probably they best out there. Wednesday held at home to QPR.

I dont think anyone will be running away with a lot of correct results from these games. Huddersfield and Burnley come in and do that. Excellent results for those two. Chelsea were poor. Liverpool conceding cost me my accumulator though. Had Arsenal, Everton, Liverpool and City and a 93rd offside goal cost it.