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Yeah, something is going really awry at Old Trafford. One thing I never expected is for Man U to come out and look disjointed and unorganized, especially defensively. Blind and Smalling were "all over the place" -- the way the Brits mean it, the disparaging way (side note: I think it is...

Appears that Pep is going with a mirror-image 4-3-3, with Nolito as the nine, or maybe DeBruyne a false 9? Interesting squad. Several formations possible with those 11, really. Does Aguero have a knock? Shocker that he's left out, after he was rested for the first hour against Everton...

Who else is pumped for Man City/Barca?? My DVR is set. Pep will have to go back to a back 4 for this one, right? No way you can risk your back three having to match up with Barca's front three. Gotta outnumber them in the back. Not sure if there will be any lineup surprises.

I think it was harsh firing Guidolin when Swansea has had good performances lately, if not good results; but I'm delighted for Bob Bradley. I hope he turns things around. There is some decent quality in that Swansea side.

Awesome point for Celtic. They may have provided a blueprint for other teams to follow with their pressing. Liverpool/City has to be a fixture to circle now. But yeah, Celtic were dealt a crazy tough UCL draw. Gladbach hung in there with Barca today.

ACamp, are you afraid to jinx it?? Can't believe it's radio silence in here with the Bhoys having a magical game against a team that has dominated everyone all year.

The whole thing is just bizarre. What was he thinking? He was already making plenty of money. I think the England manager makes $3M a year. Just makes no sense.

Morris did a trial with Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga in January and got a contract offer. He decided to turn it down and stay in MLS (I wish he hadn't), but he has legit talent.

KDB out 4 weeks. Damn. Huge bummer that this probably keeps him out for that first Champs League matchup with Barca

Spurs/Liverpool and a Manchester Derby in the next round of the EFL Cup. Not bad. I love when top teams meet in League Cup games because you might get a chance to see how some of the younger fringe players hold up against top competition. For instance, LFC's Kevin Stewart might get a chance...

Geez, they don't look any worse for wear though, do they? Counting today's 5 they've scored 17 goals in a week.

Coutinho in for injured Firmino; Lovren in for Lucas. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash">#LFC</a> team to face <a href="https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC">@ChelseaFC</a>: Mignolet, Clyne, Matip, Lovren...

We're only an hour away. Nipples are tingling. <blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version="7" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px...

Disappointing for Man U today. The Twittersphere is saying they were very lackluster. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is all a bit Louis Van Gaal</p>— John Cross (@johncrossmirror) <a...

I was thinking the same thing. Rodgers sometimes experimented with Coutinho in a deeper role. I would be curious to see how he does as one of the two deeper midfielders in this new system. We woud give up a lot defensively, but gain a lot offensively, in maybe a Fabregas-esque way. I...

Such a strong window for Man City. Just an embarrassment of attacking talent. Don't forget they are adding Gabriel Jesus in January, who looked like a breakout star for Brazil last week. I'm curious how they will line up this weekend without Aguero. I kind of like the idea of Nolito as the...

Yep, Wisdom is off to Austrian champs Salzburg. Good move for him. Random, but good. I wonder if Sadio Mane had something to do with that deal. He played for Salzburg 2 years ago, if I'm not mistaken.

I think Gamboa is Rodgers's backup plan to Andre Wisdom, who Rodgers worked with at LFC, but LFC are being assholes about the loan fee. I hope they work something out. It's weird because they are very different types of RBs. Wisdom is tall and strong, can double as a center-back or can play...

Everything Soccer http://www.espnfc.com/story/2938047/christian-pulisic-subject-of-11-million-offer-from-liverpool-reports Would make my heart happy. I never thought of it before, but Pulisic reminds me a lot of Lallana. He would fit in great with Klopp. (Obviously, since Klopp signed him...

Oh yeah? I kind of like it. From the selling club's perspective, it's like a loan with real consequences for the player if he doesn't produce. Or, to put it differently, it avoids the problem of a loanee player selling himself and his own development short by giving less than 100% because he...