(05-18-2018, 08:56 PM)DarloJAG84 Wrote:

(05-18-2018, 08:46 PM)JagsorDie Wrote: Yeah I guess that is valid. I guess I just question why they would drop almost a quarter of a billion on someone if they didn't feel they could compete. Yes real, Barca, Bayern, and manc are great but teams like Liverpool and Roma made a run and they have less talented squads than those teams and arguably psg as well.

Oh absolutely.. but quite often the underdog will overachieve.. like Roma did against Barcelona. PSG have an incredible amount of money and have the funds to pay for a player like Neymar (plus his salary). They can make him the face of the team, sell his jerseys and make him the first player on the team sheet when the starting 11 is announced. That's a HUGE pull for a player like Neymar.

 I think PSG feel as though they should be competing higher in the UCL than they are, and that's because of their domestic success. For what it's worth, I'm not hating on PSG, not at all. I just feel as though they have some way to go in terms of squad additions to be mentioned in the same discussion as potential Champions League challengers.

I agree with this. But what defines UCL challengers? I mean the year Chelsea won they had no business being there, they should have lost to napoli or Barca and even disregarding those, they never should have beaten Bayern in their home stadium. You would think that one of these years Paris would make a deep run but they just have not. It's a long year, it seems like the underdog who normally makes a deep run is generally not top of their league because they focus mainly on UCL or something. Unless you are real and have a bench worthy of being starting 11 on any other roster. Sort of like liverpool, no one would say Liverpool is better than manc but one is top of league the other is competing for ucl cup.

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(05-18-2018, 08:56 PM)DarloJAG84 Wrote:

(05-18-2018, 08:46 PM)JagsorDie Wrote: Yeah I guess that is valid. I guess I just question why they would drop almost a quarter of a billion on someone if they didn't feel they could compete. Yes real, Barca, Bayern, and manc are great but teams like Liverpool and Roma made a run and they have less talented squads than those teams and arguably psg as well.

Oh absolutely.. but quite often the underdog will overachieve.. like Roma did against Barcelona. PSG have an incredible amount of money and have the funds to pay for a player like Neymar (plus his salary). They can make him the face of the team, sell his jerseys and make him the first player on the team sheet when the starting 11 is announced. That's a HUGE pull for a player like Neymar.

 I think PSG feel as though they should be competing higher in the UCL than they are, and that's because of their domestic success. For what it's worth, I'm not hating on PSG, not at all. I just feel as though they have some way to go in terms of squad additions to be mentioned in the same discussion as potential Champions League challengers.

I agree with this. But what defines UCL challengers? I mean the year Chelsea won they had no business being there, they should have lost to napoli or Barca and even disregarding those, they never should have beaten Bayern in their home stadium. You would think that one of these years Paris would make a deep run but they just have not. It's a long year, it seems like the underdog who normally makes a deep run is generally not top of their league because they focus mainly on UCL or something. Unless you are real and have a bench worthy of being starting 11 on any other roster. Sort of like liverpool, no one would say Liverpool is better than manc but one is top of league the other is competing for ucl cup.

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