Barça fan here. Impressive City! I love Park and Hasegawa as two top midfielders, and adding Viedema is a great move for them. Hemp and Shaw are fantastic players, they made a difference last Wednesday. City are a real contender for both the UWCL and the WSL. My MVP contenders this year: are Ramirez, and Shaw. Barça? ... slow start, let's see how this unfolds.
Gotta imagine Barca figure some stuff out, especially against Hammarby. I almost feel like it’s not even so much about Barca sliding backwards but the rest of the teams in the field catching up. Really appreciate you hanging out and weighing in! -Dino
Great analysis as always gentlemen! 2 things. 1. As a proud MCWFC fan like Grant so happy to return to UWCL action🫶💪🙌 2. My penalty taker our very own Chloe Kelly whipping them in at 111 km/hr! Also shouting out Giulia Gwinn from Bayern. She has never missed from the spot 👌
Grant - Love the Victory Vibe, thanks (as a Chelsea fan) for taking down the reigning champs. I also thought Julia Grosso was Italian even though she plays for a Chicago side that's grown on me over the past few years. Dino - I feel your pain with Arsenal. It's always rough but that's the beauty of supporting multiple teams- for every Arsenal you'll hopefully have an Orlando Pride. They have too good a roster to be down for long, and I'm looking forward to the Russo Renaissance in the near future. Best of luck to both your squads in the tournament; I'll gladly put our league rivalries aside and cheer for whoever goes farthest.
Thanks for rocking with us, Philip. I appreciate you standing with me and not being ashamed to admit you thought Grosso was an Italian national. We'll be locked into your Chelsea Blues throughout this tournament, and I'm psyched to see them challenge for the trophy once again. - Grant
For me, this Arsenal situation with Jonas has some resemblance to the USWNT with Vlatko. Jonas hasn't achieved success at this level to command a certain level of respect. So when things start going wrong and the players lose confidence in him, it's game over.
Vlatko is a great comp for Jonas. Love that. I’m not sure if he’s “lost the locker room” as of yet, that could totally be the explanation for the recent performances. Either way, whether it’s tactical, or a leadership issue, something’s got to change if Arsenal are going to survive this stage of the tourney. Appreciate you chiming in and rocking with your boys!!
People forget that our girls won a quadruple and played games until the end of june 1 week off for vacation and right after t that they joined camp for international duty the girls were exhausted you could tell especially against czech team and playjng for euro entrance and after go straight into the olympics playing games almost broken. Aitana patri ona irene cata salma where dead after the loss. 10 days off and right back into pre season. We stil in a hangover from last year winning a quadruple and nations leuage. And the olympics is 2 days rest next game 2 days rest next game. So many people forget that these girls are human somehow but slowely we getting back our ohysicality especially after this espanyol game we wil struggle this first half of the season. the second half, when salma has returned we will show why we are the best. People writing the champions off is crazy work this is a marathon and even gareth taylor said there is a reason why they are barcalona how they bounce back ia incredible end qoute! Hammerby wil get the Hammer!! But great episode tho 👏🏻
Idk man! I do trust in our girls. But also the changes in coaching seem a bit off. Plus he's making a lot of rotations to rest the players but that doesn't help building the chemistry. Let's hope they bounce back quickly 💙❤️
Hammarby will get the hammer is incredible by you! And fair point about Barca’s workload. This is Dino, and I love to overreact after one match as you can also see from my Arsenal coverage lol
@HandleMeUp it's a combination of both the first month of jonathan cules wanted his head as well after cortes and we were blaming the club and the girls for not wanting cortes to stay and put the blame on the girls for not able to handle the workload and stuff but we have to trust the process everybody was mad after the game but I loves the game 65 min of the game overal we showed intensity second half pure domination. But the coach is constantly trying to gel his ideas with the system but he actually has no time to tinker snd test that stage is over. But we desperately need a Left winger and a RB like.natalia kuika to balance put the squad.
Glad you admit to having to crank the happiness meter down; nevertheless I think it will have to go a lot further down before the season is over. For me, it's amazing what you see on a second watching (or miss on a first). But first, great game by Chitty. They were very, very good: Fowler, Hasegawa, Shaw, Hemp, but above all, Laia Alexandri who, apart from everything else, saved two goals off the line. [It will be great to see her in Bleaugrana in a season or two] This Barca will be better than last seasons. This seems obvious to me. Having said that, they are in recovery mode and have to ease their way to Christmas and try and find themselves in the best place when it counts. Something they did perfectly last season. The performance of Spain at the Olympics are part of the symptoms of burn out that are evident at Barca now. The good news (for my happiness meter) is that Pere Romeu and co seem to know what's needed. It's clearest in the league: 1-0 vs Sevilla; losing 1-0 at half time vs Madrid CFF and Espanyol and finishing 8-1 and 7-1. Even the 10-1 reached half time at 2-0 plus 2 at injury time at the end of the half. Aitana (like Salma), is not ready for retirement (in their 20s). There's a reason they are being rested and not starting league games. Come the end of season that reason should become clear. [And don't forget my prediction that Payor will break goal scoring records this season]
You are on record with your Pajor prediction. Very curious though, what’s your read on the coach? This is Dino, as always very much appreciate you hanging out!!
@@IntoTheChannelPod Barca seem to think he was the brains behind (or beside) Giraldez so I'll take their word for it for now; after all, they were right about Giraldez when I was apprehensive of the transition from Luis Cortez. Also, the girls seem to trust him. In any case, La Reina Alexia XI runs the show so, no worries. If she can win a World Cup from the bench with Rubiales & co 'in charge', she should be able to straighten Romeo out.
Don’t worry Dino Arsenal still have a decent chance of getting out of the group. Wolfsburg beat Bayern in the league this weekend so they can be had! Of course the intensity and creativity does need to ratchet up for Arsenal, but I’m hopeful that line up changes could help. I am not a football manager but here are some of my unsolicited line up thoughts. In pre-season it seemed like a nice attacking partnership was forming between Russo in the 9 and Kafaji in the 10. I hope Kafaji sees more pitch time…idk what is going on there. I love Little but I think Cooney-Cross could start over her (or sub in earlier at least) to bring more intensity, break up play but also offer attacking threat (has been known to rocket one in from distance). She is not a complete replacement for the stellar Pelova but I think she could help boss the midfield more than what is happening now. Foord, Caldentey and McCabe have been bringing the intensity and goal scoring chances and I thought they were starting to form some nice patterns of play together in the early UWCL qualifying games (albeit the competition was not as tough as now.. .sorry rangers). I think they need to keep starting together more consistently. In defense, the CBs have been switching so much with injury, but now they all seem to be back I hope more reps can be put in with the first choice pairing to bring more defensive organization. Foxy at RB has so many games in her legs can the woman get a rest? Catley back from injury can she come in since Weinroither is now dealing with injury? I thought DVD has been a good shot stopper so far in WSL. Would love her to get more UWCL group games.
The wheel is still speaning, never matters how you starting the season but how you finish.All the podcasts and shows already especially the English ones wrote off Barca for reaching even the semifinals,you including.Its nice to wait for a team such as Barca to lose and celebrate,but as i said the season finishes at end of May.For me this Barca team is not yet ready to compete big teams,you can see it clear as daylight,that they lacked intensity,physicality,speed and awareness.They never were first in the ball and City made them with their reledless pressing to miss many passes in dangerous areas.Pere Romeu made all the wrong subs and mess the team badly.For me not the right choice for coatching these unique exceptionaly talented players.To understand how badly Barcelona were imagine that Caroline couldn't pass on sprint race Casparij. This is not yet in the sphere of reality. Maybe it will happen 3 years from now but Graham still is one of the fastest players out there.Also Ona Battle when she was playing in MU owned Hemp in every match they played eachother,and i will say it again OWNED Hemp.When she played in WSL she was among the best 3 player there. What happened in this match was that Hemp bossed every player she was against her,either was Graham or Ona or Aitana. This is not happening against peak form BARCA players. It's all coming down with the manager.This Barca team struggles even in LigaF.This is no coincidence,they play badly the first 45 minutes for 7 games in a row now. If they continue like this ,yes i will agree they are going nowhere but the season still finishes in May. Maybe the players will have something else to tell us.
I agree Barca has not kicked into gear yet, and to write them off so early would be a mistake. These players have a strong champion mentality and are so talented, intelligent, and creative. They have found a way before in spite of bad management with the national team. They are more than capable of rising through adversity on the club level. I am a MCWFC fan, but I have much respect for the Blaugrana and it’s influence on our club’s style of play!
@@mlsarchitect Up until this moment he showed me absolutely nothing.The players are on auto pilot mod and we are winning because of their brilliance and individual quality. But against big teams you need hard preparation and good tactics. The crusial matches are right in the corner with Atletico and Real Madrid and then we have to play hopefully City for the 1st place in the group if we win all the other marches and if we get a good goal difference. These are a lot of ifs for a team like Barca which dominated everything the past 6 years. A lot of ifs and no certainty.
@@ithan1977 There are only 'ifs' in sport, there's never 'certainty'. That's for Marvel comic books. Having said that, Barca femeni is the next best thing to 'Ironman XIV'.
Bunny Shaw is just delightful to watch.
What a player, Blue. Dino was right on when he said she looked FAST in spots, which just makes her an even bigger nightmare for opponents.
Barça fan here. Impressive City! I love Park and Hasegawa as two top midfielders, and adding Viedema is a great move for them. Hemp and Shaw are fantastic players, they made a difference last Wednesday. City are a real contender for both the UWCL and the WSL. My MVP contenders this year: are Ramirez, and Shaw. Barça? ... slow start, let's see how this unfolds.
Gotta imagine Barca figure some stuff out, especially against Hammarby. I almost feel like it’s not even so much about Barca sliding backwards but the rest of the teams in the field catching up. Really appreciate you hanging out and weighing in! -Dino
Great analysis as always gentlemen! 2 things. 1. As a proud MCWFC fan like Grant so happy to return to UWCL action🫶💪🙌 2. My penalty taker our very own Chloe Kelly whipping them in at 111 km/hr! Also shouting out Giulia Gwinn from Bayern. She has never missed from the spot 👌
Two excellent omissions. Thanks for chiming in and for the kind words!!
Grant - Love the Victory Vibe, thanks (as a Chelsea fan) for taking down the reigning champs. I also thought Julia Grosso was Italian even though she plays for a Chicago side that's grown on me over the past few years.
Dino - I feel your pain with Arsenal. It's always rough but that's the beauty of supporting multiple teams- for every Arsenal you'll hopefully have an Orlando Pride. They have too good a roster to be down for long, and I'm looking forward to the Russo Renaissance in the near future.
Best of luck to both your squads in the tournament; I'll gladly put our league rivalries aside and cheer for whoever goes farthest.
Thanks for rocking with us, Philip. I appreciate you standing with me and not being ashamed to admit you thought Grosso was an Italian national. We'll be locked into your Chelsea Blues throughout this tournament, and I'm psyched to see them challenge for the trophy once again. - Grant
For me, this Arsenal situation with Jonas has some resemblance to the USWNT with Vlatko. Jonas hasn't achieved success at this level to command a certain level of respect. So when things start going wrong and the players lose confidence in him, it's game over.
Vlatko is a great comp for Jonas. Love that. I’m not sure if he’s “lost the locker room” as of yet, that could totally be the explanation for the recent performances. Either way, whether it’s tactical, or a leadership issue, something’s got to change if Arsenal are going to survive this stage of the tourney. Appreciate you chiming in and rocking with your boys!!
People forget that our girls won a quadruple and played games until the end of june 1 week off for vacation and right after t
that they joined camp for international duty the girls were exhausted you could tell especially against czech team and playjng for euro entrance and after go straight into the olympics playing games almost broken. Aitana patri ona irene cata salma where dead after the loss. 10 days off and right back into pre season. We stil in a hangover from last year winning a quadruple and nations leuage. And the olympics is 2 days rest next game 2 days rest next game. So many people forget that these girls are human somehow but slowely we getting back our ohysicality especially after this espanyol game we wil struggle this first half of the season. the second half, when salma has returned we will show why we are the best. People writing the champions off is crazy work this is a marathon and even gareth taylor said there is a reason why they are barcalona how they bounce back ia incredible end qoute! Hammerby wil get the Hammer!! But great episode tho 👏🏻
Idk man! I do trust in our girls. But also the changes in coaching seem a bit off. Plus he's making a lot of rotations to rest the players but that doesn't help building the chemistry. Let's hope they bounce back quickly 💙❤️
Hammarby will get the hammer is incredible by you! And fair point about Barca’s workload. This is Dino, and I love to overreact after one match as you can also see from my Arsenal coverage lol
This is Dino, and the coach is my #1 thing to watch right now. It’s a real question mark for me. Thanks for chiming in and hanging out Handle!
@IntoTheChannelPod We love the content D keep up the good work.💪🏻
@HandleMeUp it's a combination of both the first month of jonathan cules wanted his head as well after cortes and we were blaming the club and the girls for not wanting cortes to stay and put the blame on the girls for not able to handle the workload and stuff but we have to trust the process everybody was mad after the game but I loves the game 65 min of the game overal we showed intensity second half pure domination. But the coach is constantly trying to gel his ideas with the system but he actually has no time to tinker snd test that stage is over. But we desperately need a Left winger and a RB like.natalia kuika to balance put the squad.
Thank God - " You're back!".
Enjoy your full analysis of the women's champion league.
Abdul! We appreciate you chiming in and rocking with us!!
Glad you admit to having to crank the happiness meter down;
nevertheless I think it will have to go a lot further down before the season is over.
For me, it's amazing what you see on a second watching (or miss on a first).
But first,
great game by Chitty. They were very, very good: Fowler, Hasegawa, Shaw, Hemp,
but above all, Laia Alexandri who, apart from everything else, saved two goals off the line.
[It will be great to see her in Bleaugrana in a season or two]
This Barca will be better than last seasons. This seems obvious to me.
Having said that, they are in recovery mode and have to ease their way to Christmas
and try and find themselves in the best place when it counts. Something they did perfectly last season.
The performance of Spain at the Olympics are part of the symptoms of burn out that are evident at Barca now.
The good news (for my happiness meter) is that Pere Romeu and co seem to know what's needed.
It's clearest in the league: 1-0 vs Sevilla; losing 1-0 at half time vs Madrid CFF and Espanyol and finishing 8-1 and 7-1.
Even the 10-1 reached half time at 2-0 plus 2 at injury time at the end of the half.
Aitana (like Salma), is not ready for retirement (in their 20s).
There's a reason they are being rested and not starting league games.
Come the end of season that reason should become clear.
[And don't forget my prediction that Payor will break goal scoring records this season]
You are on record with your Pajor prediction. Very curious though, what’s your read on the coach? This is Dino, as always very much appreciate you hanging out!!
@@IntoTheChannelPod
Barca seem to think he was the brains behind (or beside) Giraldez so I'll take their word for it for now;
after all, they were right about Giraldez when I was apprehensive of the transition from Luis Cortez.
Also, the girls seem to trust him.
In any case, La Reina Alexia XI runs the show so, no worries.
If she can win a World Cup from the bench with Rubiales & co 'in charge', she should be able to straighten Romeo out.
Don’t worry Dino Arsenal still have a decent chance of getting out of the group. Wolfsburg beat Bayern in the league this weekend so they can be had! Of course the intensity and creativity does need to ratchet up for Arsenal, but I’m hopeful that line up changes could help. I am not a football manager but here are some of my unsolicited line up thoughts. In pre-season it seemed like a nice attacking partnership was forming between Russo in the 9 and Kafaji in the 10. I hope Kafaji sees more pitch time…idk what is going on there. I love Little but I think Cooney-Cross could start over her (or sub in earlier at least) to bring more intensity, break up play but also offer attacking threat (has been known to rocket one in from distance). She is not a complete replacement for the stellar Pelova but I think she could help boss the midfield more than what is happening now. Foord, Caldentey and McCabe have been bringing the intensity and goal scoring chances and I thought they were starting to form some nice patterns of play together in the early UWCL qualifying games (albeit the competition was not as tough as now.. .sorry rangers). I think they need to keep starting together more consistently. In defense, the CBs have been switching so much with injury, but now they all seem to be back I hope more reps can be put in with the first choice pairing to bring more defensive organization. Foxy at RB has so many games in her legs can the woman get a rest? Catley back from injury can she come in since Weinroither is now dealing with injury? I thought DVD has been a good shot stopper so far in WSL. Would love her to get more UWCL group games.
SK Brann kvinner is as good as ready for next years UCL qualification!! :D 🎉🎉🎉🎉
That's the important part :)
@@MortenBlindheim always :D and to play at Brann Stadion too, its gonna be so much fun! (Hopefully we have 2 teams in UCL Qualifiers!)
league phase though. might be rough. rosenborg had to go through atletico and arsenal. guaranteed to be in the second club competition atleast
Good day when Barçelona loses!
lol
The wheel is still speaning, never matters how you starting the season but how you finish.All the podcasts and shows already especially the English ones wrote off Barca for reaching even the semifinals,you including.Its nice to wait for a team such as Barca to lose and celebrate,but as i said the season finishes at end of May.For me this Barca team is not yet ready to compete big teams,you can see it clear as daylight,that they lacked intensity,physicality,speed and awareness.They never were first in the ball and City made them with their reledless pressing to miss many passes in dangerous areas.Pere Romeu made all the wrong subs and mess the team badly.For me not the right choice for coatching these unique exceptionaly talented players.To understand how badly Barcelona were imagine that Caroline couldn't pass on sprint race Casparij.
This is not yet in the sphere of reality.
Maybe it will happen 3 years from now but Graham still is one of the fastest players out there.Also Ona Battle when she was playing in MU owned Hemp in every match they played eachother,and i will say it again OWNED Hemp.When she played in WSL she was among the best 3 player there.
What happened in this match was that Hemp bossed every player she was against her,either was Graham or Ona or Aitana.
This is not happening against peak form BARCA players.
It's all coming down with the manager.This Barca team struggles even in LigaF.This is no coincidence,they play badly the first 45 minutes for 7 games in a row now.
If they continue like this ,yes i will agree they are going nowhere but the season still finishes in May.
Maybe the players will have something else to tell us.
I agree Barca has not kicked into gear yet, and to write them off so early would be a mistake. These players have a strong champion mentality and are so talented, intelligent, and creative. They have found a way before in spite of bad management with the national team. They are more than capable of rising through adversity on the club level. I am a MCWFC fan, but I have much respect for the Blaugrana and it’s influence on our club’s style of play!
@@seg3321👏👏
I wouldn't underestimate Pere Romeu any more than I would his players.
@@mlsarchitect Up until this moment he showed me absolutely nothing.The players are on auto pilot mod and we are winning because of their brilliance and individual quality.
But against big teams you need hard preparation and good tactics.
The crusial matches are right in the corner with Atletico and Real Madrid and then we have to play hopefully City for the 1st place in the group if we win all the other marches and if we get a good goal difference.
These are a lot of ifs for a team like Barca which dominated everything the past 6 years.
A lot of ifs and no certainty.
@@ithan1977
There are only 'ifs' in sport, there's never 'certainty'.
That's for Marvel comic books.
Having said that,
Barca femeni is the next best thing to 'Ironman XIV'.