Preseason

 With the pandemic going strong it was always going to be an entirely unforeseen and never before season of football. Having contested and been thrashed 8-2 by the eventual champions Bayern in August, it was time for the players to put all that behind them and focus ahead to the start of the new season. 3 Friendlies in the span of 8 days has never ever been seen but with the other teams already having begun their journey in la liga the players needed to gain fineness and sharpness. Well obviously we ended up wining all 3 of the matches cause they were against much smaller teams but what has rather caught my eye is the young talent. Over the past few seasons coaches have been criticized of not playing the young talents but with a couple of senior players departed this might be the break through season for a couple of them. Back from his loan spell at Bayern, Coutinho looks like a whole other player now someone who we can depend on. Messi despite the constant rumor's linking him with a move away does his talking on the pitch and the biggest positive is Dembele who's been so injury prone looks raring to go. Not to be too overly optimistic I think this year we may actually turn it around and maybe I was biased against Koeman coming in as manager but he seems to be getting the things done out there. Next up we face a high flying Villareal who have managed to stay unbeaten in the first 3 la liga games. I don't predict an easy game at all but the form we are in I think we might just edge past them after all.