Today I learned the NAC in NAC Breda stands for:
Never give up, always persevere Pleasant for its entertainment and useful for its relaxation combination
Amazing.
[I love reading about football on the front page](https://imgur.com/xHVk5aZ)
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> He's having one of his best seasons ever, has evolved his gameplay and is elevating the team. That literally is what is happening.You on the other hand are talking out of your ass and trying to fabricate some alternate reality where this is not happening and trying to pass it off as real and then discrediting everybody who is telling you otherwise by saying they don't watch football. Yeah we are all wrong and your the only right one here...Please just.... shut the fuck up, it's the best thing you can do for your dignity at this moment. It's obvious that you're so far behind you think you're in first place.
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> Hes not one of the best in the world anymore, sadly
On the popular threads there are a lot of casuals/stans/weirdos who will quickly banish you to Reddit Siberia if you disagree, I got similarly sent there with a -200 for saying that hiring Lampard was a stupid move.
I really don't get Atalanta. They can beat opponents while scoring 5 or 6 goals, they can dominate every team in the league, and every now and then they go and draw with Genoa lol
Most luckiest team in the PL this season? I think there's a case for lots of teams, whether its a last minute winner or poor referee decisions benefiting them.
Brozovic and De vrij injured and he thinks Vecino and Ranocciah are likd for like replacements instead of just changing the system every once in a while
I know his injury record is poor. But with Rashford loss of form and Greenwood gone, I am starting to think United picking up Dembele on a free wouldn't be too bad. When he plays and is fit he looks like a really good player. Considering United need 4-5 new players next year, him on free would be a good deal if they could keep him fit.
Is he likely to re-sign for Barca now though?
I think his age is in his favour. A post fergi transfer would be like Neymar. 30 Year old past his peak.
At 24 Dembele could still turn his career around. When he plays he looks really good.
People been saying Sancho has beaten the Bundesliga Tax allegations.
This mfer has 2 league goals and one of them was against Bielsa-ball, the equivalent of losing your virginity to a prostitute it's that fucking easy.
Good thing Sancho wasn't a big money marquee signing or anything like that...
It takes more than that, look at the likes of KdB, Son and Firmino and what they’ve achieved, if he can start putting up those numbers, then we can talk
He was so fucking shit to begin with that any tiny moment of quality is now blown out of proportion instead of what should be expected given his fee and wages (350k p/w)
That makes sense for a Dan James or a Willian type player - one who does a lot of gritty dirty work for the team whereas Sancho is the polar opposite of that.
Granted he's been better than the start of the season recently but I wouldn't be raving about him.
[Certain people really think De Gea is better lol](https://twitter.com/afc_ah2/status/1503094314762653700?s=21)
Edit: Watch the whole thing before commenting.
Watched the whole thing. People have short attention spans, I swear, lmao. The point is obviously about the distribution plus the decent goalkeeping, along with claiming crosses, to spell it out.
What? Everyone would've saved that and them they passed to him from the corner 😂. Honestly, I think I would have a decent chance of replicating this in first try
I did. What is it about then, about kicking the ball to Saka who failed to get it? Because that can also be done by literally every professional goalkeeper
That’s the thing, a pass like that is underrated.
Not only did he prevent an attack but he started arsenals attack. These things may seem little but it’s a key part of why teams like Man City are successful.
You say that but the Fabregas is magic chant (which is unrelated to the Chelsea current team) was sang today at the Bridge and Jorginho came up with a Fabregas esque pass sooo maybe it is helpful 🤷♂️
In all seriousness though like most chants are related to the team/squad - at a stretch legends or something or negative ones towards the opposition team.
I mean I just don't see how you're saying that football chants negatively effect players like
>This talks so much about the fan base of PSG. One of the worst clubs in this aspect. If that happened to Madrid, Barca or Bayern the fans would be the first ones to motivate in the stadium to help the players.
A comment by someone about PSG fans booing Messi. I can only assume this person must have had a lobotomy.
obviously he’s a genius and he farms our team and yadda yadda but in a positional sense Klopp’s tactics really fail to excite me.
4-3-3 with inverted wingers + false 9 + crossing fullbacks + holding midfielder just makes me snore
he really fails to execute it in a way which excites me either. every match i watch liverpool i understand it’s good football but i find myself falling asleep.
not even gonna be coy about it Arsenal are probably #1.
i like Lage’s Wolves as well + Southampton when they’re playing well.
i’m not someone who watches many neutral matches though so take it with a grain of salt.
I’ve never got the hype either to be honest (in terms of how good they are to watch) but that’s definitely an unpopular opinion. Entirely subjective though of course
I think you've just been unlucky with the Liverpool matches you ended up watching. They are a team that often also just barely grinds out many games too, like Alex Ferguson did too.
the matches in recent memory im using as reference are:
- Spurs 2-2 Liverpool
- Chelsea 2 - 2 Liverpool*
- League cup final
edit: i’d like to clarify i enjoyed these games thoroughly, but my point is Klopp’s tactics never popped up as reasons why i enjoyed those matches.
edit 2: * i turned this game 15-20 minutes in so that may have skewed my opinion slightly
All of those were amazing, fast-paced and electric games full of drama and amazing goal chances! The League Cup final was the best 0-0 I ever saw, it should have been 3-3 or 4-4!
Though there are better pure Liverpool performances out there. Check out Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal this season, mainly the second half.
I only dislike Liverpool when they abuse long balls and lack control in midfield. Hence why they almost always are better when Thiago plays.
They were all cracking games??
I'm genuinely baffed here like I don't want to be rude or anything but like do you need a dictionary or something?
Literally every single one of those games was action packed footy
the spurs game i enjoyed but only cause of us creating a bunch of chances after our Nuno slump and obviously refereeing controversy
i liked Kovacic’s shot in the new years game but it really went off the paces after HT
league cup final i enjoyed thoroughly but it was mostly cause of all the comical misses + offsides + 3 chelsea players getting hit in the nuts + lolkepa
all 3 were enjoyable games but never cause of Klopp’s tactics for me
Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool was amazing, electric and action-packed until minute 20 of the second half. It was only after that the game cooled down. Second half actually started as well as the first. And the first half was undoubtedly amazing.
Really? For me it's the opposite- Liverpool are one of the few teams where I expect a decent watch each week and tend to get it.
They're very good in attack and well drilled but they also have their weaknesses where you can get at them.
One of if not the best team to watch as a 'neutral' imo.
It’s hard to say because Magath used to win stuff and had excellent seasons as well as a decent track record as a rescue buoy/fire extinguisher. PL managers tend to be way more relaxed and the player power in the PL is greater than in other leagues. Magath did coach Fulham but was a disaster and it did not take long for him to get he boot.
Picture Paolo Di Canio but actually winning big games.
Funny because Casemiro himself said that Busquets is the [best in the world in his position](https://www.fotmob.com/news/1ckvs4s5mrzdk18a8lpsndgawb/casemiro-busquets-is-worlds-best-in-my-position)
A truly great defensive midfielder said he admires Busquets and you're saying he's overrated 💀💀
Some people don't understand football one percent and it shows
And Messi voted for Neymar in FIFA Best awards. If you are really using this as an argument then you gotta claim either Neymar is the best in the world rn or Messi is not a "truly great" footballer.
Footballers are wrong too, all the time.
I'm aware that 95% of people rate Busquets and that used to shock me, because even people who know football very well and that I share opinions with, rate him high. I've seen over 100 of his games probably and I'd rate him as 7/10 or more in maybe 2-3 of them. He is just shit, as simple as that
Voting someone on a award and admiring a footballer in your own position is way different brother but as you said you've already watched a lot of him and formed an educated opinion so that's fine, nothing to debate on it
Not agreeing with the guy but you shouldnt hold what footballers say so high anymore. Like when the richards guy said “benzema has just gotten to kanes level”
He admires the quality of Busquets, being DM himself. That's holds a lot of value.
You learn a lot of analysing other top footballers, Busquets with his technique, reading of the game, positioning and passing is probably THE benchmark for a holding midfielder
I guess positioning, passing and tackling aren't really skills that are appreciated these days hahah
It feels like you started watching football six to twelve months ago and it really shows lol
I'll give him positioning, although it is not that hard to position yourself as a dm. He is average passer as he always chooses the easiest option, often passes back. And what tackling, he goes down more to dive and cry than to retrieve the ball.
And if I did start watching football last year, my opinion would be even worse. I remember Busquets in his prime and he was at least average then, if current Busquets was the only one I've seen I'd be dumbfounded anyone let him on the pitch, because now his playing is just embarassing
Luke Shaw - Still a good LB, he can defend and he can attack and always works hard. Struggling having Maguire next to him.
Ederson - Plays for a dominating team so looks a lot better than he is. Stick him any other team isn't City and he would be exposed.
I rate Mount too. Isn't particularly world class at anything but good at many things, so can put in a shift anywhere on the pitch and always gives 100%. I appreciate players like that
honestly think both McTominay and Fred are pretty decent midfielders that would look much better if they played next to a world class DM, it's just that they have atrocious chemistry when playing together because it's like they magnify each other's weaknesses. Kind of like a budget version of Lampard and Gerrard
I think Ben White is fantastic and Sergi Roberto will be loved by whatever team he moves to
Lucas Hernández isn't talked about enough as an overpriced underperforming signing, last year people were saying Trincao is actually good but I think by now they know he's actually awful
Wijnaldums time at Liverpool has suffered from revisionism, and i’m not quite sure what all the fuss is about for Mahrez. I think he’s worse than he was at Leicester, by a fair bit at that.
Would the fanbase even want him back? Not sure I would have forgiven him if I was a Barca fan. The way he left wasn’t exactly pretty and he even sued Barca iirc.
Pep had many qualities similar to Busquets but wasn't really as much creative as he is. Haven't seen the older guys from the 70s and 80s but from the games I've seen from other eras, busquets playstyle stands out. A very unique player indeed.
Rodri has the same mold. Not his elegance, but the manerism and the way to understand his role comes clearly from Busquets. Hell, Rodri himself says he's his role model on the field.
why is everyone jizzing over that Havertz goal?
it's a clean finish for sure, but that's a touch you should expect from any half decent striker, I struggle to see anything too special about it
>that's a touch you should expect from any half decent striker
Don't really see touches like that often though, there's no room for error there and not only was the first touch to control the ball excellent he immediately redirected it into goal.
It's incredible how Xavi has turned things around. I'm still on the fence to crown him for the job for the years to come, he already deserves next season. But the way the team is improving not just collectively but individually.
Dembelé is finally showing signs of improvement for the first time since Dortmund. He's playing with 1-2 touches, understanding his role off-ball and integrating his decisions into what the team is asking for. He still has the bad game here and there, but now it's not 2/3 but rather 1/4. Also, Busquets was obviously the player that he was showing for the NT. Still one of the best in the business.
Again though, I'm fairly convinced that this dramatic improvement is because the hasn't trained properly for 3-4 years.
I read that it's the first season since 09-10 where Ronaldo finishes without a title. What did he win in 12/13...?
Maybe Ronaldo can come to Florida and watch his friend Brady play now
As a user said earlier: cristiaNO Consento will get arrested the moment he lands in the US
Today I learned the NAC in NAC Breda stands for: Never give up, always persevere Pleasant for its entertainment and useful for its relaxation combination Amazing.
genuinely thought you were kidding, esp. with the "never give up", but it's actually true
Inter really dropped point against torino..
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I can think of at least one person that doesn’t support Liverpool but hates Ronaldo.
On the popular threads there are a lot of casuals/stans/weirdos who will quickly banish you to Reddit Siberia if you disagree, I got similarly sent there with a -200 for saying that hiring Lampard was a stupid move.
It's hilarious- I'm going to find some absolute gems in there
Is this because of the hattrick or are the takes on this sub just even worse outside of the DD?
Yeah, was on a thread about his hattrick.
I really don't get Atalanta. They can beat opponents while scoring 5 or 6 goals, they can dominate every team in the league, and every now and then they go and draw with Genoa lol
Most luckiest team in the PL this season? I think there's a case for lots of teams, whether its a last minute winner or poor referee decisions benefiting them.
When city are losing/drawing they basically spam crosses until they get a penalty, so City
Stats say Wolves. Unluckiest is Palace. Their last minute robbery at the hands of Neal Maupay sticks in my mind.
oh palace have defiantly had some poor luck i think have conceded about 5 90 min goals
Like 3 bounces in a different direction and Newcastle's great run doesn't look so brilliant.
City. 7 pens in 11 games. Definition of luck
Just saw that we are linked with Abel Ferreira. Jesus fucking Christ.
YES, get that terrorist out of my city
Nah, brasileirao tax is real
Inzaghi was doing wonders with this Inter team in 2021, what happened?
This shit new logo brought them down
Brozovic and De vrij injured and he thinks Vecino and Ranocciah are likd for like replacements instead of just changing the system every once in a while
He's lost the plot. Always obsessed with this 3-5-2 nonsense and tactically inflexible. The pressure of winning got to him
I know his injury record is poor. But with Rashford loss of form and Greenwood gone, I am starting to think United picking up Dembele on a free wouldn't be too bad. When he plays and is fit he looks like a really good player. Considering United need 4-5 new players next year, him on free would be a good deal if they could keep him fit. Is he likely to re-sign for Barca now though?
I'm convinced Dembele's form is related to Dani Alves and Auba. United's dressing room and he's back to the same unmotivated shit
don't u want to try and improve the dressing room?
I feel like this transfer would epitomise United post-SAF.
I think his age is in his favour. A post fergi transfer would be like Neymar. 30 Year old past his peak. At 24 Dembele could still turn his career around. When he plays he looks really good.
His injury record stinks man, availability is the best trait a player can have.
It would be a decent acquisition, preferably because he'd be the first right winger we've had in ages.
Right winger you say ? Incoming Nigel Farage on a free
eh? Sancho?
Not a right winger.
what is he then
He is 100% leaving in the summer Im also not sure signing Dembele would be smart considering his wage demands
Wages are not really a problem with us tbh. All our players are on inflated wages.
Which is a huge fucking problem by the way
Can't believe Hertha just appointed Felix Magath, out of all people in this world
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Not even gonna look it up but Rossi?
Buffon maybe
never played with king
I don't know who will win El Clasico next week, but it's shaping up to be a great, high scoring game
People been saying Sancho has beaten the Bundesliga Tax allegations. This mfer has 2 league goals and one of them was against Bielsa-ball, the equivalent of losing your virginity to a prostitute it's that fucking easy. Good thing Sancho wasn't a big money marquee signing or anything like that...
mfs in this section forgetting he scored against city ???
Jorginho basically scored that
Huh?
His other league goal was even more suspect, came off a calamitous mistake from Jorginho
It takes more than that, look at the likes of KdB, Son and Firmino and what they’ve achieved, if he can start putting up those numbers, then we can talk
Don't think he played well in either league.
He was so fucking shit to begin with that any tiny moment of quality is now blown out of proportion instead of what should be expected given his fee and wages (350k p/w)
It's a good thing that football isn't played on an Excel spreadsheet then
That makes sense for a Dan James or a Willian type player - one who does a lot of gritty dirty work for the team whereas Sancho is the polar opposite of that. Granted he's been better than the start of the season recently but I wouldn't be raving about him.
Saw them claiming 75m was a bargain 😂
[Certain people really think De Gea is better lol](https://twitter.com/afc_ah2/status/1503094314762653700?s=21) Edit: Watch the whole thing before commenting.
Watched the whole thing. People have short attention spans, I swear, lmao. The point is obviously about the distribution plus the decent goalkeeping, along with claiming crosses, to spell it out.
Not only did he prevent a shot, but the guy started an attack. People underestimate the importance of that.
I rate him highly but that save was bog standard
What? Everyone would've saved that and them they passed to him from the corner 😂. Honestly, I think I would have a decent chance of replicating this in first try
It’s not about the save, the video is 1 minute long. I suggest watch the whole thing.
I did. What is it about then, about kicking the ball to Saka who failed to get it? Because that can also be done by literally every professional goalkeeper
Lmao, alright.
Was it really about that kick? Because that is even funnier than praising the initial save lmao
I'll be honest with you mate, that save isn't anything special.
It’s not about the save, watch the whole clip.
Most of the clip was about that save though. It was a good pass out I'll give you that.
That’s the thing, a pass like that is underrated. Not only did he prevent an attack but he started arsenals attack. These things may seem little but it’s a key part of why teams like Man City are successful.
For the good of Barcelona's rebuild, Messi coming back would be a regression
They'll be fucking stupid to let him back. Barca is playing so freely right now.
We would be playing freely with him as well ,that's not an issue, he fits like a glove in this system. The issue is his age and the wages
This basically.
This is not basically
We are linked with Di Maria and I was happy until I saw his wages. Fucking hell.
Still a class player, would be fun to have him in the league
Until we fail FFP
Not ur money so
Mate FFP actually works on Portuguese clubs
Messi flops in Uber League , chokes against Madrid in CL then goes back to Barca. Perfect set of events.
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You say that but the Fabregas is magic chant (which is unrelated to the Chelsea current team) was sang today at the Bridge and Jorginho came up with a Fabregas esque pass sooo maybe it is helpful 🤷♂️ In all seriousness though like most chants are related to the team/squad - at a stretch legends or something or negative ones towards the opposition team. I mean I just don't see how you're saying that football chants negatively effect players like
>This talks so much about the fan base of PSG. One of the worst clubs in this aspect. If that happened to Madrid, Barca or Bayern the fans would be the first ones to motivate in the stadium to help the players. A comment by someone about PSG fans booing Messi. I can only assume this person must have had a lobotomy.
Allianz Arena literally booed Sané into becoming a better player
Apparently this person hasn’t heard of Gareth Bale lmao. Dembele has also been booed every time he touched the ball recently.
Ferran Torres was also getting whistled recently lol
Messi gets so coddled it’s insane.
obviously he’s a genius and he farms our team and yadda yadda but in a positional sense Klopp’s tactics really fail to excite me. 4-3-3 with inverted wingers + false 9 + crossing fullbacks + holding midfielder just makes me snore he really fails to execute it in a way which excites me either. every match i watch liverpool i understand it’s good football but i find myself falling asleep.
who are your favourite teams to watch?
not even gonna be coy about it Arsenal are probably #1. i like Lage’s Wolves as well + Southampton when they’re playing well. i’m not someone who watches many neutral matches though so take it with a grain of salt.
Because he wants to win. His teams in 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 were more exciting but they would never have won anything.
I’ve never got the hype either to be honest (in terms of how good they are to watch) but that’s definitely an unpopular opinion. Entirely subjective though of course
We are literally one of the best teams to watch itw
it’s completely subjective dude, i literally mentioned a bunch of times in this comment that this is for me personally
I think you've just been unlucky with the Liverpool matches you ended up watching. They are a team that often also just barely grinds out many games too, like Alex Ferguson did too.
the matches in recent memory im using as reference are: - Spurs 2-2 Liverpool - Chelsea 2 - 2 Liverpool* - League cup final edit: i’d like to clarify i enjoyed these games thoroughly, but my point is Klopp’s tactics never popped up as reasons why i enjoyed those matches. edit 2: * i turned this game 15-20 minutes in so that may have skewed my opinion slightly
You just hate football then
don’t get me wrong i enjoyed both our game and the league cup final, but Klopp’s tactics definitely weren’t the reason
I don’t think you understand what your saying
ahahaha how so?
All of those were amazing, fast-paced and electric games full of drama and amazing goal chances! The League Cup final was the best 0-0 I ever saw, it should have been 3-3 or 4-4! Though there are better pure Liverpool performances out there. Check out Liverpool 4-0 Arsenal this season, mainly the second half. I only dislike Liverpool when they abuse long balls and lack control in midfield. Hence why they almost always are better when Thiago plays.
They were all cracking games?? I'm genuinely baffed here like I don't want to be rude or anything but like do you need a dictionary or something? Literally every single one of those games was action packed footy
the spurs game i enjoyed but only cause of us creating a bunch of chances after our Nuno slump and obviously refereeing controversy i liked Kovacic’s shot in the new years game but it really went off the paces after HT league cup final i enjoyed thoroughly but it was mostly cause of all the comical misses + offsides + 3 chelsea players getting hit in the nuts + lolkepa all 3 were enjoyable games but never cause of Klopp’s tactics for me
Chelsea 2-2 Liverpool was amazing, electric and action-packed until minute 20 of the second half. It was only after that the game cooled down. Second half actually started as well as the first. And the first half was undoubtedly amazing.
for reference i turned that game on about 15 minutes in 😬
Really? For me it's the opposite- Liverpool are one of the few teams where I expect a decent watch each week and tend to get it. They're very good in attack and well drilled but they also have their weaknesses where you can get at them. One of if not the best team to watch as a 'neutral' imo.
Felix the goat Magath is mfin BACK! 😤😤😤
Aubameyang has scored more league goals for Barca than Arsenal this season
Tbf it is harder for Arsenal to score goals for Barca
Can someone explain why Felix Magath to Hertha is funny? In premier league term please
Felix Magath to Fulham
Jealousy imo
His nicknames included Saddam, "the last dictator in Europe", and Quälix (a mash of quälen, the German word for torture and his name Felix)
have you had a manager that for his methods to win the league was nicknamed Saddam?
horrendously out of touch dinosaur akin to Steve Bruce is on the wheel at a club known for its comically bad coach hirings, like Everton
Frankly at least Bruce is the laid-back sort of incompetent coach. Magath is a hard-ass.
yeah thats true. Who would be the PL equivalent to Magath you reckon?
It’s hard to say because Magath used to win stuff and had excellent seasons as well as a decent track record as a rescue buoy/fire extinguisher. PL managers tend to be way more relaxed and the player power in the PL is greater than in other leagues. Magath did coach Fulham but was a disaster and it did not take long for him to get he boot. Picture Paolo Di Canio but actually winning big games.
Rafa Benitez to Everton
I see haha
name players you rate that no one else rates, and players you don't rate that everyone else rates for me: first one McTominay, second Dybala
Busquets is the most overrated player ever
Funny because Casemiro himself said that Busquets is the [best in the world in his position](https://www.fotmob.com/news/1ckvs4s5mrzdk18a8lpsndgawb/casemiro-busquets-is-worlds-best-in-my-position) A truly great defensive midfielder said he admires Busquets and you're saying he's overrated 💀💀 Some people don't understand football one percent and it shows
And Messi voted for Neymar in FIFA Best awards. If you are really using this as an argument then you gotta claim either Neymar is the best in the world rn or Messi is not a "truly great" footballer. Footballers are wrong too, all the time. I'm aware that 95% of people rate Busquets and that used to shock me, because even people who know football very well and that I share opinions with, rate him high. I've seen over 100 of his games probably and I'd rate him as 7/10 or more in maybe 2-3 of them. He is just shit, as simple as that
Voting someone on a award and admiring a footballer in your own position is way different brother but as you said you've already watched a lot of him and formed an educated opinion so that's fine, nothing to debate on it
Voting for someone in "Best footballer" award literally means considering him the best btw
Not agreeing with the guy but you shouldnt hold what footballers say so high anymore. Like when the richards guy said “benzema has just gotten to kanes level”
He admires the quality of Busquets, being DM himself. That's holds a lot of value. You learn a lot of analysing other top footballers, Busquets with his technique, reading of the game, positioning and passing is probably THE benchmark for a holding midfielder
imagine being this blind 💀
Imagine rating a guy who stands most of the time and 95% of things he does is passing the ball back to defenders
I guess positioning, passing and tackling aren't really skills that are appreciated these days hahah It feels like you started watching football six to twelve months ago and it really shows lol
I'll give him positioning, although it is not that hard to position yourself as a dm. He is average passer as he always chooses the easiest option, often passes back. And what tackling, he goes down more to dive and cry than to retrieve the ball. And if I did start watching football last year, my opinion would be even worse. I remember Busquets in his prime and he was at least average then, if current Busquets was the only one I've seen I'd be dumbfounded anyone let him on the pitch, because now his playing is just embarassing
Skipp and J.Henderson
Luke Shaw - Still a good LB, he can defend and he can attack and always works hard. Struggling having Maguire next to him. Ederson - Plays for a dominating team so looks a lot better than he is. Stick him any other team isn't City and he would be exposed.
Mings and Grealish
I rate Mount I don't rate Stones
I rate Mount too. Isn't particularly world class at anything but good at many things, so can put in a shift anywhere on the pitch and always gives 100%. I appreciate players like that
McTominay, I agree. Dybala is also great.
honestly think both McTominay and Fred are pretty decent midfielders that would look much better if they played next to a world class DM, it's just that they have atrocious chemistry when playing together because it's like they magnify each other's weaknesses. Kind of like a budget version of Lampard and Gerrard
I think Ben White is fantastic and Sergi Roberto will be loved by whatever team he moves to Lucas Hernández isn't talked about enough as an overpriced underperforming signing, last year people were saying Trincao is actually good but I think by now they know he's actually awful
1. Coady 2. KDB
Rate-Griezmann currently Dont rate-Christensen and frenkie ding dong
Wijnaldums time at Liverpool has suffered from revisionism, and i’m not quite sure what all the fuss is about for Mahrez. I think he’s worse than he was at Leicester, by a fair bit at that.
Disagree on Mahrez. He just has less of free role where at Leicester, he had the keys.
Dembele De Jong
😂
Gaston Edul (official NT reporter) is going full Messimp on twitter 😭😭😭
Knowing Napoli and Milan, Juve is somehow gonna win the league
Fati25 gonna stay really quite tomorrow
He'll find something to complain about don't you worry
Simone Binzaghi
Apparently Neymar arrived at Barcelona for some business. I would only consider him for maybe a 4th of his current wages.
Would the fanbase even want him back? Not sure I would have forgiven him if I was a Barca fan. The way he left wasn’t exactly pretty and he even sued Barca iirc.
There will never be another Busquets. I can see players like other players but I have never seen someone like Busquets play for any club at any point.
Rodri definitely has the potential. Been through Simeone school as well so he’s better at defending.
Pep had many qualities similar to Busquets but wasn't really as much creative as he is. Haven't seen the older guys from the 70s and 80s but from the games I've seen from other eras, busquets playstyle stands out. A very unique player indeed.
What about Redondo?
Rodri has the same mold. Not his elegance, but the manerism and the way to understand his role comes clearly from Busquets. Hell, Rodri himself says he's his role model on the field.
How would Brazil national team look like if Jorginho never chose to represent Italy?
Not very different, they have Casemiro and Fabinho
The same. Jorginho would not be starting for Brazil
I thought he was the third best player in the world though…
It would not look much different Casemiro and Fabinho would still be ahead of him in the pecking order
The same
Odegaard cost 30m are you having a laugh
why is everyone jizzing over that Havertz goal? it's a clean finish for sure, but that's a touch you should expect from any half decent striker, I struggle to see anything too special about it
>but that's a touch you should expect from any half decent striker i.e Lukaku
Nah most strikers would struggle to make that touch, you’re underselling it a bit
>that's a touch you should expect from any half decent striker Don't really see touches like that often though, there's no room for error there and not only was the first touch to control the ball excellent he immediately redirected it into goal.
It's incredible how Xavi has turned things around. I'm still on the fence to crown him for the job for the years to come, he already deserves next season. But the way the team is improving not just collectively but individually. Dembelé is finally showing signs of improvement for the first time since Dortmund. He's playing with 1-2 touches, understanding his role off-ball and integrating his decisions into what the team is asking for. He still has the bad game here and there, but now it's not 2/3 but rather 1/4. Also, Busquets was obviously the player that he was showing for the NT. Still one of the best in the business. Again though, I'm fairly convinced that this dramatic improvement is because the hasn't trained properly for 3-4 years.
Xavi 🤝 Arteta Trust the process fella, Barcelona are going to be competing for the league next season I think.
Look in to the team structure on the pitch if you need more convincing.