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The boy and Barca in general (and Man United's woes) are the things keeping me interested in modern football. He makes it look so easy, so so natural looking.

I rate him as having a lot of talent, but he's not a great guy at all. He does things for kids fair enough, but he drunk drive during lockdown and clearly cheats on his girlfriend. Far from a good person. Drink drivers and adulterers will never ever be good people. You think he's a good person...

He will be back to being him soon. He will be THAT GUY.

Let's put it this way - if Barca can't progress despite going to Dortmund with a four goal lead, they wouldn't have been worthy European champions anyway. Best not to worry about stuff that is rarely likely to happen. Especially not when Leganes drawing is a bigger possibility than Dortmund...

Hi All Might.

Yeah, I think at worst they win by two goals. I guess if they go three up Barca could collapse and concede the fourth but it's highly unlikely. If he is concerned about that then he's simply going absolute worst case scenario rather than being practical. If he'd have rested most of the team...

He shouldn't underestimate Dortmund, but if he was worried about going to Germany with a four-goal lead then I don't know what to say. He's done the right thing as this is by far the more important game to not lose. This is a departure from me saying they deserve to be respected before the...

Now, maybe there were the same amount of loons out there (and celebrity worshippers) who obsessed over Maradona and Pele as loons do now over Messi and Ronaldo. Or maybe there were a lot of loons who were obsessed with the Ballon d'or and WPOTY. The point is, they weren't all able to congregate...

This game is way more important than the game in Dortmund, from the perspective that Leganes even getting a draw is far more damaging than Dortmund beating you by three (though the latter is bad for confidence).

It really wasn't anywhere near as big as it is now, as others say Messi and Ronaldo (latter's campaigning for it) has turned it into this holy grail that it never was before. 2006 is relatively recent, even though still before Messi and Ronaldo winning it. but Ballon d'or and World Player of the...

To put it another way - would Cristiano Ronaldo be arguably the most famous man in the world if he was playing in 1988, and probably more famous than the US president? Without the benefit of the internet? Messi and Ronaldo can reach tiny, remote corners of the world because of the internet...

Global icons of course (don't put words in my mouth please, saying 'not such a huge popularity' is not the same as saying they wouldn't be global icons). What I meant is there wouldn't be this Ballon d'or obsession or manufactured rivalry without the internet. I worded that badly. What I really...

Very late Villa goal ruined my exact (had 0-2, finished 0-3). Annoying thing I changed from 0-3 to 0-2 last night. Brighton really should be beating Leicester too, what the fuck?

I said this the other day, I don't wanna jinx it but SURELY they cannot blow a four goal lead? The main reason not to rotate heavily is a 2 or 3 goal loss could affect momentum.

Fucking hell, that sounds mad mate. It sounds like it was an unhealthy relationship and you are better off without her. Obviously I only know your side of the story but from what you have said her and her mum have real issues mentally.

Yeah it is more to do with that, good point. If Messi and Ronaldo were the same Messi and Ronaldo but playing in the 80s or 90s, they wouldn't have had such a huge popularity either. The internet and fanboy culture mixed with their talents produced a combination that has led to obsession with...

Yeah true on most of that. Hope you are keeping your chin and spirits up with the personal stuff.

You think? I wasn't that impressed with him there, and I watched more Serie A when he was there than I do now. If you think so though I will reconsider. Maybe he was still good but Lewy now is better.

Lewy aged 36 and almost 37 is better than Creepnaldo half way between 33 and 34. Ronaldo has been finished as a top player since he left Real Madrid, and I maintain that. A few easy trophies in Italy (and eliminations in CL to modest teams before helping end Juve's title sequence) and a joke of...

To be fair, four of those goals came in one game. Other than that it's 3 in 8. And the fact he's 'only' played 9 tells that his teams didn't get far enough often. Discounting him being injured anytime. I am actually surprised he hasn't played more. He spent 8 years at Bayern after all. Just...