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Very true. With the well-known phenomenon of most legendary coaches being average or simply good players and top players failing often as coaches (Cruyff one of the exceptions, I don't really consider Zidane a great coach), I wonder if there truly is something in these guys not 'getting' people...

Yeah personality, mentality etc. They all sound in some ways like pseudo-psychology or 'vibes'. but they really do make a big difference. The intangibles of football cannot be measured in stats. Look at Messi. He's the most talented player ever (alongside Maradona). But his desire to be the...

Some good points there (your more serious ones), but would never really happen as they'd change the game too much. I think some would help, though. How do you feel about stop clocks and sin bins? Too Americanised? I like the idea of the former to stop time wasting, but wouldn't work from a TV...

That's a great point - it's not just about the knowledge of the game, it is about temperament and keeping emotions in check. It did seem during his tenure that he was buckling under the weight of the pressure. Agree that Pep and Enrique seem much more ruthless in general. True, the emotional...

I am not slagging Xavi, just saying thought he'd be an amazing coach and so far it didn't work out that way. Even if he did do his part.

Mbappe is very talented but not as talented as Neymar for me, nowhere near. But yeah, Neymar could and should have achieved a lot more.

You'd think with Xavi's immense football brain, spatial awareness, and understanding of the game tactically as a player he would be an awesome coach. But it hasn't worked out that way. Goes to show there's a lot more to being a great manager or coach than an extremely high and intuitive...

Wow, that's amazing.

I heard that too. I don't know if it was finasteride maybe. He developed something called myopathy too, not sure if linked. He always had a rather fat face and round build though, even when he had awesome hair. He will always be remembered for scoring the winning goal in a World Cup Final at...

Yeah agree. But he had a lot of ability that he just never fulfilled. And as I say, he had health problems etc. But yes, not at level of Lewy, Gundo and Reus. Or close.

Yeah. I hadn't thought of him for a while, but you mentioning him instantly transported me to 2011, playing FIFA online on PS3 as a 29-year-old. Sometimes going Dortmund and running riot with Lukasz Piczczek, Marcel Schmelzer, Großkreutz, Jakub Błaszczykowski (had to copy and paste this guy's...

There's a forgotten name from the early 2010s.

Football needs to reduce the number of games, not increase the number of subs. Five subs is already destroying the rhythm of many games.

Ah right, people saying it about MATS.

I dunno, who said that? I have said since day one that every pass over 30 yards goes out the pitch or to the opponents. Also, true on Newcastle. Though they're already getting their excuses in and saying the league is irrelevant for them anyway lol.

I know some like him, but he's been really dreadful for ages and gets worse every week. Above average pace, but not lightning, poor dribbler, can't link up, can only cross along the floor, not high, and even then fails to pick people out or put it in good areas often, no football IQ, weak...

Yeah I agree. The finances for Barca aren't in great shape and it makes more sense to strengthen in other areas, if even possible. He seems a luxury buy.

They have Newcastle at St James' Park on Sunday afternoon. Newcastle are fighting for CL places so they should take it seriously and really should be winning with their superior physicality, hunger, technique and scoring prowess. Plus Amorim might rest players for this second leg.

He has his uses in some ways, but he is likely limited. One good thing is he links up well with Yamal for Spain. I am on the fence. Part of me thinks he's decent, another thinks he's a low IQ speed merchant. Can't make mind up. Not being able to beat a poor Rangers team when they're done to...

Makes some good points that boy (don't agree with everything, but some). Garnacho, Ugarte and Hojlund are indeed all awful.