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Thankfully cannot find a player thread on the clown, so I will put it here. Joey Barton with a suspended sentence for hitting his wife. He should really be in jail, but think she stayed with him and that helped him. He has a long list of felonies and is a total thug. Horrible guy. Men who hit...

Fair enough - I didn't see the context/background to it so I apologise. I agree by the way - gods of sports get away with stuff because of their talent, that average competitors (relatively speaking) would not. Maradona had a bad personality and did some terrible things (though he was...

Yeah Birdy didn't like me using the bottling term about Arsenal, and it is too strong. But they and England have a tendency to drop the ball when it matters.

England are perennial bottlers (I know it's a crude term). I don't believe they will win a tournament in our lifetimes. And I hope to live another 40-45 years, touch wood. They could have Messi, Maradona and Pele up front, with Cruyff, C Ronaldo, Puskas and Garrincha waiting in the wings to...

I like it when @Horatio displays a little bit of arrogance and smugness.

Always said Germans are good people with great taste ;)

Yes I made that point in his thread in recent days as you will likely have seen. That Indians are extremely driven by parasocial relationships. As for IP - I am no tech expert, but can't it be faked by VPN? I use Surfshark and can pretend I am in France, USA, anywhere. Though that brings up...

Not sure, but I suspect it's a myth. I think Fati is actually German born of German descent, and Tempt is from California. Could be completely wrong though.

The state of Chile. Not long since they had a golden generation.

Yeah I think so too mate. I have always thought he was good too.

I get your point but I feel you are leaning too much into statistical data and not allowing for the pure beauty and 'intangible' moments. Maybe I just hold that much more dear than you do. I respect your feelings on the matter, but for me football is a game of beauty and entertainment. For...

Also, you cannot really compare stats across eras anyway. The Serie A of the 80s that Maradona participated in was a highly defensive league, with some of the best defenders of all time. The average number of goals scored back then was much lower than it is now, as the Bosman ruling hadn't yet...

That's true. However, guys like Maradona and Cruyff transcend stats. I know that sounds pretentious but it is true. Football is a qualitative sport as well as quantitative, maybe even more so. It can't be measured in pure statistics like the 100 metres can because it is a team game, and unlike...

(I know you have me on ignore). The thing is they often fail the eye test. It doesn't stop them grifting their way to trophies. Barca most seasons pass the eye test much better than Real so that is nothing new. I think eye test doesn't really matter with Madrid. They just seem to be able to...

I honestly think the last time Brazil had a legendary team was 1982. They've had good teams and top players since then, and won two World Cups. But I don't think you can call the 94 and 2002 champions legendary - not at all. Not on paper necessarily but on style and performance in my humble...

@soul24rage won't be happy with this comment :( I agree though, lol.

It's worse than the Italia 90 team. That team was poor at times and performed poorly but had some good players like Taffarel, Dunga, Jorginho, Careca, Bebeto, Romario This Brazil team has several similarly good players but is currently performing worse. I can see them getting absolutely scudded...

Real Madrid can always win the CL with the black magic they have in that competition.

He's very rattled there and the Argentina players are further winding him up, but it is really just handbags. He will get over it soon

Hair looks awful on him and he's clearly one of those guys who suits being skinny better than bulky. Fair play to him for trying to looksmax though.