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Yea I really meant that's the general theme of his time at Liverpool, those criticisms, when actually his passing and dribbling have been tip top for most of the time there.

He gets hate in England, people calling him a 'tap-in merchant' or at least just a goalscorer. I don't get it, he's constantly on the ball and dribbling and his incisive passing in the final third is brilliant and always has been.

Ticks the right boxes.

I remember the Tottenham one. I watched that game live. As you say, the big man makes a calculated decision. Son is the best finisher in that team (alongside Kane at the time) and if he leaves a gap for Sissoko, Son (being ambidextrous) can drag to his right foot and then has has a one on one...

Textbook defending against a fast tricky player when one on one. Show him away from goal then block from a poor angle, and a covering man picks up the pieces.

I have always been a very big fan of this guy as a footballer.

lol, sounds so wrong.

Maradona's coaching ability was inversely proportional to his playing ability.

I know it's all platonic as they're wives and gfs of team-mates, but most of those women are absolutely beautiful.

What kind of player is he? Admittedly I have mostly watched him with Spain, and here and there with Barca. He fits a couple of profiles I think.

Is he really? Not looking to dig at him but seen him name call more senior teams mates here and there at Dortmund and Real Madrid, and abused a referee too. The 'who else' thing with England too, after an awful performance. And it wasn't even true as other England players could have scored that...

Get out there and enjoy people then. Sorry, couldn't resist a little harmless joke at the typo.

Yeah that is true. Time flies when having fun. I don't know if you do this, but I tend to also mark goals by world events. For instance, I wanna lose a good amount of weight by summer 2026 (giving myself ample time). But rather than saying 'summer 2026' I say 'by the World Cup'. It seems to...

That's so true. Time passes quicker as you age, as a year represents a far smaller percentage of your life than when you are a kid.

Fair enough, agree with you there. Also agree that Iniesta never really played as the metronome, as I implied. But I think he could have done it to a decent level. Not Xavi level though, of course. As a liker of Barca but not a Barca fan, I wasn't watching Barca last season often. So cannot...

I can understand both perspectives. If he is doing well (and I am not saying he is as there's some criticism in here over the Red Star game, I didn't watch it so not sure though I did see the goals) he merits keeping his starting spot, as any player does. However, it's pretty clear that he's not...

I didn't know Casado has 5 assists. That is pretty impressive and as you say highlights the supreme movement in final third, as well as Barca squeezing the play and being more direct and playing quicker or earlier balls from deeper positions into the front men.

Agree with most of that, though Iniesta was very press-resistant too. But I get the point that Xavi was more of a controller than Iniesta. In numerical terms (which can be cringe in football) you are describing Pedri as more as an 8 to be paired with a 6 and a 10, where Casado would be the 6...

Agree, Rassy makes good points too but the prevailing feeling is envy from PL fans especially as Pep's style isn't a PL style (remember them saying his possession game wouldn't work at Man City)

Fair points, especially needing to give balance for 2. Point 3 is very good and one I glossed over - Barca tended to embarrass PL teams a lot whereas with RM it was more mainland Europe teams, so there was less outcry from the English, who as we know are the loudest and most influential because...