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Aye I was gonna mention he was highly rated, but haven't really seen enough of him to formulate an opinion. Savinho seems highly-rated too but so far at City he seems to be playing pretty conservatively in places. I should say that 'flair' could be mistaken for 'being greedy and extravagant'...

I agree, and that was essentially what I was saying in my post (and the same sort of point I have made about Cristiano Ronaldo relative to past peers). I am more of an ability man than career or stats or trophies or longevity, but I know that not everyone is like that. What I love about Xavi is...

I get your point about Zidane but (and this will sound antithetical to everything football is about, but bear with me), there wasn't the extreme zoning in on stats and trophies back then. And the international game was prized by more players too. Back then teams didn't generally win title after...

It doesn't always work out in practice as it does in theory, but I do tend to agree with this (as I say, in theory).

Yeah, Bellingham seems like an absolute dickhead with an inflated opinion of himself and his ability. The way he talks to others. Wayyy to much hype wayy too soon. He's clearly not intelligent enough to be self-critical and look at the illogical celebrity worship surrounding him. As for Real...

Thanks mate. We'll see. It is good for me to get out and about in the real world too rather than me posting online too much. The key is balance.

It's gonna be sad when he retires. He's been such a fantastic footballer to watch, with a combination of skills no other player in history possesses (amalgamating all of all-time great goalscoring, passing, playmaking, dribbling, finishing, vision and free-kick taking into one supreme player)...

Thanks. Yeah I can only post on here in small doses now. Most people I get on fine with but there's two or three irritants. That's where the ignore function comes in handy though. Overall, I just don't wanna post too much as I am not really a forum guy and felt it was taking up too much of my...

Yeah they definitely have manager messiah complex due to the Busby and more recently Ferguson reigns. No top club should be operating with the manager as the main man controlling everything. To be fair they have tried to change this with Ratcliffe, Brailsford, Berrada, Wilcox, Ashworth, Blanc et...

The problem for them is they buy players far above their worth and value, and give them astronomical wages. Look at the knee-jerk contracts handed out to Fernandes and Rashford, who are two massive problems for them in reality. There's also the thing I keep saying - they're a 90s club existing...

No bother mate, hopefully you can watch one or two meets at some point. It starts up again next season. A few good things. Duplantis won a 100m exhibition race against Karsten Warholm - despite being a pole vaulter Duplantis is so fast that he could do well in the heats of the men's 100m. His...

Thanks on both counts mate. Feels like I post briefly for a day or two then you welcome me back every few weeks lol. I hope all is well with you anyway my friend.

The Europeanisation of their football and players leaving for Europe so early in this commercial internet era seems to have really fucked them. Where is the Brazilian flair? They play more like a European team now. Even their best player Vini - he's very talented but he's nowhere near a Neymar...

Yeah Suarez or Benzema. Difficult to decide as they both had a great all-round game and Benzema proved he could score goals when he became the main number 9. Lewandowski has been great but obviously feel he didn't have the all-round game those two did (though his hold-up play is/was excellent)...

Anyone been following it? You can download the FIFA+ app on to your device or TV and watch through your television for free. It's been pretty good from what I have watched - the first big shock of the knockouts arrived yesterday when Spain lost to Venezuela in the last minute. You can learn...

@Loki - been keeping up with the athletics post Olympics, have kept my word. I watched the last few meets of the Diamond League. Very interesting stuff.

They're still absolutely rubbish. And Ten Hag is still useless. But the problems are far more deep-seated than him. This is honestly the easiest prediction ever. They constantly sign players who aren't very good for large fees. It's clear that Ugarte does not fit them. They're doing that thing...

Thank you. And I apologise for being a dick to you before. You seem a decent guy. It's just you keep accusing me of being other people. I'm only me but if you wanna believe otherwise there's nothing I can do.

Just gonna post here and there, it's easy to leave for weeks on end anyway. It's very easy to make a few posts once or twice a week.

No idea where you think I was pining for your attention - you mentioned me first you troglodyte. And I often like posts where I don't like the postER - not everyone is as intellectually limited as you and has the thought process ' think the guy is a cunt, can't like one of his posts!' That's...