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Some of them are starting to get carried away again - as always before any football has been played. But to be fair plenty of others are playing down expectations as they have been there and seen it all before in the last decade. Yoro being potentially injured could be a problem for them...

Olmo is a very good player as an attacking midfielder. But he's not a winger in a million years. He's not even a false winger ie an attacking midfielder coming off the side. If he plays for a team I'd say he has to play behind a striker or as an advanced midfielder, exploiting that space...

I see you discuss seriously now and then, it's all good. Thanks, football is a game of opinions and some will agree with me and others will think I am not making any sense. The important thing is I fully believe what I say in this instance - you cannot tell how good a player is from stats, you...

Thanks, that's very kind. To be honest with you I enjoy yours too, and many people's to be fair. Some decent football debate on here.

He was the youngest player in Qatar but didn't get much chance. Not sure what he's been up to since but he seems like the type who was hyped as a youngster because of his pace but may well not reach what people thought he would. It's the story of 99 percent of promising kids. In saying all of...

Well done to the American girl Huske who beat her team-mate Walsh in the 100m butterfly. It was a really good race. Peaty was unlucky. It was a slow race but still enjoyable. I don't know much about him but apparently he has had a lot of personal demons so for him to even be competing and...

Fair enough. I should have checked As Loki says anyway it's none of our business. The only time it becomes football fans' business is if it affects his game.

Fucking hell man, that French guy Marchand destroyed everyone in the 400m medley. New Olympic record. Was on course for the WR but tired slightly in the final lap.

Apparently the men's 400m swimming medley final is coming up in 40 minutes. Then after that the women's 100m butterfly final. I will try to watch those. The worst thing about sprinting distances in swimming or track is the event is over so fast. Track 100m especially. You wait all that time...

Not saying he is racist, he probably isn't to be honest. Just a silly song. But I am just saying that most people don't believe in the 'I have black/gay friends' line of argument. It's possible to be close to someone of a particular colour or gender or sexuality and still hold discrimination...

Fair point. To be fair that female who's shut down the rumours is stunning though. She's 19 or 20 I believe so it's ok to say this.

Are you talking to me? There's no consensus on what is an all-time great and what is generational (which is an awful term anyway). Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets are some of the greatest midfielders of all-time and best players around, but they aren't seen on the level of Messi, Maradona, Pele and...

I read her write that they had been friends since they were little, but she has a boyfriend and to please respect that. Maybe her and Yamal really are just friends? Fair play if it's true, only she and Yamal know. I am sure she is a nice enough girl, but if they aren't dating then plenty more...

Thanks, and exactly mate. That some people still try and boil players down to pure numbers is silly. Obviously it makes sense for guys like Hojlund or Haaland or Lukaku who offer nothing else, but comparing Messi and Ronaldo on goal stats does a massive disservice to Messi, given his vast...

Would that be their athletics in the bedroom?

@Loki - this is gonna turn into the perving on female athletes for two weeks thread isn't it lol :lol: You can't really blame us when we will spend mid-August to May looking at monsters like Erling Haaland, Alejandro Garnacho and Bruno Fernandes.

Just been ogling a girl young enough to be my daughter - 18 year old Italian triple jumper Erika Saraceni. Absolutely gorgeous.

He was a very very talented player. I always liked him. As Birdy says he did well at Bayern. However, a player of his quality should have done a lot more with his career. Injuries and what might have been. Still had a better career than 99 percent of players who play this beautiful game.

The season Benzema scored 15 (I think it was) CL goals, mostly important goals at important moments against strong teams. Compare that to Ronaldo's 17 in 2014 and 16 in 2016. Now Ronaldo technically scored more goals, but loads of them were stat-padding or against weak teams. Ronaldo for...

Well done the Spanish girls. I will google her later. I love all sorts of women physically (from a shallow perspective) but generally I like brunettes more than blondes. I like redheads too. Edit: yeah Loki, she has a great body as you'd expect from an Olympian. Great bum.