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Yeah they weren't really superstars when they signed like when he signed Zidane, Beckham, Figo, Ronaldo 9, Ronaldo 7, but they are superstars now or will become them. My point is you can't play so many attackers, or keep them happy.

They seem to be hoovering up 'superstars' with no plan how to play them. They're veering back to the Galactico days. Of course you can rest players, but Bellend, Mbappe, Guler, Endrick, Vini and fuck knows who else. How do you keep them all happy? How do you fit them into a balanced team?

Bellingham winning would be repulsive and reinforce everything wrong with modern football. It would be a victory for PR and self-promotion (like many of CR's wins)> I'd rather see Vini win it over him.

Rodri's problem is he's a footballer for footballers. He isn't a PR merchant who is constantly on social media bragging or buying favourable stories. Hence, this can affect the narrative as many football fans are in it for the glamour more than the actual on-pitch stuff. And that narrative also...

Fair enough - you backed up your argument well. We will see what happens this season. Arsenal kinda annoy me as a club so maybe it's my bias. Only one team in history has reached 100 points, 95-99 is for the absolute best of the best. I think their ceiling is about 92.

Was sure they were gonna give it to the PR merchant for his admittedly lovely overhead kick.

That's the closest Mbappe has ever come to the European Cup/CL :lol:

Yeah I was thinking that too. Truly bizarre behaviour. They're obsessed with that CL record to the point of this weirdness.

Might be wrong but I don't think I have ever seen anyone put out loads of trophies for a new player presentation :lol:

Lol have they got their 15 European Cups lined up for his presentation? Arrogant bastards.

Yeah I was thinking that, hopefully United go for Southgate when Ten Hag has ran his race. I think Southgate would struggle a lot.

Yeah maybe. Just my point that Spain playing as a club team is why they're able to dominate less cohesive sides. Even if France generally have better players or whatever.

I know what you are saying, but to be fair he's not really a goalscorer. He's much different to Haaland. He's more like a lesser Firmino in his link up play, pressing, and doing donkey work to facilitate the others. The way people are saying Man U will use Zirkzee. Now whether he is ultimately...

No problem big man. Heading offline in a moment to do some chores then maybe watch a film or two, not decided. You have a good day :)

You didn't though, it was my fault - I took your post off in a tangent.

Yes you are of course correct that Ronaldo helped drive his stats, it's just that his football would have been amazing without Ronaldo, and he'd still be the best in the world if he scored 20 goals a season rather than 50. To be fair I did not do your post justice as I spoke about something...

I know tackling helps a midfielder - my point was it's a last resort even if a valuable weapon. Rodri only tackles when he needs to, most of the time he intercepts. The stuff about how good he will be, or how he will be remembered in the annals of history is what i reckoned you were implying...

Anyway we will never agree, so might as well wrap this up. Enjoy your day.

You're talking numbers and proving my point. My point is Messi is far far better at football outside goal stats. And he was generally good throughout games, whereas Ronaldo disguised a lot of poor performances with stats. That's what counting up the stats misses, and why you have to watch them...

I didn't say Bellingham throws himself into tackles - you said he tackles a lot, and I said tackling doesn't make someone a good CM. So I was disagreeing with you that him making tackles now and them makes him a good midfielder. He will never, ever be able to play like Kroos, or Modric, or...