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  1. khaled_a_d

    Basketball/NBA

    Lakers has no assets to bring a big trade, never mind current CBA killed the chances of superstars moving as Free agents. Lakers have been mediocre ever since Dr. Buss passed away. They lucked into a ring after the NBA gave them lottery gifts for years and they they traded it all for AD, after...
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    Joan Laporta

    Because he is going to win
  3. khaled_a_d

    Atlético Madrid

    It isn't going to happen under Laporta. It has already been declined twice by him. He is likely expecting it to happen in the future and some of the financial decisions are based on that.
  4. khaled_a_d

    Basketball/NBA

    tbf to him, he was banned from any athletic training for months due to eye surgery. It is normal to gain weight if you aren't allowed to workout while maintaining sane amount of calorie intake. He will get in shape soon enough. I don't agree the trade is good for Luka. He had a team built...
  5. khaled_a_d

    Basketball/NBA

    So, Tim Cato (Mavs insider) is saying Nico Harrison rated Jrue Holiday at same level of Jokic. If true, it confirms that Nico wasn't just an idiot, but essentially a biased one. He has preference to American players and probably Luka never stood a chance to win him over.
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    Basketball/NBA

    Nico is fired
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    Atlético Madrid

    Yes, but new owners are Americans from my understanding, old owners were Spanish. This is significant because the entire system is about protecting the league being more locally owned, rather than encouraging foreign investment.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Ibra was around 40M + Eto, not 60M + Eto. Eto was valued around 20-30M at the time due to being in his last year of contract. Ibra was great player, but he always needed a team built around him rather than being a piece of the puzzle. And when Pep decided to move Messi centrally it basically...
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    5 - Pau Cubarsí

    Cubarsi. His native is Catalan, and they made fun of him for that when he first got promoted. I doubt it is an issue tbh, he should at least have a proper understanding of it, I think it was more of speaking issue.
  10. khaled_a_d

    FC Barcelona B (Barça Atlètic)

    Yes, first place means promotion. I don't think it is a sure tging we finish there atm. Not with current injuries
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    5 - Pau Cubarsí

    Plenty of CB didn't develop that much physically the way Stones did, and while adding strength is probable, it is unlikely he will gain height and athletic ability. There is also the point that @Andresito made, development isn't linear for everyone. You can point to players who played their...
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    Lionel "The Greatest of All Time" Messi V2

    This is sounds like nonsense tbh.
  13. khaled_a_d

    FC Barcelona B (Barça Atlètic)

    You never know with playoffs, and we are now 2nd. I think V.Barbera injury makes it less sure, I think with him we would have finished top of the group easily.
  14. khaled_a_d

    Lionel "The Greatest of All Time" Messi V2

    No. Only first round. And even that is very confusing one
  15. khaled_a_d

    Lionel "The Greatest of All Time" Messi V2

    Yeah. Cincinnati beat them 3-0 the last time they played in Ohio. Inter will play away from home next round, and if they win, it is likely the same in the East finals.
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    Dusan Vlahović

    This is something I warned folks about, he got a lot of love because he was free, but he scored a lot of penalties and the luckiest tap in I've seen. There wasn't anything that showed he has the skill to replicate that once he is in a tougher spot.
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    African Football

    Honestly, no idea. Morocco should be favourite, obviously, but it rarely works this way. I think Senegal is right there too.
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Micah and Henry talked about this well Rashford was at mistake here, no pressing. However, Balde did most of the wrong, the passer was already free and in a position to read the play, and he wasn't in a danger position himself. In such case, you don't go and press him, you commit to the...
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    Andrés Iniesta

    Scoring was always Iniesta's main weakness
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    In the same season we conceded 4 against RM in CDR, 12 goals in 6 matches in CL group stage,4 against Manu. In La liga, Ter Stegen actually had one of the greatest performances of a GK in our history. He conceded like 73% or something of the xG faced (that is the shots he faced) and the team...

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