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  1. Maradona37

    Liverpool

    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.
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    Virgil van Dijk

    I have always been a very big fan of this guy as a footballer.
  3. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    lol, sounds so wrong.
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    Lionel "The Greatest of All Time" Messi V2

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

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

    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.
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    Jude Bellingham

    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...
  8. Maradona37

    Spain

    Get out there and enjoy people then. Sorry, couldn't resist a little harmless joke at the typo.
  9. Maradona37

    La Liga Round 13: Sociedad - Barca 1-0

    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...
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    La Liga Round 13: Sociedad - Barca 1-0

    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.
  11. Maradona37

    8 - Pedri

    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...
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    Iñaki Peña (loaned to Elche)

    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...
  13. Maradona37

    8 - Pedri

    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.
  14. Maradona37

    8 - Pedri

    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...
  15. Maradona37

    Have you noticed how much envy and jealousy the players and coaches from Pep's Barca team seem to attract?

    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)
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    Have you noticed how much envy and jealousy the players and coaches from Pep's Barca team seem to attract?

    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...
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    8 - Pedri

    I can see yours and vegitot's points, but I tend to lean more to your side, yes. I think he's an Iniesta-style player and can start and play deeper or play in the final third, but his best abilities lie a bit deeper. However, it's definitely a good debate. Overall though I think you make some...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    I was half taking the piss. Anyway been fun talking, but I am gonna go watch a film, wash some clothes, then sleep - playing football either once or twice tomorrow, hopefully twice (depending on transport to another town/location) so I will have to sleep before 3 am at least. Goodnight mate...
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    Hans-Dieter Flick

    We all know you are an arrogant bastard - false modesty doesn't suit you :lol:
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    9 - Robert Lewandowski

    I dont actually think Cr is that good a dribbler - he's more of a kick and run merchant. Hazard and Neymar, Ribery, Iniesta etc far better examples of weaving, intelligent dribblers than him. Of course CR was a decent dribbler but he gave up a lot of it to focus on goalscoring. Even when...

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