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  1. Maradona37

    Camp Nou

    That's a while away.
  2. Maradona37

    2024/25 Preseason

    In all seriousness I am not watching, things can change after pre-season though. Hopefully Flick pulls it all together. Away to Valencia and then home to Athletic is a tough first two games though if not in a good place.
  3. Maradona37

    9 - Robert Lewandowski

    Even they aren't that desperate lol.
  4. Maradona37

    2024/25 Preseason

    He will make it and take off his Flick mask to reveal Setien's face.
  5. Maradona37

    Lionel "The Greatest of All Time" Messi V2

    lol. That is pretty high dedication to the ideology of trollism, I must admit.
  6. Maradona37

    9 - Robert Lewandowski

    It's worrying for Barca that Flick has hung his hat on him. I guess he has no other option though than to back him fully.
  7. Maradona37

    2024/25 Preseason

    Must be a full moon.
  8. Maradona37

    Nico Williams

    I also never said stats aren't important. I said that they're not the be all and end all as modern fans would often have you believe and that, yes, the eye test reigns supreme. Stats would tell you there's not much between Penaldo and Messi. But watching them reveals a much greater truth.
  9. Maradona37

    Nico Williams

    Like I say, I am not even talking about Raphinha. You quoted me with no mention of Raphinha and invited me to enter into a wider debate about qualitative vs quantitative. And that is what I did. Then you called me a hippie.
  10. Maradona37

    Nico Williams

    I am not even referring to Raphinha, for all I know he played brilliantly and scored a lot of goals and assists to boots. I am just making the very simple and should be easy to understand point that stats obsessed players are not necessarily the best players in the team. In fact, it's rare the...
  11. Maradona37

    Cr150

    Based on Saturday's performance, he's clearly been watching Euro 2024 and taken 'emulate your idol' too literally., given not only his lack of stats but lack of ability in general play.
  12. Maradona37

    Nico Williams

    To give you another example. - how often did we see Messi play the inch perfect crossfield ball out to Alba, who squared for a Suarez tap in. Messi didn't get any credit statistically (until pre-assists were a thing), but he was clearly the main architect/protagonist of the goal. Whether this...
  13. Maradona37

    Nico Williams

    I am saying that a player can score a goal and assist, and be useless for the other 89 mins. And be vastly outperformed by someone who didn't get a goal or assist. Arguments like that would never rate Iniesta as a top player as he wasn't a stats merchant. It's the McTominay, post-prime Ronaldo...
  14. Maradona37

    Nico Williams

    Fair enough. Like I say it's a game of opinions. Flick, Deco and the other are paid to try to get as many decisions right as they can.
  15. Maradona37

    Nico Williams

    'Top stuff' is nearly as good and condescending as 'do better'. Us Scottish lads have some good phrases for sure.
  16. Maradona37

    Nico Williams

    Yeah that sort of stuff should be confined to Ronaldo or Haaland fanboys.
  17. Maradona37

    Nico Williams

    There is an element of Williams being 'flavour of the month' due to his Euros performance. And it is always risky to judge a player based on a summer tournament. However, he does look like he has the potential to become a very, very good player to me. I don't think it's all hype, though as I...
  18. Maradona37

    Nico Williams

    Well I haven't made any comments about other players, so I am not gonna make comments like 'if this guy gets too much credit this guys gets too little'. I am just talking about Raphinha here. I will leave talk of other players to their threads. I know he's a decent player, I am not disputing...
  19. Maradona37

    Nico Williams

    I am not involved in that debate, and I haven't even mentioned Torres as I don't rate him. I am just saying that Raphinha is a decent player, on his day good, but for Barca to challenge the likes of RM again, unfortunately they need better players than Raphinha. Whether that's possible with all...
  20. Maradona37

    Nico Williams

    It just seems bizarre to call people out for thinking Raphinha isn't a world-class player. He's at best a good, serviceable player. He should be nowhere near one of the best teams in the world, certainly the starting lineup. And referencing the season two seasons ago where Barca won the league...

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