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  1. Maradona37

    Summer Olympics Paris - 2024

    More good swimming on tonight, including Leon Marchand going for two gold medals and Kyle Chalmers vs David Popovici in the 100 m freestyle.
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    England

    I dunno you know. I think you're overrating the players. They're not a 'ferrari' at all, that's flattering them - most of them get overrated beyond their abilities. Even if Pep was manager and Southgate wasn't, the English players could never play pass and move the way Spain do. You can tell by...
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    Julián Álvarez

    He was just an example - I didn't actually know he was scoring that little. Tbh I really meant even at his best cos even at his best when he scored a lot he had nowhere near Benzema's all-round game. I just didn't wanna look like I was running prime Lewa down too much.
  4. Maradona37

    England

    I said it before, but he's more talented than Foden imo (and Saka for that matter). In fact he's probably the most naturally gifted player England have right now. HIs intelligence, close control, touch and affinity with the ball are top notch.
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    Julián Álvarez

    It's that age-old question isn't it. Is it better to have a guy who will guarantee goals but whose all-round game isn't as good (Haaland, current Lewa), or can you qualitatively be a better team, create more chances, and spread goals around with a more rounded player like Benzema or even...
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    Julián Álvarez

    I'd say the reason he's so ineffective in big games is because his physical advantages and movement - which is what his game revolves around, let's be honest, he's poor technically and in playmaking - are negated against the elite intelligent, physical defenders. Therefore he can't bully guys...
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    Julián Álvarez

    Haaland does miss a lot of chances to be fair. Like I say he gets loads cos of his pace, power and movement, but he doesn't have the greatest shot conversion rate, last season at least. That's not to say that Alvarez is a Romario level finisher, because he is inconsistent with it, but Haaland...
  8. Maradona37

    Summer Olympics Paris - 2024

    Some excellent and entertaining swimming again tonight. Irish guy with gold in the 800 m freestyle men, and Great Britain with gold in the 4 x 200m free relay.
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    Julián Álvarez

    Yeah I don't wanna look like I like Haaland or anything. I despise him as a player and find him an awful footballer who simply is an insane goalscorer. He misses an awful lot of chances too though. He's just a goalscoring cheat code, though to be fair he disappears in a lot of big games...
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    Julián Álvarez

    The thing about him is he's the anti-Haaland - he offers much more in general play and makes other players look better, while only getting decent/average stats himself. This can be overblown about him too though as he does have poor spells of form where he doesn't enable others either. He's...
  11. Maradona37

    Summer Olympics Paris - 2024

    It's kind of inadvertently taunting you further with the announcement that it's the 'heats' stage of the competition (on your TV ). Lol.
  12. Maradona37

    Summer Olympics Paris - 2024

    Since Loki brought up doping, I am finally gonna watch 'Icarus' soon, which has been on my list for several years. I didn't realise it is on Netflix. I find doping and PEDs fascinating. Most top level sportsmen and women are probably doing it to be honest, as bad as that is to consider.
  13. Maradona37

    Summer Olympics Paris - 2024

    Did you guys hear about the British commentator who was fired/cancelled for making a harmless joke about the Australian female relay team the other night, saying women stand around doing their makeup? I know there's not many British posters here so you might not have heard. I know I lean left...
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    Joan Laporta

    Let's hope they're not snakes.
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    Ansu Fati (loaned to Monaco)

    I had something that felt like that in summer 2022, though it seemed to go away so not sure if it really was it. But a doctor 'diagnosed' me over the phone. Before that I was wearing a special insole in my trainer that helped. But it all came about when I was playing football and couldn't put...
  16. Maradona37

    Summer Olympics Paris - 2024

    Got semi-finals in four swimming events tonight, as well as men's 800m freestyle final and 200 m freestyle relay final. And women's 100 m backstroke final. The 800 m and 1500 m events are hard to focus on throughout because of the long distance, like long distance running or open water swim events.
  17. Maradona37

    Summer Olympics Paris - 2024

    That's the big drawback for me when watching any sport, including football. The idea that all the best athletes and even the ones who aren't the best are doped. It takes away the magic and is the unspoken elephant in the room.
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    João Félix

    Felix is talented, but essentially doesn't fit into modern football and rarely impacts games. He's like a luxury player. Him, Dalot and Leao are maybe the three most overrated 'young but approaching their prime' players in the Portuguese NT. I believe all three were born in 1999, so they should...
  19. Maradona37

    Summer Olympics Paris - 2024

    The swimming has been great and hopefully the track and field will follow suit. I don't really watch sports like tennis, football and basketball at the Olympics as they're nowhere near the pinnacle of the sport. But for stuff like swimming and athletics, it's the peak of an athlete's career. So...
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    Lionel "The Greatest of All Time" Messi V2

    Long essay coming up criticising the cunt. It is a wild world we live in. He's definitely not in the top 5 players of all time at all, that is totally overrating him. I have him about 9th and even then it feels like I am bowing to peer pressure. The gen z types are pretty ignorant of past...

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