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  1. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    Yes those are good reasons to support Spain in the game.
  2. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    And just in case IniestaGOAT reads this... nobody here is claiming to be a football genius or near Pep or Cruyff's level of football understanding, so don't talk down to others. Most stuff is opinion and people think what they do (although shorter people being better dribblers is common sense...
  3. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    Yeah Messi and Maradona have great passing, dribbling, finishing, goalscoring (in Messi's case), playmaking, vision, free-kicks, exceptional in tight spaces and can wriggle out of holes so that they open up the pitch and create numerical advantages. But without their genius level decision making...
  4. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    Yeah Robinho was. I'd say Di Maria was a good dribbler and he's a decent height. You might disagree. He seemed to marry pace and explosiveness with going past people. He could turn in and out not bad. Guys like Bale, C Ronaldo and to a lesser extent Kaka are explosion dribblers who rely on...
  5. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    Exactly, Saviola was a class dribbler, Eduardo Salvio etc, another thing this guy might not grasp is that a player can be a very inferior player to someone else and a much better dribbler. If he'd have phrased it 'I disagree, the GOAT dribblers are tall' I'd have responded respectfully. It's...
  6. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    Fair enough, I see your point, he was often a juggler and a trickster. Either way the overall point is that I was talked down to by someone who thinks that tall people make the best dribblers lol. It's mental.
  7. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    Exactly. I'd say Ronaldinho was a dribbler, but otherwise, I am with you. Kaka wasn't even a dribbler really - he was exactly what I described. A taller player who ran at length and used pace/explosiveness and touches. He didn't weave in and out of people like Messi, Maradona and the people you...
  8. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    Btw I also said 'there are exceptions' - most of which you have named. When there is a fucking long list of superior shorter dribblers than there is good tall dribblers. Naming a few brilliant tall dribblers doesn't negate my point. Reading comprehension of thickos like you is fucking WOEFUL.
  9. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    No offence mate but I have forgotten more about football than you will ever know, so don't come at me with the attitude. Been playing and watching since before you were born, probably. I also never said that tall people couldn't be great dribblers. Just that smaller ones are generally better...
  10. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    I never said it did - I believe he is brilliant. Just saying you don't want him to get much taller.
  11. Maradona37

    Hans-Dieter Flick

    Yeah I am far from a physical fitness expert but that video doesn't look like major exertion for a professional athlete to me either.
  12. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    Garrincha, Best, prime Aguero, Iniesta, David Silva, Mitoma isn't that tall - there's lots of examples. They have shorter legs and shorter strides, and tend to take closer touches and have greater acceleration - taller people have quicker top speed generally but don't usually have the balance...
  13. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    Yeah Henry was pretty tall for a LF, and he was a quality dribbler. Yamal does have that elegant, natural, almost deceptively lazy looking 'glide' that Henry had.
  14. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    Anyway, it's all irrelevant. As long as he doesn't get any higher than 6 foot 1, his balance and coordination and dribbling will very likely be unaffected. The post earlier about shorter people being better dribblers is very true of course. But there are exceptions, and Lamine is one.
  15. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    First of all, there's no need for the animosity in your first sentence. As for him 'growing to 6 foot 4', I never said he was. Just saying he's 16 and probably still growing. I was talking from an extremist position. How do you know he isn't gonna grow anymore? Tell me how you - a stranger to...
  16. Maradona37

    Barca kits

    They probably would have and did complain, but it's only in recent years their voice has been heard. Bigotry has always been a part of society and it's only in recent years that minorities' voices are being heard and more attention is being paid to helping and including others in life. Now they...
  17. Maradona37

    Barca kits

    Yeah true. I like his football posts but I just can't be bothered engaging with it when it becomes bigoted and about pushing a political agenda. That's why I just left it. Fair enough - I totally agree. It should only be a consideration when there's a clear problem with distinguishing between...
  18. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    Zidane too, and others. I am referring more to wingers than attacking midfielders and forwards though. But I fully agree on your point too.
  19. Maradona37

    10 - Lamine Yamal

    True, fair point. Just don't want him getting a little more cumbersome or struggling to adjust if he has an (other) massive growth spurt. I basically agree with you though. It's just unusual to see a 6 foot 4 winger (if he ends up that tall). Givenchy alluded to Gakpo and there have been some...
  20. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    Maybe I am just a pessimist but part of me is worried England are gonna do it. Can imagine Spain dominating them and missing chance after chance, then England scoring the winner with a set piece. Spain are obviously the better TEAM, but finals tend to be close. I am still gonna predict 2-0 or...

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