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  1. Maradona37

    Kevin De Bruyne

    England thinks about football all wrong (or did back then anyway). They prefer big physical power merchants like Lampard and Gerrard, who 'drive into the box' and score goals. Gerrard, Mr Hollywood ball and who was poor in tight spaces and left gaps all the time with his Roy of the Rovers me me...
  2. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    Kante is actually quite good with his dribbling and driving runs, but yeah I get what you mean. Griezmann is the key to linking the midfield with the attack too, and he does it excellently.
  3. Maradona37

    Kevin De Bruyne

    I think De Bruyne is clearly better than Lampard. I'd have David Silva above the likes of Gerrard and Lampard - rating Gerrard and Lampard above Silva is everything that's wrong with English football in my opinion. I'd also rate Keane, Toure, Scholes and Vieira above Gerrard and Lampard. But...
  4. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    They have a strong defence, energetic options in midfield with Kante, Tchouameni and Camavinga, and a wildcard in Mbappe. And if they are struggling, they can introduce Giroud as a target man. At international level those go a long way.
  5. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    Anyway, as a Scot I am expecting Hungary to win tonight. It's the way that Scotland do things. Either that or win and become the first third-place team to be eliminated with four points (though I fully expect a win will be enough as I think plenty of the stuff we need will go right in the other...
  6. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    Before the World Cup was created, Uruguay were the world superpower. They had won the Olympics in 1924 and 1928 I believe (one of them at least) and that was seen as a de facto World Cup. They and Croatia are probably the best football nations in the world relative to population size. They're...
  7. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia have a decent pedigree too in terms of smaller nations.
  8. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    Since France started Clarefontaine and rejuvenated their youth set up they've had so much success. They were good before that, but they have won the Euros once since then and been to four of the last seven World Cup Finals. The immigration factor has helped them too. Bear in mind they didn't...
  9. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    I believe they only made the semi finals of the World Cup once before 2010. And that was in 1950 when the 'final four' was a mini-league (when Uruguay shocked Brazil in the Maracana with Ghiggia's winner, and Brazil only needed a draw to win their first World Cup).
  10. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    They have three, He will say they two came in that golden generation though, so his point stands.
  11. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    It's stuff like that, the low standards of wanking over every basic thing he does, that puts so many people off him and his fans. Like I said in the other thread, you can't tell me people would rave about that assist if it was Lukaku, Mudryk or Nunez who made it.
  12. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    He's a risk taker and moments player, but the flip side of that is him giving the ball away and the other team getting counters, and less control in midfield. As we have seen extensively at Man United. And he is still not proven for Portugal against the top nations really, is he? Their...
  13. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    I think that too. They're relatively cursed as a nation. In saying that, they could win it. But they shouldn't be so confident as to be seen as one of the two most likely.
  14. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    He can also give away a lot of passes and set up counters for the opposition. Obviously he is capable of creating a moment of magic, but he's equally capable of being invisible and giving the ball away constantly - he's erratic. Anyway, we will see.
  15. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    Good point on Spain to be fair. To be honest you are taking my point and making a bit of a strawman argument. Italy have pedigree, but they have inferior players to Germany and France too. Germany and France have pedigree and squad. And pedigree does matter in these tournaments.
  16. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    Fernandes has only really showed he's a match winner against more modest nations at international level. Leao doesn't convince me to be honest - lots of pace and skill but poor decision-making in this tournament so far. Neto is a brilliant player for me and could start. Portugal fans say Silva...
  17. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    Agree with most of that, but do England really deserve to be bracketed with France and seen above everyone else? Like you say they have an awful manager, but they play awful football too and have bottled every tournament since 1966. They don't have the pedigree as a nation to be seen this...
  18. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    I had worked it out myself, but some guy on the Scottish football forum wrote what Scotland need to get a third place qualification. General third place stuff here.
  19. Maradona37

    Euro 2024

    I know he's a great player (or was), but imagine being a grown man and being desperate to get a photo with a world-famous celebrity. To the extent you do this and invade the pitch. It's proper emasculating behaviour, and shows how powerful celebrity worship is in our society. I understand kids...
  20. Maradona37

    Pelé

    It just depends on your own personal criteria. Some prize longevity, others prefer a better prime. I prefer a player who is best at his prime to a player who is less good over longer. Maradona can be argued to have a better peak than Messi and Pele, but Messi and Pele are close enough with him...

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