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  1. Maradona37

    14 - Marcus Rashford

    Anyway, I have decided that Rashford has some good qualities which could be useful for Barcelona. He might do well. I am intrigued to see how it goes for him as he's the type who could be great or a disaster, with very little in between.
  2. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    It's really just a friendly. It's really hard to say who will win the PL this season. A lot depends on if Man City can find their level again.
  3. Maradona37

    World Cup '26 qualifiers discussion

    Fair play mate. Maybe Portugal could do it. However, I think it would require the stars aligning and would be more of an upset than some reckon it would be.
  4. Maradona37

    World Cup '26 qualifiers discussion

    Fair enough young man. Thanks for taking the banter in good spirits.
  5. Maradona37

    World Cup '26 qualifiers discussion

    It matters but what is more important is that Ronaldo and/or Martinez will find a way to fuck it up, I feel. true, Santos isn't great, but they failed then too anyway. I just feel we hear about them before every tournament and every time they underperform (even when they won something). Like...
  6. Maradona37

    World Cup '26 qualifiers discussion

    Except Spain and Germany have a (recent) history of winning. Portugal do not. And I would back both to beat Portugal in a big knockout game, as they have plenty of times before. Germany were world champions in recent past thanks to sorting their youth and Spain have had their golden era since...
  7. Maradona37

    World Cup '26 qualifiers discussion

    It doesn't matter. The Ronaldo and Martinez factors are much more important, as I said. Conceicao and Neto are good players but hardly superstars who lead teams to world titles. This is what I mean with overrating their players.
  8. Maradona37

    World Cup '26 qualifiers discussion

    See if I had a tenner for every time I wrote off Portugal or England before a tournament and was proved correct, I'd have more money than Jeff Bezos.
  9. Maradona37

    World Cup '26 qualifiers discussion

    We heard all this about Portugal before every tournament and they always underperformed. They underperformed in 2016 too, they just got lucky. We heard this before Euro 2024 - 'Portugal are a real threat' 'watch out for Portugal'. I wrote them off and was right to do so. Every time they play a...
  10. Maradona37

    World Cup '26 qualifiers discussion

    They'd need to fluke it. It would be a huge upset. How are they better now with Ronaldo four years older and still playing and destabilising them, and the coach being worse? Yes, they have brought through some superior players, but that will take second stage relative to the Ronaldo and...
  11. Maradona37

    World Cup '26 qualifiers discussion

    Portugal will not win the tournament with Ronaldo in the team or that clown as coach. And, in general, they're just not a World Cup winning nation. They fluked the Euros in 2016 but other than that they just don't give the energy of a country that can win the world title. The winner will be...
  12. Maradona37

    14 - Marcus Rashford

    Also, Fernandes was exactly the same re composure at Sporting, and scouts were actively turned away by his style of play. United scouts themselves even noted it but were overlooked. So the idea that he's some sort of deep down a great controlling footballer made to look bad or impulsive because...
  13. Maradona37

    14 - Marcus Rashford

    A smart club (which they are not) would have punted both of them a long time ago, and built around better possession footballers, and in general tried to turn around the ethos of the club into less of a moments and counter-attacking one. Instead those idiots continue to look down on Pep's 'tiki...
  14. Maradona37

    14 - Marcus Rashford

    They didn't consciously demand it, it is a quirk of their style of play. And Fernandes was still there in that train wreck. It's a combination of Man United as a club being a moments club who can't dominate games in midfield, and hence because of that predisposition they indulge lads like...
  15. Maradona37

    14 - Marcus Rashford

    Exactly. That's another thing clueless people say about him 'he works so hard' - he runs about like an idiot leaving gaps all over the place. Work smarter, not harder. But of course serghei knows best, watching United 5 times a season :lol:
  16. Maradona37

    14 - Marcus Rashford

    Saying I am wrong doesn't mean I am. You just don't watch them play, it's apparently obvious. It's not to their disadvantage at all, you clearly haven't got a clue about them. They indulge Fernandes to levels other teams would never which is why everything goes through him and he's allowed to...
  17. Maradona37

    14 - Marcus Rashford

    Disagree and your comment seems the type from someone who doesn't watch United regularly and goes by media hype. I watch all their games and see the basic mistakes these two make throughout and how they are just moments players who make little real tangible difference in terms of football...
  18. Maradona37

    14 - Marcus Rashford

    Correct, said all this before. His and Busby's times are outliers in their history. They are reverting to the norm now but think they deserve eternal success cos of the 90s.
  19. Maradona37

    14 - Marcus Rashford

    Is this a joke? Nobody with an iota puts any stock in pre-season. It's about building fitness, nothing more. Loads of teams look great in pre-season and then start the season awfully (including this guy's parent club). This is something any experienced football watcher should know.
  20. Maradona37

    Losing the love of the game

    I could write a trademark long, elaborate and intricate post expanding on why, but not in the mood. It really boils down to getting older (I am 43), players being young enough to be my kids rather than old enough to be my dad. Learning more about the world and the unfairness financially. And...

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