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  1. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    Thought on Manc derby, big man? I have predicted 1-2 but I am just not sure. United tend to scab results in this fixture sometimes, and the City starting XI looks slow and mistake-prone.
  2. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    Chiesa is (in my opinion) definitely more technically gifted than Gakpo and Diaz, yes.
  3. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    Predicted 2-0 Spurs. It has been that way for a long time so hopefully it stays like that til full time.
  4. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    Probably drinking less mate.
  5. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    Agree, there's so many resources now for even smaller clubs to scout players. Football is generally good these days. Perhaps me thinking it has declined is more because I find it more boring in my old age. If I was a zoomer/gen alpha 14-year-old and knew nothing about past players, and the...
  6. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    Looks like a shockingly old team Pep has picked. I did predict 1-3 but considering altering it now. But there are subs, and there might be method in Pep's madness. But playing Bernardo, Gungo and De Bruyne all in the front 6 at United away is very slow-paced to me. Maybe two of them, Why no...
  7. Maradona37

    La Liga 24/25

    Roma-Juventus same time. Two good games.
  8. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    Yeah that is the point I have constantly made for months now, stronger mid-table gives the idea the top is worse. Or could it be the other way around? A worsening top and weaker bottom makes the mid-table look better? I think the overall thing to take away is that - in a 20 team league - there...
  9. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    Yes, maybe that is a better way of putting it, rather than declined. Not always, but sometimes the 'lesser' clubs are constantly closing the gap (not financially, but in scouting and being smarter). This is leading to more competition and the stronger mid-table in some leagues I refer to...
  10. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    I don't think that's the case. I can't remember who posted it (think it was jamrock) earlier, but someone said that La Liga big three are faltering too, and Inter don't seem as good as they were either. Bayern don't appear to be as good as they were during prime Pep and Klopp days either. Maybe...
  11. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    Shows how much the peak Man City and Liverpool teams under Pep and Klopp dragged up the level.
  12. Maradona37

    Vinícius Júnior

    He's a world-class player, but he's not a truly 'generational' (ugh, awful term) player like Neymar was. He's maybe faster than Neymar. Neymar is better at everything else. Frankly it shouldn't be a discussion and is disrespectful to Neymar's genius. No real slight on Vini, just Neymar was an...
  13. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    There's lots of good players dotted around mid-table teams in PL. However, the question is, are there good players at mid-table clubs in other leagues too? As good as these players? Or do we think PL players are better because they're higher profile and we are more exposed to them, and watch...
  14. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    United and Spurs aren't the 'big 6' anymore (hate that term anyway). The truth is there's loads of teams better than them in the league, and likely will be next season too. That's just a 'big club' dick swinging contest, that term.
  15. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    The only games I truly enjoy are Man United games, because I despise them and it's funny seeing them struggle. I do like games between clubs I like though, like Fulham , Brighton, Brentford, Bournemouth, Wolves etc.
  16. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    The PL is much stronger in mid-table, but weaker at the top and bottom. Now maybe (as I said a month or so ago) you can argue the mid-table looks stronger BECAUSE the top and bottom are worse than before, but still.
  17. Maradona37

    9 - Robert Lewandowski

    The turn and the vision while surrounded by players is much more impressive than the pass in my book (which was pretty simple once he's in a position to play it, which he created for himself as I say). The actual pass itself is fairly easy. It's the turn and vision that's great. The last...
  18. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    Yeah probably did lol. I think I remember reading that about him.
  19. Maradona37

    Premier League 24/25

    He's come a long way since almost killing Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern.
  20. Maradona37

    6 - Gavi

    Ugarte is awful I think, woeful technically and just runs about kicking people. He's been very average at Man United for me. But it's a game of opinions and you clearly disagree.

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