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I am a tennis fan in the sense that I think it is an amazing sport. However the only sport I felt compelled to watch for a long time was football. That is changing though. I wanna watch more tennis in future (though I missed the best era, don't think Alcaraz, Sinner etc can replicate it). But I...

Fair enough, thanks. I think that's the first time I have seen him posting, he has a lot of knowledge about the side, hope he keeps posting in here in the lead up to the World Cup.

Federer is such a genius of tennis. Amazing to watch and has the effortlessness the greats tend to have.

Yeah likely right. Zidane is elegance personified. They're obviously both absolute geniuses as I said so any difference in talent is negligible and a matter of opinion.

There's a Portuguese one and an American one. Also, the Boys is one of the very few pieces of media where the source material is inferior to the TV or film adaptation.

Do you know that Aurelius guy? He seems to have the same very high level of knowledge and passion you do for Argentina NT. Maybe he himself is Argentinean?

Zidane overall for career and being a football genius, but Ronaldinho was arguably even more outrageously gifted, just didn't shine long enough. But at this level of extreme football ability i.e. both 9.9/10, talent becomes a less important thing and the determining factor becomes more about who...

It doesn't seem THAT bad really, albeit in poor taste. I think sometimes we have to allow for cultural differences - it is no excuse but growing up in Uruguay where I assume it's mostly Latinos will mean he's more likely to make those comments. I heard he was gonna get an even longer ban than...

Anyway I see you guys have been having fun without me - I still vastly prefer Messi as a footballer to Ronaldo, but Ronaldo has been a brilliant player too and I feel less compelled to hate on the guy these days. Let's hope they both show dignity post-retirement.

It's Homelander who's coming on.

Fair enough. A range of views on him here. You guys all know better than me being actual Barca fans.

True, fair point - it shoots a team in the foot to not be playing competitive matches. Like you say it almost happened in 2010. The night Maradona did that slide I won £100 off a £1 stake lol, 100/1 odds on an acca. It is the best bet I have ever had in terms of value.

Yeah I remember some of those. Cheers, I don't follow the national team much - mainly because our FA are utter clowns and some of our fans can be a bit much. But it's still nice to see them do well, really. Good luck for you guys too, though I know the best you can do is third.

Yes, Rivaldo's is a much better goal, both occasion and ability wise. I don't think anyone has denied that really. Ronaldo's bicycle kick the other night is one of the less impressive ones ever scored, still decent though.

I never watched any of the Nations League games this season other than Scotland v Portugal. However, I think it is a very big ask for us to win in Poland. I think they'll get at least a draw, consigning us to bottom place and relegation.

I mean the team that are current world champions must qualify for the next edition. Argentina have to qualify for the next one. So theoretically we could have a modern world cup without the champions/holders. It never used to be like that - the champions used to qualify automatically, like the...

I knew there was a Ronnie one - look at the twist after the chest control - it's even more impressive in adjustment than Mexes's. The twist and hit in one movement looks nearly impossible to do.

Yes I remember that well. IIRC the match finished 0-0 but he had an incredible shot that hit the post, as you say. That was in 2010 World Cup.

@soul24rage I am just looking at their seven remaining fixtures man. Peru (H) Uruguay (A) Brazil (H) Chile (A) Colombia (H) Venezuela (H) Ecuador (A) There's some tough ones here (on paper and reputation at least) but they have likely already done more than enough to qualify anyway even if...

Scotland can still reach the quarter-finals and hence avoid relegation. It is a big ask though - requires both us winning in Poland and Portugal winning in Croatia. Anything other than a win for Scotland sees us relegated automatically. Also, this