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A massive debate that I wasn't involved in? This just won't do lads.

Great film - watched it for the second time ever this February. Might just be me but I think Christoph Waltz steals the entire show.

With all due respect to you (and you do seem like a really good guy), I believe that thinking Lewa vs Ronaldo 9 is a contest is indeed hyping him. You clearly disagree and that's fine. But for me, having seen R9 in his prime, there is a significant difference between the players. Fair enough...

It's nothing personal against him particularly (and to be fair I called Ronaldo R9). But I find all these initialisms cringe - R9, LM10, R10, and especially 'CR7'. Like you say it is promoting a brand rather than a person, and reflective of modern football. I can't remember if Ronaldo was...

Anyway @JustAnotherBarcaFan , it is not my goal to slag him off (unlike Cuntaldo for example, whom I insult with glee). I take no pleasure in criticising him next to others. I like the guy - tremendous player and seems like one of the more normal, decent footballers (without knowing him...

United should win at home, but you just never know with them.

Fair enough, I am not counting chickens with Yamal. LOL now YOU are doing it. There is no universe where 'RL9' (why call him that?) is on the same level as Brazilian Ronaldo. Brazilian Ronaldo was an absolute genius and one of the greatest PLAYERS of all time, never mind STRIKERS. Plenty of...

Ok. I haven't even said that Yamal will fulfil his potential (though clearly I very much hope he does as I wanna see such a potential genius showcase it). But he's a special talent still and that is obvious. I also agree that his passing is more advanced than his dribbling at the moment, he's...

The problem you have is you are engaging in a strawman. As I said, everyone knows that Robert is one of the best strikers of the last 30 or 40 years - nobody has denied that. The pushback comes from guys like Temp slagging off R9 (a much superior player) to elevate him, or from Grande claiming...

Burn him at the stake. Like in Salem.

I see his point but I still prefer 8 games against unique teams than the ultra-protected bollocks the old format was, where you played three teams two times each. It was far easier for the bigger clubs in the previous format. Now only 8 clubs are guaranteed to go straight into the last 16 -...

That's what I said in my replies, those aren't really dribbles, he isn't like Messi, R9 or Maradona with dribbling. There's no harm in it - he's a legendary player and striker. But Grande and Temp now trying to claim he is a top dribbler (ie giving him attributes he doesn't have) is sheer...

Indeed. I guess it's normal they attract such insane envy. However, I feel that any proper football fan would see that team as the pinnacle of football art. It isn't even just about their success and achievements. It's the beautiful way they done it - so many homegrown players and absolutely...

It occurred to me for many years that Pep, and the players from that team, and the team in general, attract a lot of morons who try to put them down. I will give some examples. We constantly hear about how Barca had a lot of decisions go in their favour, BUT we never hear about the decisions...

Nah, your posts don't have a lot of nuance. You think they do but it is obvious the game you are playing. You do criticise your favourite players, like Lewa and Ronaldo. But you do it in such a way that you're doing it to 'appear objective' (you're making a big thing about how objective you are...

Yeah that's very underwhelming as a 'dribbling goal'. Nice but hardly something out of the ordinary. Like you say after the first nice bit of skill he just goes around the defenders, not past them or through them, The title of the video 'when Lewa turned into Messi' is clueless and hyping Lewa...

That's what makes the truly special players (ie greatest of all time) so special - they're not about volume, like Lewa and Ronaldo are. You like volume, I don't - to me if you need 10 chances to score one goal then you're simply a law of averages type and not that impressive. Not taking into...

He is a good dribbler but to be fair YouTube videos don't prove anything - that's a rookie mistake. He's been playing at the very top level in top leagues for almost 15 years. You can find any player doing things here and there in that time. I can find Messi headed goals but it doesn't make him...

Yes exactly, that is what I was implying - great reflexes for first, and great awareness and movement for second.

Just watched the highlights. The second one is indeed great positioning as he gambles at the back post on Kounde's cross coming all the way through. Agree. First one he does well to get into a dangerous position, but he gets a huge element of luck in the ball coming straight back to him off...