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I think he's underrated by modern fans who resent his celebrity status, and overrated by celebrity worshippers who think he's one of the best players of all time. I would slightly disagree on the passing range - he did have a great long pass, but sometimes his long passes got cut out, and he...

Yeah he's not the brightest player is he.

Hopefully you can see if there's a bald spot on the back of his head as he desperately runs back for two or three Barcelona goals.

Nice one. Yeah I have always said I wish a lot more of my games, training etc were filmed. I do have a couple of videos though. One of a solo goal I scored in the final of a 5 a side tournament in 2013 (though we lost 2-1, I believe my goal was the equaliser) but obviously I won't upload it...

Terrible misses but the distance Neves got on that chest assist is impressive.

I haven't made them yet, though I have a pretty good idea what I will go. I will add the two EL games that are on early today as well.

I think maybe it's that. Or it could be some kind of mental health thing where nothing flusters him and he just has to keep going. I implied he was autistic (and I really regret doing that as I generally hate ableist language) but I think being serious he might be. Autistic people are able to...

Yer that comment was embarrassing by me and hard to live it down. The guy just pushed me so far I wasn't thinking straight.

Not sure how I kept pace with him. He was relentless. It went on over several days, about three threads, and almost a hundred pages. The guy just would not stop and wouldn't acknowledge points either, lol.

Thanks for the confidence boost :lol:

Fucking hell, was the 2013 Confederations Cup really 11 years ago already? Neymar was 21 as you say. It seems like yesterday. I was 31. I remember looking forward to that tournament, Man of Steel and The Last of Us which all came out a few days apart that summer. In the same timespan I will be...

So much to like about that goal. First the turn on the touchline, the strength to hold the defender off. Then as he uses his pace to get away he cleverly cuts across the defender to take him out of the game and prevent him getting a challenge in. Then he doesn't panic when in front of goal and...

Yes. People who say it's just about winning have an ok point, ultimately that goes down in the history books. But we now live in an era where everything is recorded - unlike the first half of the 20th century, the 90s onwards have so much footage that can be watched. Hence, people can educate...

I don't normally care as much as some others about stats and haven't seen much of this guy, but 43 goals in 50 games last season (according to the dubious source that is wikipedia) is pretty impressive. Scored again tonight, too. If he has another great season he will likely move around the age...

So a pretty good night in the end prediction-wise. Sure most of these outcomes were predictable but still not bad. Girona were the least fancied outcome of the 7 I got right, with 68 percent backing them to win. Interestingly, and surprisingly, there was a lot of hope for Dortmund - Real Madrid...

That's a fair point too. You'd think if you were more open against RM they would destroy you on the counter. But it does seem like their younger midfielders lack the press resistance that Kroos and Modric had, so going after them and pressing them relentlessly will yield chances high up the...

Liverpool became a little more measured under Klopp in the second half of his tenure, and they seem to have a greater element of control under Slot. Bayern can slow the game down and be less vertical when they want to, they're very capable. Nevertheless, I agree with your general point: Man...

Hopefully we see some upsets if some of the weaker sides are unseeded and are playing against stronger seeded teams in the play-off round. Though that might make the round of 16 onwards more of a procession. As with most things there's two sides of the story.

Yeah I prefer Vini to Mbappe too. I used to be a big Mbappe fan but the more people mention his flaws the more apparent they become to me. Still a top-class player but think Vini has better tight control in some situations.

I said when they announced it that this could be good - it's true that teams don't play the same teams, so some sides get easier fixture lists. However, the way it works out - playing 8 teams once instead of three teams twice - adds more variety and more testing situations. Contrary to what...