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I think five of those came in one game against Leipzig though. It's not even that he doesn't score - it's that the way he plays does not facilitate other players or make the team better. He just camps in the middle waiting for service, it's like playing with ten men. He isn't one of those...

Indeed. Those 'hurty words on an internet forum' spill over into the real world. Only the other day I learned a guy I know called a player a 'black bastard who needs a wash' and threw water in his face because he scored against his team at the 7 a side tournament we were at. I would never have...

Anyway, all this probably should be moved to Zidane thread as more relevant there @Barcaman

Aye I have saw that video before, was amazing to see even if Maradona was old and just a charity match. Yeah I know what you mean about Messi and Zizou. They likely would combine very well, especially as you say because Messi is a very smart player (and so was Zidane) and they'd know when to...

Greenwood's an absolute cunt of a guy but it's not because he's black. How it has become a race debate I am not sure.

Thanks for that link - I will look at it later. They're two of my favourite ever players so will be good to see them interacting. I know what you mean about them maybe being in each other's way if they played together - a lot of times people think you just throw the best players together like...

Yeah true, it was a little inconsistent then - teams seemed to dominate for a period and then be supplanted by a completely new team for a while. We saw that at times in the 80s as well - Serie A in the 80s might well be the strongest most competitive league ever, at least for a good number of...

Fair enough - really good points. Tbh I am quite deep into this 'with the internet era the top players have become concentrated in fewer teams' mantra so maybe I am undervaluing how often it happened even pre Messi and Ronaldo. I am always willing to admit I might be wrong. Fair point in Barca...

I know they were dominant and I made that point. Just saying that top teams at the time didn't lord it over the rest of the league quite as much as top teams do now. Tbh I am probably just making excuses for his lack of success at club level as I am such a fan of his as a player. No doubt...

The thing is - they don't have enough quality players to create a cohesive team that can go toe to toe with better squads without having a genius. So they need a superstar/match winner or two to as you say 'bail them out', as they won't dominate against better teams. I guess that's where...

Aye I was gonna mention he was highly rated, but haven't really seen enough of him to formulate an opinion. Savinho seems highly-rated too but so far at City he seems to be playing pretty conservatively in places. I should say that 'flair' could be mistaken for 'being greedy and extravagant'...

I agree, and that was essentially what I was saying in my post (and the same sort of point I have made about Cristiano Ronaldo relative to past peers). I am more of an ability man than career or stats or trophies or longevity, but I know that not everyone is like that. What I love about Xavi is...

I get your point about Zidane but (and this will sound antithetical to everything football is about, but bear with me), there wasn't the extreme zoning in on stats and trophies back then. And the international game was prized by more players too. Back then teams didn't generally win title after...

It doesn't always work out in practice as it does in theory, but I do tend to agree with this (as I say, in theory).

Yeah, Bellingham seems like an absolute dickhead with an inflated opinion of himself and his ability. The way he talks to others. Wayyy to much hype wayy too soon. He's clearly not intelligent enough to be self-critical and look at the illogical celebrity worship surrounding him. As for Real...

Thanks mate. We'll see. It is good for me to get out and about in the real world too rather than me posting online too much. The key is balance.

It's gonna be sad when he retires. He's been such a fantastic footballer to watch, with a combination of skills no other player in history possesses (amalgamating all of all-time great goalscoring, passing, playmaking, dribbling, finishing, vision and free-kick taking into one supreme player)...

Thanks. Yeah I can only post on here in small doses now. Most people I get on fine with but there's two or three irritants. That's where the ignore function comes in handy though. Overall, I just don't wanna post too much as I am not really a forum guy and felt it was taking up too much of my...

Yeah they definitely have manager messiah complex due to the Busby and more recently Ferguson reigns. No top club should be operating with the manager as the main man controlling everything. To be fair they have tried to change this with Ratcliffe, Brailsford, Berrada, Wilcox, Ashworth, Blanc et...

The problem for them is they buy players far above their worth and value, and give them astronomical wages. Look at the knee-jerk contracts handed out to Fernandes and Rashford, who are two massive problems for them in reality. There's also the thing I keep saying - they're a 90s club existing...