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Is he past it then? I know he's about 37.

As someone who doesn't watch much tennis I much prefer Federer (and Nadal) to Djokovic. They seem to play more aesthetic tennis. In my head I have sort of characterised Federer as Messi's analogue and Djokovic as Ronaldo's, style wise. Might be irrational but ah well.

So what is the reason Novak is getting demolished? He lost to this guy last year too, right? Djokovic is a top three player ever, right? Is it really as simple as he's very old and well past his peak, and this is the classic tale of a much younger guy superseding an older guy?

I have been awake since 4 am after sleeping at 8.30 pm Saturday night. No nap for me - I am worried I will sleep through and miss the Euro final lol. Anyway, it is 3.25 pm now and I have to stay awake another 12 hours to see both Euro and Copa. It will mean I will have been awake approx 24 hours...

True mate, ads and all the stoppages bollocks that go on in NFL put me off watching it. I tried watching it a few years ago on a recommendation, and it actually was exciting when gameplay was going on, but there were so many stoppages, ad breaks, commercial bollocks. It's the same when I watched...

Is this true? Fucking hell, what a joke: https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40556268/copa-america-final-2024-colombia-extended-shakira-half-show

Looking forward to watching him and the other kids as they come through (not just at Barca, the next generation in general).

Yeah I agree, Spain look stronger from the start, so if they can go 2-0 up by halftime it will be too much for England surely. The longer the game lingers the more it favours England with their bench. I actually like Oyarzabal to be honest, but I get your point that he's not as good a sub as...

The kid Guille is already 6 foot 3 at 16, isn't he? Apparently he's the next big thing from La Masia yeah? Some saying he's an even bigger talent than Yamal. Midfielder, yeah? Edit, have him mixed up with someone else, he is 5 foot 7.

I still can't decide. On form and team cohesion, Spain should win by two goals or so. But finals are a toss up generally and there's some voodoo with England, as other posters have said. They have a few players who can punish ESP if they don't take their chances. I am still leaning Spain but I...

Big game tonight for this very talented player.

He has professionalism issues, but it also feels like his mental health issues have been legit, and the way Ten Hag hung him out to dry was appalling, as was Man United fans' turning on him. I don't think he is good enough, but he's still been harshly treated, even if he does himself no...

He was excellent in this tournament. He previously lacked maturity and a cool head, but football IQ, vision, and technique were never a problem for him. It will be interesting to see if he can maintain his level next season as he's no spring chicken (though the way he plays is very conducive to...

Shocking comment about Mourinho and implies a severe lack of knowledge of the game's history.

Mourinho is miles past it and yesterday's man, and even at his best really had to play anti-football and instill that boring as fuck 'siege mentality' nonsense (that works briefly but ends up burning the place down in the long-term) except when he had Real Madrid's squad. He's a tired old man...

In all honesty, I am almost prepared for England winning it. They've been getting closer in recent years with the help of kinder draws and with the level of the PL being improved by Pep and Klopp, and the substantial investment the FA have made into grassroots, coaching and other factors...

I was asleep and didn't see the game (I was so tired at about 8.30 pm and felt much more refreshed when I woke at 4.05 am), but I don't believe in third-place play offs. Most of the time the losing semi-finalists would rather just go home. To be fair Croatia have taken it seriously in the few...

He was made to look better because of Pirlo, Marchisio and Vidal imo. They freed him up to try doing fancy stuff. He was never gonna be able to run a midfield the way they asked him to at Man United. He needed to be the creative player, but he could only play left of a three man midfield. It...

Talented but people talked about him like he was as gifted as Zidane...no, not for me, not even close. Even if he had been mentally focused and professional, I think people overestimated his abilities to an extent anyway. He was terrible when pressed and a lot of what he did was freestyle stuff...

Fair enough. I am sure he is a good lad, but due to my dislike of Man United I hope he fails - it's nothing personal. But as for your comments on his ability, thanks for letting me know. I will watch him closely this season and formulate an opinion. It sounds like he's promising going by some...