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As the #10. Benzema CRonaldo James Bale Hmmm...that just doesn't sit right with me. I can't quite put my finger on it. I'm not sure why it doesn't sit right with you tbh. Because in my honest opinion that looks like an excellent and dynamic front four. My problem gets when you put Kroos + Modric/Alonso behind and you don't really have the needed balance. Still think it will work excellently and I can't see Atletico keeping up this season with the top two.

As the #10. Benzema CRonaldo James Bale

Robinho @ Orlando City with Kaka

Don't understand why Madrid don't realise this. Likewise ADM. They don't? They haven't sold him yet and only rumours that they're actually looking to bring someone in. I think they wouldn't have sold Higuain had they not realised this tbf.

No idea why this made me laugh.

Said it earlier in the season that Deulofeu really looks like he could fit into that Barcelona side. Him as a substitute for either flanks is a great player to have off the bench and I think despite him needing to play games I think learning from Neymar, Messi and Suarez would be excellent for his career. He could learn all from being a diver to being effective to being a biter. Would become a complete player

I do wonder whether he has an attitude problem that Mourinho dislikes given he's had problem with the national team because of not being much of a team player attitude wise.

I hope it will, but I doubt it. The new coordinator for all national teams is an ex-goalie who was part of the 94 team but who for the last 12 or 14 years or so has worked as a player agent. Seriously, he has no experience in managing a football team, yet possibly the biggest national team in the world he will. I just think it's a lose-lose situation for him, as soon as one weird guy is called up they're going to link him to it. As for the second part, I agree, unfortunately it is a traditional thing for many so I don't think it will stop until CBF offers huge prize moneys for winners for Serie A teams.

*although not a bad appointment (if it would happen) it's obviously not the best appointment in the world.

Really? :lol: :lol: News doing the round, don't really see much wrong in it. Won everything except the WC (which has been the case for the last 12 years) and only went out in the World Cup because of individual mistakes. The team itself looked very good for long periods and I wouldn't mind him as long as he realized that he was extremely stubborn by not taking Neymar in the last WC and giving him some WC experience from the bench. The reason they might be bringing him in is that the manager in itself won't have much control over how the team plays as there's going to be a system put in place by the youth team coordinator Alexandre Gallo who's system is going to be implemented through every team. Also a quota of around 30, 40% will be U20 players in the senior squad in preparation to the coming Olympics and World Cup. They're trying to look at it long-term and give youth a chance and implement a system a la Barcelona although without the tiki-taka.

So Remy and Sturridge is better than Suarez and Sturridge?

Don't remember the last time we had as good of a right back as Debuchy. Just a shame he came into this team when Alan was managing it...

Watching Gremio v Goias in the Brazilian league and the commentators just said the ballboy was sent off :lol: Apparently raged towards the assistant ref and than on his way out he had to be surrounded by cops as he was verbally abusing the 4th ref as well Ze Roberto just came on as well 40 years old.

Shut up backpacker.

Exactly this. We have players coming from AJAX to Newcastle United. A club with a more successful history, who win trophies and regularly play in Europe. They join for money and to be in the best shop window to earn more money (and perhaps challenge for honours). This is not aimed directly at Ronaldo. I've seen plenty of people with a PL + La Liga + a handful of other clubs as the only clubs worth having good players. You backpacker.

Seriously, Nautico and Juventus get perfect striped beauties and we get something with a fucking V-Sector in it? GTFO

Individually it was his best World Cup, most definitely. He created far more in 5 games than he did in 7 games in this one. I'm not even going to have this discussion anymore. It's quite clear you're making points based on statistics and not performances

A poor Argentina team Change your name back to Pissi ffs. Anyone who has seen Messi play knows that his best World Cup to date was the 2010 and that WC performance was comparable to James Rodriguez this year. They both went as far as they could with their team. But to tell it straight to my face that he was one kick away from winning the World Cup is ridiculous as if Iran scores against them they might not even have won their group or advanced. It's not as easy as that Pissi. Messi had a good World Cup, but there are 10 players who had a better one in my opinion. I'm not saying this because I'm taking the piss, I'm being honest. Messi was decisive, but his general play was quite poor. There's a reason to why a guy who is 'impossible' to take the ball away from, lost the second most balls in this World Cup. He lost in average 7 balls per game, which let's be honest is quite a lot.

?? get lost. Ronaldinho was an integral part to a winning side in 2002. He single handedly turned a game around in the quarters and as a relatively young guy stepped up when needed the most. Messi is the best player in the world, but not once did I watch Messi in the World Cup and think of him as the best in the world.

Excellent article. The point I was trying to get across earlier in this thread. Saying they failed and that Wilmots failed was shenanigans.

Again I agree with that sentiment, just felt like you were trying to prove that he's the best ever by those quotes. My bad. The thing with why I think Zidane arguably had a better peak is that he could change a game everywhere on the pitch, Messi can change it offensively and but still relies on the others to be good in his team. Zidane if his team was up had the ability to make the ball disappear for the rest of the game, he could affect a football game in so many ways more than Messi. One of his last games is one of the best performances I've seen in my lifetimes. What he did against Brazil in 2006 is a masterclass lesson. It was an unbelievable performance at the biggest stage against the most talked team of the moment and he just absolutely ripped apart that team.