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How old is Aarons? Anyone seen him last year for the reserves have more detailed comments on his progression?

I wonder how much of his wages we're subsidising.

I want one winger and one striker now.

We're both better off if baseball isn't mentioned.

:lol: :lol: fucking Pip "Superheroes aren't supposed to fail". :lol: Absolutely howling at this, still. :lol: it's quintessential Pip. One of the worst posts I've ever read, but so brilliant. You must not read your own posts then. you're alright, Pip. But fuck you. I'm hurting, man. Fuck, Messi was supposed to do it.

30 by the time the next WC comes. I hope he hits 70 for Barca next year and they sweep everything. He won't be as good next time as he is now, it's going to be even more difficult to win. Fucking Higuain, man. Ruined it.

He should have done better for the chance. I thought he had a good first half but disappeared in the second. The whole argentine team seemed to tire. Germany deserved it, shame for Messi. I was seriously hoping he'd do it.

:lol: :lol: fucking Pip "Superheroes aren't supposed to fail". :lol: Absolutely howling at this, still. :lol: it's quintessential Pip. One of the worst posts I've ever read, but so brilliant. You must not read your own posts then.

Superheros aren't supposed to fail. Germany deserved it but I am sad.

Great game. Both teams should have scored.

Liverpool will be weaker if they end up with only those two.

He really was. Saved a goal, too.

I'm with you KI. You don't see this level of dominance from players often in other sports. There's Trout in baseball and LeBron in basketball but LeBron was 10 years removed from MJ. These guys don't come around too often. I don't think there's any point in making a direct comparison because the circumstances are so different. Could Pele have won in Europe where the football was different? It's the same criticism that Messi got for having not scored against English teams. Obviously it's a ridiculous criticism but people did say it. There are generational talents that don't come around too often, players like Pele, Maradona and Messi. They're in the top tier. The best ever? I don't think it's possible to say so without involving many of your own biases.

It's hard to argue because the times have changed. A better way of thinking about it is in terms of generations. It's all great asking whether Messi could survive the defending back then, but could Maradona play 60+ games each year at the highest level like Messi does today? Would his body have broken down? The game is different today. Defenders aren't as tough in tackling but they're stronger, faster and fitter. Pele would have benefitted from the fitness techniques used today, but there are diminishing returns to this. A guy running a 15 minute mile could drop it down to 11 if he trained better and ate better. But a guy doing it in 11 minutes naturally wouldn't be able to do it in 7 if he trained better and ate better. What I'm saying is the physical differences in players today is much, much smaller than before. Defenders are faster and fitter because it pays well to be a defender now. You have guys like Marcelo, Alves and Ramos who could outrun half the premiership playing in defense because the game has changed, it has become more physical. This is not to denigrate Maradona and Pele. Like I said, it's better to view it in eras. Messi is by far the best in this Era. Maradona and Pele were in theirs. Was Cruyff in his? Was he as better relative to other players as the other three are to their peers? I don't know. But I think it's a better way of viewing it, rather than pitting the players against each other. The more dominant a player is, the more he is compared favourably to players from the past.

The quality of the games isn't close to being on par with the CL, IMO. Of course, it's a different challenge for players because they aren't extremely well-drilled but the best CL teams could take out the best international teams easily.

If he does well in the final, he's up there for me because no one can compare to his club career and it's obvious that CL football is superior to international football. He dominates the CL to a ridiculous extent.

Looked better on the ball and faster than Debuchy.

Holland are such negative cunts. Come on, Messi, do these fuckers.

I keep getting hit by strays that it doesn't feel like strays anymore.

Nope. They just looked at themselves and walked off. Shocking. Their WC and they don't even applaud their support They will do it in their last match.

Straight out of the Pep playbook, that.

I want to see a Draxler long ranger.

Scolari needs to take off Fred when he's close to the sideline. If he takes him off when he's far from the bench, he's going to die.

Paulinho is slow as fuck

I hope Brazil score one or two just for the sake of the country. The govt is going to get fucked up pretty damn soon, like in an hour.