triggs

Fairly sure the same bloke once said something like he hoped Newcastle got hammered in a game because Mitro wasn't picked

I know its a joke but was actually talking to a bloke who lived there for a bit and he said their main issue is that their team is much more mixed now. Think their captain isn’t actually jewish for the first time ever

He's great on the ball like

He gets a lot of stick but England could do with someone like Xhaka in midfield

The more clubs getting to play in Europe the better. Its vital that these teams from smaller countries are given the chance to qualify for the Europa or CL but I think its a canny idea for teams knocked out of Europa/CL qualifying if that's what its for. There would have to be big financial rewards for these clubs though and not sure if that would be possible as viewership would probably be limited

Pardew loving? wat

Tbf Neymar probably doesn't actually know who Yedlin is

Roy Keane should be in some kind of asylum. The same cunt didn't play in a world cup playoff second leg in 2002 because he was "injured" before playing 90 minutes in a run of the mill PL game 3 days later. Jon Walters is a much greater Irish man despite not actually being Irish

At least Neymar was at the World Cup tbf

Becoming a PL player isn’t a linear thing like Football Manager. We’ve had loads of players who were highly rated as kids stagnate or regress as they get older. The culture of the club isn’t helpful to these kids as they only get a chance if there’s an injury crisis, and this probably reduces their motivation and ambition to get better as they can’t see a clear pathway to the first team. By the time the likes of Vuckic, Bigi, Aarons leave Newcastle they are miles behind players of their own age who they were once the equal of or better than. All three of those players and more like Kemen and Mbabu were hand selected by us at a young age from outside our academy so they were obviously really talented players. The list of these players is so long now that I don’t think its a coincidence that all our highly rated young players fall apart at 20/21

McCarthy, McClean, Brady, Long, Arter, Maguire

Its the worst Ireland squad I’ve seen by a distance

Its not going to be used to affect actual decisions during this trial. They’re just doing it to get used to the logistics of monitoring all the 3pm games in the same place in preparation for next season

Its probably Girona’s biggest game of the season

Literally never heard of Bettinelli

Absolute beauty

Joaquin

Massively wrong Seems clueless to me. He might be past his best now, doesn’t mean he’s a fraud. Look at what he did with Villareal, Malaga and to a lesser extent Man City and Real Madrid

You joke but he was massively important for Ronaldo's success there. Mainly because Ronaldo has never been good at playing as the main CF. He needs somebody to play off and doesn't really play with his back to goal, considering that Juve might struggle to get him the goals you usually would expect. I wasn’t really joking like. Benzema is unbelievable at hold up play and sacrificed his game to help Cronaldo

Massively wrong

Benzema 4 in 3. Ronnie 0 in 3. Ronnie should hand his Ballon d’Or over to the man who made him great

Nice

He’s awful in tight spaces. Proper striker or nowt IMO

They’ve been fine the last two games really. Noble hasn’t played in those. The problem is they play really open and create chances tbf but don’t have anyone to finish them

Gayle's first goal was unbelievable