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Genuine question here, why would it be insufferable if Messi had won it? All this Messi love has been out there for at least a decade, the guy brings much joy to the sport in a different style than any other player I can think of. Crowning him with a world cup at the end of his career is just so fitting IMO.

Honestly, the Dutch were bullying them as well during the penalties. It was more like “in your face” kind of thing.

He’s definitely playing in a more advanced role than the where he plays at Newcastle.

I would give credit to the very organized Swiss team. They are spread out very well and their off the ball movement and positioning kills all the space. Brazil does not have much choice.

We all love Miggy after he got Howe’d, imagine how a Howe’d Isak would look like. And I don’t think we bought Isak to play as a RW, so I don’t see a competition between him and Miggy/future RW transfers

Or we might switch to 4-4-2. It was Eddie’s favorite tactic, and Isak can play the deep lying forward role very well. 4-4-2 can be very powerful with all the high pressing and constant off the ball movement that we play.

And don’t forget we are supposed to be strengthening the squad in a couple of positions for the second half of the season. And Isak hasn’t played much yet. If we keep playing like this, I would say 5th should be our minimum target.

Big Jo you fucking monster

Botman just casually pocketing Kane.

Longstaff has been playing lately since he gets to stay and hold back when Bruno gets forward. If we are playing Willock, then it means Bruno won’t be getting forward as much.

I’d really like to know the reason behind this.

Botman is a beast

So Burn as a left back and Murphy as a left winger? The entire left side is completely useless. No good play came from there.

And Burn is quite slow for Antony.

I was thinking Antony is a source of danger, and playing only Burn on the left would really expose us. Burn is slow as a left back and Antony will have a lot of free spaces there. Maybe Targett should play instead?

If he does well in the world cup, then I can see other big clubs fight over him in January.

Looks like ASM10 and J7 are coming.

Botman is a beast. One of his best games.

Sorry to say it but Burn is a terrible left back if we expect him to do anything other than his defensive duties.

I am actually thinking be might break Messi’s record of 50 goals in La Liga in a single season.

Eddie shouted so loud I saw the whole of the gum he was chewing.

As much as I have been shitting on Willock, he did well there.

LOL, exactly. So much energy and work rate, terrible decision making and end product.

I was actually thinking of having Wood as our a central forward, and then Isak should play as a left winger instead of Fraser.

Another reason why I really wanted Botman to play is how dangerous he could be in corners/freekicks. He almost scored a few in the last games.