-How many goals will David Villa plunder in the A-League?
-Can a weakened Atletico hold onto their crown in Spain and stave off the mighty forces of Barca and Real for a second year in a row?
-Will Bayern try to challenge themselves by playing every game blindfolded and still win their joke of a league by March?
-Will Poverty-A finally stop being a laughing stock home for geriatrics?
-Will anybody watch Ligue 1?
Starting this thread early because the A-League are already making a run at being the GOAT league of next season with the acquisition of Villa and we already have the Prem Thread up and running, so why not this too
Predictions:
Real Madrid
Bayern Munich
Juventus
PSG
David Villa
Maybe even talk about the MLS, Brazilian league, Eredivisie and the Portuguese league too :hendo2
I don't really care for Wolves, but the man really loved that club, spending fortunes to rebuild Molineux, as well as the team which lied in the third tier when he bought them. After finally seeing the club reach the prem for one season in 03/04, he sold the club for ten quid in 2007 so that Steve Morgan could fund another promotion campaign. In a sport where more and more owners of medium sized clubs are looking to make profits and exploit the big tv money available from promotion to the prem, Sir Jack literally is one of a dying breed of owners who are genuine fans first and foremost.
A truly sad day for football that will unfortunately be overlooked by most.
Ohhhh boy, here we go. In exactly 9 hours from now, 18:00 my time, my beloved FC Groningen is playing its first Cup Final in 25 years or so, second in club history, in Rotterdam's "Kuip" stadion against PEC Zwolle.
We're headed there now, 18k strong (that's how many tickets we were awarded) and I'm dying a little on the inside knowing this could be it, the club's first ever major prize.
I've watched FC Groningen many times. I've seen them struggle, I've seen them strive. I've seen the likes of Arjen Robben and Luis Suarez come and go. We've had very solid generations not quite fullfill their potential, we've had lackluster generations rise above and beyond.. but we've never come out the undisputed victor on the other end. And today we get a shot. Maybe 90 minutes. Maybe 120. Maybe pelanties, who knows. But we get.. a shot.
Can you tell I'm excited? :waffle
(P.S. Both teams have been in very solid form as of late, so if you find yourself with some time to kill I highly recommend picking up a stream somewhere aige.)
You can probably count the number of times Xavi has been outperformed by an opposition midfielder in the last 8 years on your hands. Nearly every time he's faced a top midfielder in that period, he's been the controlling influence in the game, making a lot of great players look very ordinary time and time again. For me he's an all time great and a level above the likes of Pirlo and Scholes. He's also got the best trophy cabinet of any modern footballer. It's a real shame he's leaving now and not seeing out his last year, though it's been known he was leaving since the Qatari club leaked it at the end of last year. Barca may struggle with Rafinha as the first choice substitute and the transfer embargo. Alves going too (likely) would be a killer.
It's fitting to see him face off against Pirlo in his final match as well, two glorious footballers and the best deep playmakers of the last 20 years. I remember the Euro 2012 final though where Pirlo was completely overwhelmed and Xavi was man of the match with a couple of assists.
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Moggi on Mazzarri:"Give him a relegation team he'll finish midtable, give him a scudetto team he'll finish midtable"
sums him up. just not cut out for top line management.
will be tough for bobby. big pressure on him, some at inter seem to think they're still big. this will be fairly similar to what he did with fiorentina and lazio. we'll see in the coming year what kind of owner thohir is, a sucker for the big names or someone who knows what they're on about.
Zouma who is younger proved he is good enough in under 10 games, under the same manager, in a position where you're more liable to make a mistake that costs the team. Played in far harder games than De Bruyne did as well.
If De Bruyne played well in the cup games, he'd have got his chance. Instead he was dead tired and blowing hot air after 15 minutes vs Swindon in September. Some players won't have the capabilities to play the style we have and De Bruyne had that problem. Same as Mata. Both quality players given the time, but they don't have the physique or stamina to play the high press we do.
I love how most football fans always look at how a player has moved on and is doing well at a smaller club in a different league, where the demands are different and think it was a mistake for his former team to sell. Erm no, he's doing well because he's in an environment that suits him and he has now moved onto another level he probably wouldn't have got to staying at the former club. Why on earth would we start a De Bruyne who was struggling to adapt over the likes of Hazard, Oscar, Willian and even Mata at the time? Like, I'm 99% sure that all the people arguing for De Bruyne didn't watch his appareances for Chelsea, nor read what was going on. But everyone wants to be an expert.
Mistakes are never using Sturridge properly in his proper position, when he has proven he can fit in your team and has the potential to be one of the best strikers in europe, which ends up pissing him off and you having to sell him to a good team in your league, because he refuses to sign a contract extensuion, vecause he was treated poorly.
Petit isn't a better midfielder than Ballack. One scored in a World Cup final, the other lost about 3 finals in one year.
Pressure moments are good but they're not the be all and end all of individual players. Teams win World Cups. Teams win CL's.
Add to the fact that club football is miles better than international football in the modern day.
Basically Messi is about a million miles better than anyone that anyone on this forum has seen. Ronaldo (both), Iniesta, Maldini are below. Same with Zidane, Xavi and other standouts.
Form your own opinions through watching them at their peak, not reading about how Terry Butcher got mauled twice by Maradona. Going off stats alone then Pele is a runaway leader.
Except he's not.
Messi is.
I'm not even exaggerating. Look at what he's done. He's my age (ish). His poor years are better than 99.9% of other players good years. Who gives a fuck if he hasn't won a World Cup, the ARGENTINA team has been awful for years. Miles worse than Maradona's.
Petit isn't a better midfielder than Ballack. One scored in a World Cup final, the other lost about 3 finals in one year.
Pressure moments are good but they're not the be all and end all of individual players. Teams win World Cups. Teams win CL's.
Add to the fact that club football is miles better than international football in the modern day.
Basically Messi is about a million miles better than anyone that anyone on this forum has seen. Ronaldo (both), Iniesta, Maldini are below. Same with Zidane, Xavi and other standouts.
Form your own opinions through watching them at their peak, not reading about how Terry Butcher got mauled twice by Maradona. Going off stats alone then Pele is a runaway leader.
Except he's not.
Messi is.
I'm not even exaggerating. Look at what he's done. He's my age (ish). His poor years are better than 99.9% of other players good years. Who gives a fuck if he hasn't won a World Cup, the ARGENTINA team has been awful for years. Miles worse than Maradona's.
The great Xavi Hernandez has announced his Barcelona exit at the end of the season. I had the pleasure of watching him live vs Shakhtar in CL (5-1 for Barca) in Camp Nou, the definision of a maestro.
His all round palmares is just staggering. I hope this isn't like a modern retirement where he goes to play in the States or whatever and that he's still interested in playing a key role on a contending team.
okay florentino, should i sack carlo?
yes florentino, you should
okay florentino, i will
to even try to pretend anyone else was involved. a clueless footballing man bored of carlo searching for his next puppet. fachtsman will be an absolute hoot
If the UCL trophy is won next week, it will not be debatable that Messi will of had the greatest season of any individual player in the history of this sport. He's annihilated everyone and everything that has gotten in his way this year.
No player in the history of this game is even worthy of being compared to Leo because it would be disrespectful to the sport.
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Unfortunately it's been taken down :lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao
I was tearing up when I first watched it, GOAT kit unveiling. Literally in "so bad it's good" territory.
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