Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete

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De Jong
Messi (cuz you'd NEVER give him away)
Fati


Literally everyone else is either too old or expendable. And I hate to say that about Busquets one of my favorite players ever...but he needs one more CDM to mentor and get ready to hang it up.

I'd add ter Stegen and maybe Semedo though tonight was rough.
 

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it ended when Xavi fell off.
Once Xavi left and Iniesta became less effective, it was a wrap. That treble they won in 2015 only masked the cracks. When you have a front three of Messi, Suarez and Neymar, you should be winning a treble at minimum. Neymar leaving was the final nail in the coffin.

Their midfield has ZERO creativity. Their defense is flabby and sick with too many injuries with the new blood coming in. If Dembele and Umtiti can stay fit and they get a word class creative midfielder... then they may have a chance in the next few seasons.
 
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to be fair with neymar he's 28 now and messi is 33. messi is still playing, probably for 3 more years? so neymar would have to wait until he's 31 when he's prolly going to fall of then. he made the right choice leaving to get out of messi's shadow.
Neymar just got passed by MBappe.
 

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hate to say it but this team is almost as good as the 2013 Bayern. They don't have Robbery so it's inferior, but they still have Thiago and Davis.
Maybe I'm going overboard with the hate but they legit haven't played anyone decent. Chelsea and Barca are steaming garbage and both belong in the Europa League.
 

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Neymar just got passed by MBappe.
:mjlol::mjlol::mjlol:
Mbappe is a great player... yes, a World Cup winner but he is not on Neymar’s level. At least not yet. Neymar is the complete player. He can do everything. Mbappe has got great pace and finishing but he’s not the finished package yet.

its a travesty that neither one won a ballon d or:scust:


but hey goals are appealing so that will always get the glory over assist,pulling the strings,controlling the tempo of a game and lovely long passes:wow:




liverpool better sign this nikka thiago:ufdup:
When Wesley Sneidjer was snubbed in 2010 after winning the treble with Inter... I just. :scust: Disgraceful. He made it to a word cup final too.
 

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Once Xavi left and Iniesta became less effective, it was a wrap. That treble they won in 2015 only masked the cracks. When you have a front free with Messi, Suarez and Neymar, you should be winning a treble at minimum. Neymar leaving was the final nail in the coffin.

Their midfield has ZERO creativity. Their defense is flabby and sick with too many injuries with the new blood coming in. If Dembele and Umtiti can stay fit and they get a word class creative midfielder... then they may have a chance in the next few seasons.
Xavi was the only player to control a match. We have never seen that. Every match was played under his terms. Dude was a weapon of mass destruction in his prime.

When a player like that falls off, you have to change the way you play because he is not replaceable. They caught a lick with the Neymar/Suarez/Messi forward line, but they never had control again.
 

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hate to say it but this team is almost as good as the 2013 Bayern. They don't have Robbery so it's inferior, but they still have Thiago and Davis.
That 2013 team was a beast. :wow:
I remember that final against Dourtmund.. I was smashing this Portuguese/Angolan at the time. :takedat:

Good times.:mjcry:
 
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