The Riddler
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France ain't making it outta the 16
France ain't making it outta the 16
Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete
blues_funk_reggae
Veteran
This 1-1 draw is easily a 1-0 loss in the world cup. French team got some pressure to perform this year, everyone has them in the semis, I'm sure the coach will botch it up though.
Edit: fekir looked like he had the
face on after that Liverpool news.
Edit: fekir looked like he had the
face on after that Liverpool news.
Tite’s roster for the game tomorrow against Áustria...
Alisson, Danilo, Thiago Silva, Miranda e Marcelo; Casemiro; Paulinho, Coutinho, Willian e Neymar; Gabriel Jesus.
Alisson, Danilo, Thiago Silva, Miranda e Marcelo; Casemiro; Paulinho, Coutinho, Willian e Neymar; Gabriel Jesus.
He tore his ACL 3 years ago and has played 90+ matches since.
Liverpool botched the transfer with all the leaks over fees and Lyon basically said “fukk y’all nikkas”
But he's missed matches in each of the last 2 years because of knee trouble. He'd be running more in Liverpool, so I understand the apprehension in paying the full fee.
Lyon cut it off because they didn't want this narrative lingering and hurting Fekir's value.
Liverpool doesn't want/need more injury prone players. I mean look at Lallana and Sturridge. Great players but battered by injuries.
ZoeGod
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@THEREALBRAND I am a Nacional fan and saw Rodrygo get kicked out of the game by my mans Fucile
Fucile was the/one of the best fullbacks in WC2010 and one of the best I've seen play for Uruguay National Team. After the Santoa game in Uruguay he said he had no choice but to take him out of the game because he couldn't stop him
breh is past his 30's and way out of his prime but he said Rodrygo was one of the toughest players he has faced in his career so the breh must really be the real deal then
Fucile was the/one of the best fullbacks in WC2010 and one of the best I've seen play for Uruguay National Team. After the Santoa game in Uruguay he said he had no choice but to take him out of the game because he couldn't stop him
breh is past his 30's and way out of his prime but he said Rodrygo was one of the toughest players he has faced in his career so the breh must really be the real deal then
Spade
Superstar
Same here. Jumped on the France bandwagon last year but...As a US fan, this was a nice surprise. But with them not in it, im rooting for France and it looks like they might flop again
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Ernie Stewart is Dutch and grew up there
Kunty McPhuck
Scust Szn has Returned
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
It’s 2018 breh, Dutchies are trash now lol.He has no excuse for failure then
But seriously, Italy and The Netherlands not having world class players is shocking.
Kunty McPhuck
Scust Szn has Returned
True, but his generation is the mid 80's thru to the 90's, when they still knew how to produce a conveyor belt of talent. And with his roles working in Holland at the start of the decline in their talent pool, he should have a better understanding of what to do and what not to do.
Italy and Holland's problem is they suffer from different levels of arrogance, Italy because they distrust young players but yet icons like Maldini, Ponytail, Bergomi, Totti, all made their debuts at 16 in Serie A and pretty much were regulars by 18. We joke about Chelsea abusing the loan system, but Italians teams wanting to take 50% of a players rights from another clubs just so it gives them a reason to take a player on and use him is
. Otherwise it lead to players going out on loan and never being used, sooner or later it will come back and bite you, which it has. Also you dont have any longer coaches like Zeman and the Brescia coach who changed Pirlo from a #10., who would play the youthWhile Holland's arrogance was they didnt adapt with the times and felt it would turn around sooner or later, then will everyone else was using their methods and gaining better results (Spain/Barca/Germany doing it better.) Also when they had figure heads like Michels and Cruyff they had a clear vision and ideology (which lasted about 30-40 years). Cruyff pissed people off and was largely ignored by the FA's and the disciples of Michels and Cruyff (mid 80's and 90's team), have had unspectacular coaching careers and the coaches from the 80's and 90's are old and chasing money. Michels & Cruyff best disciple is Pep.
Hollands best bet was is putting Van Gaal in charge of everything, but as we know he is too much of a straight shooter for the men in suits who make the decisions.
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Nice copy pasteTrue, but his generation is the mid 80's thru to the 90's, when they still knew how to produce a conveyor belt of talent. And with his roles working in Holland at the start of the decline in their talent pool, he should have a better understanding of what to do and what not to do.
Italy and Holland's problem is they suffer from different levels of arrogance, Italy because they distrust young players but yet icons like Maldini, Ponytail, Bergomi, Totti, all made their debuts at 16 in Serie A and pretty much were regulars by 18. We joke about Chelsea abusing the loan system, but Italians teams wanting to take 50% of a players rights from another clubs just so it gives them a reason to take a player on and use him is
While Holland's arrogance was they didnt adapt with the times and felt it would turn around sooner or later, then will everyone else was using their methods and gaining better results (Spain/Barca/Germany doing it better.) Also when they had figure heads like Michels and Cruyff they had a clear vision and ideology (which lasted about 30-40 years). Cruyff pissed people off and was largely ignored by the FA's and the disciples of Michels and Cruyff (mid 80's and 90's team), have had unspectacular coaching careers and the coaches from the 80's and 90's are old and chasing money. Michels & Cruyff best disciple is Pep.
Hollands best bet was is putting Van Gaal in charge of everything, but as we know he is too much of a straight shooter for the men in suits who make the decisions.
