Which team in CONMEBOL is Andorra-tier ?
Makes no sense to compare strikers from different confederations on "competitive goals" when the competitions they participate in are so different.
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Makes no sense to compare strikers from different confederations on "competitive goals" when the competitions they participate in are so different.
Any Huddersfield fans on Era?
You're about to get the best managerial duo in the country. Bar none. I'm absolutely devastated that they're leaving my club, but they've transformed it, and worked miracles to get us to the top end of League One from the National League in just 3 years.
If the chairman doesn't dick about, and you let him get on with it, you'll be back in the Prem in no time.
Absolutely gutted though.
You're about to get the best managerial duo in the country. Bar none. I'm absolutely devastated that they're leaving my club, but they've transformed it, and worked miracles to get us to the top end of League One from the National League in just 3 years.
If the chairman doesn't dick about, and you let him get on with it, you'll be back in the Prem in no time.
Absolutely gutted though.
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I could possibly see it. Ive been saying since the beginning of the season. That loss to Villa though has me questioning it.
Can't see it tbh. Didn't do a sufficient job of replacing their best player in the summer imo (gueye). Their squad overall is good though but they aren't better than the current top six plus Leicester are better than them as well.
Nah. We easily could have got something out of Goodison, even with our defense throwing rick after rick.
Out of the chasing pack, Leicester look like the contenders to me.
Crazy how much depth we have when you see it like this. We could play our 3rd team and still be competitive with a good coach. RB is a bit of a weak spot I guess, but even then Dagba has a lot of potential, same at GK where I expect either Maignan or Lafont to step up once Lloris retires.
true except for the part about him being the best player ever
Trying to think about it, honestly not sure. His positioning + ability to play from deeper + consistency has improved a lot under Pep + with natural development, and I think he's as fit now as he's ever been. Pretty good player imo.
His biggest "weakness" is lack of world-class pace or agility, I guess? But he's so good at drifting to find space that it doesn't affect his productivity much.
Trying to think about it, honestly not sure. His positioning + ability to play from deeper + consistency has improved a lot under Pep + with natural development, and I think he's as fit now as he's ever been. Pretty good player imo.
His biggest "weakness" is lack of world-class pace or agility, I guess? But he's so good at drifting to find space that it doesn't affect his productivity much.
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When Everton lose 'How much longer has Silva got left?'
When Everton win 'Everton have to be favourites for the Top 6, surely'
Also, 'Top 6' has been invented by the teams that keep finishing 5-6 to make themselves feel better about not being very good anymore. Finishing 6th isn't an achievment.
When Everton win 'Everton have to be favourites for the Top 6, surely'
Also, 'Top 6' has been invented by the teams that keep finishing 5-6 to make themselves feel better about not being very good anymore. Finishing 6th isn't an achievment.
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Technically, they won't fail because they won't be employed by their clubs in May.
Eh, Sancho wasn't great for the first 35 mins.
We need to see these players against better opposition first, imo.
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He's carrying Dortmund week-in, week-out. Rashford is missing penalties for a Europa League club.
The German league isn't as good as the Premier League.
Also club football is different to internationals. If we see Sancho play well against a Holland or Belgium then perhaps.
this is a fun game. I don't think England were even particularly dominant in the first half aside from the scoreline
Crazy how much depth we have when you see it like this. We could play our 3rd team and still be competitive with a good coach. RB is a bit of a weak spot I guess, but even then Dagba has a lot of potential, same at GK where I expect either Maignan or Lafont to step up once Lloris retires.
Fuck me, compare that to England. Gigantic difference. How does France do it?
Pep will leave City and the Sheikhs will get bored of them before Sancho gets anywhere near his peak.
England need to sort out their midfield IMO. Their attack has quality and the defence will, hopefully, sort itself out once people come back from injury/suspension and such but I don't like the midfield. Barkley is so sloppy and Henderson is shockingly poor on the ball. And even with him and Rice Kosovo were competing and creating chances in England. I don't think based on that performance that England should be taken seriously. If I was Maddison I'd be so gutted and disappointed that Henderson and/or Barkley kept him off the pitch in these 2 games. He and Mount more than deserve a chance next month, particularly if their club form keeps up and Henderson doesn't develop the ability to create and score goals before then.
I can't see any at all. He's amazing and easily the best midfielder in the premier league.
Yeah Maddison should definitely start over Barkley. He's way better imo. Barkley's decision making is just shit.
He's recovering slower than expected. He might not play against Valencia and Dortmund when he was supposed to last week.
Oh. Well he didn't play these matches with Argentina due to his ban, but that is bad news :/
They have every right to compete and countries like those won't improve unless they can regularly play against better sides.
By that logic, Iceland should never have been given the chance to qualify for the Euros or World Cup.
Don't agree with this at all. Having small teams occasionally write a little fairy tale by beating a better team or even qualifying and possibly doing well is one of the best things the sport can offer, and I see no point in taking out this element of surprise and beauty. It's also a way to have small countries' fans have their shot at seeing the best players at their home country from time to time. What's to gain from not including them? All the big teams beat 'em anyway, and shame on you if you don't really. So that Ronaldo or someone else can't score a billion goals against them? I don't see that as a good enough reason to fuck over legitimate countries whose only fault is to be smaller than France and have 0.01% of the money invested in the sport. Iceland at the last Euros is proof that the small countries shall stay in the pool.
Iceland has a population of 360,000 and it is a real country
Faore Islands have 50,000 people and are a part of the kingdom of Denmark if they ever actually produced a good player they would play for Denmark
Andorra, San Marino are Tax havens and will never be able to compete at any meaningful level
Gibraltar is a crown dependency might as well have The Isle Man, Isle of Wight and Guernsey play as well
But that's the thing, where do you draw the line? 50k? 100k? What if a country suddenly goes above or beyond the threshold by a couple units? If a country legally exists and is recognized by the vast majority of the world, why wouldn't it be able to participate in world or continental qualification phases? It's not like they have a free pass to the cups or anything, if they want to play with the big boys for a trophy they gotta score enough points in groups with them in the first place. Otherwise, how do you propose increasing the level of sports in small countries if at no point their athletes can compete in relevant events?
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