Activate Another Lever and Still Lose to a Madrid Remontada - The Small Teams Thread

He was brilliant against Tuchel's PSG though. Scored a Golazo from far out and had a great game overall at home. He doesn't even have the freedom to come that deep for City probably because his 75% ish passing at Dortmund is too risky for possession obsessed Pep.

 

Im fully expecting an Oil State to come a rescue Barca after next season. The socios will still blabber about their “more than a club” nonsense but at the end of the day they want to win.

 

I don't think the likes of Laporta would want to walk away from that power. Likely scenario is them going public with socios still owning 51%. Even RM might go that route in future.

 

It was a genuine question... Im deeply Man U involved cause my sis, bf, and gf are all Man u fans.

 

Laporta will structure it where he retains power, and the socios will have to dilute their control to get the oil money. Laporta could make it a condition of the money - he’s good at these corrupt deals and Saudi or whatever doesn’t care, they just want the attention of being in control of a big club.

 

That win for Man Utd puts them into the Europa League next season, means Chelsea drop down into the ECL and Newcastle have no European football at all

 

U just wanna see how much Mbappe is better than Haaland.

anyway, i'm happy that City lost and pep lost another title.

 

how can you, as a president, be this jobless bruh 😭 https://t.co/46TVcJc0sq

— chris (@ATR3lDES) May 25, 2024

 

Dude got benched during World Cup and has been a no show in CL big games. Lukaku said something similar and got worse.

Serie A top scorer and 2x Scudetto winner Lautaro Martinez says he's 'on the same level' as some of the games best 😤 pic.twitter.com/c1tJBMe10T

— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) May 25, 2024

 

Dude ain't wrong. Its not like he included Vinicius on the list of players not the best in the world.

 

When he steps down he's going to run for Minister of Children's Happiness

 

He probably meant strikers. I don't know about his claim though. Don't think he's as good as the guys he mentioned. Griezmann tier perhaps?

 

He's not wrong. He scores in finals and semifinals unlike some others name in the list, that didn't do this in 9 semifinals+finals.

 

He was injured during the world cup. As for no show in CL big games, he's still much better than crowd darling Haaland in that regard. Lautaro is a great player

 

Championship play off final today. Leeds Vs Southampton. I can't stand Southampton so will be hoping they lose.

 

that injury story came after the wc to explain his poor performance. He even missed a sitter in the final so I guess he wasn’t too injured

 

Did Bayern opt for Kompany just because he wears a cap on the sidelines? Seems so at this point.

 

Ya ok they were lying and he actually sucks. Jesus...

The narratives that are pushed by some kind of weird opinion leadership here are really something else. Completely distorted version of reality.

 

Two titles for Xabi

 

I never said he sucks. He did suck in the CL final, I was there. I was also there in the World Cup final where he also missed a sitter.

but my thing is they never came out and said he was injured until after the World Cup. That sounds more like an excuse than a real reason

btw if Argentina went with Julian, doesn’t necessarily Martinez sucks. Julian just fits better with Messi as all other legit 9s haven’t worked out with Lionel in Argentina so he’s a better fit

 

He said it, not "them". Its not an uncommon occurrence for a player to say "I played injured" after some time. He looked awkward in his movement and I see no reason to not believe him. The larger question is why some players are so easily dismissed around here. He easily has a claim of being among the world's best strikers. How and where he's a better fit is a different discussion altogether.

 

well even less credibility if he’s the one saying it

but anyways, yes he is easily among the best. The striker position seems to be in a shortage and he is one of the few really good number 9s in the world. You are right that he shouldn’t be dismissed as a shit player