Regarding this point, I thought about re-living Messi's contribution to the famous Chelsea tie in 05/06 along with how Ronaldinho performed, and I...
Go through this thread and you'll get a great idea of why Di Stefano was considered so good -...
Agreed, it is indeed remarkable. But let me play the devil’s advocate for a bit and tell me how you’d defend against it - 1) To start with, I’ll...
Gem of a response here with quite the clear result in terms of lying to rest this 15 year long hype train surrounding Xavi. But I do feel that we...
@comme - Please check your PMs for evidence for the above (50+ individual post links). Took a while for me to collate all of them, considering my...
Please ask your guy to stop following me around on the forum. I have had him on ignore for most of the past 5 years now(if not more) and have...
Agreed on your remarks regarding a Xavi’s strong propensity to continuously put out sideways passes. So the question is, what are the numbers in...
Thanks. This clarifies where you’re coming from and how you’re using certain terms. Yeah, that’s why I believe that we need to do an in-depth...
Yeah not debating that (although there is a nuance to be considered even within this aspect), but that logic applies to PK takers and PK goals as...
Thanks for collating this data @SayWhatIWant. A few follow up questions - What according to you were the reasons for his having been subbed out...
For a comparison, I was checking the case of CRonaldo, and I came up with approx. 80 shots, 7 non-PK goals (3 PKs) and 2 assists, across 16 CL KO...
Lol. Go look up the definition of stalking. I know you’re not good at moderation, having seen your performance over the past decade, but this...
Regarding the bolded, is there an analysis that you can do to compare this phenomenon for Xavi, Iniesta with other players like Modric, etc.? I...
Why would anyone hate mediocrity? Madrid has its own issues which have nothing to do with Xavi. Gotta give it to him for being insanely lucky...
@SayWhatIWant - I completely get your frustration regarding a certain someone. It feels like one is being stalked. The inherent dishonesty of said...
Casemiro scored the game determining goal vs Juventus in the CL final in 2017. It definitely wasn’t his role either, but an aspect that elevates...
Indeed it is. Since you choose to ignore it, in spite of its relevance to your take on Xavi, in spite of it happening right when you are active...
It’s odd how you are uninterested in expressing the same opinion about Xavi’s importance on that thread where Messi is being projected as having...
Messi as the “GOATest Goat” definitely needs to have a better CL legacy as things stand now, but since he’s yet to finish his CL career, I would...
Xavi-led Barcelona? What about the “GOATest Goat”? Was he a bit part player in your opinion? There is another parallel thread going on about...
Agreed, but a lot of players couldn’t play to their potential or full ability in WC 06, Zidane was an exception then. Euro 00 was a rare case...
Considering that the overall quality of top NT rosters has consistently gone downhill since that tournament, and Zidane was able to be an absolute...
I see that some lice have crawled out of the woodwork. I wonder what might have happened which brought about this infestation. :rolleyes: Anyway,...
Did you even read the article you linked to under the heading confession, after giving a definition of EPO? Zidane testified to taking...
You mean the guy who presided over the Italian federation when the actual Calciopoli scandal hit the league in 2006? I am sure that there is no...