Other Sports: Soccer/Football Thread Part Six
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Whether I agree with this or not depends on whether you like Mike Emrick or not.
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TCTC
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I don't.
Drury has the same annoying commentating style. Screaming around, making up words.
Drury doesn’t have Doc’s dopey jokes but he’s overly dramatic and he screams any time someone directs a ball in the general vicinity of the goal. And by “general vicinity” I mean anywhere towards the stands at the end of the field.I don't.
Drury has the same annoying commentating style. Screaming around, making up words.
Starat327
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FLYguy3911
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Starat327
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Its embarrassing that they aren't like 20 points ahead of any other team. But I guess when you don't have to play by FFP rules (cc Man City), you have to play down to the competition to fly under the radar.
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Striiker
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It's all about that Messi World Cup storyline
Much like hockey awards, it's 100% narrative.
Appleyard
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It did not used to be though... but gone a LOT more that way in the last 10 years.
Striiker
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It's sad. It does nothing but devalue the awards and wipe out all the prestige.
All sports awards that are voted on are worthless in my eyes. Only the stat based ones have value.
Messi was robbed so many prior Ballon D'OR. There was a year that Ronaldo won it cause he scored a hattrick against Sweden in the World Cup playoffs. That was right before the votes were due, so that was the last impression. Had his team finished 1st in the group that would never have happened.
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There's been a few thay Ronaldo/Messi haven't deserved over the last few years - I would hear arguments for both Van Dijk and Lewandowski in 19 and 21 (I think those were the right years).
Once Argentina won the world cup, this was all but decided.
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It was a very weak penalty call. There would be three or four penalties from corners in every game if that was the standard going forward.
Just be glad it's not as bad as rugby where the TMO thinks he's the star of the World Cup Final.
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Hollywood Cannon
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Starat327
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Fifa taking that bag all the way to the bank
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You know it is f***ed when no other country evens puts a bid in.
Appleyard
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Career goals per game (100+ goals) in "big 5" European leagues post WW2 (players with over 0.75):
Erling Haaland: 109 in 112 (0.97)
Ferenc Puskas: 156 in 180 (0.87)
Lionel Messi: 496 in 578 (0.86)
Gerd Müller: 365 in 427 (0.85)
Just Fontaine: 164 in 200 (0.82)
Carlos Bianchi: 179 in 220 (0.81)
Robert Lewandowski: 340 in 427 (0.80)
Cristiano Ronaldo: 495 in 626 (0.79)
Josip Skoblar: 181 in 231 (0.78)
Kylian Mbappe: 174 in 226 (0.77)
Gunnar Nordahl: 225 in 291 (0.77)
Gunnar Andersson: 179 in 234 (0.76)
Just silly. 23 years old too... probably ~2 years away from real "prime" and ~4 from his absolute peak.
Erling Haaland: 109 in 112 (0.97)
Ferenc Puskas: 156 in 180 (0.87)
Lionel Messi: 496 in 578 (0.86)
Gerd Müller: 365 in 427 (0.85)
Just Fontaine: 164 in 200 (0.82)
Carlos Bianchi: 179 in 220 (0.81)
Robert Lewandowski: 340 in 427 (0.80)
Cristiano Ronaldo: 495 in 626 (0.79)
Josip Skoblar: 181 in 231 (0.78)
Kylian Mbappe: 174 in 226 (0.77)
Gunnar Nordahl: 225 in 291 (0.77)
Gunnar Andersson: 179 in 234 (0.76)
Just silly. 23 years old too... probably ~2 years away from real "prime" and ~4 from his absolute peak.
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Unreal. I’m going off the top of my head but hasn’t he said he wants to play for Madrid at some point? They would be getting him going right into his prime
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It has been heavily rumoured! But hopefully sticks around City for a few more years... especially with his Dad's history with the club, and Man City being one of his fave teams growing up.
Really hope Gio Reyna keeps improving and City sign him aha, so can add another high quality Man City fan to the team aha.
Shame they sold Cole Palmer...
a:
Haaland
Foden-Reyna-Palmer
for an all Man City fan front four would be cool aha.
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Claudio was such a good player. That would be pretty cool for Gio to make that move. Looks like he is starting today. I am off work and can watch the match so I’m excited.
Halaand signed a 5 year deal right? Interesting to see if he signs an extension or lets the contract run out. He knows he has all the cards
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