@NealGardner_ Indeed. The greatness of the English league has always been how competitive it is WITHOUT the world's best players.
Ronaldo was an exception, not the rule.
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Poet Gooner
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Poet Gooner
@PoetGooner
Football, politics/economics, and memes. In that order.
Bangkok, Thailand Bergabung Mayıs 2021
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Ronaldo aside, I’d firmly argue that Neymar is a better footballer than any football that’s ever played in the Prem.
To say he’s not a “top player” is beyond laughable.
tmw 🔮@themaskedw1nger
The Overlap opinions on Neymar. Just admit you never watched him ffs🤦♂️
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@rob32035243 @WR4NYGov Not unless you go to Chaengwattana which is technically Nonthaburi. Plenty of farangs there 😅
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I was just talking to a friend who lives in Nonthaburi, northwest of Bangkok, far out but on the transit system (MRT Purple).
He rents a 350 sqft condo, tower with rooftop pool and great gym.
9500 baht/month - about $300.
New units sell for 1.89M baht, under $60K.
HustleBitch@HustleBitch_
🚨 SHE HAPPILY PAYS $3,175 A MONTH FOR A 350 SQ FT APARTMENT IN NYC — AND CALLS IT A “DEAL” — WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE INSIDE A woman just showed her NYC apartment… and you can basically see the entire place the second you walk in. Only ONE real window. No washer or dryer. Barely any storage. They had to add their own kitchen island… build extra storage… and stack shoes wherever they fit just to make it livable. She says she uses artificial lighting just to make it feel brighter… and hauls laundry down the street every week. And somehow… this is considered a “deal.” She says renovated units in the same building go for over $4,000/month. The part that’s blowing people’s minds? She says she loves it… and doesn’t want to leave. At what point does “living in New York” stop being the dream… and start feeling like you’re paying luxury prices to live in a box?
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Sandro Tonali is one of those midfielders that doesn’t fit neatly into classic roles.
He’s best described as a deep-lying controller with defensive bite somewhere between a 6 and an 8, but not purely either
He’s a deep playmaker in build-up, ball-winning midfielder out of possession, a tempo-setter rather than a final-third creator, Progresses play with passing (especially long diagonals), Covers ground defensively and wins duels, and Leads transitions — both defensively and offensively.
曼联球迷@_Utdbaki
What profile is Tonali? He isn't a traditional 6, neither is he a traditional 8 nor 10...
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No disputes Raya is by far the better keeper but dropping Kepa for the final would be bad management.
Also sends a negative message to any future #2 that it’s irrelevant if you helped take us to the final, sit on that bench for the biggest game.
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@juliadziesinska I can already tell you shop at Villa.
I know it might not be to your taste, but you gotta shop at Makro a bit more. Even if you buy import, you will save a lot.
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@LeGrove @NevaMeetUrHeros Strongly disagree. Every other league, teams try to play football. PL is low block city and squeezing the life out of games then counter attacking.
It’s why Arteta spent hundreds of millions on defenders and mastered set pieces to combat low blocks. Then the floodgates open.
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Premier League is tougher pound for pound. This has been clear for a while. Just really grates me that this isn't considered when choosing Balon d'Or candidates. I'll never get over Dembele over Salah.
*Nearly* as bad as Nedved over Henry.
Sky Sports News@SkySportsNews
🗣️ ''The English sides face tougher opposition in their domestic league'' Why the competitiveness of the Premier League is affecting English sides’ chances in the Champions League.
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Japan hasn't really held their own except for a very short period in history, like 200 years. The rest of time, they're not a real rival. China hasn't spent the last 1000 years thinking about Japan overtaking them or taking the Mandate of Heaven or choking them off or invading, etc etc.
England was a much bigger rival of France and for much longer (800 years now, is it?) This is due to their size difference not being as big, and the nature of how the nobility system worked in Europe.
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It's an interesting fact of human history that we have these two similar sized islands, Japan and the UK that are close to a mainland, and have had outsized influence and power throughout history compared to their size.
Having an island of a certain size or above separated from the mainland really seems like a powerful starting position.
Both held their own historically against the significantly larger continental rival (France, China).
Madagascar and the southern African mainland present a similar geographical arrangement, but it hasn't had the same historical importance.
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@thearsfamily97 Man, Giroud would feast in today's team, in that case 🥰
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Arteta told him before he joined: I want a striker who, even after not scoring for 7 or 8 games, isn't affected.
Gyökeres had no issues, and Arteta knew he was the guy.
Because Arteta knows how thankless the CF position in his system is compared to other managers.
For our system to work, our CF HAS TO be willing to sacrifice for the team. Working super hard out of possession, staying high even if he doesn't see the ball for hours, or dropping deep just to touch the ball, and finishing when he does see chances.
#1 knicks arsenal supporter@happytobebald
Ngl the more I see Gyokeres play the more I feel like he’s the best striker we could’ve gotten to be asked to do what he does every match. Mbappe or lewandowski would fume with what he has to do off ball while barely getting service. I love him for his performance today
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@Ramsgoat3 People felt the exact same thing, and even more, about Barcelona 15-16 😅
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I honestly think psg go back 2 back. They’re in flow state and their league just postpones games whenever they want.
CentreGoals.@centregoals
🚨🚨| The top 5 𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐒 to win the UEFA Champions League this season have been ranked: 1. Arsenal → 28% 2. Bayern Munich → 23% 3. Barcelona → 14% 4. PSG → 13% 5. Real Madrid → 12%
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@LilithLovett It's much more doable now than before because LLMs can give you a little bit more than a Wilson can, and that little bit of interactivity might just be what stops you from going completely insane to just like 85% insane.
Knowing me, I would probably procrastinate 499 years 🤷
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I would do this, the people who would say no simply lack the creativity and will.
500 years is like, 6-7 lifetimes, not even that long considering the infinite possibilities of projects I could be working on.
Sure I might go a lil insane, but I’m sure I’ll figure something out.
Real Post Folder@RealPostFolder
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No, because people still complain about him failing to reach the 2009 final against Kobe's Lakers.
For example, if he failed in 17 and 18, they would say the same thing about Curry/Durant were there, waiting, but Bron failed to live up to his end of the bargain and we never got the finals the world wanted to see.
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people will deadass say LeBron’s legacy would be better if he was 4-0 instead of 4-6.
JVS3PH@jvs3ph
"If you lose in the conference finals in '07, '11, '14, '15, '17, and '18 instead of winning people will consider you more of a winner"
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@cmbftbl True, when Wenger was on his 9-year trophy drought, he played his starting GK in the FA Cup final!
Oh wait...
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We haven’t been to a final in years you start Raya
Joshua Hall@JoshuaharrisonH
🧤 Mikel Arteta finds himself in an Arsene Wenger situation. Kepa has started every Carabao Cup game this season. But should Arteta stick with him, or twist on starting David Raya for a crucial cup final? Kepa has hinted he is leading the race 👇🏻 thesun.co.uk/sport/38555665…
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@FtProgression Don't give me this Saliba nonsense, bring me Maguire/de Ligt.
Not saying Bouaddi is a Saliba-level talent, but it is not true that we should not throw money at the best young talents, still.
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Don’t give me this Bouaddi nonsense.
Bring me Tonali who I know will extend Rice’s career which alone is worth it.
70-80 mil get it done.
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Many do, including me, but not for stupid reasons like "it's ironically easier!"
The UCL is iconic precisely because of the big games.
I promise you, no one will remember these two legs against Leverkusen, with all due respect, but we still have people talking about that Arshavin goal as one of the best moments at the Emirates.
That 2-0 victory against Madrid is the same thing.
We should want to play PSG/Barcelona because the potential for a big UCL night. We simply can't get it with Villa/Newcastle. It is, what it is.
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This is PSG vs Aston Villa all over again.
No one in their right mind who knows football would rather play Barcelona.
Eduardo Hagn@EduardoHagn
I think I’d rather Barcelona over Newcastle.
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The you in another timeline is tweeting:
Look, I know getting Messi to leave Barcelona was always a one in a million shot, and deep down inside, everyone knew he was always going to retire there, but there is one alternate timeline where PSG have a Neymar-Mbappe-Messi frontline and that's a pretty terrifying thought
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Look I know that Ousmane was probably always gonna need to move to a new team (+ Luis Enrique influence) to become the player he is today, but there is at least one alternate timeline where Barca have a Raphinha-Dembele-Yamal front 3 and that’s a pretty terrifying thought.
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@GoonerTaIk Indeed. Ederson was immense in the EFL final in 20 and 21. And how can we forget Woj heroics in FA cup final 14 and Cech winning against his old team in 17.
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@PoetGooner The only point that matters is; you play your best players in cup finals. No room for sentiment or being nice to sub-par players. Winning the trophy is all that counts.
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Reading opinions on Raya vs Kepa for the starting spot in the cup final. I understand why some disagree, but for me it’s simple…
We can win a quadruple. It’s time to be ruthless. This is elite level sport, not a Disney film. Sentiment goes out of the window. Start the best XI.
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@GoonerTaIk I could be the most plastic fan of all time and it still wouldn't matter one bit to the point at hand. 🤷
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@PoetGooner Posting a picture of a banner with a slogan that first surfaced around 6-7 years ago and claiming that’s the ‘club motto’ is the most tinpot, plastic fan garbage I’ve seen in my life. Probs never stepped within 50 miles of the stadium. At least you knew the actual motto, though.
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@AFCDan86 @Zonal_Marking We making historical revisionism facts now 😅
Everyone gave City the same tax they did to Chelsea and PSG "win it before I believe it" and now it is a fact that people considered them favourites more often than the team that won three in a roll in Pep's first three seasons 👍
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@PoetGooner @Zonal_Marking Because City were favourites 5 times, no other team had a bigger chance than City not even Real... Is an underperformance based on expectation, that's fact.
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10 seasons at Man City for Guardiola. 5 times they've started the Champions League as favourites. Only 3 times they've reached the semis. 1 European Cup. Considering City's domestic performance during the last decade, it's reasonable to have expected more.
nytimes.com/athletic/71270…
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Liverpool is the overachiever. Madrid also recognized as the only true king of Europe.
City made two finals too, just like PSG.
Won one, just like PSG and Bayern.
Barca zero.
Why "should" Pep's City when only Madrid have won more? Like, why is it that City is seen as disappointing when other teams haven't won more than them at all.
If City's one is disappointing, why isn't one for Bayern or PSG or zero for Barca disappointing?
Why is the focus only one City being disappointing?
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@PoetGooner @Zonal_Marking In that 10 year period Liverpool made 3 finals, winning 1
Spurs equalled the amount of finals City reached
Real won it 4 times
Bayern once
PSG won 1 and made 2 finals
City definitely could've done more
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@JPierreX7 Perhaps, but one title all the same.
If City one title is disappointing, then PSG one title is even more disappointing precisely because they have been better than City.
Why can't PSG, who is better than City, win more than City?
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