Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - RIP Diogo Jota

[phcitywarrior]

I really don’t know why Atletico bought Sorloth when Samu was already there. Would have been better for them to spend that Sorloth money on a more attacking midfielder. Train Samu for a season or two then sell to an EPL team for a tidy profit.

Samu is balling crazy at Porto right now and just hit a perfect hattrick in his last game. The Spaniards aren’t gonna like it but he’s odds on favorite to lead the Spanish line for the 2026 WC. Nico - Samu - Yamal, black excellence indeeed.

 

[Yippee Ki Yay]

wrong again

he literally called out Madrid fans a few days ago for chanting racist shyt at Yamal after they got trounced 4-0

Rodri is the worst balloon d'or since Nedved

guys PL finally have a ballon d'or winner

Michael Owen and Gay Ronaldo both say hello

 

[TobiOT]

These guys knew playing Ten Hag's Man Utd was a guaranteed 3 points.




Ange was like the game is the game.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

I really don’t know why Atletico bought Sorloth when Samu was already there. Would have been better for them to spend that Sorloth money on a more attacking midfielder. Train Samu for a season or two then sell to an EPL team for a tidy profit.

Samu is balling crazy at Porto right now and just hit a perfect hattrick in his last game. The Spaniards aren’t gonna like it but he’s odds on favorite to lead the Spanish line for the 2026 WC. Nico - Samu - Yamal, black excellence indeeed.

What young players has Simeone developed? Samu was better off leaving and getting as much game time as possible which is what he wouldnt of gotten at Atletico. Simeone doesn't even know his best line up at the best of times.

 

[Jaylen Tatum]

Holden Trent's family reveal 'selfless' way his legacy will live on

Trent passed away on Saturday surrounded by his friends and family after spending multiple days in the ICU. No cause of death has been released by either the club or his family.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[SlowPaceThrillah]

So all of a sudden Rodri's a fraud

 

[phillycavsfan]

So all of a sudden Rodri's a fraud

Nah, it's just that robotic, swagless football being celebrated as the peak of the sport is a dark day for football.

 

[phcitywarrior]

If Napoli wins the Scudetto with Conte then you really gotta give ADL his props.

What young players has Simeone developed? Samu was better off leaving and getting as much game time as possible which is what he wouldnt of gotten at Atletico. Simeone doesn't even know his best line up at the best of times.

All of this is very true. Still can’t help but feel ATM shot themselves in the foot with him.

Fair play to Samu though. 11 goals in 9 games in all comps. With Amiron coming to United, Porto might pip Sporting to the title. If Samu keeps scoring like this, expect a lot of clubs to come circling in the summer.

 

[SlowPaceThrillah]

Nah, it's just that robotic, swagless football being celebrated as the peak of the sport is a dark day for football.

Let the boiler room guy get some love

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

If Napoli wins the Scudetto with Conte then you really gotta give ADL his props.


All of this is very true. Still can’t help but feel ATM shot themselves in the foot with him.

Fair play to Samu though. 11 goals in 9 games in all comps. With Amiron coming to United, Porto might pip Sporting to the title. If Samu keeps scoring like this, expect a lot of clubs to come circling in the summer.

Iirc Atletico also had to sell players. And as we saw in the Prem this summer plenty of the academy/young players got sold for PSR so the clubs could sign other players.

 

[Yehuda]

Conmebol took Peñarol vs Botafogo away from Peñarol's home ground Campeón del Siglo after the Uruguayan Minister of the Interior banned away fans in retaliation for the Uruguayans getting regulated last week in Rio

 

[Yehuda]

River really is finished, I could've sworn they were gonna pull a comeback off at home.

 

[null]

Nah, it's just that robotic, swagless football being celebrated as the peak of the sport is a dark day for football.

as sports mature participants become more robotic


alex higgins, steve wozniack, jimmy white ----- the recent lot

steve davis was the boring exception -- now he is the norm.

john macenroe, sampras, goran, conners, borg, mecir --- current robots

lendl was the boring exception - now he is the norm.

piquet, mansell, james hunt, senna --- the current robots

see the pattern . later methods are more professional + strict and more people enter for the money + profession rather than for fun.

this can be seen in the genealogy of best to giggs to ronaldo .

skill went down, effectiveness went up, strength went up, robotic-ness went up.



p.s. mecir

 

[Yehuda]

Scarpa had no right to miss that.

 

[Yehuda]

Gallardo, Argentina and Uruguay in the mud.