Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Scriptures Prophesied the Messiah Plays 3-4-3
WavyHair ChippedTeeth
All Star
Can't believe I just missed this.
He's having a truly remarkable season.
NEYMAR BREAKS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ASSISTS RECORD FOR A SINGLE SEASON
Neymar Breaks Champions League Assists Record for a Single Season
NEYMAR BREAKS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ASSISTS RECORD FOR A SINGLE SEASON
Neymar Breaks Champions League Assists Record for a Single Season
Hazard himself don't want it, didn't he come out and say he wasn't a killer like Messi or Ronaldo he just prefers to play at his level and could never be the beast that those two are. He can be Robben/Ribery level though but that first tier is Messi/Ronaldo followed by Neymar and Suarez.
He can be lazy at times , playing in a demanding team at the level of Barca/Real/Bayern is a different case.Players like Isco,Douglas Costa,Ribery and James sometimes ride the bench whereas at Chelsea he knows that there isn't that much risk unless its extraordinary circumstances like last season where he seemed not interested at all.
African_brehda
Superstar
La Liga
Bruh, that shouldn't be an excuse. The EPL big boys just aren't good enough. You think Bournemouth will hold Barca or Madrid to a draw?
African_brehda
Superstar
That would've worked if they actually parked the bus well. Idk wtf they thought they were doing. Why didn't Di Maria start?
I was supporting Barca but PSG was just pathetic
International Playa
Playa with a Passport
neymar might actually win the next balon'dor
No he's not the best. He needs to do what he did tonight consistently. Playing with Messi and Suarez he's going to always overshadowed, but he did his thing tonight. MSN all scored tonight. Can't say they didn't put in work.
You can tell though that Neymar was up to the challenge and was playing with all the confidence.
Black Nate Grey
The God Emperor of Mankind
La Liga
Before I end your joke of an argument with the player stats lets address the fallacy that the Premier league is a better league then La Liga.
Need I remind you Every single one of the last 12 European and International club trophies have been won by a Spanish Team? (Europa League, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup.)
Lets look at the data from 2010 on. As that is around the time Neymar and Hazard began to pop up. Their choice of club would also be influenced by this data as well. Even if we do it from 2000 on it'll look worse for the premiership lol.
Champions League:
-La Liga: Winners x4, Finalists x6
-Premiership: Winners x1, Finalists x1
Of the top 10 goal scorers in Champions league history; 8 have played in La Liga while 4 played in the Premier league.
Of the top 10 appearances in Champions league history: 7 have played in La Liga while 3 played in the Premier league.
Europa League:
-La Liga: Winners x5, Finalists x6
Premiership: Winners x0, Finalists x2
I'm not gonna do Balon d'or winners or FIFpro XI because those are popularity contests. Though it would once again destroy the premier league.
There literally isn't enough data out there that can present the BPL as better than La Liga. All you can do is argue with your "but-but competitiveness".
If you want to argue its more competitive, fine. But La Liga has the superior players, superior football, wins Continental trophies/competitions more often, and is flat out higher quality. La Liga has been dominant since 08-09.
Imo The Bundesliga is better than the Premier League as well but I don't have the numbers to back it, so it remains an opinion and not fact.
Don't take my word for it though:
Scholes
Bale
Ronaldo
Guardiola
Heres the data of head to head Spanish teams vs English teams from 1957-2013
Arsenal just got beat 10-2, three 5-1 games in a row by Bayern Munich.
Premier League is basura. Oh, I'm sorry competitive basura.
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