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BlueRayDick:
That’s why I asked u to go watch YouTube for Isak’s clips . These things u claim he’s no match for Drogha , check YouTube videos and see him doing exactly those things .

Isak dey score free kick? Ping corners and set pieces? If not then what do I want to see again?

As AA me and malaria used to be 5 and 6 but soon as I turned 15-16 everything just vanished and it's been that way since

BlueRayDick:
Baba go to YouTube and type Isak skills or Luis Diaz skills , u will see video compilation of those players doing all sorts of skills .

I watched the Drogba video u dropped and Drogba didn’t do anything spectacular that has not been seen before . Most of the things he did , a playful player like Neymar did over and over again: most people even criticized Neymar as being too playful for doing all that .

Diaz is not even a striker. He's supposed to be Mane's replacement. They play him at striker now because Nunez is so shyte (another example of the mediocre strikers I'm talking about)

Dribbles, crosses, dead ball and set piece abilities Isak can't hold a candle to Drogba

BlueRayDick:
What do u mean by Isak is not on Drogba’s level ?

Isak has a better goals per match ratio than Drogba . Isak has a better shooting accuracy when compared to Drogba’s and that is according to EPL official stats , not “Trust me bro , I no fit lie give you “ .

I think some of these hype we give retired players are just out of nostalgia and nothing else .

You stat merchants no go kill person.

Drogba that has statue at Emirates stadium that's who you're comparing to Isak.

Just look at the big chances missed alone that should tell you who was getting the better quality of chances in their respective teams.

If not Chelsea gidigbo system and semi Haram ball. Isak has missed 2.5x the big chances Drogba did his whole career. That should tell you all you need to know.

Shegzdave:
Alexander Isak possesses some skill and he has a good number of output

Isak is not Drogba level. Speaks to overall mediocrity of strikers and ball today that we are wowed by Isak, he's good too make no mistake about it but camaan

BlueRayDick:
City won the league without a standing 9 striker . Loserpool did the same thing . Madrid also won the UCL doing same .

The world has moved beyond all that . Once u have a balanced team , u can win silverware; u don’t necessarily need to have a Haaland type of striker to win silverware

That's to tell you say strikers no dey

BlueRayDick:
There are enough team strikers that can do this and currently doing it sef.

Isak of Newcastle is skillful and also a very good striker in his own right. Luiz Diaz of Loserpool is quite skillful and scores beautiful goals. Watkins is equally doing same in Aston Villa colours.

Maybe there's a dearth of quality strikers in recent times , but it doesn't mean there are no good strikers out there scoring more the so called past quality strikers sef

None of these jokers you mentioned are at Drogba level tekkers wise, never mind the likes of Eto'o and a David Villa.

Watkins

You guys should be serious abeg

Capaldi:
I could literally find numerous videos on YouTube of donkeys like Jackson and Lukaku doing those skills. What exactly was in that highlight clip that strikers of today couldn't do? Just take a look at Lukaku the elephant.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjggqZrMitg&pp=ygUXbHVrYWt1IGRyaWJibGluZyBza2lsbHM%3D

Lmao Jackson and Lukaku compared to Drogba in skills? Drogba wey dey throw pullout, free kick

You must be joking. No take laugh kill me abeg

Americans, let me introduce to you Didier Drogba.pic.twitter.com/AFAJ1vEFFR https://t.co/fGBMPL8GWm

— CFC-Blues (@CFCBlues_com) January 6, 2025

When we say quality of ball and strikers have dipped. Watch this clip of Drogba, this is a player commonly misidentified at the time as a brute and bruiser and show me the strikers today that possess this skill.

You can't show me any team with strikers that can do this now

Roland17:
We have a better defense than most teams, I think that usually carries us against the better teams, however, we may luck out with a balanced team.

This is my point exactly. This is why of all your players Jaylen Brown is the one I rate the most as he's the only one who understands the need to not just spam 3s and can get buckets when the 3 isn't falling

Roland17:
Adam Silver pretended like it wasn’t an issue when this 3 point issue started gaining momentum, 2-3 years ago. He is now acknowledging it is an issue only because ratings are plummeting. I was watching Wemby the other night and I was sick to my stomach watching a 7’5 player spam 3s. The state of the league isn’t sustainable, they know it and something has to give.

Teams were averaging 24 3s just in 2014, now it's 38 3s a game. The all star game was the coup de grace I think they took like 100 or 150 3s.

Adam Silver is the worst commissioner in sports never mind NBA no gainsaying

Wemby is taking almost 10 3s a game and only making 35%. Prime Klay Thompson was taking 9. This tells you what's wrong with the game in a nutshell

Roland17:
The quality of play has gotten worse and monotonous to watch. It has essentially become a point contest on drugs. The fans are tuning off, particularly those who keep the discourse going. Reddick is a joke and the more he speaks, the more he exposes this.

As for Reddick he's just being a hypocrite. You can't talk about Barkley and co trashing the product when you're the number 1 trasher of the eras that came before.

Roland17:
Our Meerkat matter don tire me. We no dey even set screen to take the 3 anymore. Guys just walk the ball past the half court and jack 3 balls.

I really worry for what happens when you run up on a team that can go band for band in the 3 department.

Orlando is 4/21 from 3, Cole Anthony is 2/8 from the floor.

1-on-5 what shot do they get up? pic.twitter.com/g1TfqtEZUS

— The Magic Way (@MagicFilmRoom) January 6, 2025

It's a virus that has infected the rest of the league at this point. This joker is a guard. Rather than attack and score, bear in mind they were shooting 4/21 from 3 up till this point. He jacks up another wack 3 and promptly bricks it.

Anyone who think guys like Barkley are supposed to market this junk are nuts. Mind you same Redick is the #1 shitter on the old era so he's a big hypocrite for criticizing these guys for shitting on today's product

Chai. Celtics. Once that 3pt spamming no enter they're toast.

9/46. 3/24 for second half

OKC doing all this winning without Chet btw

Roland17:
Did you see Barkley’s take on Ajala passing the GOAT for most 30 points? Laugh wan kill me die, man killed the joy of every Ajala fan the facts of the matter. AD come add salt with injury when he was asked in the locker room.

Chuck no send anybody. That one go toast everybody papa and mama. I like that the respect is still there between him and the GOAT despite them not being tight anymore

AD everybody know the real. You've played like 7 more seasons. Surprise surprise

Ibime:
See as you show Burna revenue, show Obi Cubana own

From the tax Cubana group is paying, we should be able to know his revenue, yet I never see his name anywhere near the list of taxpayers in Nigeria

Burnaboy workings are clear unlike Cubana. Last year he hit 2 billion streams in UK alone, sold out shows everywhere.

Do you know how many nightclubs are shutting down everywhere, and Cubana is opening his mouth to say that's where his money comes from. Even Jay Z does not make that much from 40-40, a much bigger nightclub brand. Every single major London nightclub I frequented 20 years ago has shutdown, even the ones I used to go to in Birmingham and Nottingham. Nightclub na bad business anywhere in the world. Jay Z opened five 40-40 clubs, promoted it everywhere, all major celebrities going there, and 3 have already shutdown.

Night club time line is 2-5 years absolute max.

I'm surprised he used such fleeting and unreliable business as example.

Melvyn11:
Obi cubana go likely get money pass Wizkid and Burna combine.

I don't like watching people's pockets but don't play with artistes that tour. Their money long like mad.

Anyway these are pointless debates unless una be their accountant

Anyway you people can argue till you're blue in the face and when you're done you can also argue with the ratings. While fans keep tuning out of glorified 3pt shooting contests.

Barkley is only the messenger saying what fans have already been saying since. And his opinion holds more weight than anyone on this thread and even JJ Redick as well

larride:
After going 2/12 from 3s when he had 5/7 from the rim. Classical example of what A40 was saying. 2/12 is diabolical.

Nice how you sidestep the 3point argument to talk about rebound.

He wants us to clap and marvel at a 7'5 player grabbing rebounds. Where is the shame?

He is almost a foot taller than Chuck was and pound for pound Barkley was the better rebounder.

Wemby is 10th in the league in rebounds so I don't know what Skrrrr is even flexing about.

He's shooting barely 35% from 3. Again are we supposed to be wowed by that. Considering he's taking 9 3s a game

timbros:
Translation biko

Someone that masters in petty irrelevant talks and arguments

For instance I brought up his love for Cucurella and he started talking about Van Dijk,Upamenonsense all irrelevant to the subject at hand

Lmao what was that Fighting Irish freestyle? First it was lawsuits now this.

That dude is a sensitive wannabe thug that needs a hug. What type of man got other niggas tatted on his body.

I didn't even know he was the Final boss of Bronsexuals. Hell even Savannah don't got LeBron tatted on her body. Damn. These niggas is a disgrace. Why didn't Kendrick roast him for that alone??

And what's worse he took it down. These fuckin rappers today man

Ballzproblem2:
"free speech" guess is not working out for you then .

Elon has done a terrible job with that app. Maybe not with the free speech but with the workings and schematics of the site

Ballzproblem2:
don't know where the beef started from but burna just dey mention davido name for clout recently,davido no send am unfortunately that en weed pus to drag shameless cubana,it didn't end well.

They all belong to the same sect and fly the same logo Burna can't send anybody to them whether legal or illegal which is what makes this their beef funny and bizarre

Melvyn11:
Haaland
Mbappe
Kane
Martinez
Isak
Gyokores
Jonathan
Greenwood
Osimhen
Openda etc

Even you will admit this is a downgrade from what we used to have

airmark:
It's every year you change my favorite defender for me. Last year it was Upamecano, this year you crowned Cucurella. It's 2025, you are still showing the old ajakaja40 behavior.

Neither Cucurella nor Upamecano is my favorite defender. Go sleep.

They are all your favorites that you spend man hours here defending. I don't have time for your useless semantics. I know you well well you can quench if you don't major in the minor

So long as when they perform you will be making noise in my mentions then that makes them your favorites.

So stop crying and pouring spit on my mentions. Captain Elejo wewe

And omo I can't defend this Jamal Murray again ohh. This regression is too steep. I can't say trade him cos they can't but they are one team that needs to look closely at the Jimmy Butler situation

Calvin Booth is doing a disservice surrounding Jokic with bums. They are a G-League team when he's on the bench. It's absurd

Fvckin Dillon Brooks a mid ass player is chucking 7 3s a game and I'm supposed to believe shooting is some type of complex skill

The difference between the older eras and now is Dillon Brook after his 2nd-3rd brick would be promptly sent to the bench. Not today that he will be allowed to shoot his teams out of games

Skrrrrrrr:
To be honest, anyone that does not want to watch because people shoot threes can go to hell....
It's not the responsibility of the players to choose a pattern of play based on some interests. We just saw the WNBA exploding because of a 3 point shooting guard. As far as I'm concerned, the NBA is simply experiencing diminishing returns.
Everyone plays to their strength. The celtics won the championship, spamming 3s. The reason.the teams of old could not spam 3s was because they were deficient in that particular skillset. Wenbanyama doesn't need to do any post work, he scores more playing the way he does. Plus a 7'4 player that can shoot is rarer than a 7'4 player that plays under the basket.
Shooting is not easy and the people that do not do it, do not do because they disliked it. They simply couldn't....

You're in your feelings right now. Wetin consign hell with basketball. This is what we are talking about

The product sucks and fans are allowed to express that. What you lot are trying to do is shame fans into not expressing that and we all say a collective No.

The 3pt is still a novelty in the women's game so you're comparing apples to oranges, let the league have like 5 Caitlin Clark's with 2 players on each team shooting 50 3s a night and watch the interest die quick

No. Teams of old did not respect the 3pt shot. It was rightfully tagged as lazy basketball. I keep telling you lot. There's nothing special or difficult about it.

Marc Gasol, Brook Lopez, LeBron James even Wembanyanma are living proof that volume is all it takes to be halfway decent at 3pt spamming

Brook Lopez made a 1 season jump in 16-17 from no 3s to 5 3s a game

Wemby has jumped from 5 3s to 9 3s a game and he's only making them at a 35% clip. What's special about that??

The 3pt shot is not nuclear physics or brain surgery. All you had to do is hoist it repeatedly. Quit making it this complex skill that professional players of yore could not master. That's utterly ridiculous

airmark:
A leopard never changes its spots. Won ti fi si elara.

You've not changed your elejo wewe ways. Always focusing on the petty and irrelevant shit.

Is Cucurella not one of the defenders you Stan. Even if I say he's your favorite I'm not exactly wrong.

Ballzproblem2:
Burna boy and cubana beef .

That Cubana dude is hilarious ngl

I want to know though what's the core of Burna and David beef. If it's not over dough or woman then I can't really make sense of it. Even David and Wiz. But at least they had a phony friendship for a hot minute.

The Burna and David beef seems everlasting

airmark:
No be VVD again?

Na every year your werey dey come with new features.

Mugu. You dey deny Cucurella. Abi he's not one of your favorites?

It's not about any tactics or modern player whatever.

General quality of strikers have dipped. Across board.

Capaldi:
Nostalgic merchants glorifying strikers like Inzaghi, Wright, klose, Jardel, Zamorano, Salas, Crespo, Roy Makaay, Trezeguet etc. Those are the names that shows strikers are dying lmao. Nostalgia is a bad thing.

Who are the good strikers today that can shine their boots pray tell.

For club and country today you can barely list 5 different strikers. Check Balon D'or list. It's a dearth of quality players in that position.

The strikers today are shyte

Ibime:
Cuku just dey cross nonsense

How many assists does the Spanish dwarf have in 2.5 years at Chelsea?

Is it more than Hall has just this season at Newcastle?

Na Airmark favorite defender you dey yab so