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popizaino:
And Lavia is not helping matters either.

Lavia is one of blueco's biggest disappointment.

This isn't a criticism because I rate Caicedo very highly but I think he'll not achieve his full potential as a DM. He's not bad there but that's not his greatest strength.

This is why I was happy when we were linked with Xhaka who's superior DLP to Hendo. Caicedo needs someone to sit deep while he does the running and hassling. That's where he comes alive. His passes, turns from deep aren't great. The sporting directors should look at this and sign a DM specialist for Caicedo.

Caicedo is what you call "pawa player" Technique no dey walhahi.

As a manager, I actually used to rate Xabi higher than Xavi but with what I've seen so far, nope. Xavi is much better and a very brave manager. Alonso.... time shall tell.

Bluelines69:
My biggest regret in life is Fofana being a professional footballer while I’m not

He's still much better than Titus Bramble or our very own Bogarde.

Your point is very valid, Fofana is a serious calamity lol.

Whoever told Gusto that he's got finese on the ball did him a serious disservice. Gusto just dey humor me lol...

Skimpledawg:
e say na Edidiong

You be better weyrey

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popizaino:
Eddie Howe is available now

I want an English manager who wouldn't overthink.

Xabi Alonso can fu*k off if he loses to Liverpool tonight.

Pochetino, Rosemary, Glanser and now Edidiong How?

I had to rewatch the second goal in slow motion and gosh. Balde, like Kounde may be done at top level football. The way he ran back in a straight line was genuinely hilarious, that's segunda level defensive awareness. He was completely oblivious to where the runners were. People keep talking about his 1vs1 but I keep telling them that 1vs1 is one aspect of defending. The goal conceded is what you get if you lack defensive awareness. Espart, Eric Garcia and even Pasquer woulved done better in that situation.

If you observe closely, you'll notice that he actually spotted the run of Camavinga but still kept running straight towards the corner instead of tracking him. At that point, I completely understood why Dela Fuente and Flick simply doesn't rate him. He thinks football is about running up and down like a slain chicken.

Another player who was a huge disappointment was Rodri. He just stood there like a cone. There's no way you're scoring that on Busquet who wasn't as mobile or as physically imposing. I genuinely don't understand why he just stopped. Was he tired? Or did he contract the Dejong virus? Because the Rodri i know is usually very defensively aware.

Balde needs a loan in Elche or Ipwich town. Right now, he's an otu full back. Pace merchant.

Nemesis0147:
WC influencing the ballon d or for just one year is very fair…..they have a whole 3 years to win it without WC performances influencing it 😀😀

You're a wise man, so loaded. Wisdom will never depart from your household. 1 in 4 is fair meaning you have 3 good years to shine your shoes.

To our most beloved star, may Alonso tap from your grace and use that grace to flog Liverpool today. Success is ours.

andrewbaba44:
A certain fraud and his fanbase said ballon d or has lost its credibility because someone they hated so much was winning it like bread and beans

Rodri won it too and they said the same thing to please their slave masters from Madrid ,Madrid boycotted going to the award ,but immediately they found out that Kylian mbakwe Stands a chance of winning ,the award regains its credibility and they allowed mbakwe travel to Paris only for Harry Kane to win it while mbakwe will return back to Madrid empty handed

Ballon d or will remain the biggest individual achievements for footballers ,you can always cry if your fave doesn’t win it ,but you will surely return back for the following year

Oh, wonderful piece!!!

Professional footballers will die for two things.

Firstly, as a team it's the Fifa World Cup. It's the holy grail for footballers. There's a reason why some players are yet to retire.

Secondly, as an individual it's the bdor. Every footballer wants to win it. Fans can wail, spin narratives and say whatever will allow them sleep well at night but nothing will change. The bdor is always a dream and will remain the ultimate individual prize for all footballers.

For context. we have Ribery moving like the famous Japanese soldier, and here is Trent; a defensively liable full back dreaming about the bdor.

BykeLaByke:
Ballon D'or now is leading your team to big ears(that's how Dembele won his) or having a 60+ goals season like Harry Kane just did to win his.

Yamine should pick his path, e no hard again like before.

You're correct unless in a world cup year.

BlueRayDick:
Inside which football magazine you read this one? Na Super Strikers ?

A player considered not good enough to start by 3 different managers at the same club is worse than a flop. He flop pass floppy disk abeg! If 3 different coaches at different times watch you train week-in week-out and they conclude you are not good enough to start for a top team, what more evidence do you need to conclude you are a flop on high wages?

The fact that he was not even considered for callup at the national team level makes it worse.

Na complete sports lol

raumdeuter:
If you are on the bench then what are you? excess to requirement

I wonder 🤔

popizaino:
Mourinho won league with Willian at a time when he should have won,ucl,carabao cup,fA cup and defended the league because of that stupid decision.

Trent like some other players, are victims of stupid coaches that almost ruin what would be the career of the greatest premier league player ever.

Lol. One(1) is ideal, two (2) is manageable, three (3) could even be considered. Four (4) is definitely a serious crowd and as at today, for club and country, Trent has failed.

If you're so good, four (4) managers won't ignore you. Hakimi, Reece James, Timber or even Ola Aina won't chop this much bench for club and country.

On Mourinho, he won the league with Willian. Willian himself won two PL titles for us lol.

popizaino:
You will do well than parroting the opinion of those obvious haters.

How is someone who is benched considered a flop.

A manager that favored Willian over Salah decisions will never make sense to real football followers.

You must really think I care about what X and Y said or is saying lol. I am a one man mopol. That my opinion agrees with others doesn't mean i follow the crowd. I care less about what you or others are saying. I am alone....

...and my PERSONAL opinion is that Trent has failed in Madrid. He's been benched by three different managers for old man Carvajal, serie a Dumfries who's naturally a very poor defender and and now a midfielder. Until he leaves the bench and start playing regularly, the fact is that he has failed to cut it in Madrid. At international level, his coach also doesn't rate him. So four (4) different managers.

Mourinho won the league with Willian. In fact Willian has two PL titles with us.

raumdeuter:
Did they buy him for the bench? Under 3 coaches he cant get a starting shirt just like Hidden Hazard

Trent and Hazard were mega flops

Countinho nkor?

Trent has failed in Madrid. He's been benched by 3 different managers, now a midfielder is playing in his position. I think he should return to the premierleague. I doubt Iraola will want him at Liverpool as Araujo has now cemented himself as #1 name in the RB position.

Manchester United is in need of a RB as Dalot is beyond terrible.

popizaino:
It is a poor league.

EOD.

Ok Alhaji

swiz123:
He should focus on UCL

Barca sabi flog those small teams and it will be difficult to stop them from winning the league.

UCL go hard ooo lol. Better teams than Madrid and even clubs like Dortmund, Tico can cause an upset.

Let's see how it goes sha.

andrewbaba44:
The same Laliga wey una sabi talk down on ,if to say we allow una mbappe win am ,nobody is dragging this award with him ,even Kane self

Mabpe must crack laliga. He's doing what's needed by scoring the goals but he must rally his teammates and let them know that laliga is the key for him wining bdor.

UCL is uncertain with better teams than Madrid in PSG, Arsenal, Bayern looking like hot favorites.

If he can win the league with his usual good numbers, go far in UCL, he'll win it as his already very popular and has a good "PR"

odizeey:
A lot of people have gotten away with murder o.

I dey tell you.

...and rape too. Life is so unfair to the poor.

afrodoc:
Mbappe winning would not have been a robbery. Kane is a worthy winner though.

This award was always about individual performance until people started doing Set Theory and looking for which player was in League winner n UCL winner n World Cup winner. This was what lead to campaigns for dem Sneijder and Jorginho.

Okay, let's not call it robbery if Mabape had won and simply just congratulate Kane.

However, statistically the emboldened could be called into question. The bdor is 70 years old meaning it's been handed out 70 times or less considering covid and other events. Only 6 players in history won it without trophies. So in 64 times or less, those who won it, performed individually and their team, at least won something.

The bdor has always been about individual performance but you must also lead your team to trophies. That's what the statistics supports.

afrodoc:
Ok. No be complete disappearance. How many goals and how many assists? Not challenging you but just want to check. Which games did he score or assist?

The stats are pretty evident on livescores.

In the last 4, he missed 1 so you move to last five. So in the last 4 that he has played, he got 1 goal, 1 assist. Poor numbers but that's not the point. Point is your initial assertion. Which is that in the last 4 el classicos, he got 004. That point is Nay!

Kikelomogbenga:
Mbappe winning the ballon dor would have been a robbery. Harry Kane is the just the best candidate. Yamal should blame himself for not turning up at the world cup, He would have won it by a land slide.

You've said it all. Balanced take and I like balanced takes, always!

Oh, how can i forget my beautiful goat. Messi actually finished top 5 at 39. Dammit!

When it comes to this round leather game, leave am. Messi is simply out of this world.

afrodoc2:
This season and last season the guy disappeared in el Classico. In the last 4 meetings with Real Madrid, Yamal has 0 goal and 0 assist.

Yay or Nay?

He's been a passenger in big games including el classicos but the emboldened is nay lol.

Check again.

swiz123:
This agenda is extremely weak. Kane has literally dominated everywhere aside Bundesliga and even just recently the World Cup.

Agenda has to be a little logical to be entertaining.

The agenda or the idea that bundesliga is a poor league is usually funny to me lol. Unknown Chema Andres from the league is already moving like a don in the PL. Known Beleba is moving like a neophyte. Diamonde is already doing great things in laliga. If you sabi play ball, your league no matter. You'll eventually adapt.

Kane is by far the most deserved winner if you consider the overall bdor criteria which clearly states that a player must perform individually and win team trophies as well.

Kilishihunter:
Xavi espart out for two months
The backline gets thinner. May God save us till January

I've seen Espart vs Kvara and Diamonde. And he really impressed me on both occasions. I really wanted to see him vs Doku.

Doku vs Kounde is gonna be hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby. He'll get keeled

Kilishihunter:
Yamal will not get major injury by God's grace
If he gives us the sixth with a dominant perfomance then we'll bring out the "Barça PR" in full flow

Football is not that deep lol. I can't wish an injury to any player. Was just trying to emphasis the point that there's no such thing as unlimited time in football. Even in life, nothing like unlimited time.

Lana1:
Spain denied us generational tears. The wailing would have been worse than 2023

Kilishihunter:
Unlimited years ke. Baba Mbappe that we predicted would have multiple ballon d'or when he arrived at 19 hasn't yet, Neymar, lewandowski, Suarez, xavi, iniesta, lampard, Henry, Salah the list boku cause no one knows what can happen tomorrow, an injury,loss of form, a better player than you in your position breaking out, your team not winning key trophies et al

There's no such thing as unlimited years in football lol. Mabpe is close to 30 yet nothing significant at club level. No bdor, no UCL. Dmeble wey we dey laugh has two ucl and 1 bdor.

One major injury and Yamal becomes Ben Arfa!

Sportsweb:
From the most Mocked striker in the world.

Mocked for lack of trophy
Mocked for playing for spurs

Now multiple trophy winners and now Ballon dor'.

God bless Harry Edward Kane.

Up next: Kylian Mbappe, he still have plenty of years to win his own.

Lamine Yamal still has unlimited years to win his own as well

Mbape must prioritise laliga. If he doesn't win it, he sill wont win bdor. UCL may be too strong for Madrid to win with PSG on board..I can feel a subtle message here from the organisers. You must also win trophies if you want bdor...

No more 2013!