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andrewbaba44:
This thing wey Madrid Dey do no make sense

No be life be this

Even if the ball hit Fermin's hand, Ascencio won the ball & was dispossessed by Fermin AFTER. That should have been the beginning of a new phase of play. The ref had ZERO reason to rule the goal out. Zero.

popizaino:
This is why i regarded Victor Valdes as a good goalkeeper and not parrot the popular opinion that he wasn't one.

He was equally good at stopping shots,his error mostly came from trying to pass from back.

Onana took Inter to a UCL final in 2023.

andrewbaba44:
Donnaruma isn’t bad in ball playing though ,I forgot to state this ,but my points remains valid .

I agree that a GK should be a better shot-stopper than he is a ball-player. But I'm saying w/o improving in that ball-playing aspect, Enrique would have ditched him. They were even looking at the Lille Keeper Lucas Chevalier.

Donna improved a lot this season. He was always a good shot-stopper but right now, if a keeper just stops shots, he will still concede a ton because oftentimes his team won't play well.

NL and its reputation for encouraging prisoner-of-the-moment analysis.

Donnarumma was a ball-playing GK against Arsenal. In fact, w/o it, PSG would've lost yesterday. The shape Arsenal took in that first half prevented PSG from playing out the back. Hoofing the ball only subjected their diminutive players to dueling with the taller more physical Arsenal players who won most of the 2nd balls in that first half. PSG depended on Donna for his confidence and decisiveness when he was being used as an outfield player to help them play out the back.

You don't need to believe me. Research all the work Enrique had done on him this season. Donna was a walking mistake which then translated into other aspects of his game. As tall as he is, he was never aerially dominant. He was slightly overweight. He panicked when the ball was passed to him. Took long to make decisions and tended to always make the wrong ones. But rather than give the manager some credit, the new narrative is that ball-playing keepers don't make a difference. People actually think the only thing Sommers did the other day was save shots? LOL.

See how many times he gave the right dink pass to DiMarco, Dumfries, Bastoni, Barella. How many half chances did Raya generate for Martinelli yesterday?

Maybe you people have forgotten the calamity that Donna caused against RM in 2022 when PSG crashed out from winning positions against Benzema and his boyz or the mistakes he made when AFC beat them 2-0 during the group stages. Make una dey watch match w/o commentary. Commentators influence alot of the talking points here.

rooftops:
Cho cho cho.... Why you no go get energy to cap when your team no fit make final

Did you read the comments Arteta made after the game?

Am I still a hater?

Gucciboy:
You easily forgot balon d'or can be rigged just like rodri won it last year unexpectedly.

It's a french newspaper, ready your mind once PSG wins UCL.

Rodri's wasn't rigged. Maybe you weren't active on NL last year but I argued with many Madridistas that Rodri will win after the Euros. Because it played a role too in the minds of the voters.

Sportsweb:
I know sir. PSG qualified, so imagine if Dembele wins it or at least reached final of the tournament?

What if Real Madrid wins it, does mbappe stand a chance?

Dembele stands a chance no doubts. I'm only saying what I think voters will do.

As for Mbappé, the CwC won't be enough to revamp this season. He has left a good account of himself so nobody will call him a bad signing. But watching PSG get to a final after he left acrimoniously? They'll rather burn France down than allow Mbappé win it this season. Won't happen.

Gucciboy:
I really don't care if fans are voting for yamal or not because it's a french newspaper and dembele is winning it.

It is journalists that vote for it so yes they might want to favour Dembouz. But, and I say a huge BUT, Yamal is easily more recognizable than him and people vote that way. Look at the last 3 years for e .g

raumdeuter:
I was in a Central American country recently and all the kids had Lamine Yamal jersey on. A non football follower fit think Lamine Yamal is the club name for the jersey purple and red

Plus he is so likable, Hardly do you see anyone hating on him. He is a kid with braces and an innocent smile

How I discovered him 2 years ago was via Messi's children. They said after their father, the best player in the world is Lamine Yamal and I looked him up because children can be very perceptive.

Then you see people like even CR7 even mentioning him last year as someone the world should watch out for. Ah, the guy don BLOW.

raumdeuter:
That CwC miss will be a dent for Salah Yamal and Raphinha. To push their case, they need to start next season on fire before voting starts

I agree with this. Salah's own died with the PSG loss as he was poor in both games. And then Liverpool's season petered out.

Gucciboy:
I guess you're confusing Balon d'or for club awards. Yamal can win Barca player of the year.

You saw what he did to Skales' career and you're still wondering how popular Lamal currently is? Even if voters don't know who played well, they'll simply vote for the name or face they can easily recognize. Raphinha is not in that stratosphere.

Sportsweb:
Then the odds favors Ousamane Dembele.

Barcelona and Liverpool are not in the UCL final and also not in the Club World Cup

Sorry, you're right. I just never knew that. I assumed all the big boys were in it.

AirBere:
Valid arguments for UCL.

I've watched Barca this season solely because of Flick. I've seen Barca with Ralph minus Yamal. Team looked clueless as fcck. I've seen Barca without Ralph plus Yamal, team played better, won but without much bite. I feel they would've won the domestic trophies without him but flop in UCL.

Yamal is clearly the best player at Barca in my opinion.

So Dembele it is.

I mean, he is, but the BDO shouldn't go to the best player but the most impactful.

raumdeuter:
Barcelona might not want to push Yamal agenda yet because an early Balon dor can get into his head and ruin his career also they know he is likely to win more in future but Raphinha probably na his last time

Yamal for Golden boy and Raphinha for BdO

But if Yamal lights up CwC then agenda might change

Yeah, nobody wants to give him that award if Messi didn't win it at 17 or 18.

Gucciboy:
It's a Popularity contest by a FRENCH NEWSPAPER. Don't forget that part.

Yamal and Raphina will split each other's votes except they tilt it overwhelmingly in Yamal's favor for the buzz and notoriety. And I suspect that's what will happen because the BDO like controversies as it promotes the award more.

AirBere:
Rooted for Salah but that R16 exit will do a huge damage to his chances.
You say Yamal will win it but doesn't deserve it, fair point. I don't think Yamal will win it, I also don't see Ralph finishing below Salah if he adds Laliga to his super cup and Copa del Rey.

I go with Dembouz if PSG go all the way.


If it pleases you, I'll prefer you list your favourite contenders based on those who actually deserve it since you said Yamal doesn't but should win.

If PSG win the UCL, it will be Dembele. To me, the BDO should be Raphina. If you take him away from Barca this season, they're probably 3rd and trophyless. But he won't win. It is a popularity contest and he's not Yamal level of popular.

Sportsweb:
Then the odds favors Ousamane Dembele.

Barcelona and Liverpool are not in the UCL final and also not in the Club World Cup

I'm talking of the Infantino World cup that even Inter Miami are part of. Should be in June or so. FIFA will make sure it plays a role in the BDO discussions because Infantino wants that trophy to be massive. The prize money is crazy as well.

Gucciboy:
Dembele needs one more match to win the balon d'or and that's the UcL final.

He has won trophies too

Ligue 1
French supacoppa
French cup
UCL loading.....

Yes. But if you noticed, after the Barca vs Inter game, the consensus switched to saying Yamal was Barca's best player. The guy is incredibly popular and like Raumdeuter once said, these awards are majorly popularity contests.

AirBere:
Who are your front runners ?

At this point, Lamine will win it. I don't think he deserves it yet but if people were to vote he'll win. Dembouz will be second and Salah 3rd. Raphina won't make a podium at this point in time. He'll be 4th.

Inter are playing against potential treble winners in PSG. They also lost to Ajax and Celtics as well. And of course CITY and all 3 were treble winners.

Spotting a trend.

There is still a Club World Cup that will play a role in the BDO discussions.

Less intense PSG but it appears like they expect AFC to tire out after 60 mins like they did against Bournemouth.

If that is the case, expect more goals after 60 mins in.

While AFC have changed their shape to prevent PSG from passing out the back effectively. PSG seem to have set up to spring up on AFC on the counter attack.

The less said about Barcola, the better.

I think this game was supposed to be a test run for PSG. Somehow Bournemouth's press was equated with PSG's and used to motivate the team to show they could blitz PSG and possibly stage a comeback victory in France.

What I'll say is, Bournemouth are infinitely inferior to PSG in every facet of the game that every Arsenal fan should now be worried about that 2nd leg. I thought the game will be close but at this particular moment of typing, I actually think PSG will paste 4 past these gooners.

akwesenana:
Liverpool fans are the most insecure set of people on God's green earth.

Truer words have never been spoken.

popizaino:
He is who we Chelsea fans think Madueke is and that's why we keep playing him the right.

I think it is Madueke who thinks he is that, when he isn't.

Simeone Inzaghi is livid at Mhyki for not switching the play to Dumfries on the overlap. By choosing to recycle, he forced that turnover that almost led to the equalizer.

It came shortly after. That's why it is important to make good decisions all the time. You never know what the cascading effect of one bad decision will be.

That's what it means to be dynamic.

Players who can force a game to change by a shot, action sequence, explosive dribble, sublime pass etc.

That's Lamine Yamal.

I'm jealous.

rooftops:
E dan start be that, bad belle. What are arsenal fans meant to say? That PSG will beat them black and blue?

Your team is out, swallow the bitter pill

Nah, they respected RM but treated PSG like the team they beat in October. They still think the only reason they lost today is that they didn't play well. You lot said they'll physically overwhelm PSG especially at home. Didn't happen. You said PSG's small forwards will have a difficult time coping with Arsenal's defense. Of course, the opposite was the case.

Arsenal played very well. They did everything they hoped to do to hurt PSG, but they lost to the better team. That is all.

Most of the Arsenal fans online were talking smack. Some of you guys were doing same and continued to do same even when the evidence was telling a different story.

PSG deserved that penalty for Timber on Kvara which would have put the game at 0-2. Even when Arsenal took the initiative and became the more aggressive side, PSG responded by deceptively slowing the game down. Not falling and feigning injuries. Kvara would offer to recycle it rather than charge at Timber. Doue was doing same.

Then even when their defense was breached, Donaruma stopped everything.

How are people dismissing this team so easily? Is it because it is Enrique or PSG? Look again, this is the best team in the UCL currently.

Going to be a long series this one.

Kawhi with an efficient 39 pts but the Clippers needed every bit of it.

Looking to see how the Nuggets react. Kawhi tends to play well at home, as does James Harden.

Sportsweb:
are you talking about 007?

He's the current EPL POTY.

I'm referring to Cole Palmer. The guy you people dubbed the best player in the league. His team moved from 2nd to 6th when he had the chance to prove he's the guy.

Foden did so last season. Discuss.

basilico:
Budaatum. The official white house position on COVID-19 has been released.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19/

Mirrors everything I have been saying here for the last 5 years.


Goes scorched earth on Dr Faucci, Dr Daszak of Ecohealth Alliance, gain of function to create the covid19 virus , face diapers, WHO, NIH , on lockdown and social distancing .Also indirectly accuses Gov Cuomo of killing elderly people in homes after sending covid19 patients there


1.
The virus possesses a biological characteristic that is not found in nature.

2.
Data shows that all COVID-19 cases stem from a single introduction into humans. This runs contrary to previous pandemics where there were multiple spillover events.

3.
Wuhan is home to China’s foremost SARS research lab, which has a history of conducting gain-of-function research (gene altering and organism supercharging) at inadequate biosafety levels.

4.
Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) researchers were sick with COVID-like symptoms in the fall of 2019, months before COVID-19 was discovered at the wet market.

5.
By nearly all measures of science, if there was evidence of a natural origin it would have already surfaced. But it hasn’t.


Stops short of declaring the 2020 elections used COVID to create an avenue for mass mail in voting.

Either way , it looks like some people who were not pardoned might face the music.
It also looks like China is royally screwed up. There are many lawyers who would file class action suit on them for trillions of dollars for letting the virus spread intentionally China holds $1.3 trillion of USA debt which might not get paid back.....

Second thoughts. Trump should preemptively pardon every one that Judge Boasberg wants to hold in contempt. If Boasberg overturns the pardon , then he should have Faucci arrested.

Democrats shooting themselves in the foot as always.
Budaatum. How about this quote.
Most egregiously, the federal government demonized alternative treatments and disfavored narratives, such as the lab leak theory,
in a shameful effort to coerce and control the American people’s health decisions.
Think Ivermectin and HCL. Basilico was right all along, your liberal media lied to you

I knew you'd be the only one to post this.

I was waiting for the people who still talk about conspiracy theories...LOL

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