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Yuncage:
it's still three midfielders... Griezman will be playing as AM while De Jong and Busquets as DM...

Well, I see Messi playing that role if he stays. Busquet should be replaced in that midfield.

Yuncage:
A flop is a player not performing to expectations on the field... Because Ansu fati got injured, does that make him a flop?

Did you sign Ansu Fati? Did you have high expectation when he was promoted to the first team? No. Greizmann (120M) Dembele (100M+) Coutinho (120M+) They have all flopped......You don't spend such amount in the transfer market for average performances.

Yuncage:
The front is Okay for me. With this formation, Griezman will be playing in his best position(similar with the one he's playing in France), he'll surely shine... While Depay holding the left wing with Messi holding his favorite right wing and can always interchange with Griezman, I think we'll be formidable upfront...
About the defense, Laporta is definitely working on reinforcement same with the midfield

I strongly believe in this team man.. We're going far next season... I just pray Koeman will not make tactical mistakes this season, I think that's the only way we can fail

football no be draft ooh......on a good day, Koeman plays three midfielders so I dont think this your formation will work except when they are losing.

Yuncage:
Dembele isn't a flop, he's only injury proned... He's a good lad but injury made him a bad business....
Coutinho was doing well last season before the injury...

Any player that can't prove worth is considered a flop whether na injury or loss of form.

Yuncage:
With the arrival of Mephis Depay, Check out this deadly formation I stumbled across on tribunal website... Just imagine Barcelona with the below formation, if Barcelona scores less than 4 goals in a match, it's a loss...

Forca Barca

All I see is a weak midfield (Busquet) and patch-patch defence. Frenkie needs a partner that can do the dirty job like Kante, Fabinho or even Casemeiro.
The only reliable player upfront is Messi cos I dont really expect much from Aguero. Greizmann is inconsistent while Depay has to prove himself......Laporta should get a player that can coordinate the defence like Ramos and a very good DM that can win balls and then break play by intercepting key/deadly passes. This team can't play a counter attacking side in UCL.

mansakhalifa:
But they are currently down...

Massively.

As things stand now, Portugal may not qualify. Germany will destroy Hungary in their last game and I dont see Portugal defeating France. Unless, they go as best losers once again.

We have seen what he did to Rudiger. Please what's the score??

tunary:
well I like christano Ronaldo because of his poor background from childhood that is why I'll follow him on IG

its a matter of choice......i follow him for a different reason though

mansakhalifa:
And this takes me right back to those days when Villa had the likes Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor(star striker), Luke Young, Gardner, Reo-Coker, Heskey, Petrov, Zat Knight, Sidwell, Albrighton, Brad Friedel, Guzan ...

Who else did I leave out?

But that was the best Villa squad ever (at least the best I ever saw) and the always gave all the teams in the top 4 a good challenge.

Manager was Martin O'Neill, the bespectacled Irishman.

Those were the days. Villa will never see a squad like that again. No be swear.

Gareth Barry

tunary:
Some of his followers are not his fans and yet they follow him? What does that mean?

its self explanatory bro......I follow him on IG too but am not his fan.

tunary:
This is one of the evidence that he has more fans and loved by so many people out there.

There is no manipulation here.

C Ronaldo VS Lionel Messi
DavidO VS Wizkid
E clear

No, you are wrong. Some of his followers are not his fans.....Buhari has many followers on twitter but its clear how much people despise him.

I no be your fan but you've always acted like a responsible father & brother to your kids & siblings

Beverlyjean:
Shut up ur dirty mouth... who was their best player and top scorer in that tournament?? So I'd man city won the CL , u will say de bryne dint contribute cos he got injured in the final... hatred have destroyed ur brain cells.... 74 useless goals...and he still will not get to hundred, even if they keep on organising yearly copa America for him...very useless tournament that is no better than street competitions organised in housing estates .... a competition that they don't play qualifiers

Your sense of humour stinks. You are filled with hatred, vile and resentment. You are obviously not different from an Islamic fanatic cos you have never been constructive with your thoughts and opinion. Part of the 74 useless goals got them qualified for the WC & 4 Copa America finals.......and for the euros Portugal won, without him they still would have won it like he stole the glory in UNL.

Great100000:
Yet, he won Europa League, UEFA Champion League & came second at 2016 Euro

He won many man of the match Sir.

Please tell me achievements both Xavi and Iniesta that Kante has not match?

The only Cup Kante never win is Euro

Iniest & Xavi: World Cup, Champions League, La Liga, Euro.

Kante: World Cup, Champions League, Europa League & Premiership.

The op is not even compared Messi and Kante, he said which one will you prefer to have in your team presently.

Whatever Kante has won is not a reason to compare him to messi. At the end of their careers, they will not just be judged by the trophies they won but by their individual brilliance and achievements and it is clear Kante isnt on the same level with Messi. Thierry Henry achieved much more than Kante but he still cant be compared to Messi

You misses it....my post you quoted was not even a response to the op but to some other person trying to compare them.

Beverlyjean:
He hasn't even scored up to 70 int goals stop dashing goals.... 2016 team was weak...it was the sane team that had been under performing...this present team is the best they have had... 2012...semi final...2016 winner....hatred has locked up ur brains

Hatred has eaten the better part of your brain. That same 2016 team won the tournament without him in the finals. Why not get the point before attacking people.....why didn't you tell me about 2010 & 2014 world cup??
FYI, he has 74 goals for Argentina unless you know better than google.

Tomilola360:
Messi is no doubt a great player but he has been at his best only in a team where football is played like 123. He struggles in Argentina's jerseys. He has no glory beyond club level and one club at that. HE CANNOT BE MY GOAT.

CR7 HAS PROVEN HE IS THE GOAT AT ALL LEVELS.

Go and argue with the dead if you have a problem with the above.

This is where you guys always get it wrong. The fact that he hasn't won a major trophy with the national team does not mean he performs poorly. He plays very well always. He has about 80 int'l goals....yesterday, he scored a superb free. Now, is he supposed to score and still defend at the same time?? If not for Messi, Argentina would have misses out of 2018 WC in Russia. He had to comeback from retirement to qualify them for the tournament. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/amp/argentina-s-debt-to-saviour-messi-2913706

Winning player of the tournament more than once with an underperforming team shows that, he doesn't play badly....it simply shows that the overall team performance needs to improve if they are to win any trophy.

Ronaldo faced this same problem with Portugal until they started producing good and committed players. Ronaldo played euro 2008, 2012 & 2016 and even the world cup in 2010 and 2014 despite all his effort, what did Portugal achieve? Nothing cos he couldn't do it alone.

In terms of individual quality, very few countries can match Argentina but they still perform below expectation.

Updating9JA:
Source: https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/6/web-designer-names-his-son-html-in-honour-of-his-profession-photos-2.html

Python for no bad too

Numerouno94:
So long no see bro. I hv bn pretty occupied wit work. Hw hv u bn? I missed u guys.

Thought as much...been good? We missed you too bro.

Numerouno94:
Sowi ma, Ronaldo ain't coming back to United; no Rooney, Tevez, Berbatov, Scholes, Evra, Nani, Giggs, Anderson, Van Der Sar nd the boss Ferguson. Good old days.

where went you?

demmy66:
i just hope they will sack arteta and give us a proven coach.. let them not commit the mistake they did when klopp and pep was free and they still stuck with wenger. We need a proven manager to instill the winning mentality back to the team and fans. Conte is free, Joachim low can be given a trial, or even Thomas hynchens( former bayern coach). Infact I tire my bro.

Kroenke is the major problem of that club. He lacks ambition. Arsenal has been on steady decline ever since he took over. He refused to sell and his obviously not willing to invest. Arteta is a rookie coach that needs the financial backing of the management. At the moment, arsenal should get Rodgers since they can't compete with the big guns financially. Wenger was never the problem infact, the poorest team Wenger ever assembled was miles better than what Emery & Arteta had or could ever dream of. Irrespective of who Wenger features, we've never lacked creativity. Imagine an arteta team depending on Saka & Smith? It was never this bad. Under Wenger na carabao cup them for dey play. Arsenal can afford to bring Conte but can't match his financial demand that's what broke his deal with spurs.

demmy66:
mehn seriously, I have seeing my 2nd. These are my exact thought. Just like you, Zidane was and is my best player to ever grace football, i love his style and panache. He made football very easy and pleasing to watch. I find it very difficult to tip Messi over him eventhiugh Messi is as good or even better than him. Zidane retirement really broke me down, I though I would never watch football again. He made me start loving iniesta, deco, aimar, riquelma style of play. Zidane made me love fabgregas master and killer passes.. I have never seen a midfielder like Fabregas after Zidane, but the useless club that once gave me joy made me loose interest in football.. All thanks to Arsenal...

you have just spoken my mind. I was also a die hard arsenal fan.....fabregas is a genius. A very brilliant midfielder. Passes are accurate. His vision is good. Can deliver long and short passes at will. His creativity is topnotch. Arsenal should have resigned him but that stupid Kroenke will not release funds.

demmy66:
infact, GODBLESS YOU MILLION TIMES for thuis comment. I dont know how many likes I will give you for this post..... i just wonder when did we start judging individual performance by number of goals scored, what happened to creativity... you just spoke my mind, I just blame fifa for using that to give C Ronaldo the best player when all he does was just goal scoring. Gone are the days when Figo, Zidane, Rivaldo won the award with creative midfield play over the strikers like Henry, Rud van nisteroy, Ronaldo de Lima, Shevchenko, batistuta who were busy scoring goals too. I swear, because of C. Ronaldo, people just started using number of goals scored as a yardstick to judge the best player.

Best comment i have read in this post. Creativity is the major reason I will rate Messi ahead of Ronaldo any day and any fucking time. Zidane used to be my favorite player. He doesn't score too many goals but the guy ball sense is second to none. Iniesta another player that should have won balon dor. You can't help but love him.....So many players were denied the chance to contest or win balon dor ever since goals became the yardstick and that's the exact reason Messi & Ronaldo dominated for so many years.

Kingcalls:
Let them decide u say....cos u know say ojoro dey favor messi on those awards .... golden ball 2014 Ojoro) wasn't top scorer, cudnt score or assist in all knock out games , only s Ireland C list teams and yet was awarded best ahead of top scorer and tournament best ( james) ahead of Muller and neuer that had a better tournament and defeated him in the final... if not for di Marias injury in the semi final...Argentina wud hv win the WC ... the same higuain u guys insult ,was the one that scored the goal that sent Argentina to the final... Y dint ur so called goat score in the final since una de call am god... that blatter got what he deserved for rigging those awards... he only gave messi golden ball cos he failed to give him the balon dor cos he was caught on camera showing favorism towards him ... messi no suppose win pass 3 .... 2010 fake, 2012 fake, 2019 fake

Why are you biting your fingers over who is the best player? Is that even the bone of contention here?

Kingcalls:
Its certain than u are a delusional dreamer...

Lewandowski
Mbappe
De bruyne
Haaland
Suarez
Lukaku
Bruno fenandez
Kante
Benzema

All performed better than Messi this season , and were more influential in significant games this season... but u delusional messi fans are still leaving in past glory... these players I mentioned have also shown their high performance with 2 different clubs... For suarez to leave Barca and win it with atletico that last win in in 2014 shows that he was a better player than messi last season... he scored in significant games... in as much as Ronaldo was top scorer in serie A , I will still give it to lukaku cos he was more effective in winning the title this season... but u messi fans think the world of football starts and end with messi...keep on decieving urselves.... he will yet again fumble in this forth coming copa , and u guys as usual will blame the team or their FA ...

Its obvious you are not feeling fine cos I wonder how the video above had anything to do with the rubbish you wrote.

Do you work with FIFA? No.
Do you work with UEFA? No.
Are you a coach? No.
Are you a footballer? No.
Are you a journalist? No.
Are you a pundit? No.
Can you vote? No.

Like I said before, you opinion about is irrelevant. So let the relevant authorities and people decide.

Kingcalls:
U messi fans are definitely mentally unstable....just like Garba Adamu

Messi is not even among the top 5 best players presently...and is not the best player in la liga presently

Can't you see you are the mentally unstable one here......Who asked you if he's in top 5 or not? Your opinion is irrelevant and you are not in any position to decide that.
At the end of the year, the appropriate body will tell us who should win balon dor, FIFA best and the top 5 players on planet earth.

Luigi02:
Yh he did

I still don't understand how he silenced a player that scored thrice against Chelsea in both legs. If his job was to stop messi, then he failed as a DM in the UCL games.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkd36czezaw

You edited that video to suit your claim but my question is, how did he manage to score thrice if Kante silenced him? What you did was to highlight places where Kante tackled him. One of the failed tackle led to the second goal in this video.

I thought they said, Kante silenced him

oyatainer:
That's probably for a loser. And Guardiola and loser are not compatible as far as football is concerned.

Cursing him to be successful or European success. Has Guardiola won Champions league or not?

You can tell that to a coach like Wenger, Conte and others not Guardiola that wọn it twice and in the league of football greats like Ferguson, Ancelotti, Mourinho and others.

Imaging cursing someone with over 30 trophies.

When Sane left City, who did Guardiola curse. When Neymar left Barca, who did Barca curse? Its a matter of business. You stay when I like you and you also stay when you like.

It's a business ooo

There's no curse anywhere. People just like to believe nonsense.

Kingcalls:
I actually meant one of the top scorers...

alright

Ekealterego:
Nah! Fillipo Inzaghi will flourish in any generation.. He hardly misses any chance. He can't pass or do any other thing to save his life but he was a great goal poacher.. he would score with head, toe, his nyash, and he was best at beating the offside track. He had perfect eye for the offside line. The other striker with similar characteristics is Ruud Van Nistelrooy (forgive my spelling).

Simeone was less successful than his brother.. (probably because he commited himself to a less fancied club (Lazio) for most of his career.

He was average during his playing days while his brother was a world class striker.

Kingcalls:
He was 2nd

Good. I just know he was never the top scorer in UCL.