AndSunGorilla:
Ndidi starts for Leicester as usual and KC not listed today. I have my own conspiracy theory about KC's non inclusion.

AndSunGorilla:
Ndidi starts for Leicester as usual and KC not listed today. I have my own conspiracy theory about KC's non inclusion.

TheGoodJoe:



How is football different from when you started?

It’s taken up a different pace, rhythm: more accelerated, more physical. The figure of the No 10 has almost disappeared. We see less magic, less fantasy. Footballers do more but faster. There’s no need to dribble because you run. Players are more developed in every sense. You lose that player who’s different, who ‘breathes’; the playmaker who was slower even if he had sublime technique doesn’t get the opportunity to turn. Those of us who are not so fast with our legs have to be faster in our heads. It’s like anything in life: adaptation. Things keep moving. Football changes constantly, expressed differently.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/18/thiago-alcantara-we-see-less-magic-less-fantasy-footballers-do-more-but-faster

By Thiago Alcantara.

Marjoribanks:
I think we are quite different in ways we analyze things. I analyze based on what I see and experience. You analyze based on what others says.
I ask a simple question.
Name a player who is 30 years old today that has won the Ballon?
The Ballon winners even in this generation came from the generation you said will struggle today. lol! QED!

Marjoribanks:
I think we are quite different in ways we analyze things. I analyze based on what I see and experience. You analyze based on what others says.
I ask a simple question.
Name a player who is 30 years old today that has won the Ballon?
The Ballon winners even in this generation came from the generation you said will struggle today. lol! QED!

TheGoodJoe:


😂 😆

You got it totally wrong. All I talk or post is actually what I see. I only go to get people's comments because I know there are other people seeing what I am seeing.

Most I type is actually from my personal study of the game. If you want me to go indepth of what Thiago Alcantara said, I will, siting examples and matches.

What you will say is that I watch the game differently. I see the intensity. I see the development of the game. I see the tactical changes and growth. I appreciate development faster.

Marjoribanks:
Then answer my question! lol! Where are those players and their Ballon?

TheGoodJoe:


Please I will like to hear it.

AndSunGorilla:

I think the coach is intentionally sidelining KC. Since after AFCON, the best is KC making a substitute appearance.

TheGoodJoe:


I don't get the context of the question. Please make the point or prove why you disagree that the game today has more intensity of the past.

TheSuperNerd:
The difference is he has a short window this time to do so. Let's hope he hits it right with the time constraints. Wafu B u17 is in a month+ time.

AndSunGorilla:
Leicester sort of almost self-destructing. Abi na somebody head dey swear for dem?

Marjoribanks:
My question is easy to understand. Name a player in this generation that has won a Ballon since they are better than the older generation. If they are better why is it that none of them has won the Ballon. It is still Zidane's generation of players winning the Ballon. lol!

AndSunGorilla:
Leicester sort of almost self-destructing. Abi na somebody head dey swear for dem?

mrwilliams9:
If Boniface improves his finishing, he’ll have a much higher ceiling than Osimhen. I also like that Boniface is also a fan of the game and banters fans and players alike.

The professional game can be a bit stale with players having these pre-coached media interviews.

TheGoodJoe:


Explain the context of your debate because I still get it. For instance, Messi was never a better player than Haaland last season. Haaland swept titles, broke EPL and Champions League record but Messi won Balloon D'or. So I don't get the relevance of your point.

TheGoodJoe:


Please I will like to hear it.

Joebie:
Manu, Bosso, Salisu

Marjoribanks:
Who voted? Are they not the same modern day football stakeholders? Is it not a shame to your modern day ideology that no footballer born in 1993 or after has a Ballon. First time in the history of football that a generation of 3 decades of footballers won't have a Ballon. Shows how mediocre todays footballers are! Shame!

Marjoribanks:
And so? Manu has won the under 17. Bosso the World under 20 semis and Salisu CHAN finals. Which of your homebased coaches are better than them? I can see through your hypocrisy!

TheSuperNerd:
Bosso is World U20 Quarters Twice (2007 and 2023). He's never made the Semis.

Marjoribanks:
Absolutely!
Unlucky against France and Korea respectively!

Unlimited22:

That France own pain me

Ezekiel Bala set.

What happened to that guy?

TheGoodJoe:


Explain the context of your debate because I still get it. For instance, Messi was never a better player than Haaland last season. Haaland swept titles, broke EPL and Champions League record but Messi won Balloon D'or. So I don't get the relevance of your point.

Marjoribanks:
And so? Manu has won the under 17. Bosso the World under 20 semis and Salisu CHAN finals. Which of your homebased coaches are better than them? I can see through your hypocrisy!

Marjoribanks:
And so? Manu has won the under 17. Bosso the World under 20 semis and Salisu CHAN finals. Which of your homebased coaches are better than them? I can see through your hypocrisy!