airmark:


Is Mbappe in the running to win Ballon d'or?

airmark:




Foul every 2 mins in all Copa America matches.

That's how you guys hyped Fraudiola too. Now without Messi, he still can't win Ucl after spending like bastard.

handelex:
Among these coaches you mentioned, who is most rated and has the highest pedigree

popizaino:



Ibime come and give me another excuse as to why lamfraud couldn't win without Drogba?

kushercain:



No be Chelsea fan you be?

timbros:


Mourinho.

Now answer mine. Who can be rated best in their stint in Man United?

kushercain:



No be Chelsea fan you be?

raumdeuter:


Those wey dey slander Jorginho Mount Harvetz, Werner no be Chelsea fans dem be?

kushercain:



But calling Lampard 'lampfraud' no follow at all.

handelex:
It's subjective cos all of them failed for why they were employed barring Ole who's yet to be sacked so far. I'll give Gaal and Jose the same rating during their stints at United.

Havertz10:
Nigerian population in the 70s

Nigerian population today

Stop having plenty children una no go hear

Kilishihunter:

Yes because a winner hasn't been decided yet, Give me Alonso's ballon d or worthy impact You this man, Abi shey you think say na Headies be this

popizaino:


[s]Does the conte you hype so well knows what the atmosphere in a UCL semifinals looks like? Mancini is there taking italy to the finals of euro 2020 with some good football,the one which conte with all his noise couldn't in 2016 .[/s]

raumdeuter:


Winning has to do with many things and more importantly the competition you face on the way. Kanu and Okocha and Aiyegbeni were facing top Cameroun, top CoteDIvore and top Egypt while Sunday Mba and co were facing Mali and Burkina Faso. There was no structure that was right with Emenike and co that was not better with the Eagles of 2000 to 2006 that failed to win

2. Most teams in that era played 4-4-2 with 2 wingers, 2 Strikers, 1 DM and 1 AM. So if 442 made England structurally bad there were other bad teams as well. While Beckham was grossly overrated, He cannot shoulder the blame for the poor English display alone

By 2008 Beckham already retired yet they couldn't win the world cup when Gerrard and Lampard were in their prime yet they couldn't even qualify for Euros cos they finished in qualifiers behind Croatia and Russia. In 2010 Beckham was also out of the team yet they struggled to make it out of the groups before falling to Germany filled with mostly boys who just won the Euro U21(Khedira, Ozil, Boateng, Neuer) and some mediocre senior players(Friedrich, Podolski Mertersacker) plus a 20yr old Muller

Ozil did not always play LW for Germany In 2010 world cup his debut, he played AM while Muller was the RW and Podolski the LW with Schweinsteiger and Khedira in midfield

What is the difference between a Schurlle and a Defoe or Joe Cole? Is it that Schurlle was better?

An English team that had Rio, Terry, Cashley, Gerrard Lampard Beckham Rooney Those are 7 players that have been tagged best in their positions at different times. Best defenders, best midfielders, best strikers failing to win Is a big shame to them and someone like Lampard will carry a lot of the blame

Lampard played his first tournament for England in 2004, he retired in 2014. 6possible tournaments, Beckham was only available for 2 of them

What does it tell when you have a player with this type of record below

Ibime:


This wrong and inaccurate.

The Ivory Coast team that Super Eagles floored in the semifinals in 2013 would have floored Kanus SuperEagles handsomely.

The change in structure was a combative midfield with Mikel supported by Onazi and Mba adding legs to that midfield. Also wingers that hustled all the way whereas Kanu would be playing with a two midfielder setup (one of which is Okocha who won't contribute defensively) and the likes of Utaka on the wing who won't hustle back as well as Moses.

The change to a solid structure is what ensured that Super Eagles win with lesser players.

Secondly, every successful team from 2004 (Lampards first tournament) played with a 3 midfielder setup. Both Greece and Portugal in 20054 final, France and Italy in 2006 final, Spain and Germany in 2008 final, Holland and Spain in 2010 final, Italy and Spain in 2012 final.

There is literally no record of a winning team playing 4-4-2 which England persisted with until 2012.

You have Gerrard out of position as a DM, Lampard out of position as a CM, Scholes out of position as a LW. You can blame it on Beckham or poor management but the fact is the conditions and structure were not there for that team's success.

Lastly, structure or lack of it is enough to turn a group of good players into shït, or a group of average players into winners.

You can see what happened to Real Madrid Galacticos when a DM Makelele was withdrawn from their structure and they became whipping boys. You can equate England team of then to the Galacticos, just big names without any midfield structure.

If I ask you the difference between Harry Kewell and Didi Hamman on paper, you will say Harry Kewell was the better player or hardly any difference. Harry Kewell was flying in UCL with Leeds while Didi Hamman was an average Joe with Newcastle.

Yet the decision to play Harry Kewell in 2005 UCL final had Liverpool midfield overrun and 3-0 down, while subbing him out gave Liverpool backbone and provided the platform for them to bring the game back to 3-3. This is how structure and organisation trumps big names on paper.

Expert17:
Messi stats against Spanish teams (all competitions)

1. Sevilla 38 goals
2. Athletico Madrid 32 goals
3. Valencia 29 goals
4. A. Bilbao 27 goals
5. Real Madrid 26 goals

Where is Eibar, Elche and Levante

Trevor012:

Italy and France both played 4-4-2.

Ibime:


Pirlo, Perotta and Gattuso makes how many CMs?

Expert17:
Messi stats against Spanish teams (all competitions)

1. Sevilla 38 goals
2. Athletico Madrid 32 goals
3. Valencia 29 goals
4. A. Bilbao 27 goals
5. Real Madrid 26 goals

Where is Eibar, Elche and Levante

Ibime:


Pirlo, Perotta and Gattuso makes how many CMs?

Trevor012:


Perrotta was used as a left winger with the Italian national team under Lippi.

raumdeuter:


Lampard Gerrard Scholes(Hargreaves) How many CMs?

Ibime:


Did De Rossi also play left wing when he replaced him? Don't be fooled by what those Italians put down on paper. All their tactics equates to 3 men in the middle, and definitely when Pirlo is playing, they don't leave him with only one CM partner. Totti will be on the left and Perrotta neatly tuck into the middle. That nigga play left wing less than Matuidi did for France at the last World Cup

devvy44:


How about you drop the number of games he has played against those teams?

Trevor012:

Still Italy and France played 4-4-2 in 2006 final so your previous post was wrong.

Ibime:


Hargreaves playing is the only tournament where they looked stable and could have won that tournament, just unlucky to go out to Portugal on penalties.

Ibime:


We have dealt with Italy, now tell me how France played 4-4-2?

Makelele, Vieira, Malouda, Ribery, Zidane and Henry was their midfield to forward.

Where is the 4-4-2 in that?

Please don't pull screenshots which are inaccurate.

That was a 4-2-3-1

raumdeuter:


England was playing at least 3 CMs, In 2010 they even played Barry, Milner Lampard and Gerrard

Trevor012:

So we should believe you because you are accurate ? Different publication puts both team as playing 4-4-2. Don't stress it

Ibime:


Just help me arrange the players into a 4-4-2. It shouldn't be hard.

Makelele, Vieira, Malouda, Ribery, Zidane and Henry.

Let me help you:

__________Makelele_____Vieira

Ribery________Zidane__________Malouda

______________Henry___________


I'm interested in how you will arrange this to 4-4-2

It is a common thing for team sheets to misrepresent the coaches actual setup so let's see your own interpretation