La Liga 2018-19

[Evilo]

Yeah I don't.
And guess what, many don't either.
Heck, some people are hyping Griez for BdO. I don't.

And my post said Modric couldn't claim the same (being key for two teams winning the CL and WC) than Varane, to which you answered yes he can.

 

[YNWA14]

Yeah I don't.
And guess what, many don't either.
Heck, some people are hyping Griez for BdO. I don't.

And my post said Modric couldn't claim the same (being key for two teams winning the CL and WC) than Varane, to which you answered yes he can.

Well everyone is entitled to their opinion, but the majority opinion (not just because of his big name) is that Modric has been the best player over that time. He has been more influential at Madrid, and he took a team that not very many expected to go far to the final of the WC. That's significant. That doesn't mean other players haven't been good or influential, but I personally can't think of any other player that was as influential or consistent besides Messi, but in a world cup year where you go out early and don't have big stats generally you won't get the vote.

That's not just media driven either. Soccer fans from all over, whether they like Real or not, feel this way.

 

[Evilo]

I think many expected Croatia to beat the opponents they beat. In fact, I think the overwhelming majority had them favourite in everyone of their game (not their fault big teams failed).

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Erh no. We're judging who's had the best year. Someone being key to his team winning the CL and then being key to another team winning the WC is a better resume than just the first part.

You're saying it like if Croatia got out in the group stage...

 

[Evilo]

No, Croatia beat average teams (barely) to get to the final.
The "Modric lead them to WC final" story is nice and all, but frankly, let's not pretend Modric put a Maradona 86/Platini 82 cape or something.
He had a solid WC, nothing outstanding IMO and his team barely beat inferior opponents along the way. Heck, the best game they played was in the final (and Modric didn't particularly shined BTW).
Modric has gone from underrated to overrated on this website anyway.

 

[Gecklund]

No, Croatia beat average teams (barely) to get to the final.
The "Modric lead them to WC final" story is nice and all, but frankly, let's not pretend Modric put a Maradona 86/Platini 82 cape or something.
He had a solid WC, nothing outstanding IMO and his team barely beat inferior opponents along the way. Heck, the best game they played was in the final (and Modric didn't particularly shined BTW).
Modric has gone from underrated to overrated on this website anyway.

Where do you rank Modric in terms of midfielder? If you have people above him, who is it? You might have said it earlier but I don’t feel like trying to find it.

 

[JJ68]

Where do you rank Modric in terms of midfielder? If you have people above him, who is it? You might have said it earlier but I don’t feel like trying to find it.

I prefer Pogba

 

[Evilo]

Where do you rank Modric in terms of midfielder? If you have people above him, who is it? You might have said it earlier but I don’t feel like trying to find it.

I rank him first or at least around it (depending on the sytem). But he's hardly head and shoulders above everyone. That's just a narrative.

 

[Power Man]

So she's trying to get rich

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

So she's trying to get rich

You made a bigger wave because Lio didn't shake the refs hand. LOL.

 

[Il Mediano]

 

[gary69]

Barca's troubles continue after falling behind at home against Athletic a few minutes before half-time. Messi is on the bench.

 

[gary69]

Messi comes of the bench to create the equalizer, Munir of all people scoring that. The problem is that without Messi they don't look anything special, and Messi at this stage of his career probably needs to pace himself a bit more to be at his best in late spring.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

RMCF needs to take advantage of Barca dropping points...

 

[les Habs]

Haven't seen either of the last two matches, but Valverde's selections are puzzling to say the least.

 

[Cassano]

lol Busquets theatrics again.

 

[Savi]

Valverde knows how to put a solid defensive structure in place but the poor man has absolutely zero offensive creativity. When Messi is on the bench, it's painful to see how little chances they create with those kind of (borderline) world class players. From the positioning, the complete lack of movement or ideas, I really wonder what the hell they practice on for an entire week. So many times when I'm watching Barça (and I had the same feeling last year even when they were winning every week) I get the feeling it's bunch of star players, playing with eachother for the first time.

tl;dr - Valverde football is shit

 

[Power Man]

Barca dropped points.

Meaning we will drop points too

 

[Juve]

What a miss from Griez, pulled a Higauin.

 

[Cassano]

Lack of quality finishers on RM. They'd be winning with a Lewandowski or Ronaldo.

 

[TheLeastOfTheBunch]

Top down issues with Barcelona, along with Valverde not putting a few of his players in positions to succeed (Coutinho got absolutely bullied today), but also players who are inconsistent in form in recent weeks (Pique, Roberto, Dembele..). Pique needs to get his act together, October is a very rough month schedule wise, games against Tottenham, Sevilla, Valencia, Real Madrid and Inter.

 

[YNWA14]

Lack of quality finishers on RM. They'd be winning with a Lewandowski or Ronaldo.

Icardi seems the logical choice.

 

[Evilo]

Bale, Isco, Benzema and Asensio.

Why the need for Lewa? He doesn't score more than Benz and adds less on the pitch.

 

[Power Man]

Barca dropped points.

Meaning we will drop points too

CQFD

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

The winners were those who got to go home after the game... worst game this year.