Soccer/Football Thread Part 3

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BigToe

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Yeh. For sure.

Foden at 20 just looks so freaking good. City fans have known how good he potentially could be since he was ~14... but now starting to fulfil it.

Insane at the end of last season and playing very well to start this season.

And tonight was just awesome.



The Grealish touch against Belgium was nasty too.
 
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Appleyard

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The Grealish touch against Belgium was nasty too.

Yeh... I dont rate the team right now...

but Euro 2024? If things go well might compete.

Kane will be 30.
Sterling will be 28.
Grealish will be 28.
Gomez will be 26.
Rashford will be 26.
Abraham will be 26.
Alexander-Arnold will be 25.
Rice will be 25.
Mount will be 25.
Foden will be 24.
Sancho will be 24.
James will be 24.
Willock will be 24.
Hudson-Odoi will be 23.
Greenwood will be 22.

And then also guys with talent who have not proven that much like:

Nketiah will be 24.
Brewster will be 24.
Gomes will be 23.
Saka will be 22.
Bellingham will be 20.
 
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Fire Tortorella

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Tim Howard is so f***ing bad at studio analysis. Doesn't bring anything insightful and can barely get his thoughts out coherently.
 

Appleyard

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Ederson is really not that good a goalie.

Who cares if he can pass well?

That being said City need to convert. Have a hard time doing so without Aguero. So many chances and nothing goes in.

Corsi kings but no result right now.
 

CanadianFlyer88

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It's really too bad Haaland is Norwegian. Dude is going to be one of the best players in the world for a long time and will never get a sniff of a major international trophy.

Edit: oh, snap... I never knew he was born in England (while his father played for Leeds).
 

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It's really too bad Haaland is Norwegian. Dude is going to be one of the best players in the world for a long time and will never get a sniff of a major international trophy.

Edit: oh, snap... I never knew he was born in England (while his father played for Leeds).

Norway have a few good young guns at the same time right now... not enough to win. But enough to play some tournaments. Their shot was the mid to late 90s... had a great team back then.

His Dad was great. Before that prick Keane ended his career on purpose.
 
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BritainStix

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Norway have a few good young guns at the same time right now... not enough to win. But enough to play some tournaments. Their shot was the mid to late 90s... had a great team back then.

His Dad was great. Before that prick Keane ended his career on purpose.

He didn't actually end his career. Thats a common myth. Alf actually had major issues with the left knee that ended his career. Keane hit the right one.
 

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He didn't actually end his career. Thats a common myth. Alf actually had major issues with the left knee that ended his career. Keane hit the right one.
Part of the myth is that Keane admitted in his autobiography that he was out to hurt Haaland; comments that earned him a pretty hefty fine from the FA, if I remember correctly.
 

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He didn't actually end his career. Thats a common myth. Alf actually had major issues with the left knee that ended his career. Keane hit the right one.

It is seemingly half and half.

Haaland himself has said it contributed and that leg still hurts to this day, though his other leg was also f***ed.

Kean was an amazing player but a prick on and off the pitch.
 

BritainStix

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Part of the myth is that Keane admitted in his autobiography that he was out to hurt Haaland; comments that earned him a pretty hefty fine from the FA, if I remember correctly.

Oh Keane would have fully intended to hurt him badly.

But he didn't end his career. He always had injury problems. He only played 38 games in 3 years for city. Before that he only averaged 21 games a year.
 
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