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    NZ holds all the gold....

    This. Not taking anything away from how brilliant NZ are, but it’s a gimme for them when the competition is so weak. When South Africa gets their act together (and it’s mainly white South Africa that plays rugby union) they give NZ their only real test, as has been the case over the last two...
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    Is Ronaldo, R9, Il Fenomeno, the most talented player ever?

    I ask because, I’m convinced he is. He is still the most breathtaking player I’ve ever seen. Due to his injuries from his mid 20s others have had more successful careers, but none more talented in my view. Messi has done many things that leave you stunned, as did Ronaldinho, Zidane, Henry, but...
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    Comparing two closely matched players, who is better? ..plus pick your own.

    Gabriel Batistuta vs Alan Shearer This one has always stumped me. Cannot separate them. Around at the same time, both similar type finishers, powerful, accurate, volleys and strikes from distance. Both consistent from the start of their career to the end. Batigol has better international stats...
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    Lack of a star name in the English game, what can be done?

    Here’s the thing though, RU doesn’t have a star player either to draw people in. What RU does have are established events, most notably the Six Nations, that ensures the code is in the spotlight for at least five weeks of the year. Right now Rugby league doesn’t have events to do similar...
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    Lack of a star name in the English game, what can be done?

    Over the past week I’ve seen the lack of a star name in Rugby League been brought up multiple times in the media. Rod Studd on this week’s Proper Sport podcast (27 minutes in, at 34 minutes he goes into more detail)...
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    Which goal (for your own team, and as a neutral viewer) gave you your craziest reaction?

    So two answers here, a goal you celebrated most wildly for your own team, and also as a neutral. The goal of my own team has to be Ray Houghton’s goal for Ireland against Italy in Giants Stadium in the ‘94 World Cup. Voice was completely gone at full time. The craziest reaction as a neutral...
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    Best two players from each decade (1950s to 2010s)

    Not sure about that tbh. Mbappé, Modric and Hazard are not a bad one, two three at the World Cup, with no Messi, Ronaldo or Neymar on the list. There’s a much greater spread of talent being developed around the world than ever before. My own team Liverpool, three world class Africans: Mo Salah...
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    Best two players from each decade (1950s to 2010s)

    Matthaus is up there. In an all time XI I’d have him next to Xavi in central midfield. Zidane ahead of Ronaldo Zidane wouldn’t agree with. Ronaldo could do what Zidane could do but in fast forward (see la roulette at 43 seconds). The Ronaldo at Barca and the first two years at Inter was...
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    Best two players from each decade (1950s to 2010s)

    Wow. Seriously. Granted it’s your opinion, but you are very wrong. That’s the greatest central midfielder who has ever played the sport, ever. Bar none. Go to 5:20 in the video, remember that he had an entire career of doing that. All that success for Spain and Barcelona, he is the brains in...
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    Best two players from each decade (1950s to 2010s)

    Any disagreements with the top two players from each decade in the video? Not old enough to remember pre 1980s, but from what I’ve seen, I’d have Garrincha at #2 from the 1950s, George Best at #2 from the 1960s, and in the 1980s Zico must be pushing Platini hard for the #2 spot. Wouldn’t...
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    Y.N.W.A Thread III: Enter 'The Normal One'

    The bitters just got a bit more bitter. Besides his great reflexes and shot stopping he looks to have tremendous early distribution of the ball to start counter attacks...can see a shitload of goals coming from direct kicks/long throws from him. Opposition will have to be more cautious when...
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    2022 Qatar World Cup

    My thinking too. After the tournament Russia just hosted it would probably be wise not to judge Qatar before the event even kicks off. The timing of the tournament with the final a week before Christmas seems strange, but it may actually work.
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    2018 World Cup Final: France V. Croatia

    Griezmann is the king at winning free kicks. He waits for the contact, and just as it’s about to happen he flicks the ball forward so the opponent clashes into him. He’s definitely been learning the dark arts from Diego Simeone at Atletico Madrid. Regards the final, yes he was already going down...
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    Quarter Finals

    Just on this. Tonight’s post match analysis. Just after 10 minutes (if anyone’s interested) Paul Scholes talks about these divisions The Man U players would be sat at one table, the Liverpool players at another, and so on. The players never looked happy with England. Too many divisions. This...
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    Quarter Finals

    The group of players just before the one you mentioned was also stacked. Most talented England team I can remember had Shearer, Sheringham, Gascoigne, Ince, Pearce, Seaman, Adams...world class throughout. It’s incredible that the least talented group of England players in a long time is...
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    Quarter Finals

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5928475/World-Cup-England-Sweden-players-stride-pitch-Samara-ahead-World-Cup-Sweden-clash.html 32 million in the UK watched the quarterfinal. The all time record will be broken in the semi-final. 1966 World Cup final (32.3 million) and the funeral of...
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    Round of 16 discussion

    Good to see the real France finally show up. They look like genuine contenders now. Mbappe is nailed on for world player of the year in the next few years. He shows glimpses of the Brazilian Ronaldo though he still has a long way to go. Argies are not a team, just a group of individuals thrown...
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    Group G: Belgium, Panama, England, Tunisia

    This is one reason why Kane didn't play. When England were losing the camera panned over to him sat on the bench and he was doing something with his boots which suggested he was about to come on.... Southgate was thinking to himself ‘with his appetite for goals (+ golden boot) there’s no way I...
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    Group G: Belgium, Panama, England, Tunisia

    England may well have just hit the jackpot with that defeat. Beat Colombia, it’s either Sweden or the Swiss standing in the way of the semi-final. Get there, and bar Spain (who are not what they were) and there is a golden chance of a final. Never seen a draw so lopsided like this before...
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    Group C: France, Australia, Peru, Denmark

    Peru are a good side, second best in the group behind France. Aussies would have done incredibly well to get out of that group. Denmark are Eriksen and that’s it. Very defensive side too so hopefully they get battered in the next round. France have all the talent in the world but sadly don’t...

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