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How on earth does he get to ref at a world cup?
How on earth does he get to ref at a world cup?Yes just checked, he has also been suspended for match fixing in the past
How on earth does he get to ref at a world cup?
Most teams were mate, I've been saying for ages the overall standard of football is down and I think it becomes blindingly obvious at international level.Might be just me but I'm pretty sure Cameroon, Nigeria, ivory Coast were all much better teams than they are today when I was younger?
The trickery is better I think. The technical ability. But there's less space on the pitch because players are much more athletic, so can cover so much more ground and it can make games very scrappy a lot of the time.Most teams were mate, I've been saying for ages the overall standard of football is down and I think it becomes blindingly obvious at international level.
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Fair point.With Africa, now don't shoot me for it , is it more to do with the fact that because of migration , the best African players now play for European countries through birth right ?
France being an example
Excuse my ignorance if I'm wrong
I mean thats a pretty good side isn't it
I'm not sure i'd agree the technical ability is up from say, 20 years ago. In fact in many cases i'd say discipline is favoured over individual flair.The trickery is better I think. The technical ability. But there's less space on the pitch because players are much more athletic, so can cover so much more ground and it can make games very scrappy a lot of the time.
Thanks mate, now i look like i'm having a no context wank over this Forum.
Thanks mate, now i look like i'm having a no context wank over this Forum.
Maybe.I'm not sure i'd agree the technical ability is up from say, 20 years ago. In fact in many cases i'd say discipline is favoured over individual flair.
Agree, I think you'd struggle to think of a better international front 3 than Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Rivaldo.And in regards to those sides , I think Brazil were better in 2002 and France in 2000
Clubs collecting players like football stickers is a massive problem.I think a lot of it has to do with youth prospects being stuck in academies with no pathways to the first team.
I the modern era Ronaldo would be sat in a big team's youth set up with the occasional loan and then end up sold on without having developed as much. There is absolutely no chance he would have had two seasons of mens football aged 17-19 at PSV to find his feet.
That's just the superstars too, there must be loads of players who could have developed into decent international players for mid-ranking countries who just sat in the Chelsea academy until they turned 25.
I don't agree and I suspect Evo is saying African teams seem weaker compared to other countries than in the past.Most teams were mate, I've been saying for ages the overall standard of football is down and I think it becomes blindingly obvious at international level.
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I mean thats a pretty good side isn't it
Than 10 or 20 years ago? I really don't agree.. many players were playing 10 years ago so that makes no sense at all. If you go back 30 plus years then yes definitely.I don't agree and I suspect Evo is saying African teams seem weaker compared to other countries than in the past.
Players now are so much stronger, faster and technically adept. It doesn't necessarily mean games are more entertaining but teams now would easily beat their equivalents of 10 or 20 years ago.
Why would track and field athletes/swimmers/cyclists etc all be consistently getting faster and stronger, while footballers were all getting slower and weaker?Than 10 or 20 years ago? I really don't agree.. many players were playing 10 years ago so that makes no sense at all. If you go back 30 plus years then yes definitely.
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So was Messi good 10 years ago or not, I'm confused? Is he better now even?Why would track and field athletes/swimmers/cyclists etc all be consistently getting faster and stronger, while footballers were all getting slower and weaker?
The Arsenal invincibles were 20 years ago. Are we suggesting Henry, Vieira, Pires, Cole, Ljungberg weren't fit or fast? I need to watch it back, presumably Henry looks like a 3 legged dog compared to all the strikers breaking the sound barrier these days.
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The Arsenal invincibles were 20 years ago. Are we suggesting Henry, Vieira, Pires, Cole, Ljungberg weren't fit or fast? I need to watch it back, presumably Henry looks like a 3 legged dog compared to all the strikers breaking the sound barrier these days.
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Yeah he was great, but that's not what we're talking about.So was Messi good 10 years ago or not, I'm confused? Is he better now even?
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I don't agree and I suspect Evo is saying African teams seem weaker compared to other countries than in the past.
Players now are so much stronger, faster and technically adept. It doesn't necessarily mean games are more entertaining but teams now would easily beat their equivalents of 10 or 20 years ago.
This was my point, it makes no sense.I mean , Messi still plays today he was playing in 2004 , a year after , its not that different in speed
I don't think that actually mate sorry , Ronaldo nazario would absolutely wreck the world's best defenders today .
If they are faster , it's not by too much overall
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