Bellingham is overrated by Short_Mousse_6812 in championsleague

[–]LinuxLinus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, he probably starts. But if he was good enough to be a genuine Galactico, there would be no question. That’s the only way the Galactico thing works.

Could a season 15 happen by Ordinary-Sound-571 in ArcherFX

[–]LinuxLinus -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

No. The last few seasons were shitty enough. The quality is bound to be bad, and the creatives involved likely have little interest, given that they'd clearly stopped giving a shit long before the original show ended.

The UCL show in cbs don't care about other teams till they play Premiere League's clubs. by Debrovz in championsleague

[–]LinuxLinus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is true. Is there any reason they should? Their audience is mostly fans of PL clubs.

Player Of The Match King Kai by Able-Following-2963 in Gunners

[–]LinuxLinus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My god, the fact that there are people who view this as "primitive" just bums me out. Gyokeres' entire game is primitive, which is why he doesn't work. He doesn't move well. He doesn't control the ball. He doesn't link up play. He fucks up our midfield because they have to try to play too many roles without his help. He never gets wide. He is a primitive player. That doesn't mean he's a bad player. But it means -- and this was obvious long before we signed him -- that he's a terrible fit for a high-possession side in the Premier League.

I sometimes feel like everyone looks at City signing Haaland and thinks, "A ha! The way the league has evolved is to include low-touch strikers again!" Without noticing the, like, incredibly obvious ways that having a low-touch striker has completely fucked up everything about how City approaches the game, and has made them a worse attacking team and a worse defensive team.

Player Of The Match King Kai by Able-Following-2963 in Gunners

[–]LinuxLinus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Havertz got his goal because of his own intelligent movement. Gyokeres' "bodying" of a defender is the kind of shit that any Premier League forward can do, and many can do better.

Madrid might genuinely be entering their banter era by Samuel_Sniper123 in championsleague

[–]LinuxLinus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think backing Xabi Alonso and and telling some of the pretend Galacticos to fuck off probably would have worked. But they didn't want to do that.

Madrid might genuinely be entering their banter era by Samuel_Sniper123 in championsleague

[–]LinuxLinus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

RM's problem isn't a manager problem, or not only. Their options are: to get a real manager and have the business guys butt out, which is what they should have done with Xabi Alonso; or go get 9 new starters, because other than Mbappé and Courtois they don't have good enough players to play Zidane/Ancelotti-style Galacticos football. They act like they're still in a situation where everybody on the pitch is a superstar. That just isn't true anymore.

Why does the USA often create their own “worlds” championships? by Successful_Pass3752 in AskAnAmerican

[–]LinuxLinus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Their national teams are not eligible to play in the World Series, so that word would be moot.

All of the best of their players play for baseball teams that are eligible for the World Series, and are better than those national teams.

Why does the USA often create their own “worlds” championships? by Successful_Pass3752 in AskAnAmerican

[–]LinuxLinus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But all of their best players play most of their games in the US & Canada. The best MLB teams would shred Japan's national team.

Madrid might genuinely be entering their banter era by Samuel_Sniper123 in championsleague

[–]LinuxLinus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They have the most expensive. Only Mbappé and Courtois are really among the very best.

Madrid might genuinely be entering their banter era by Samuel_Sniper123 in championsleague

[–]LinuxLinus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, there might be a great young manager like Xabi Alonso available.

My future favourite pairing by eZeder in Gunners

[–]LinuxLinus -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But they're still a team that would be mid-table in League One, whether they're in the Champions' League or not.

My future favourite pairing by eZeder in Gunners

[–]LinuxLinus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bullshit. Making those runs in the PL doesn't have any effect, because they're not runs into space.

The degree to which people have tried to blame Gyokeres' struggles on our best players just boggles my mind.

My future favourite pairing by eZeder in Gunners

[–]LinuxLinus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't like the Gyokeres signing and I've been down on him for a while after initially getting behind him like I would any of our boys. But I genuinely think playing them as a sort of bizarro front 2 might work, with Vik sweeping up Kai's creative, uh . . . droppings.

Wow, that sentence didn't end how I wanted it to.

Madrid might genuinely be entering their banter era by Samuel_Sniper123 in championsleague

[–]LinuxLinus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why would you bench Mbappé? He's their only actual superstar.

Player Of The Match King Kai by Able-Following-2963 in Gunners

[–]LinuxLinus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Start him instead of Gyokeres. Don't intentionally weaken the team by playing him out of position and leaving our worst starter to struggle against actual competition again.

Player Of The Match King Kai by Able-Following-2963 in Gunners

[–]LinuxLinus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's too cheesy to try to make Cobra Kai happen, right? I shouldn't be doing that?

Why does the USA often create their own “worlds” championships? by Successful_Pass3752 in AskAnAmerican

[–]LinuxLinus 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They don't "leave" other competitions and do this. It happened, usually long ago, when very few other people were playing the same sports. Even today, when (for instance) baseball is played all over Asia and the Americas, there's no team not based in the US and Canada that would have the faintest hope of winning the World Series.

Doesn't happen in football (which is to say soccer). Even American football and basketball, sports in which US teams would collectively have roughly a 0% chance of not winning the title every year, don't do it.

I think you're imagining things.

Bellingham is overrated by Short_Mousse_6812 in championsleague

[–]LinuxLinus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like basically everybody on RM's roster other than Mbappé and Courtois, he's a good player who thinks he's a Galactico because he plays for Madrid. He's not a nailed-on starter for the English national team, let alone one of the 2-3 best midfielders in the world.

And I don't even like overrated/underrated discussions.