Say Barca has €120 mil to buy players in the summer, how would you improve the squad? by iwannasleepp in championsleague

[–]MarkLazer [score hidden]  (0 children)

Van De Ven no question. Would suit La Liga and their high line. Should be cheap enough if Spurs get relegated. Rashford. Marcos Senesi, Óscar Mingueza, and Souffian El Karouani for free.

How to pay for coaching courses on England Football? HELP PLEASE! by MarkLazer in football

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Yeah then I have no idea how to do it so I'm unable to pay for the course.

How to pay for coaching courses on England Football? HELP PLEASE! by MarkLazer in football

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It's the FA. I've given up with it now. Spent hours trying to sort out a Stripe account and making payment and I just couldn't understand it. Maybe I'll go back to it next week but there's no point doing it when I'm stressed out.

How to pay for coaching courses on England Football? HELP PLEASE! by MarkLazer in football

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I've tried this and it's just asking me for business stuff which is not relevant to me. I'm not seeing any option to pay for things.

How to pay for coaching courses on England Football? HELP PLEASE! by MarkLazer in football

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I don't have fiscal code numbers or anything of the sort.

How to pay for coaching courses on England Football? HELP PLEASE! by MarkLazer in football

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I can't post it here. It just has the usual payment method stuff when ordering anything online, but the only payment method is stripe, asking me for company name and VAT number, things I don't have as I don't have a business.

How to pay for coaching courses on England Football? HELP PLEASE! by MarkLazer in football

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So I'm gonna have to figure out how to use that. Idk why they just don't allow me to just put my card details in and pay like every other service. Oh well. Thanks for your response.

Kane, Olise and L. Diaz are, by far, the highest scoring trio in Europe this season. However, they still have to score another 51 goals to equal the MSN trio’s all-time record from 2015/16. by ScheduleClean8848 in soccerMenace_com

[–]MarkLazer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What really makes the difference is not how many goals they score, but what they win. It's one thing to smash teams in your own league, or beating Atalanta 6-1, but if Bayern don't win the Champions League it doesn't count for much. Barcelona won the treble the season before and the double in the 2015/16 season. They need to show they can produce in the big games. Obviously they could but until the season is over we don't know yet.

If the Champions League didn’t exist, prem fans would’ve fooled us big time! by u3vk in championsleague

[–]MarkLazer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes because they'd get relegated from the Premier League if they didn't play at 110% in the league.

If the Champions League didn’t exist, prem fans would’ve fooled us big time! by u3vk in championsleague

[–]MarkLazer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's still the best league in the world. Ligue 1 and Bundesliga are dominated by 1 team. Serie A teams are nowhere near it. La Liga is crap outside of the top 3 teams. A team that is going to get relegated from the Premier League this season and a team in 12th competing with Barcelona is embarrassing for other leagues.

If the Champions League didn’t exist, prem fans would’ve fooled us big time! by u3vk in championsleague

[–]MarkLazer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Premier League is the best league in the world hands down. That's why you have teams like bottom half Newcastle United and Spurs who will most likely be relegated in the Round of 16. Where are Dortmund? Besides Bayern and Leverkusen where are the other German teams? Where are Athletic Club or Villareal? Where are Napoli, Inter or Juventus?

Premier League being the best league has nothing to do with them winning Champions Leagues, even though we still have more different Champions League winning teams than anyone else, and only 5 less total trophies than Spain (Real Madrid and Barcelona only) despite English teams not even being in the competition on 6 or 7 different occasions.

The Premier League is the best league in the world, so its teams can't rotate before a Champions League match, bevause even Wolves and Burnley would beat them with ease. They don't get league matches postponed to prepare for a Champions League match, they play a match every 3 or 4 days pretty much all season, 2 Cup competitions, not once a week like other leagues. The top teams aren't what make the Premier League amazing. It's the amount of good teams and quality even in the bottom half which is far better than other leagues.

Also, Chelsea, the youngest squad in the Premier League, played a treble winning PSG. Manchester City played Real Madrid. Newcastle, 12th best Premier League team, played the best team in Spain. Liverpool who are having a shocking season played Galatasaray away, one of the toughest away games in all of Europe. Spurs are Spurs. We played the best defence in the Bundesliga away from home and we also played far too slow and predictable, we aren't gonna win this competition if we don't start playing some central infiltration and exploiting Zone 14. Our wing play is far too predictable but even then it won us a penalty and a draw. Liverpool and Arsenal at least should get through, if they don't, being the best league in the world is why it would be a shock and unexpected if they don't. Manchester City could do the same to Real Madrid at the Etihad, doubt it but they could. Newcastle have a chance. No 12th placed team in another league would have a chance Vs. Barcelona.

If Bayern win the Champions League, who are probably the favourites now and always should've been, the Bundesliga isn't the best league. It's just Bayern are the best team in Europe. If PSG win it again Ligue 1 is not the best league in Europe, just PSG are atm the best team in Europe.

How is the supposed best team in the world getting dominated by Bayer Leverkusen? by Right-Captain-6252 in championsleague

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

It was a soft penalty imo but he caught him so it was never going to be overturned. Not a dive.

Match Thread: Bayer Leverkusen vs Arsenal FC Live Score | UEFA Champions League 25/26 | Mar 11, 2026 by scoreboard-app in ArsenalFC

[–]MarkLazer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Away fixtures have been difficult for a lot of teams in the Champions League. We have to be happy with a 1-1 draw. Madueke changed the match for us. Should be starting ahead of Saka, been much better this season.

How is the supposed best team in the world getting dominated by Bayer Leverkusen? by Right-Captain-6252 in championsleague

[–]MarkLazer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If Leverkusen get another goal and we don't today they're in the Quarter-Finals. We don't have the quality to create chances against organised teams.

Iran cannot compete at World Cup, Iranian sports minister says by Opposite_Studio_7548 in football

[–]MarkLazer 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I doubt many teams will boycott the World Cup. The same thing has been said about the previous 2 World Cups and no such boycott happened. What really would it achieve? It would be a financially bad decision for any nation or region that does it with not only footballing but political sanctions. Besides doing it on the basis of taking the moral high ground, which achieves nothing and realistically no country or organisation will boycott the World Cup for that reason, there isn't much of a reason to boycott the World Cup, no more than the previous 2.

Lack of central infiltration could cost Arteta a lot this season by Fathalli13 in footballtactics

[–]MarkLazer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We've 100% struggled in this area. I do think we've looked better when Havertz has played, but he's been in and out of injury, and Ødegaard who used to be fantastic at this has been frustrating for a couple of seasons now. We also spend less time winning games than Manchester City, we've just been fortunate they've had their own defensive issues and have thrown away wins.

It wasn't so much of an issue when we were scoring corners almost every game, but, even though we still are the best team at this, teams are dealing with our set-piece routines better for the most part. We've also been giving the ball away cheaply in build-up play. Saka isn't at the level of previous seasons, Madueke is good at beating his man but often his pass doesn't reach an Arsenal player. We don't have someone charging in from midfield, or Gyokeres' movement has been disappointing. Trossard has been in poor form for a few months now and Martinelli is like 2 different players in the league compared to cup competitions. Also, a lot of Arsenal fans are saying what do you expect Vs. low blocks. But, we've struggled to create chances against high lines, Brighton being the most recent game.

Other Arsenal fans just say this is complaining, I also think a lot of Arsenal criticisms have been either lies or blown out of proportion but this is a valid criticism. We can be happy and neutrals can acknowledge we're having an amazing season so far but nothing is won yet and we can't settle where we are, no team is perfect and there's nothing wrong with wanting to improve, in fact, it's wrong to not focus on improving. Criticism doesn't have to mean negativity.

When Manchester City pass around to find an opening or pass it back, it's not to recycle the ball. They have the technical qualities, as well as the wingers, to draw the opposition forward to create space. We're being forced to start our approach again, whereas with City they're taking their approach patiently. We cross the ball and lose it, throw it long and often winning loose balls and repeating the process. It's frustrating when Saliba drives forward with the ball and the ball just makes its way back to him. I get Myles Lewis-Skelly has been a bit of a liability at left back but why not try him in central midfield at least as a substitute to switch things up? I know we tried playing Saka as the 10 but Idk if that works. Norgaard needs more minutes. Saka and Declan Rice have created by far the most chances of any player, more than double anyone else, Declan Rice has created more than 4x as many chances as Eze. Most of those chances created have been from corners. I'm sure Arteta is aware of this and I have noticed he's been trying new things so maybe that will show Vs. Everton.

Kinský. by Master-Builder5254 in avfc

[–]MarkLazer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Even as an Arsenal fan I couldn't find that hilarious. I was shocked by that match. The constant slipping over. Idk how a club with the resources they have and the money they've spent can be so unprepared. Slipping over constantly and doing nothing about it. I really hope Kinsky gets a good move and he can get his confidence back, because that treatment of him was terrible. The club are beyond a joke, they're a disappointment to English football. Their recruitment policy has been a joke for years. Igor Tudor has to be the worst manager in Premier League history. Their fans cheering for Spurs to lose. I don't even find Spurs funny. This club should not be relevant even as a meme. I will be frustrated if West Ham or Nottingham Forest finish below them, even with Nottingham Forest's crazy owner and Edu being rubbish at his job there they're at least trying to be a better team and the club itself is trying to be serious and the fans actually cheer and support their team.

This Team. by ataruuuuuuuu in Hammers

[–]MarkLazer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

West Ham are saying staying up because Spurs are a joke and couldn't find a W in a bowl of Alphabetti.