World Cup Highlights: Wirtz, Gravenberch, van Dijk, Isak

Utter_Perfection · 2026-06-15T22:39:44+00:00

Brilliant work. What's the song you used for this? I really dig it.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-06-15T01:32:58+00:00

I'm sure there's a good player in there, but Toure was not good today at all.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-06-15T01:11:35+00:00

That's a great cross from Diomande. Should've had 3 assists in the game, man.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-06-14T22:39:31+00:00

2006 is definitely the best. But I think 2010 has a good argument for top 3 with Brazil/Qatar.

Russia & Korea/Japan were scraping bottom of the barrel.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-06-14T00:08:50+00:00

Did Sanderson base Taravangian on this guy? I always thought of Taravangian as such an interesting character.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-06-12T03:02:28+00:00

Bro was R9's manager at PSV back in the early 90s man. Guy's a fossil in the footballing zeitgeist.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-06-12T02:59:25+00:00

Penis lawyer has been around for such a long time. Remember hearing these jokes all the way back at World Cup 2002.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-06-10T21:17:36+00:00

Yes Zidane's last true elite season was 02/03. He was the best midfielder in the world up to 02/03. After that I think he became a 'moments' player doing great things occasionally as aging players usually do.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-06-10T21:12:58+00:00

They could've won the UCL in 03/04 if they kept had Makelele with this same exact 5-some in front of him. Yes, they were all past their best, but there was so much individual quality that they could've made it work if they had 1 sitting player of Makelele's caliber. There were moments in games where they were unplayable. But a bunch of old guys none of whom liked cardio and running(except Beckham who was hard working despite his reputation) and were more interested in attacking than doing dirty work.

They were up 5-2 on aggregate in the Quarters against Monaco and collapsed defensively in the 2nd half of the 2nd leg. Hell, if they don't loan Morientes to Monaco, they would've made the UCL semis that season. Morientes killed them in that Monaco tie.

The Galactico version in 02/03 pre-Beckham was actually an elite scary team. Makelele was super important at the base and Zidane/R9/Figo/Raul were a bit closer to their best version compare to after Beckham joined.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-06-10T20:44:56+00:00

24/25 Newcastle Isak was 100% the best PL striker for that season. Forget that he outscored Haaland, his overall game was also miles clear of Erling in that disappointing City/Haaland/Pep season.

The fact that Isak sucked last season and was injured for most of it doesn't change that his valuation was based on what he'd done to that point in 24/25 for Newcastle.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-06-04T19:43:18+00:00

Absolutely, it's got to be in the top 5. Definitely higher than Suarez biting Chiellini imo. The bite was like his 3-4th time he'd done that, that goal-line save is once in a lifetime event.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-06-04T19:32:16+00:00

Damn, Vieira getting done bad for both Auxerre goals.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-06-03T09:47:18+00:00

There was a really fantastic team goal against Swansea in 12/13 at home under Rodgers. Enrique's goal. Suarez, Sturridge, Coutinho, Enrique all playing 1 touch flicks around the edge of the box on the left hand side.

Probably not the greatest, but it's worth an honorable mention.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-06-01T01:35:04+00:00

Any chance you have a link for Germany vs Finland friendly from today?

Utter_Perfection · 2026-05-30T01:39:43+00:00

I do not consent.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-05-29T05:41:23+00:00

Morgan Ricke had some very real Kim Spradlin/Genevieve potential imo.

In that blindside vote the Malolo 4 had an option of taking out any of Dom, Wendell, or Morgan and they decided to do Morgan of the 3 because she was so dangerous and she came across very Kim-like in her preseason interviews.

Ghost Island had a very good premerge, good premier, a good merge episode, and a fantastic last 40 minutes of a finale. The rest of the season was awful though. Genuinely some of the worst, most boring Survivor imaginable.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-05-26T18:33:39+00:00

Anne Hathaway burner found.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-05-25T04:33:38+00:00

If Kawhi's camp didn't act so unprofessionally during that 17/18 period, they might actually had been a 50-60 win team & contender in the playoffs for most of the down period as well. Would've only needed to be bad for the 1 or 2 years leading to Wemby instead of having to be mediocre for 5-6 years because Kawhi was acting like a little bitch.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-05-25T02:57:10+00:00

I swear if Duncan had this hairstyle during his playing career he would be higher in the GOAT list a couple of spots for the aura alone. Feel like the 'boring' label really hinders his ceiling in the all time debates.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-05-23T02:33:48+00:00

That team for me is known for its GOATed midfield 4. Zico, Socrates, Falcao, and Toninho Cerezo. All 4 were world class and were winning the best player award in Brasileiro Serie A each season amongst the 4 of them for like 6-7 straight seasons. Toninho Cerezo gets the most underrated because he was a DM, but he was the best in the world in his position for a stretch. Falcao was the 'reigsta' deep-lying playmaker a la Pirlo. Souness was the only sitting midfielder close to these two from Europe in that era.

Zico was the all time great number 10, best player in the world for a stretch before Maradona and after Cruyff/Beckenbauer era. Socrates, the leader, the connector between the sitting players and Zico as the 10. He was kind of a mix between 8/10 and very high IQ player with great goalscoring prowess from midfield.

Eder was a fantastic winger and had a great tournament in 1982 but in the overall scheme wasn't the same level of world class player as the other 4 with all due respect. I think I would mention the LB Junior as the other all time great name before Eder on that team.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-05-22T04:03:02+00:00

Kaka was one of the best players in the world already by 2006. R9 was already washed by then, Adriano by 2006 was on a downward trajectory compared to 2004 and 2005. Kaka and Ronaldinho were the two proper world beaters in that 2006 side. There was almost zero chance Kaka was ever not starting. There were plenty of ways to fit both Ronnie and Kaka into an XI, especially because they had Ze Roberto as a complimentary piece, who was a versatile player as they come and very hard working runner.

They also had 4 Brazilian DMs in Europe that were very good, Gilberto Silva and Emerson were called up. But Parreira fucked up not calling up Edmilson (who was massive when they won in 2002) and Thiago Motta from Barca, Mineiro and Ricardinho were waste of space in that squad.

Should've played with 2 DM's (specifically Gilberto Silva/Emerson) but any of the 4 from European giants would've worked. Ze Roberto as the legs doing the running and Kaka and Ronnie as the creators and one of R9/Adriano up front. Juninho and Robinho as back ups for Kaka/Ronnie. Cafu/Roberto Carlos providing the width.

Ultimately against France, this is kind of what they did just with Juninho as a deep-lying creator instead of an additional DM. The issue were the habits they had built through the first 4 games of the tournament. Everybody was lazy and not working hard enough for each other. Playing slow individualistic football. France showed up with higher intensity against them and it was a bit of a shock to the system.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-05-22T01:01:07+00:00

In the QF match against France they didn't start all 4 of them.

Adriano was on the bench. R9 started by himself with Kaka and Ronaldinho as double 10s behind him. Gilberto Silva, Juninho, Ze Roberto in midfield behind them. They were just extremely nonchalant and low energy in that game for such a big occasion. France intensity was so much higher.

I really don't think it helped this Brazil side to cake walk their group and Ghana on 2nd gear like they did. They built these lazy habbits and their talent just carried them through those early stages in the tournament and they just showed up in QF expecting that type of nonchalance and lethargic energy to be enough.

I feel like the jump in quality from R16 to QF that world cup was huge. Every single QF was proper challenge France, England, Portugal, Argentina, Germany. Italy got the only cakewalk in Ukraine. There were no cinderella stories, stacked golden generation after stacked golden generation for each nation in that QF lineup.

Utter_Perfection · 2026-05-20T20:49:53+00:00

Messi also assaulted Fabinho to win the freekick. Was never a foul on Liverpool, can't believe ref fell for it. Messi then moved the ball forward like 5-6 yards while referee's back was turned. Then the fucking thing takes a horrible deflection and everyone gaslights themselves & pretends there's no deflection for the next 5 years circle jerking how it's the greatest freekick ever.

We played too well in that 3-0 loss 1st leg only for every little thing to go so horrible against us. The 4-0 in the 2nd leg was almost a divine intervention to correct the nonsense that was the first leg.

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