Mexal Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Spockydog said: What a performance! To be clear, I freakin' love this guy. Up there with Parlour and Groves amongst my Top Blokes Who Have Played For The Arsenal list. Elneny had a good run. Can't wait to replace him in the summer with a young, talented DM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon the Leaner Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 we now have two (very) good options for each side, RB and LB. I can't recall the last time we've been so comfortable with FBs. Hell at some point Ashley Young was both our starting LB and our backup RB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted December 27, 2022 Author Share Posted December 27, 2022 Forest still suck, but good performance from us. The front three looking very slick, Casemiro ran the show. And, early days yet, but it's possible that Aaron Wan-Bissaka is good now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 Ah, the EPL is back and the season old quesiton has Haaland scored yet has also been answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted December 28, 2022 Share Posted December 28, 2022 2 hours ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Ah, the EPL is back and the season old quesiton has Haaland scored yet has also been answered. The world is back to normal. Also, hahahaha: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Episode 1 of the new LFC podcast. Hosted by Robbie Fowler and Peter Mcdowall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 What a player he was in that season for us...oh well, all good things come to an end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 17 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: The world is back to normal. Also, hahahaha: Surely it's just a coincidence that PSG'S next game is on January 1st and for the first time he'd have to miss the big New Year's parties he always goes to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 And Pele has passed away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Well, we still have Infantino. Football isn't dead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 45 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: And Pele has passed away. The difference in class and dignity between him and the person about to break his Brazil goalscoring record is insane. I can't have him as all time number one because I didn't see anywhere enough of him live, but I wouldn't quibble with anyone else putting him there based on testimony of those who did, and his absurd stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Pelé is the one the few, if not the only one, that defined football before and after him, to the point it's unthinkable to think what the sport would look like without him. Indeed, Brazil as a country would be very different. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Uff, didn't know Pele's mother is still alive. Given his age I just assumed she had died a few decades ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 20 hours ago, BigFatCoward said: I can't have him as all time number one Because he's not. Yeah, he was a great player, but claiming he's the best ever would be like saying fifteen-time-world champion, Joe Davies, is the greatest snooker player of all time. Football in Pele's heyday was nowhere near as competitive. More violent, more muddy, but nowhere near as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 18 minutes ago, Spockydog said: Because he's not. Yeah, he was a great player, but claiming he's the best ever would be like saying fifteen-time-world champion, Joe Davies, is the greatest snooker player of all time. Football in Pele's heyday was nowhere near as competitive. More violent, more muddy, but nowhere near as good. Disagree. You get judged against your contemporaries. Otherwise he isn't in the top 50 which is absurd. I didnt say best, i said all time number one. Some nobody in 15 years will beat Phelps times and not even qualify for an Olympic final. Sports evolve, how you are judged doesn't. Anyone who has him outside the top 3 is being salty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rorshach Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 There was a spectacular lack of defending for that goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 On 12/29/2022 at 8:57 PM, BigFatCoward said: The difference in class and dignity between him and the person about to break his Brazil goalscoring record is insane. Going back to this one. Before we declare Pele a saint, let's not forget that he was a bit too cozy with the military dictatorship in Brazil in the 1960s. Yes, those strongmen leaders like to present themselves with successful athletes, and Pele just happened to be the biggest game in town. Arguably he couldn't tell the taste of Medici's cock like Neymar could with Bolsonaro's, but that's also part of his history. Then there was this Unicef charity match Pele's company organized and embezzled like 200 grands while they were at it in the 1990s. During his time as minister of sport he fought corruption, so his company could get bigger piece of the pie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorshach Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Hahaha! Was just about to comment that Faes' calm back there was impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Wout happened? <- Nailed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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