I wonder what the other guy is pulling out of Grealish’s ass on the first picture

Hmm what is the point of sacking managers of clubs that had high odds of going down anyway? Not the best idea if you want stability at the club.

If they go down and fail tp get back up - ok, thats fair deal. But come on - Luton and Sheffield this year, any victory is already a welcome surprise. And Burnley changed from a park the bus to a tram that tries to play eye to eye. If the board is on board w that, thats a keep.

Stupid is to sack a manager because he only finished 3rd on a season… because as we all have seen, that tends to improve teams performance other than to throw them to mid-table.fodder.

Inthinknit is easy to be sorry for someone when justice isnt distributed equally.

We have the same problem in Portugal.

Funnily enough , Italy - a country known by its perceived corruption - has been the bravest in the matter , when it comes down to sanction application to major clubs

Joao Moutinho was an invisible player throughout his carreer. And an amazing one.

Are you crazy?

I would agree with Bruno, Cancelo , and Bernardo Silva.

Felix is inconsistent as fuck and cant fit a shot on target to save his life. Danilo is often injured at the end of the season, Ronaldo, still decent but he is way past his prime, and Ramos, also decent - perhaps w a bright future, but right now, it is not a player that would consistently figure as.a first team regular in any top European team. Right now he is a luxury bench option.

Portugal os a decent side, but far down in the list of favourites.

Best portuguese team ran perhaps between 2000 to 2010, where we were actually decent in every aingle position and had options outside a strong starting 11.

Currently, i would say we have a strong starting 5 or 6 and a 2nd line of players that despite good , would struggle tp be first team regulars in any side that has a shot at winning the champions league

I once played.on top.of one of the highest mountains in Portugal, almost 2000 m above the sea level.

I dont believe that inwill ever play at an higher level than that.

Doesnt help that the bundesliga transformed into a single club league that is lowering the performance standards.

These jind of situations really hindwr the development of youth because Bayern will end up / poach the most enticing prospects… and even Bayern can only play so many people per match. You are likely to debelop very differently as a benchwarmer vs a starting line-up player

If other clubs are able to retain talent for a longer periods of time, and star players are more evenly spread, that would benefit the national team in the long run.

Expecting a single club to be the main / sole provider, when they also harbour a lot foreigners in the mix, will have a massive detrimental effect to ones national team.

My understanding is that Ozil could have been a lot better ifnhenhad the mentals for it.

Even in the seasons in Arsenal where he wasnt goving a damn, he could.spread magic.

Now imagine if he was really into the game and in a decent team.

After Timo Werner, i was really not that hopeful on Haaland.

But in that sense it is the EPL global rights and indifferent if the club is doing well or not.

A good advantage (and fairness) of the EPL is the collective bargaining of the tv rights.

Considering that a lot of national.teams have at least 1 brazillian player that applied to become a national, i cant really say that players are limited tonplay for their country of origin.

How many of Qatar were born Qatari?

Happened in Serie A with Juventus and Milan. Most players actually stayed.

Its a tik-tok generation question, where not being a consistent title contender = mid table. You know, like Arsenal, and Tottenham 😋.

Long story short - you would see a lot less tiktokers or youtubers puting up discussion videos or reels about them. Interest in the international market would dwindle and that would have an impact on merchandise revenue… but that would be about it. It would still enjoy from a healthy domestic fanbase, which are actually the people that keep the club alive… and those would usually take 30 to 40 years to disappear. Take Everton or Newcastle. Newcastle even spent quite a bit of time going up and down on the EPL, and still kept massive domestic interest over their fans.

Dont mistake what happens in the internet with real.life. internet seeks hype and trends. Real.life is a lot more about dedication and progressive growth / investment

Well, you also had Ronaldo and Quaresma, which played together in Sporting and Portugal National team.

You habe Maguire and Wan-bissaka as well, which both play at united and have “being absolute shit in defence” as common playstyle 😶

From the options given by the op on the post, it is a bit clear what he is expecting to hear / guiding people to say 😋.

Surprised to only see 1 mention to Cancelo, when people seem to be happy on theow8ng the likes of Walker and Porro to the mix.

If we can consider a player that spends more time injured as good, then Reece James.

But, Reece could be the best full back in the world that even then, I would not hire him to have him on the team.

You are going create messi argument with that question.

When inwas living in Weston-super-mare, met a few people.that supported Arsenal and the Seagulls.

I am too a supporter of both, even though i am not English / British.

Also, soft spot for Wolverampton just for the crazy amount of Portuguese players that have played there over the recent years.

Pepe vs Anger management