Very poor regarding control and creativity. Even Bellingham isn't exactly a magician, much more a Ballack than a Zidane. Replacements for Modric and Kroos would be much better than Mbappé.So a 3313?
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Though we would be missing Kroos but sooner or later he’ll retire. Interesting puzzle for Carlo.
I am truly not sure if you're being sarcastic, but yes for me it is a little. It's still a WC final hat trick, one of two to ever do it, but he was non existent for most of that game and I'd say he had two good moments in it (his goal and winning the pen, if you can call someone handballing your shot a good moment) then managed to wrangle a hat trick out of it. Scoring two pens in a WC final is a huge achievement but yeah I think it'll be remembered in the decades to come as something it absolutely wasn't.Hilarious that it's two penalties in a hat trick, bit hollow.
I see a lot of Modric in Camavinga but he still needs to mature a lot. Agree about Tchou, honestly wouldn't mind seeing this CB experiment with him. Might be a good moveI don't see Camavinga and Tchouameni capable of controlling the team.
Tchouameni has physicality but little presence. His attitude is a bit pretentious and overdone when he plays in the middle . When he arrived I thought he was going to take command of the position like a beast, that he was going to be omnipresent.
Camavinga is the other way around. It looks like he is everywhere but he misses silly balls, tries long passes that don't even come close, if he tries to cut a ball out he is rough always on the verge of a yellow.
And for a while I thought he could be a creator/destroyer like Xabi or Redondo, but I see him light years away (yet).
I see Valverde even more prepared to change his role.
We shouldn’t be married to the idea that we need 1:1 replacements, never going to happen and very limiting way to go about things.Very poor regarding control and creativity. Even Bellingham isn't exactly a magician, much more a Ballack than a Zidane. Replacements for Modric and Kroos would be much better than Mbappé.
Well, it could work(see Klopp's Liverpool), but would be something completely different from what Madrid is accustomed to.
I think the best way to make a midfield of Camavinga, Tchouameni and Valverde (Bellingham ahead of them) work would be to go Liverpool 2018-2021 approach and just get some elite playmaking fullbacks.I see a lot of Modric in Camavinga but he still needs to mature a lot. Agree about Tchou, honestly wouldn't mind seeing this CB experiment with him. Might be a good move
I don't know what we'll do if both Kroos and Modric leave. At the moment we always need one of them on the pitch, so I'm not sure we wouldn't try to sign a replacement either
For sure Fede is our best DM right now
All in all, i think switching to 3 at the back(even if one of them is Tchou), with Cama starting nominally on the left and then moving inside would be a solution I'd like to see
I think it's closer to the 2nd. Mbappe and Bellingham and Vinicius is enough goals in the team and space for Valverde to burst into isn't a bad thing since he's such a strong runner.So a 3313?
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Though we would be missing Kroos but sooner or later he’ll retire. Interesting puzzle for Carlo.
Where have I moved the Goalposts poster who replied said next question and I just obliged.Eh? You asked a question, got an answer and then moved the goalposts. We're still not set up in a way where Mbappe would be enough to drag us to major trophies single-handed, which he'd need to given we'd be screwed by ffp.
The whole world cup was a big penalty-party, but we aren't supposed to talk about that, since the darlings of the football world were prominent in it.Hilarious that it's two penalties in a hat trick, bit hollow.
Well put.The whole world cup was a big penalty-party, but we aren't supposed to talk about that, since the darlings of the football world were prominent in it.
Absolutely no shot he's going there.City are set to have a fearsome front line next season
Who would you sign to replace Rashford?Rashford to PSG to replace Mbappe for 100 million. Make it happen Jim.
I would give Garnacho the starting role to be honest. I don't see the need to sign any LW. Maybe a Young player that can play across the frontline to serve as cover for both Hojlund and Garnacho. Thinking about it, I'd absolutely love Rodrygo if there is no space for him for him at Madrid. Would take alot to convince him though.Who would you sign to replace Rashford?
Vava 58&62.forget the hattrick. he's scored in consecutive world cup finals. Has anyone actually ever done that before?
But he's so loaded that money doesn't really matter, now does it? Nobody is ever going to pay him more than the Qatari sport investment fund so by your logic he'd never move except to maybe the Saudi league.Moving for less money is always a step down. If you're getting paid less money for your big career move at your peak that takes away the glam of the move.
It's like my colleague who joined a big brand consulting firm for less money because he wanted the prestige of working for the company. Less money for more work does not equal better move.
Not if the organisation you've joined has scope for significant advancement whereas you'd gone as far as you could at the one you were at. Sometimes lateral moves can lead to more opportunities.Moving for less money is always a step down. If you're getting paid less money for your big career move at your peak that takes away the glam of the move.
It's like my colleague who joined a big brand consulting firm for less money because he wanted the prestige of working for the company. Less money for more work does not equal better move.
By all accounts, PSG are already preparing for life without Mbappé, and for once we haven't seen any public reaction from their president to put pressure on him. He's leaving.I think some of the legacy arguments get a little lost. In short : How valuable, symbolically, would it be to lead PSG to a CL win and push the club to a new dimension ? To be labeled a transformative player ?
Is it more appealing to him than hoping the Real institution where, no matter how much glory he may reap, he'll never be bigger than the club ?
If he stays at PSG there's a risk they never get there and that a lot of people will continue to say he wasted his prime, or that he was never tested elsewhere, of course.
I wonder if that might factor in his future decisions and it is up to QSI to convince him and show they're building a real contending team around him.
He's leaving for free. But I think they will go all out for Rashford.Hopefully if Madrid or Liverpool take Mmmbop, that gives PSG money to buy Rashford right?... Please!
That's great trivia. Besides Vavá and Mbappé only three other players have scored in multiple World Cup finals - Pelé, Zidane and Paul Breitner. Good company to be in.Vava 58&62.
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I don’t care.How much of that failure was our own doing and how much was that on player .
Yeah he maybe made his mind and there's really nothing you could say to dissuade him at this point if so. PSG should be grateful they had him for that long. On the pitch he fulfilled more than his end of the bargain, best scorer for the club (by a healthy margin), third best assist total.By all accounts, PSG are already preparing for life without Mbappé, and for once we haven't seen any public reaction from their president to put pressure on him. He's leaving.
Like sorry, how many UCL's has he won?I don't think that he has reached Iniesta-level of big game greatness but he's been consistently productive at the biggest stage possible (both club-wise and internationally). In fact at the moment it's the biggest difference between him and Haaland.
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In Mbappe, I see a hyper-talented player who can be the best in the world, who sold his career up the river and now has a very middling/uninspiring CV. The guy is in his mid-twenties, meant to be in his prime and he's got some tractor championships (Ligue 1). His fan club leans so heavily on the WC win that the trophy might snap tbh (a WC win is great to win but a tiny bit of a hollow achievement given the luck of birth - if the man was Canadian, he wouldn't winning a world cup) hence why I don't like grabbing international victories when appraising a player unless you have too (CR7/Messi)I am truly not sure if you're being sarcastic, but yes for me it is a little. It's still a WC final hat trick, one of two to ever do it, but he was non existent for most of that game and I'd say he had two good moments in it (his goal and winning the pen, if you can call someone handballing your shot a good moment) then managed to wrangle a hat trick out of it. Scoring two pens in a WC final is a huge achievement but yeah I think it'll be remembered in the decades to come as something it absolutely wasn't.
They'll likely be a better team and could even go and win it.By all accounts, PSG are already preparing for life without Mbappé, and for once we haven't seen any public reaction from their president to put pressure on him. He's leaving.
Yeah, I am still of the opinion Qatar rigged itonly slightly jokingThe whole world cup was a big penalty-party, but we aren't supposed to talk about that, since the darlings of the football world were prominent in it.
You were saying that he doesn’t perform in big games, not that he doesn’t win CLs. Which is, quite simply, wrong.Like sorry, how many UCL's has he won?
Just to get this out of the way: Vini is an incredible big game player. So dumb subbing him against Croatia.You were saying that he doesn’t perform in big games, not that he doesn’t win CLs. Which is, quite simply, wrong.
How many World Cups has Vinicius Jr. won? There is a correlation between individual performances and team trophies but it’s inherently stupid to equate the two.
You were saying that he doesn’t perform in big games, not that he doesn’t win CLs. Which is, quite simply, wrong.
How many World Cups has Vinicius Jr. won? There is a correlation between individual performances and team trophies but it’s inherently stupid to equate the two.
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