MetalMario
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MetalMario
formerly m4riol
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good guy griez
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Thanks man. Glad you like my contributions.
I really gotta start getting back into podcast. I listened to Sid Lowe's podcast and World Soccer Talk today. I'll try listening to them sped up
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Closing as the season starts huh?!
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I enjoy your posts too
MetalMario
! Content, content, content. Cheers.
Watch the copa match again against Los Che before deleting it off my dvr. Very subpar effort from Barca at home considering Los Che had several players out due to injuries. One standout was Umtiti. Man oh man, his accelorated growth since coming to Camp Nou has been out of this world. Yes, he's great with the ball at his feet & the team can build from the back with him but he's a rock solid defender who plays physically & even has a slight mean streak. I love when he sees Messi get fouled, he'll give it back to the opposition the same way when the ref ain't looking or positioned to see it clearly. He should be platooning center defense for Les Bleus for the next several years unless he's injured.
It's amazing how clubs like Monaco operate in terms of finding talent & buying it relatively cheap by today's transfer prices. They paid €25m for 16 year old Pietro Pellegri from Genoa. Pundits have called him the next Messi which he's nothing like, not even close in terms of style of play. He's more like Ibra than anything especially since the kid is 6'4" (196cm). It will be nice to see him play for Jardim & better players.
Spanish media is saying Enrique will be taking over Chelsea perhaps even as soon as the match vs Barca. It's rumored Conte has already made contact via back channels to get the Azzurri job back.
I don't think he'll ever manage in Serie A again because outside of Juve, none of the other clubs have the dough to build the kind of team he wants. Shame to see his tenure at Chelsea end the way it's happening. He's a great manager.
MetalMario
! Content, content, content. Cheers.Watch the copa match again against Los Che before deleting it off my dvr. Very subpar effort from Barca at home considering Los Che had several players out due to injuries. One standout was Umtiti. Man oh man, his accelorated growth since coming to Camp Nou has been out of this world. Yes, he's great with the ball at his feet & the team can build from the back with him but he's a rock solid defender who plays physically & even has a slight mean streak. I love when he sees Messi get fouled, he'll give it back to the opposition the same way when the ref ain't looking or positioned to see it clearly. He should be platooning center defense for Les Bleus for the next several years unless he's injured.
It's amazing how clubs like Monaco operate in terms of finding talent & buying it relatively cheap by today's transfer prices. They paid €25m for 16 year old Pietro Pellegri from Genoa. Pundits have called him the next Messi which he's nothing like, not even close in terms of style of play. He's more like Ibra than anything especially since the kid is 6'4" (196cm). It will be nice to see him play for Jardim & better players.
Spanish media is saying Enrique will be taking over Chelsea perhaps even as soon as the match vs Barca. It's rumored Conte has already made contact via back channels to get the Azzurri job back.
I don't think he'll ever manage in Serie A again because outside of Juve, none of the other clubs have the dough to build the kind of team he wants. Shame to see his tenure at Chelsea end the way it's happening. He's a great manager.
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Mahrez skipped training again and is out of the squad for this weekend...wonder how long he's gonna keep up his strike
Also as details of Citehs bid come out,I'm surprised that Leicester rejected it
£60m + Patrick Roberts is a pretty decent deal tbh
In other news...
Also as details of Citehs bid come out,I'm surprised that Leicester rejected it
£60m + Patrick Roberts is a pretty decent deal tbh
In other news...
sonoftony
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This guy Gulati
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The games I'm watching this weekend...
- Borussia Monchengladbach vs RB Leipzig. Sat Fox Sports 2 @ 12:30PM ET.
- Espanyol from Cornella vs Barcelona. Sun beIN Sports @ 10:15AM ET.
- Atleti vs. Valenica. Sun beIN Sports @ 2:45PM ET.
- Monaco vs Lyon. Sun beIN Sports Connect @ 3PM ET.
- Borussia Monchengladbach vs RB Leipzig. Sat Fox Sports 2 @ 12:30PM ET.
- Espanyol from Cornella vs Barcelona. Sun beIN Sports @ 10:15AM ET.
- Atleti vs. Valenica. Sun beIN Sports @ 2:45PM ET.
- Monaco vs Lyon. Sun beIN Sports Connect @ 3PM ET.
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atleti vs valencia is gonna be good
i expect valencia to get battered though. they got to be exhausted
espanol from cornella haha
hope we get to see yerry mina this weekend
i expect valencia to get battered though. they got to be exhausted
espanol from cornella haha
hope we get to see yerry mina this weekend
Beans
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Why did Chelsea feel the need to address Conte via twitter?
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Should of texted him he aint apart of their plans anymore instead.
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I have NONE of these channels, smh.
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You have an open invite to come over my house
ronaldo nazario
to watch matches... I'll even make some Old Bay fried chicken or wings... 
Arsenal should try to go after Malcom again in the summer & also Fred from Shakhtar to hold down the pivot. That would solve a lot of problems for them.
Gunners could probably use a CB too. Now that Mina is at Camp Nou, I don't think Dayot Upamecano will ever come like I wished for. Gunners should get this CB...
ronaldo nazario
to watch matches... I'll even make some Old Bay fried chicken or wings... Arsenal should try to go after Malcom again in the summer & also Fred from Shakhtar to hold down the pivot. That would solve a lot of problems for them.
Gunners could probably use a CB too. Now that Mina is at Camp Nou, I don't think Dayot Upamecano will ever come like I wished for. Gunners should get this CB...
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sonoftony
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I remember the multitude of comments Jose made about Pep while in Germany... What a dotard...
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damn
not sure what you gain from admittng defeat so early
not sure what you gain from admittng defeat so early
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How has Vidal looked so far this season
vtotheinay
? Apparently he's supposed to be a preferred summer MF target for Mou...
I would've been pretty hyped 3-4 years ago when the club was last linked to him while he was at Juve but dude is 30 right now. I'd prefer a younger CM to come in but I feel like he's still a quality player
vtotheinay
? Apparently he's supposed to be a preferred summer MF target for Mou...I would've been pretty hyped 3-4 years ago when the club was last linked to him while he was at Juve but dude is 30 right now. I'd prefer a younger CM to come in but I feel like he's still a quality player
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I mean we saw it coming but Conte shouldn't be going anywhere
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Beans
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They should make a Messi story.. would be dope
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How has Vidal looked so far this season
I would've been pretty hyped 3-4 years ago when the club was last linked to him while he was at Juve but dude is 30 right now. I'd prefer a younger CM to come in but I feel like he's still a quality player
He's been good actually. Always been a fan of his, but it seems he and the club had a mutual agreement this was his last season with us before it started. He still has Ron Artest anger issues where he'll commit a silly yellow card foul when he's mad, but he is still a very good midfielder. We just went a different direction for the future. Thiago, Goretzka, Tolisso, Rudy, etc. Love what he's given us the last couple years though.
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Man, Tolisso is a talent.
Someone needs to hurry up and grab Fekir from Lyon
Someone needs to hurry up and grab Fekir from Lyon
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