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[rolaholic]

https://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2021/01/14/hazard-named-belgian-footballs-125-years-ultimate-icon

Not sure - maybe Belgium as a whole haven't been watching football for the last 2 years...

Definitely didn't account for his time in Madrid...

Big Rom or KDB >

 

[QU!K]

Pepe kinda been a dud for the money, not just me right?

 

[LA Diggler]

So I was thinking...does Ole start Pogba vs Pool? I would think he’s undroppable right now. I wonder if he goes with a 4-4-2 diamond midfield again or 4-2-3-1 with Fred or McTom instead of Matic? I personally think he should go 4-4-2 with Rash and El Matador up top. Martial needs to be dropped.

Yep, Pogba’s made himself undroppable at this point. Ole may also go with 5 at the back to negate their fullbacks. Martial might have an issue with his hamstring so he may not be available. Hoping we go 4-2-3-1 with Cavani up top working Fabinho and whoever they put back there to partner him.

 

[noskey]

Pepe kinda been a dud for the money, not just me right?

I don't really weigh expectations based on transfer fees, but Pepe's been a dud no matter how you weigh him up. He's had flashes but he will go down as a bust if he can't get consistent ASAP.

 

[jking0821]

The Arsenal game has been a snoozer

 

[noskey]

My disappointment is measurable and my day unaffected. Surprised we didnt concede.

 

[jape]

real vardrid getting 6 minutes of injury time and var desperately looking for anything is just laughable at this point. flo is gonna be pissed he didn't get a return on his investment.
still lost

 

[Barbados Slim]

Pepe kinda been a dud for the money, not just me right?

I've been giving him way more time before calling him not good enough then I should have.

 

[アミーゴ]

Pepe has not been good - another trash performance from Arsenal

 

[Belgium]

https://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2021/01/14/hazard-named-belgian-footballs-125-years-ultimate-icon

Not sure - maybe Belgium as a whole haven't been watching football for the last 2 years...

I would've liked to see Vincent Kompany win this award but I can see why it's Hazard. His playstyle is more flashy than De Bruyne's obviously and Hazard tends to play better than him in our national team.

It's more of a lifetime achievement award, not a best Belgian player of the past year or few years or anything. Hence why there were also a lot of votes for footballers who retired long ago.
I don't think there should even be any debate that Kompany should've won this.

 

[Coupé It]

All this Pepe talk reminds me.

My man champcruthik told us Pepe was better than Rafael Leão after they both left Lille that Summer.

That’s a major L here my brother. Gotta take it

It’s not even close, Leão is clear. He’s on another level. Arsenal fans would do anything to swap them

 

[jape]

All this Pepe talk reminds me.

My man champcruthik told us Pepe was better than Rafael Leão after they both left Lille that Summer.

That’s a major L here my brother. Gotta take it

It’s not even close, Leão is clear. He’s on another level. Arsenal fans would do anything to swap them

PSK warned everyone pepe was just a fraudulent farmer

 

[Coupé It]

Social Media is always months behind us in our opinions in this thread. Like you just realize this now?

 

[Coupé It]

NEVER FORGET when Marca Photoshopped Hazard’s face to Benzema’s body because Marca aka FLORENTINO PEREZ was too scared to show the world Hazard came in overweight

flyeed Verde Shuttles etc

One of the funniest things ever

 

[Belgium]

Looks like AS, not Marca. Either way still a hilariously pathetic photoshop

 

[Coupé It]

Looks like AS, not Marca. Either way still a hilariously pathetic photoshop

My apologies. I got the two Florentino mouthpiece newspapers mixed up. My bad

 

[cs02132]

 

[mastamind89]

 

[fluid hips]

Just watched the Madrid highlight.

Offense is beyond washed

 

[Coupé It]

Guy is single handily responsible for United’s reemergence. What a player. All this in a year.

 

[rolaholic]

He barely plays, why not let him go on loan and build back up some value?



Mindblown at him still playing . Guess if Ibra can at almost 40, the Hunter can too

 

[Bosa]

 

[jape]

Guy is single handily responsible for United’s reemergence. What a player. All this in a year.

Single handedly though?
coupes propaganda machine in overdrive
I guess pogbas re-emergence has nothing to do with this either.

you are smarter than that to know that’s know how this works. If you ****ted on ole when they were down and out, then you have to give him some credit when they are winning.
Im seeing a pattern here.. like how Bernardo Silva’s bad form is all pep’s fault
Coupe think he slick

 

[rolaholic]

Yea the media narrative gets painted as all Bruno but its really been a collective effort as of late tbvh.

He's played a big role for sure but others stepping up as well is why the team's form has really upticked. The difference from the past is when the best players had poor games, the whole team would be poor.

Now when someone like Pogba, Bruno, Rash, Tone etc has a poor game, there's players stepping up to pick up the slack. It's a big change from before and the team's mentality feels a lot stronger too given the amount of times they've been able to come back from being down to win points and games.

 

[Coupé It]

Single handedly though?
coupes propaganda machine in overdrive
I guess pogbas re-emergence has nothing to do with this either.

you are smarter than that to know that’s know how this works. If you ****ted on ole when they were down and out, then you have to give him some credit when they are winning.
Im seeing a pattern here.. like how Bernardo Silva’s bad form is all pep’s fault
Coupe think he slick

Just going by what I’ve seen United be like pre/post Bruno, it’s really not a stretch to say. I mean plenty of United fans in here have said it. They’d be lost without Bruno. You’re comparing United the last couple games, I’m doing a FULL YEAR.

As for Bernardo, he’s been consistent for 4 years straight. Having bad season this year. The manager absolutely has something to do with it, it’s not all just on Bernardo.