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African AIDS cum
Feb 29, 2012


Welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaaack

sassassin posted:

Torres just declined stupidly fast. Owen was still good even for years after his Liverpool days, even if he never hit those heights again.

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jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004


except he only got good when he left spain

Sneaks McDevious
Jul 29, 2010

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Paperhouse posted:

Has any player peaked as early as Torres? He was one of the best strikers in the world and then turned complete poo poo at about 26. I guess Owen was the same

Djibril Cisse maybe? Almost identical sabotage of his career as Torres on Liverpool's part

8raz
Jun 22, 2007


He's Scouse, He's Sound.

julian assflange posted:

Djibril Cisse maybe? Almost identical sabotage of his career as Torres on Liverpool's part
he broke his leg

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Aug 31, 2004


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blue footed boobie
Sep 14, 2012


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Paperhouse posted:

Has any player peaked as early as Torres? He was one of the best strikers in the world and then turned complete poo poo at about 26. I guess Owen was the same

Balotelli and El Sha. Arshavin turned to poo poo at 28 or so. Possibly hazard if he stays poo poo. Adebayor too.

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Feb 29, 2012


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blue footed boobie posted:

Balotelli and El Sha. Arshavin turned to poo poo at 28 or so. Possibly hazard if he stays poo poo. Adebayor too.

Pato, Robinho too

Sneaks McDevious
Jul 29, 2010

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

8raz posted:

he broke his leg

Wasn't he similarly rushed back from serious injury?

Soulex
Apr 1, 2009


Cacati in mano e pigliati a schiaffi!

blue footed boobie posted:

Balotelli and El Sha. Arshavin turned to poo poo at 28 or so. Possibly hazard if he stays poo poo. Adebayor too.

El sha is showing some life at Roma, and was at Monaco too. I completely agree with Balo though.

I'd put Mario Gomez in there, but he is wrecking the Turkish league. He just couldn't handle Italy.

dex_sda
Oct 11, 2012


blue footed boobie posted:

Balotelli and El Sha. Arshavin turned to poo poo at 28 or so. Possibly hazard if he stays poo poo. Adebayor too.

I completely forgot Arshavin existed, goddamn. Still remember him wrecking the dutch

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'
Balotelli was never good

paddyboat
Feb 20, 2013

Maxi, Maxi Rodriguez
Run down the wing for me

El Hefe posted:

Balotelli was never good

He's a complete myth and I only like him if he's playing for someone else's team.

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals
Fun Shoe
El Shaarawy looks pretty good right now, but he's been so injury prone it wouldn't shock me if his career fizzles out due to injuries.

Balotelli was legitimately good (although inconsistent) in like 2012 and 2013. That move to Liverpool seems to have completely killed his career though. He'd be smart to move to a club like Bologna, Torino or Sassuolo to see if it could kick start him again.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
Liverpool should just sell him to a Chinese club while the getting is good. It's a real shame, he was great for Italy in the last euros and he was good for Milan in the stint before this.

Spangly A
May 14, 2009

God help you if ever you're caught on these shores

A man's ambition must indeed be small
To write his name upon a shithouse wall

El Hefe posted:

Balotelli was never good

yeah uh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3xEYRL8sDg

two nutcases wrecking poo poo, they were absurd in that tournament

e; oh my god I've not heard this commentary, it's an Italian DENNIS BERGKAMP

chuggo is BACK
Jul 1, 2008




"Chuggo"

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julian assflange posted:

Wasn't he similarly rushed back from serious injury?

no

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'
Being good means being consistent and Balo was never consistent, he was like Guti who had 1 excellent game where he was unplayable and then 3 games where he was invisible.

Suqit
Apr 25, 2005

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El Hefe posted:

Being good means being consistent and Balo was never consistent, he was like Guti who had 1 excellent game where he was unplayable and then 3 games where he was invisible.

Guti was always good. He was invisible the same way Busquets is invisible, he rarely made mistakes.

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

julian assflange posted:

Wasn't he similarly rushed back from serious injury?

Cisse was really unlucky, he broke leg and then when he came back from that I think he broke the other one not long after.

He had a great attitude and wasn't bad at all

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'

Suqit posted:

Guti was always good. He was invisible the same way Busquets is invisible, he rarely made mistakes.

They didn't play in the same position at all dear suq.

Suqit
Apr 25, 2005

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El Hefe posted:

They didn't play in the same position at all dear suq.

I know

Spangly A
May 14, 2009

God help you if ever you're caught on these shores

A man's ambition must indeed be small
To write his name upon a shithouse wall

El Hefe posted:

Being good means being consistent and Balo was never consistent, he was like Guti who had 1 excellent game where he was unplayable and then 3 games where he was invisible.

nope, nope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn6t8P4H_X4

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'
Recoba owns I don't know what he has to do with Balotelli though.

Spangly A
May 14, 2009

God help you if ever you're caught on these shores

A man's ambition must indeed be small
To write his name upon a shithouse wall

El Hefe posted:

Recoba owns I don't know what he has to do with Balotelli though.

your good = consistent thing is dumb

El Hefe
Oct 31, 2006

You coulda had a V8/
Instead of a tre-eight slug to yo' cranium/
I got six and I'm aimin' 'em/
Will I bust or keep you guessin'

Spangly A posted:

your good = consistent thing is dumb

Of course is not, what good is does to you to have a player that only shows up occasionally? Balotelli isn't consistent because he's not professional, he has attitude issues among others.

Messi and Cristiano are considered the best players in the world because every season they score a million goals for instance, that's consistency.

saber45
Nov 10, 2004

Blue Star Error posted:

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Is this a karl pilkington reference?

jyrka
Jan 21, 2005


Potato Count: 2 small potatoes

saber45 posted:

Is this a karl pilkington reference?

Rockbusters, innit.

Simone Poodoin
Jun 26, 2003

Che storia figata, ragazzo!



Some Brazilian kid dared to Zlatan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trma31N4ZF8

Blue Star Error
Jun 11, 2001

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jyrka posted:

Rockbusters, innit.

Its Songs of Phrase!

vivisectvnv
Aug 5, 2003

Soulex posted:

I'd put Mario Gomez in there, but he is wrecking the Turkish league. He just couldn't handle Italy.

Don't think that's a fair assessment of him at Fiorentina, wasn't he perpetually injured? Dude is still a beast from the Besiktas games i've seen.

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

*in football manager voice*

Lincoln is actually really good

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011

Ravel posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5Uxg5LlNZQ

Analysis of Messi's copa goal last season lol. About five thousand 'statistics' and no insight.

lmao is this a parody?

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Ewar Woowar
Feb 25, 2007

I wish Joe was better at football because I really like him.

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
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Bogan Krkic
Oct 31, 2010

Swedish style? No.
Yugoslavian style? Of course not.
It has to be Zlatan-style.

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth
Come home, Joe. We've got plenty of chickens and space for you to run around.

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
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Spangly A posted:

yeah uh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3xEYRL8sDg

two nutcases wrecking poo poo, they were absurd in that tournament

e; oh my god I've not heard this commentary, it's an Italian DENNIS BERGKAMP

wait do you think that language is italian?

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Apr 19, 2007
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