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  • The Original replied to the thread Footballers that are more/less famous than normal for their quality level.
    Stop it.
  • The Original replied to the thread Victor Osimhen.
    Oh right, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, and Sadio Mane are not exceptional players and Ivan Toney wouldn't be in the top 100 players in the world currently. Mind you, I said they target exceptional players not that they get them all. As said, you...
  • The Original replied to the thread Victor Osimhen.
    Is there any evidence to support this? Over the years, the number of foreign internationals who could play first flight football in other leagues but come to the Championship has shot up. What factors do you think are influencing this? For...
  • The Original replied to the thread Victor Osimhen.
    He's scoring at a similar rate to what he has over the past 5 years. This suggests he's likely league agnostic which makes sense for the kind of player he is.
  • The Original replied to the thread Victor Osimhen.
    Why do you talk so much nonsense? 1. You say if every player was purely after money, they’d all be playing in Saudi The Saudis cannot afford every player nor do they want every player. They target exceptional players, and nearly always get...
  • The Original replied to the thread Victor Osimhen.
    Fair enough. We'll have to see.
  • The Original replied to the thread Victor Osimhen.
    The points are that: 1. When the choice is between a pay cut to play mediocre football, with mid table, conference league Chelsea, and a lot of money to be top dog in a mediocre league, money grabbing if there was such a thing, doesn't come into...
  • The Original replied to the thread Victor Osimhen.
    What I said was: Chelsea offered less money than Napoli (90mn per week), while offering the prospect of playing in the conference league. Why would that entice anyone at his level? No self-respecting professional in any field would accept an...
  • The Original replied to the thread Victor Osimhen.
    Imagine passing up the chance to take a pay cut (less than what he was on at Napoli) to play in the conference league. Such lack of ambition.
  • The Original replied to the thread AFCON: Does it need and deserve more respect as a tournament?.
    The Afcon doesn't need more respect. What it needs is less disrespect. It's fine to have opinions and preferences, but while you don't need to think the Afcon is great or say great things about it, one really should refrain from talking it down...
  • The Original replied to the thread Victor Osimhen.
    He's not earning that much now and never has so why wouldn't he?
  • The Original replied to the thread Aaron Wan-Bissaka | Signs a 7-year contract with West Ham.
    Spot on.
  • The Original replied to the thread Aaron Wan-Bissaka | Signs a 7-year contract with West Ham.
    This never happened. He was always far better on the ball than many realized.
  • The Original replied to the thread Victor Osimhen.
    There's a lot that's off with this. A - There's a release clause of 70mn Euros. That makes it simply a question of where the player wants to go. B&C - He's done well in Belgium, France, and Turkey and is prolific at the international level...
  • The Original replied to the thread Ademola Lookman | Atalanta.
    Really ridiculous when you consider that he hasn't missed a penalty for them before this.
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