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@HerdImmunity12 You say that but that's exactly what blokes who watched football in the 60s & 70s - the era of Dave Mackay, Norman Hunter, Tommy Smith etc - said about 90s footballers.

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@shaunwhelan60 @joewalters17 @ExtremeFootbal4 Sorry

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@masterofoneinc1 It's long but nothing is superfluous. Essential viewing for a film fan.

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@lufcprog @AwayDaysTips This was in Naples, wasn't it?

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@joewalters17 @ExtremeFootbal4 It's not Edgely Road

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@MarkKav15119614 @Ramma_____ Barnes very rarely carried his club form into England games but he was booed by the scumbag element as soon as the game started. How he played was irrelevant, e.g. racist abuse by NF on the plane back from the Brazil friendly where he scored one and created one.

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@FabrizioMou Do Madrid managers have a say in transfers?

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@TFHBs Mattheus in 90 was better than Zidane in 06. He bossed most games.

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@serenityposting @Okiewrestler @Chase126David @Logicull @mazurk_david @jacobra1776 @LumenExTenebris Blimey. Who rattled your cage?

[Banderpool @Banderpool1]

@TheAnfieldWrap Until JB, wingers were generally players who drifted in & out of games & inconsistency was considered a given. Often they were anonymous in matches.
JB came to Anfield and was the dominant player in the league for 4 years. He had everything.

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@TaintlessRed Naples didn't have the fervour of Milan, where Italy played pre the semis but the Naples crowd supported Italy. Many were put out that Diego said pre-match they'd back Argentina & there's famously footage of Maradona swearing furiously as the Argentinian anthem was roundly booed.

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@316simsim @Scott_Geelan I think post 98 it dipped. Nothing could match 90 or 96 plus the Sven/Beckham celebrity aspect put off a lot of fans.
World in Motion by Simon Hart is the story of Italia 90. He interviews the Argentinian keeper, Goycochea, who says it's not as big anymore, even in Argentina.

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@Okiewrestler @Chase126David @Logicull @serenityposting @mazurk_david @jacobra1776 @LumenExTenebris You literally have cheerleaders to help whip up an atmosphere.

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@GS3rdleg @FmSlimeball @Logicull @serenityposting @mazurk_david @jacobra1776 @LumenExTenebris Away fans help generate atmosphere. Unfortunately, as you state, it is very difficult to travel away in a country your size.
Which means you'll never create the types of atmosphere seen in Britain & Europe.
And you lot can't booze, either. So that's another hindrance.

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@Okiewrestler @Chase126David @Logicull @serenityposting @mazurk_david @jacobra1776 @LumenExTenebris It's totally understandable that away fans are less prevalent in American sports but unfortunately this contributes to the weird, confected atmospheres you have at your stadia. Your boxing crowds are decent though, when there's a Latino contingent there.

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@HiddenYorkshire It deals well with the weightiest of subjects & presents nuanced characters. It's a substantial film.

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@Watson_SLdn Cole was the only one to turn up for England.
It didn't help that Eriksson was in thrall to Beckham's celebrity, giving him far too much prominence & didn't have the guts or nous to drop one of Gerrard or Lampard.

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@MrMufc77 @sid_lambert Yes, shame our dead ball specialist wasn't around to take a pen but his little tantrum meant he wasn't on the pitch. Although obviously he showed his mettle later by missing that pen against France in the Euros. And Portugal in the Euros. And Turkey in a qualifier.

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@NickKao13 @sid_lambert Yes, I remember the excellent free kick following his headless chicken act against Greece, bizarrely lauded as a great individual performance. But I was referring to him being crap in tournaments.