I’m not talking about football records or numbers.
Just raw, player quality.
The natural quality is simply worse, just watch it.
Take the 10 best wingers, centre forwards and centre halves in current world football and pit them against any other era and they come up second best.
I’m the opposite in F1 because it is a purely objective - look at my latest post on Norris.
I know what I see🤣🤣
Football is not evolving - you also see it in other sports.
Many World Records in athletics from 5-15 years ago still stand in the modern day.
Athletes are no longer evolving - it’s plateaued already.
And what you’re saying really has no relevance.
They all had great years relative to each other.
But what they’re doing on the pitch, with the ball at their feet, is mediocre compared to the elite players of 10-15 years ago.
Not a single winger in world football can cross, short or dribble like a player of Nani’s calibre.
Chelsea are paying £120m for Morgan freaking Rogers.
A disgrace, in my view.
What is this shocking take.
Compare a driver to their teammate - he’s making Russell look distinctly average this year, especially on race pace. Forget about Spa due to Russell’s issues and that doesn’t change. Watch races like Monaco, Miami, Japan, Spain.
He won 5 races in a row at 19 years old and will no doubt end the year with double digit wins.
What else do you want Antonelli to do? Get out of his car and push it over the line?
All this “eye test” nonsense is mentality of a casual.
Don’t want to be that guy to knock Antonelli down, but this car is making him look better than he actually is. No doubts a fantastic driver but just look how Leclerc is so many quicker in the corners, under braking and corner entry and exit.
The Mercedes is just a missile in a straight line, add to that Mercedes sabotaging Russell so they can flex having the youngest WDC, and the corruption to get AUDO upgrades.
@pqtdc Depends on the player tbh - if they have elite ball striking, they need to be able to cut inside like Messi, Robben, Ronaldo at Madrid, Bale etc
This entire World Cup has showcased that £120m wingers can barely cross or strike a football.
All about passing it into the goal now.
Get it in the mixer or put your laces through it ffs.