I don’t know how.
I don’t know when.
But I carry this quiet certainty:
One year from today, I will not be standing in this same place.
My mind will be lighter, clearer, gentler with itself.
My finances will breathe more freely — I will stand taller in abundance.
Every prayer I whispered into the dark these past years…
every unspoken longing…
will finally unfold into answers.
I will walk cities I’ve only dreamed of,
taste food that once felt impossible,
wear whatever speaks to my soul without second thought.
And above all
I will be great.
Insha Allah. 🤲
Demanding Barcelona fans and Impatient Barcelona fans, I hope you all know that since the day Gordon agreed with Newcastle that he wants to leave, he has been kept on the bench to avoid injury. The last time he played regular football was around April 12 that's almost two months ago.
Barcelona signed him two weeks ago, and he played 45 minutes for England yesterday, you guys aaw a 2 minute clip on X and started criticising him.
Barcelona fans often claim they understand football because of how their team plays, but they forget that England is not Barcelona, and Tuchel is not Flick, different teams, different systems.
It’s funny to me that you are already judging a player who hasn’t even played 10 seconds in a Barcelona jersey.
Twitter tacticos nearly convinced me into believing that Anthony Gordon had a bad cameo last night. Watching the game now, I’m struggling to see a single bad thing he did on the field. Good movement, nice link-up plays, made a couple of runs, pressed well. €80M well spent!
And when you realize that those were PRIME Barça years, you can’t help but conclude that the Spanish National team wins when Barça is on top of world football.
Since I started watching football, I honestly haven’t seen a better national team than the Spain national football team. I’ve seen France Argentina and Germany national football team win the World Cup, but that Spain side had everything. They dominated games, controlled possession, dictated the tempo, and made some of the best teams in the world look ordinary. For me, no national team has matched the level of control and consistency that Spain showed between 2008 and 2012.
What’s your pick for the greatest national team you’ve ever watched?
Spent an unhealthy amount of time coming up with my World Cup XI to watch.
It’s a mix of young prospects who I think are ready to announce themselves to the world, and more known/establshed players ready to take that next step up.
Looks like people dey watch the thing paaaa oh. The calls, tweets and messages are really serious.
If you are 18+, that is your choice, but we MUST ensure we make it difficult for children to be exposed to x-rated content freely online.
I promise we are not interested in publishing names 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Looks like that be what dey tension boys paaa. As for the ladies, seems like they don't even care.
We move! 🦁🇬🇭
The hard truth is that if Gordon had played this way and Rashford the other way whilst being our €80M signing, you all would have still said the same things.
In 2012, Chelsea finished sixth in England and fired their manager in March. They still won the Champions League, the biggest prize in club football. The team that finished first in England that year, Manchester City, did not even make it out of the group stage.
Guardiola is pointing at exactly that gap. A league title takes 38 games against everyone else, home and away, over nine months. You cannot win it by accident. The Champions League trophy comes down to a handful of knockout games in spring. Football is a low-scoring sport, so one goal can decide who advances. Over a single match, the score barely tells you which team was better. Your best player limps off in April, a referee waves away a clear penalty, a shootout goes against you, and nine months of work disappears. Chelsea won that 2012 final on penalties, in Bayern Munich's own stadium, while sitting sixth in their own country.
His own career says the same thing. Across Spain, Germany, and England, Guardiola has won the league title twelve times. He has won the Champions League three times, and twelve years passed between his second and his third. For most of that stretch he had the best team in Europe and still went home early, beaten by the same thing he is describing.
Barcelona under Hansi Flick is the latest example. They have won the Spanish league two years running and won every major trophy in Spain the season before. Then Inter knocked them out of Europe, 7-6 across two games. The next year they lost to an Atletico Madrid side sitting twenty-two points beneath them in the league. Over a full season, Barcelona were clearly the better team. Over two nights, they lost.
A league title means you were the best team in the country for nine months. A Champions League run means you got through a few nights in spring without anything going wrong. Guardiola is asking people not to confuse the two.
In 2012, Chelsea finished sixth in England and fired their manager in March. They still won the Champions League, the biggest prize in club football. The team that finished first in England that year, Manchester City, did not even make it out of the group stage.
Guardiola is pointing at exactly that gap. A league title takes 38 games against everyone else, home and away, over nine months. You cannot win it by accident. The Champions League trophy comes down to a handful of knockout games in spring. Football is a low-scoring sport, so one goal can decide who advances. Over a single match, the score barely tells you which team was better. Your best player limps off in April, a referee waves away a clear penalty, a shootout goes against you, and nine months of work disappears. Chelsea won that 2012 final on penalties, in Bayern Munich's own stadium, while sitting sixth in their own country.
His own career says the same thing. Across Spain, Germany, and England, Guardiola has won the league title twelve times. He has won the Champions League three times, and twelve years passed between his second and his third. For most of that stretch he had the best team in Europe and still went home early, beaten by the same thing he is describing.
Barcelona under Hansi Flick is the latest example. They have won the Spanish league two years running and won every major trophy in Spain the season before. Then Inter knocked them out of Europe, 7-6 across two games. The next year they lost to an Atletico Madrid side sitting twenty-two points beneath them in the league. Over a full season, Barcelona were clearly the better team. Over two nights, they lost.
A league title means you were the best team in the country for nine months. A Champions League run means you got through a few nights in spring without anything going wrong. Guardiola is asking people not to confuse the two.
💣🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: Alexander Sørloth and Juventus have reached an AGREEMENT on personal contract terms.
Negotiations are currently ongoing between the Italian club and Atlético Madrid as both parties seek to reach an agreement.
[🎖️: @MatteMoretto]
If Bayern should allow themselves to be bullied by Madrid, I don’t wanna ever hear someone mention them as top 5 biggest clubs of all time. If it were in the 2000s or 2010s I understand, even PSG would not succumb to Madrid today!
Tunisia is one of the most useless Arabian countries in Africa when it comes to football. They’re just not made like them Egypts, Algeria and Morocco. They’re so bad at football my God!
You might think €150M+ is good money for Olise and something Bayern should consider, but when you look at the RW market, you’ll realise not even €200M would be worth it. The RW market is cooked, and the only players even close to that level are Antony and Greenwood.