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Going to restart my comp thread:

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@GoldsteinRec Fwiw, I checked out of curiosity and most places I’ve seen have Haaland with the third highest odds to win it

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World Cup Predictions (for fun, not supposed to be an extremely serious prediction lol)

*Green dots in the first image are the third place teams that advance

Golden Boot - Haaland
Golden Ball - Yamal
Golden Glove - Pickford

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@GoldsteinRec Well I have Norway making the QF. I think for Spain, France, England the goals will be spread around a lot more, while with Norway, Haaland would be the primary goal scorer. I don’t think anyone from Portugal or whatever would win it

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Serious player

[Yarin Hay Itzhak @YarinHay8]

אוסקר גלוך המלך מבקיע, משתיק את אוהדי אלבניה ששורקים בוז ומראה את הסמל של הנבחרת ואז בלאגן

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I don’t dispute that, the way Arteta set up tonight makes 20/21 Chelsea look like a Bielsa team lol, idk what he was thinking.
But I also don’t think Saka’s the type of player that can be that individual game winner/heroball type of guy. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, being able to perform well in a system is a good quality, but it doesn’t help in matches like the one today

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I’m not even joking or trying to be funny, I forgot he was playing in the match until they showed him being subbed off.

[eŵân 🇫🇷 @ewan10i]

Worst UCL final performance in history? (83 minutes played)

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I’ve never really been a huge fan of his, felt he started getting pretty overrated in terms of his actual ability and even performances to an extent.
but tbf, with how Arsenal play sometimes (like they did tonight), kinda hard for an attacker to do much of anything (granted I don’t think Saka is the guy that can be that one man individual brilliance game changer in any case, but still)

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I mean the usual suspects for the most part..

need another LW/L10 yet again, maybe Gittens will be kept around

Neto needs to go unless he plans on using a back 3, with him at LWB

I think there’s a good chance Cucu/Gusto/Enzo leave, so replacements for them, maybe even a starting level RB/RWB if he wants to use a back 3, not sure he’d want James as a wingback.

I’m not convinced about Emegha, but I don’t think we’ll bring another CF

If Enzo leaves, probably a more ball dominant/positionally disciplined partner for Caicedo, though maybe the plan is to use Barco there at least some of the time.

I’m still not 100% sure about Palmer being at his best in a strict positional system like this, I think he can adapt, but maybe not hit his old levels.

Need at least one other CB, curious to see if one or both of Anselmino/Sarr will be integrated.

I think Penders should be on loan again, not ready for the starting job and not worth risking his development. Fine with Sanchez for a year or two again, or maybe an older stop gap keeper. Jorgensen needs to leave, never liked him

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This account is fairly dead, but I am legitimately curious: Who do you want as next Chelsea manager, and why? I personally want Iraola, but for once I actually like a number of possible candidates… some I’m not that familiar with

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Stuff like this is why nobody likes this guy, it just comes across as being a sore loser and delusional

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Have some self respect man… embarrassing thing to say (particularly considering you got a few very generous calls yourself). Arsenal put one shot on target in 120 minutes, did pretty much nothing for the entire match after scoring. Lucky it even made it to ET/Pens

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 Mikel Arteta: “We could have easily had a penalty on Madueke…”.

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@yo_it_is_kg @ChAmpsFC_ Overall it’s fine but 1000% need some personnel changes if it’s going to thrive, there’s a decent number of players in the team we can’t expect to work in his style (like we saw them not work with Maresca)

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What on Earth 🤣

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

“Why argue with an Arsenal fan when you can just wait?” We waited. We won. We are champions of England - and we are just one game away from being crowned champions of Europe. Read my piece on what Arsenal means to me here: https://t.co/J6cg388mRH

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PSG should’ve won in normal time, but it’s alright

[The xG Philosophy @xGPhilosophy]

Arsenal created just 0.01(xG) between 45+6’ and 120’

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Left footed penalty takers… idk what it is, but always dicey (Palmer is good tbf). Thank god though, I mean really, thank god almighty

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In practice, it ended up being valid since the team outside of Messi only managed 3 goals the entire tournament, one of them coming from Rojo, a defender. Higuian was a disgrace in particular.

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It’s not like it’s a bad team, but if you took away Messi, nobody would view that squad as potential WC winners..
compare that team to like France 2018, Germany 2014, Spain 2010. Take away who you think was the best player from each of those squads, and the teams are still top level contenders.

Even back in 2014, take away Messi, and nobody is looking at a frontline of Lavezzi, Higuian, Di Maria/ Enzo Perez and viewing them as favorites to win the World Cup. That’s the point people are making

[Kiko Suarez @imkikosuarez]

Sometimes I wonder if you guys understand the concept of time

Most these players at the time were above average/top players in their clubs

Higuain was going crazy with Napoli, Mascherano had just won the player of the year for Barcelona, the whole defence was solid

Pretending that Argentina squad was ass is just revisionism

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@AC15ii_ How on Earth is he a bum?

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Will probably surprise some of you, but I’m not against it. Probably not the most expensive option, a good player who’s had consistent output for a while, versatile, I think he’d fit well under Xabi, good locker room/culture fit IMO. Would much rather have him than Gittens/Neto/Delap/Garnacho/etc. we’ll see

[Pys @CFCPys]

🚨 BREAKING: Chelsea are one of the clubs interested in Jarred Bowen, believing he could offer competition down the RW and cover for ST’s. (@guardian_sport) #CFC https://t.co/N2ppVFVJtP

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@AC15ii_ Are we talking about the same Bowen?

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@AC15ii_ What?

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@AC15ii_ Why do you think that?