Marco

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[Marco @Marc0I7]

@David_Ornstein @TheAthleticFC Fuck off

[Marco @Marc0I7]

The floor of the average technical ability in elite game has risen, teams don’t play one 10 that takes sole responsibility to create outside attritional moments of transition and set pieces, every player from center half, full back to even the striker contributes to creating play

[Marco @Marc0I7]

This is Nostalgia slop

[Ahead of the Curve @mediocentr0]

Footballers from 1990-2010 were definitely more technical than the last couple of generations. There's no doubt about that. Take someone like Wesley Sneijder. There's no midfielder around today that was as technical as him and he wasn't even the preeminent playmaker of his era.

[Marco @Marc0I7]

Yikes

[The England Pod @England_Pod]

Djed Spence... Injured.

Declan Rice or Jarrel Quansah at right-back?

[Marco @Marc0I7]

Been looking for this comp for like a year 😭😭😭❤️❤️

[N8 @Vararse_]

@ahtalksfutbol Saliba could only dream of reaching these levels

[WAV Archive @WAVArchive]

Grand Theft Auto IV — Soviet Connection — Michael Hunter (2008)

[Max @MaxRadwan]

Personally find this carry on so much more embarrassing than the so-called arrogance we’re often accused of

[Tobi @_Tobolos_]

The most joga bonito cum tiki-taka player ever. World XI, 11 League Titles, Multi UCL winner. Idea Ball King etc

He has "bang average", "passes backwards", "all he does is run" Decaln Rice in his current dream midfield???

I don't believe him. Experts on twitter know way more

[ndr @NDR_lufc]

England fan at the Azteca Stadium after singing Wonderwall at altitude

[Marco @Marc0I7]

@jpooch21 @bubby_max @EdgarBased Never Getting to the last 8 is a big thing in Mexico football folklore so this probably a FIFA host nation gift and Ecuador and England are the unfortunate sacrificial lambs. They well get destroyed once they play an fairly average Brazil side in Miami if they advance

[Marco @Marc0I7]

@jpooch21 @bubby_max @EdgarBased To be honest it does stink a bit, Azteca only high altitude stadium chosen, it is only hosting 5 games, which are Mexico 3 group stage games and then the next 2 knockout games for Mexico group winners.

[Marco @Marc0I7]

@jpooch21 @bubby_max @EdgarBased It wouldn’t be an issue if FIFA kept the tournament in one country so everyone would turn up 2 weeks in advance but this is the issue with careless spreading the tournament over such a diverse and large landmass.

[Marco @Marc0I7]

@jpooch21 @bubby_max @EdgarBased It’s just logistically not feasible to prepare well. No major European club plays at significant altitude and financially the players are too big of assets for the club to dedicate themselves to preparing for an international tournament.

[Mexico86HQ 🇲🇽🌵⚽ @Mexico86HQ]

Worth noting
England swapped the low-lying Monterrey for 2200m altitude of Mexico City in 1986 for their R16 clash with Paraguay. Their opponents had embarked on weeks of pre-tournament altitude training in Colombia and were based in Mexico City and the even more elevated Toluca (2600m) during the finals. England won 3-0.

[Marco @Marc0I7]

@bubby_max @EdgarBased @jpooch21 It would have have meant too much travelling around to and through in the group stages , and most the English based players probably couldn’t turn up to a high altitude camp early enough without it comprising them for first few games.

[Marco @Marc0I7]

@moshik_temkin You made a statement that was objectively incorrect and now I am too ignorant to have a conversation with you for pointing that out. All anecdotal and scientific evidence backs up that it takes weeks to adapt to playing in these conditions.

[Marco @Marc0I7]

@moshik_temkin So Mexico 1986, 24 of the 52 games were played at venues over 2000m above sea level and 10 out the 12 were above 1500m. Every team going to that world cup would have expected and also had some opportunity to manage it. Don’t be rude and wrong at the same time.

[Marco @Marc0I7]

Such a freak

[Marco @Marc0I7]

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[Anthony Shaw @anthonyfdshaw]

look at Marcus there. getting excited.