the Argentine players falling in line behind Messi always blows me away. these are elite footballers with massive egos, yet they absolutely adore that man. you can’t buy, coerce or force it. you can only earn it through a combination of greatness, class, and how you treat others.
I think if Portugal exit early again in this World Cup..the top players will conspire and get Ronaldo out of the team. They aren’t going to waste their best years because of one man’s obsession!
🇮🇪😂 Roy Keane has done it again on the Overlap with another beautiful RANT and had Gary Neville and Ian Wright cracking up:
🗣️ Keane: "When the player's wives and families are going to the match, and the wives have got the jerseys with the player's names on the back. WOW. No, no. Children is fine. But the wives and partners wearing their jerseys with the names on the back? WOW. Are you not with me, Ian?"
🗣️ Wright: "No I'm not with you on that one. I'm with the wives."
🗣️ Keane: "C'MON. A year later they're separated most of them. And they're all getting pictures and pointing at 'Jimmy' or 'Jonny' on the back. We know who you're married to. No the children's fine but the partners? It's ridiculous. I'm not having it." 😭
🗣️ Wright: "I'm with the wives here. They just want to wear a shirt to support their partner. It's as simple as that."
Unrelated, but back in school I had a hostel mate who was dating an actual genius. They were both in Mathematics. The guy worked insanely hard just to maintain a 4.2 GPA each semester, while his girlfriend casually pulled a 5.0.
In 2015, they had to borrow a course from my department, so they reached out and we formed a small night class group to study together. I didn’t even spend up to 40 minutes with them before it became obvious. this girl had already mastered everything. Meanwhile, her boyfriend (who was already very smart himself) was still asking questions.
Fast forward to results: she scored 95 (A). I struggled to get 70 (A).
When I later spoke to the guy about it, he said something that has stuck with me ever since: “Her failure range is 70–75 A… where brilliant people are fighting just to get a B.”
That was the moment I understood there are certain people you simply don’t compete with in life. And it’s not just in academics.
Just look at Lionel Messi.