Baz

Nothing really bad ever happens.

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@BadManBetting Kai Havertz. They have Curaçao first game. Can see him getting a few

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@luchalibreaaa is the best wrestling show hands down. Commentators are great. Matches are fast paced and mean something.

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@MrSantiZap AAA's build for Rey de Reyes was a prime example of how to build to a tournament.

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@rttxgg 11

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@mfc_mrpage @ChiamakaAFC Bought ones dont count

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@thecityshack @talkSPORT THEY'VE. Like one person speaks for all. Shut up

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@hovie_09 The country we're from?

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@7172Football @PaulPaulbrien @gooner145 Spurs who won a Europa League to qualify, a competition which is also harder to win than the European cup was in the 80s. Forest would have qualified on merit BUT DIDN'T. See how elite works?

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@7172Football @PaulPaulbrien @gooner145 That’s not how physiology works. 70s diet, recovery, sports science couldn’t sustain today’s output. They didn't "choose" to run less they physically couldn't. You're romanticising limits as tactics. It's not a debate mate

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@7172Football @PaulPaulbrien @gooner145 Backward passes in 70s rare because keepers could pick up backpasses. Today that rule forces risk. Modern accuracy happens under high press with sweeper keepers. You’d know that if you watched past 1992.

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@7172Football @PaulPaulbrien @gooner145 Forest finished 3 points off 5th, yes. And they’d have been a great story. But qualifying once in 30 years doesn’t make 1979 relevant to 2026. Different sport, different standard. Both can be true.

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@7172Football @PaulPaulbrien @gooner145 Passing accuracy in 1979: 70%. Today: 85% under pressure. Recovery runs, compactness, overloads, none of that existed. You’re praising a flip phone because it could text. Modern football is a different sport entirely.

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@7172Football @PaulPaulbrien @gooner145 Average player in 1979 ran 6km per game. Today it’s 10-12km. Your heroes would be cramping by half time. That’s not opinion, it’s science.

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@7172Football @PaulPaulbrien @gooner145 Mate, you just admitted Forest would get slapped silly by today’s 12th-placed team. Thanks for proving my point. Enjoy your museum piece.

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@7172Football @PaulPaulbrien @gooner145 You’re confusing talent distribution with quality. The 70s didn’t have stronger teams, they had weaker structure, weaker conditioning and far less tactical depth. “Everyone had a few good players” just means nobody had modern elite squads.

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@7172Football @PaulPaulbrien @gooner145 There wasn't 36 decent sides that could have played in this format in the 70s. They couldn't play midweek games half of them would be at work

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@7172Football @PaulPaulbrien @gooner145 Like the 70s when we didn't qualify for two world cups in a row. Genius

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@7172Football @PaulPaulbrien @gooner145 You're changing the argument. More title winners doesn't automatically mean a stronger league. It means wealth was distributed more evenly. Today the top 4-6 clubs are financially miles ahead, which makes winning the league harder for outsiders but raises the standard at the top

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@7172Football @PaulPaulbrien @gooner145 Ok so you're saying theres an abundance of talent now? Yes I know that's what I've been saying

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@7172Football @PaulPaulbrien @gooner145 exactly they would have played also rans. Not now. Because football is more difficult. It's not rocket science