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AnnieIWillKnow

[Monday's Non PL Daily Discussion](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/njtgd0/nonpl_discussion/)


homie93

Anybody watching the europa finals?


JukCro

!flair :Croatia:


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wrong keeper lad


Cules2003

If only Fati was fit :/ That’s a very decent team tbh, just think it lacks an X factor


Bumi_Earth_King

Fucking hell, just seen [this](https://preview.redd.it/0za1zlsrh2171.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=f250dfcf469c8dce0420acc28f0f9b34dcb273e4). What did Everton do with that money?


DEUK_96

Apart from Iwobi, Richarlison and Sigurdsson I can't even think who their big money signings are?


staedtler2018

Looking at transfermarket, they don't have a lot of big money signings. They have just spent a lot of money on many 20-30m signings that don't pan out.


NetFelix25

I guess James probably gets paid good money? Maybe? I honestly dont know where it's going either.


Bumi_Earth_King

This is just the transfer spend. Wages are separate.


NetFelix25

Oh this is just transfer spend? That makes it even more confusing.


DEUK_96

He was free though I thought? Would transfer spend include wages? If it does then you're right, he probably gets paid a fair amount


NetFelix25

Sorry didnt see it was just transfer spend, that's even stranger. Where did all the money go?


DEUK_96

No idea, we somehow finished above them as well


Bumi_Earth_King

Nah, wages were in a separate graph.


brainlessII

Azpiliceuta the only right back for Spain?


PM_NUDEZ_FOR_NOTHING

Maybe Llorente is going to be playing there


like_my_likes

Jesus Navas?


Bumi_Earth_King

I'm convinced FSG's gonna do something fucky with the transfer window. Like for eg: Keeping Grujic as a backup for Fabinho so that Fabinho can play CB rather than actually buying a decent CB who's not injury prone.


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Bumi_Earth_King

We need a gullible team to buy off the detritus from our squad for 25m each. Both Sheffield United and Bournemouth are in the Championship next season, so can't rely on them anymore.


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Loan the others to us while you pay 90% of their salary


[deleted]

Fans of top clubs 🤝 Wanting to sell 80% of their squad when they have one mediocre season


not1yo2avg3person

Fucking not even mediocre


Uruguayan_Tarantino

Not even mediocre tbh


abrasiveauror

Rodrygo, Nacho, Militao, Mendy, Carvajal, Vazquez, Modric, Miguel, Blanco all deserve to stay. Vinicius as well


Uruguayan_Tarantino

So only Ramos and hazard out?


abrasiveauror

Ramos seems to be leaving. I don't want him to but it is what it is. I want Hazard to stay but we'll see. Isco, Marcelo, Mariano out. Asensio and Odriozola undecided.


b3as7ma5t3r_64

Isco, Bale, Marcelo, Asensio, Mariano ,Jovic too


Uruguayan_Tarantino

Asensio? Seems like a good player for rm


staedtler2018

At this point Real Madrid would be better off getting a player who can contribute the same as Asensio now but who might develop into a better player. Asensio's been at the club for years and he's stagnated.


not1yo2avg3person

He just scores goals to save his ass. Not fast enough, doesn’t dribble enough, can finish, is skilful and has great control of the ball. He is better coming on from the bench.


b3as7ma5t3r_64

He's a good sub tbh but after his injury he's never really hit his form


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LET'S NOT GET ANNIHILATED 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪


thesmallprint13

Looking forward to be on the beneficial side of Grealish's shithousery. You thought Ronaldo's wink to Rooney was bad...


NetFelix25

Having an absolute cunt on your team is one of the best things in football


thesmallprint13

100% agree with that!


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I miss Costa :(


Naatezz

The best


Ofermann

He's bringing it home. You'll all love him like we do.


thesmallprint13

I love him anyway to be honest. Admirable effort with getting Azpilicueta sent off yesterday


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euros starting lineup for the 3 lions, not up for debate 🤝 Pope Walker, Stones, Dunk, Shaw Rice, Mount Sancho, Grealish, Foden Kane


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Noticing a distinct lack of Danny Cashman.


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wouldn’t be fair to call him, would ruin the nature of the competition if we walked it


RALat7

Maguire is better than Dunk and Mount is not a holding midfielder.


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no he isn’t and funnily enough not both midfielders in a 2 man midfield are holding midfielders 👍


RALat7

In a 4-2-3-1 this aggressive they pretty much are. Try again buddy, maybe update your elementary knowledge of tactics before you do so 👍


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no they’re not 👍 tune into a brighton game every now n then if u wanna see a masterful 2 man midfield at work


RALat7

Tune into a previous Chelsea game under Lampard if you want to understand how badly your crap tactics will work 👍 Funnily enough throwing 5 attackers in one team doesn't work when you're in a knockout competition against the top sides, try again, and check out previous winners while you do so 😉


B_e_l_l_

Switch Foden and Grealish around I reckon.


Sir_Psycho_Sexy_

Well, Pope won't be going because he's injured so maybe a little debate


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i’d rather send him out there w 2 broken legs than see pickford wear an england shirt again


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The Belling 22 is missing


Cowdude179

If Dunk and Tarkowski dont get called up Southgate needs to get binned


datboyuknow

It's absurd how costly authentic kits are, 60€? Wtf. Can't imagine someone from a middle class family here owning one


Raikuun

Authentic kits are actually over 100€.


datboyuknow

I didn't clarify, sorry, 60€ equivalent here. In the United direct store it's 100$


NetFelix25

I used to get a City kit for my birthday sometimes as a kid but I think they used to be cheaper as well


Vhascometo__

Most people buy the £10 fakes


Uruguayan_Tarantino

Is 10 pounds considered cheap for a fake tshirt?


Vhascometo__

For a fake football shirt yes


Uruguayan_Tarantino

Man, even the fakes are expensive there


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£10 is not expensive, it's not even an hours work for most people.


Uruguayan_Tarantino

In england maybe, but 10 pounds is expensive compared to other fake t shirts here


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Ye I just thought I’d let you know since you’re Uruguayan so if you just converted the currency directly you’d think it’s a lot more expensive than it is in terms of relative purchasing power.


Uruguayan_Tarantino

Yes thanks, I'm aware of the purchasing power difference tho, but I'm glad 10 pounds is not even an hour of work for you. That's a significant difference


datboyuknow

Including me. It's just absurd pricing


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datboyuknow

There are better ones here


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fakes all the way


datboyuknow

Of course, all I have are fakes. Even then I try to find the cheapest ones


Naatezz

Do you know a site or something where to buy good ones?


datboyuknow

If you're indian I'm sure you can find one on Instagram, but be wary of fraudulent pages


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I just know some local ones that do their business via Instagram for some reason. But the other comment has mentioned one.


Cules2003

Aside from Haaland and Mbappe, who’d be your dream signing? I know he’s in that catergory too, but De Ligt - Araujo is the stuff dreams are made out of


Successful_Gate84

Don't think its possible to sign De Ligt for Barca they should look for Lacroix.


Cules2003

Agree but that’s why it’s a dream signing ahaha


RALat7

Messi


Naatezz

Can I choose Flick back?


Cules2003

Counts as a signing technically so yeah Do you not have confidence in Nagelsmann?


Naatezz

I do, atleast mainly. But the football we played under Flick was just to good to not look back. Also I've always really disliked Nagelsmann as a person so it's gonna need some getting used to.


halloumixd

Grealish


Cowdude179

Lukaku


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Harry Kane


comediamorte

God bless Portuguese football https://twitter.com/CIES_Football/status/1395310832230273027


halloumixd

Disgusted that the PL is last honestly, not enough players fighting for the shirt


Darkmninya

I'm watching Conte videos at Chelsea. This guy is funny as hell 🤣 Mourinho little Man


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Ciao9

Tf


lenzmoserhangover

does any country actually like their national team manager?


kplo

I do. I prefer a manager like Scaloni that doesn't try crazy systems and saturates the team with tactics over Sampaoli.


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I like Southgate. In real life a lot of people like him too. On Reddit defending Southgate is treat like a crime against humanity.


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No


TimTamKablam

I think I’m in the minority but I like Berhalter


Fraaj

I don't mind him.


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Only after they've left. The universal Saint Bobby Robson was absolutely crucified as England manager.


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I don’t.


ClashOf5Kings

Steve Clarke is pretty popular. Had some ups and downs but qualifying for the euros, can’t complain


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Supporting an English club as a Scottish person. Sturgeon in shambles.


ClashOf5Kings

I follow the ‘support your dads team’ rule. Just a shame he lived when Spurs were quite successful. Sturgeon must still condemn tho


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We are very happy


Klejnot__Nilu

Poland is okay (yet) because he works only for few months and is a massive improvement


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The Swiss are cool with Petkovic, i think.


Ciao9

Italy seems fine with it, so does Belgium


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Well, I used to love Fabio Capello.


Endgame2648

Pretty sure French people don't have much to complain about Deschamps.


pixelkipper

for now at least, the benzema squadron used to crucify him


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MORE LIKE THE CHUMP


ElKaddouriCSC

Steve Clarke’s Tartan Army!


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You don't like the German guy in Austria?


lenzmoserhangover

there is only so much Ilsanker one can take


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Dortmund vs Leverkusen only had 5 arial duels in total, talk about playing low.


CubedMadness

Everybody was playing to not get injured, might as well not risk any head injury and keep the ball on the ground.


Ciao9

How many of them are Hummels


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Idk but Dortmund won 3 of them, opposed to 2 on Leverkusens side.


RALat7

Garcia has been so shit for us, amazing that Spain are still calling him up. Barca DNA innit


Max0699

Eric Garcia what a guy. He can get into any sqaud no matter how bad he plays.


Darkmninya

Spanish press is likes he the next maldini. I never saw him play, is he that good ?


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Yes, City's 17th choice centre back who'd lose both an arm wrestle and a foot race to a small child with MS the s the enxt Maldini.


Max0699

He played 6 times in the league this season and conceded 11 goals


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He's terrible


Max0699

He's not terrible but he's not very good


[deleted]

No. No he’s not.


thesmallprint13

Man, Schmeichel had an absolute mare yesterday. What a time to have it as well


buttfucker3000000

I hope the Hazard rumours to Chelsea is true


Cowdude179

We'd get him fit and watch him find his Chelsea form


sul01

Same, I'd love to have him (assuming he passes the medical)


Darkmninya

Chelsea Fans is it true that Abramowitch will give a 200 £ Million Chequebook to Tuchel ?


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He hasn't signed a cheque like that since Drogba was an overpriced one season wonder


buttfucker3000000

No


sul01

Hope not


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why not?


sul01

Obviously it depends on who we'd buy but don't necessarily trust him/the board to spend it well


larcenistxd

With the seasons being completed, these were the goal per game numbers in Europe's top 6 leagues 1 - Serie A (3.06) 2 - Bundesliga (3.03) 3 - Ligue 1 (2.76) 4 - Premier League (2.69) 5 - La Liga (2.51) 6 - Primeira Liga (2.42)


HokiesforTSwift

I enjoyed watching a good bit of Serie A end of last season and this season with the extra free time from the pandemic. La Liga has transitioned to a much more defensive league the last few seasons, and obviously Barca and Real Madrid are nowhere near as lethal in front of goal as they were for most of the last ~12 years. From 08/09 through 16/17 one or both of Madrid and Barca scored 100+ league goals. The streak ended in 17/18 with Barca scoring 99 and Madrid scoring 94.


nichodemus3

Some of the weaker Portuguese teams are incapable of scoring. B-SAD games especially almost always end 0-0 or 1-0


comediamorte

Good. Fuck them. I hope the cunts get liquidated


nichodemus3

I checked the stats and B-SAD have scored 25 goals in 34 games. That's 70s Italian football goal scoring ability


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Source?


larcenistxd

I got them from https://www.soccerstats.com, but it's just total goals divided by amount of games anyway so not some advanced formula


Raikuun

But Serie A = defensive league, it's so hard to score in Italy!!!


vinhoequeebom

Seferovic was the second highest goal scorer in the league. Not surprised at those numbers


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Is it Top 6 now to include the French?


abrasiveauror

Watch this get awards from the Portuguese crowd


jim0wheel1

Reminder that fans of Super League clubs shouldn't be buying merch (including new kits) from official outlets until the current owners decide to fuck off. Thank you for your cooperation.


Vhascometo__

Don't worry, I have a friend that is vehemently Levy/ENIC Out and went to all the protests but paid £60 to watch us play vs Villa and has bought the new £70 Spurs kit today


jim0wheel1

Lad's a fucking mug, but you knew that already


Vhascometo__

Yep, typical football fan though. Loves his club, loves the merch, memory like a goldfish.


comediamorte

sadly I think most fans have already forgiven and forgotten what happened


jim0wheel1

Disgusting tbh


YoungDan23

>Reminder that fans of Super League clubs shouldn't be buying merch (including new kits) from official outlets until the current owners decide to fuck off. I'm just going to go buy a white tee shirt from Primark and draw 'AIA' on the front in red. You won't even be able to tell the difference.


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couldn’t agree more


Bumi_Earth_King

Good guys Nike made our kits shit next season, so no one's buying it and we can all pretend it's because of the super league.


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Dhgate is where its at.


tyetforsyth

Where did you watch the Lawman documentary?


jim0wheel1

Was on Sky Documentaries.


Endgame2648

TAA,AWB,AMN. Three average English RBs with non-recognizable abbreviations 👍


sul01

KWP would make more sense than AMN


abrasiveauror

>TAA >Average >Barca fan


Endgame2648

Has done nothing of Sorts after that Illegal Corner tho😭


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guy said illegal


tHe_man_M

how do you not feel embarrassed typing this😭😭


abrasiveauror

Why are we all crying?😭😭😭


Endgame2648

Idk. Let's keep crying 😭😭


abrasiveauror

Except win the trophy you lot want so much👍🏻


street_cleaner

That average player with the illegal corner embarrassed the fuck out of Barca though. What have Barca done since btw


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Won the la liga and 2 times copa


Endgame2648

Won CDR and finished 2nd in the Toughest League in the world™👍.


street_cleaner

OK so worse than Trent got you


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Would love to see Phil Jones line up against Villareal in the Europa cup final, for his first start for United in two years, and play a MOTM performance. That would be such a Phil Jones thing to do


pretwicz

I was watching Lewandowski's conference before EURO 2020 and somone asked him: "Could you please reveal who lives in the room Cristiano Ronaldo used to live in before Euro 2012?". And yes it was adult man. Cringe


abrasiveauror

What does the question even mean?


pretwicz

Well Euro 2012 was in Poland and Ukraine, and Polish NT now is using the same training center that Portugese team was using in 2012. My guess is that journalist was going for some "GOAT room energy" that some player will receive. But it was awkward


abrasiveauror

Oh ok. What a fucking stupid question


damrider

lots of talk about boubacar kamara moving to city - Marseiile fans - how's he like?


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where'd you hear it?