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Quote from: deathcode on January 01, 2024, 01:00:05 PM

Quote from: Velvet78 on January 01, 2024, 12:52:14 PM

Arda Guler has been expected to be in Real Madrid squad for the Mallorca game so far and I hope this doesn't change again. This is a game he can finally have a chance in for the first time. Ancelotti would keep him on the bench until securing the win by a decent score. After that maybe for 10 minutes or less we might see him on the pitch.

I don't think he has had his time with injuries completely. Real Madrid must have been working on his physique to be better on one hand. He has a good talent but as long as we don't see him on the pitch it doesn't matter unfortunately. Sad

If he gets the chance to play in the match against Mallorca, he must show the quality of his game. some fans are talking about him, he is one of Madrid's young talents. if he can play well, he will be a star with Madrid in the future.
I don't think 10 minutes will be enough for such a young player. The start of the second half might be enough opportunity for him to show his game.

Ancelotti said that he would try his best to give him as much time as possible in the Mallorca game. 10 minutes is indeed a short playing time for a player who needs to improve his skills. But as it is going to be his first ever game with a top team like Real Madrid it is normal to expect such time periods honestly.

Because Real Madrid have a squad full of talented players. It is really not easy for Ancelotti as well to give each one of them the amount of time they would like to play. But in time hopefully Arda Guler can find chances to play for a longer time period.

I'm afraid David Raya is a really bad goalkeeper at the moment. Andre Onana's average rating in the Premier League so far is much higher than David Raya despite his being criticized very much as well. I think Ramsdale should continue to be the main goalkeeper for Arsenal. He didn't perform badly until Raya came honestly.

I don't even know why Arsenal started to think of parting their ways with Ramsdale. At least some news sources are saying like they will do this. No matter what Arsenal shouldn't trust Raya while he is performing this badly. Sad

I didn't know Raphael Varane had a condition on his contract to extend his contract by one more year. However Manchester United don't seem to be keen on activating this condition. They really seem determined to let him go for now. I don't know how Varane's performance dropped this much and came to the point of parting ways with him.

That injury of him must have had a serious affect though. But I still don't expect him to be like this all the time from now on. If he is given more time he can improve his performance. If the Red Devils let him go anyway maybe we can see Real Madrid going for him. Because they are in need of a defender these days after the recent injuries emerged.

Quote from: Oluwa-btc on December 31, 2023, 09:12:25 PM

Oh Shiit!

I just discovered that the defending Champions of Seria A ( Scudetto Competition ) are currently eighth position currently on the league standing. This is as a result of the poor Rudi Garcia who dragged this particular down to the mud.
I don't know too well about them head to head but this could still be a tough game. Victor Oshime would most likely not be involved as he'll be in camp with his National Team mates.

The African Cup of Nations Competitions begins soon and I don't think they want to risk him. He should be freed and allowed to go. The African Cup of Nations Competitions would be very important for Nigerians, they'll need their start man around.

Let's narrow it down to five games away from home, they've just won twice amd lost three, ain't that a poor show? They'll find the game difficult to win.

Osimhen's absence means a lot to Napoli indeed. Sad

I totally forgot about the AFCON. Osimhen is also going there which means Napoli attacking line will be much weaker than now. Napoli have already been experiencing big difficulties in maintaining a good form. They couldn't beat Monza for example in which Osimhen didn't play as he wasn't in the squad.

A really tough time period is waiting for Napoli in short. Their defensive side is already weak and they will have more difficulty in making up for that by scoring more goals while Osimhen isn't in the squad for a while.

Shakhtar Donetsk actually had a good run in the Champions League and their fate was going to be clear by the final week games in the group stage. As they lost to Porto they are in the Europa League now. But we should keep something in mind definitely that Shakhtar still did good things in the group stage like beating Barcelona in the first place.

Therefore Marseille had better get ready for a fierce competition. I assume Shakhtar would maintain their determined performance against them as well. They have been affected by the war really badly in terms of their squad quality but they are still doing their best.

Quote from: Oluwa-btc on December 31, 2023, 08:10:06 PM

Quote from: Velvet78 on December 31, 2023, 07:19:26 PM

Arsenal were a disaster again... I don't know what is happening to this team recently. First they got their first home loss against West Ham and this time there is a loss against Fulham. Every team can have bad time periods but they are a fighter for the league title at the same time. They don't have much luxury of losing points otherwise it would be punished.

I hope we don't see the same Arsenal from the previous season which start slowly dropping down from the league title competition. Arteta has built a quite young team maybe but they really have the capability to fight hard for the title until the end.

Its a shame and embarrassment to see how poorly they've performed this season against their own London rivals who they won back to back fixtures last season.
Mikel Arteta had also condemned the way they played, I think they need depth which they don't have. Most importantly a new striker since Gabriel Jesus, Nketiah and Kai Havertz who's supposed to be the false nine for them be underperforming. They're still potential winners of the Premier League Competition alongside Manchester City and Liverpool. They have tue capacity to do of they concentrate.

They flopped big time last season. If I'm correct, they dominated the league for ten months and failed to achieve something worthwhile. They shouldn't slack and make more significant signatures.

Arteta has been thinking the same about the transfer topic as well. He is planning to make transfers which are really needed for some specific areas. Who knows maybe we might see a new centre-forward to heat up the competition between the alternatives as well. I don't find Gabriel Jesus and Nketiah good enough for a title competition honestly.

Gabriel Jesus was much better in the past but that long-running injury affected his performance really negatively. Sad

There are some names rumoured for the position but let's see. Arteta would know what he is doing for the betterment of the team.

Quote from: LGD2Business on January 01, 2024, 11:52:11 AM

Claudio Echeverri, who had a great performance with Argentina in the U17 World Cup, scored 5 goals in 7 matches and was chosen as the most valuable player of the tournament. Big clubs were competing with each other to get him. The winner of this race was Manchester City. City will pay 25 million Euro to River Plate for this transfer. Echeverri will spend another season on loan at River Plater and will join Manchester City next year. It was a very correct decision. The transfer fee also seems quite reasonable.

I'm happy to hear that Claudio Echeverri has chosen to play for Manchester City. Because as far as I know there were other Premier League teams like Chelsea also trying to sign him. If he joined Chelsea I think it would be a really bad incident for his career. You know how bad Chelsea are this season. They wouldn't be able to help Echeverri develop his skills much like that.

He is only 17 years old though but as far as I have heard Manchester City are planning to loan him back to River Plate right after completing the deal. It would be nice thinking honestly because he wouldn't have much chance in Manchester City lineup yet.

It is really amazing that Kane has been able to score almost half the amount of Bayern Munich's goals in the league so far.

He is simply the most important player for the team at the moment, the main goal source.

Therefore Bayern Munich had better hope he doesn't pick up a long-running injury in the rest of the season either. Because his presence is very critical for them not only in the Bundesliga but also the Champions League. There is technically a possibility for them to win both titles this season. But they will need to work really hard for that. Leverkusen are their biggest opponent here and they need to improve their performance in the Champions League on one hand.

After the new year there is a game which could be tough for Napoli. They have an away game against Torino which are only a few points behind themselves. Napoli still have a really solid record against Torino in head-to-head games actually. Considering the statistics in this season Napoli are one of the best teams in away games as well.

Torino are also not bad in home games as they have lost only once which was against Inter. This could be an interesting game maybe but I hope to see Napoli finally winning a game while having difficult days. They really need a winning streak to recover. Sad

Quote from: Weawant on December 30, 2023, 10:52:29 PM

Quote from: Velvet78 on December 30, 2023, 09:54:07 PM

I was assuming Vitor Roque was going to join by next summer just as Endrick will at Real Madrid. Roque is only 18 years old now. But he seems like a talented centre-forward for now. The number of goals he has scored so far is really impressive considering his young age. Barcelona signed him for only 40 million euros which could be a very profitable deal.

It is all up to Roque's adaptation level. If he does well with European football then Barcelona can benefit from his finishing skills and help him improve himself much more in the meantime.

I think signing victor Roque is a very good and profitable deal for Barcelona this season as he's going to serve in a very sensitive position which was vital and very much needed for Barcelona so it was a good deal for Barcelona as they did had a fair deal considering their current financial state which has in a way limited some of the actions the te would want to take.

Lewandoski is no doubt becoming aged and not in the best form to future I'm Barcelona game sand deliver the desired results of him, because the factor of his constraints is such that he can really fight as it's from nature itself which makes it quiet peculiar in his case. So just like you rightly stated, in the mean time victor will not be playing but will be watching around well enough to observe and get used to Barcelona style and patterns of playing then as soon as he starts he would have already gotten used to his new team and would play well enough to fit in the team when he starts playing with them.

I don't know whether Barcelona would even like to wait until the end of Lewandowski's contract. Because he is going to be 37 years old and near 38. Before then probably he would be transferred by a Saudi Arabia team or a different team from outside Europe. In this case Barcelona will need a striker to fill his place.

Felix is also a striker so he can take his place then. But Roque would also be given chances as long as he performs well. Felix can play on the wing as well in the end. Barcelona like to invest in young and talented players so they would give Roque quite many chances.

Quote from: FanEagle on December 30, 2023, 08:08:51 PM

Red Bull has decided to push Perez to the end of the contract, he will be racing until 2026 apparently, or at least that is the decision they have taken this season, don't know if they will continue to do that next season as well, but for 2024 he stays.

It is bot ha great news but also a terrible news for Daniel Ricciardo as well, because it's terrible since he will not be going to Red Bull and going there would have been better for him, and yet it also means that he will not be on Max's shadow, and he doesn't have pressure on him and he got used to his car at AT for a while, so he could do very well this season. The fact is, if he does better than his teammate, he will be fine there, he is getting older anyway, so it would be fine to have a few more decent seasons, that's it.

It doesn't make big difference whether Red Bull have Sergio Perez or another driver at the moment honestly. Because they have a beast like Verstappen who can win nearly all of the races in a calendar. This is just an insane domination. Verstappen literally carried the team to the constructors title very easily by himself.

Even if Perez didn't collect any points in the whole season Red Bull were going to become the champions anyway. Cheesy

I expect pretty much the same performance from Verstappen next season as well.

A really tough season is ahead of Roma and Napoli especially. Because Fiorentina and Bologna are also in the competition for top four this season. Both of them have had a really good time period in the first half of the season. In the meantime I didn't like Roma and Napoli at all. Roma are familiar with the area they are in now but the board must be expecting progress like to finish in top four.

It is even much worse for Napoli thinking what kind of a season they had previously. They are just too bad compared to that. They couldn't even beat Monza home in their last game. I don't feel like Mazzarri's time will be long here either. Sad

It seems like Mason Greenwood still have big teams going after himself. He is still only 22 years old and open to developing his skills much more. If his name wasn't called with a scandal maybe everything was going to be much more different for him. But he was away from professional football quite a long time after that.

Now his market value is really low. It is up to his effort to increase his value again. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are said to be after him. If he goes to one of these teams then his market value would increase quite much right after the transfer.

Quote from: Oluwa-btc on December 30, 2023, 10:07:56 PM

Quote from: Velvet78 on December 30, 2023, 09:43:12 PM

It was a comfortable game for Manchester City but the score could have been bigger than this anyway of course. It seems like Haaland and De Bruyne's absence at the same time affects the scoring productivity quite much even in this kind of games. Sad

De Bruyne was actually in the substitutes but Guardiola didn't want to sub him in.

Maybe Guardiola wanted to have him on the pitch as of the Newcastle game ahead in the league. It is an away game and could be a really tough game. Newcastle are worse than the previous season though but they can still be dangerous.

It was more of a boring game for the eyes to see, I didn't believe a team like Manchester City having Pep Guardiola would dominate and play some entertaining shiit for the fans.

Not just Erling and Kevin. The absence of Jeremy Doku also is important. When Kdb was away, Doku would ignite the tempo of the game but we saw the drunk Jack Grealish making my eyes itch as I watch them play the slowest game since Pep Guardiola took over.

Eddie Howe also having a poor season with Newcastle United. He's protected by the media because he's managing a small club and he's a British manager. I'd love them to put same energy they put into sacking Erik Ten Hag and do same with Eddie Howe.

I can agree about Jack Grealish as well. I mean he is a left winger but I can't see good enough contribution from him like goals and assists. He should be able to do better than this if he is really a skilled player. But he is showing himself like an average player to people honestly. It is like he is able to perform better than this when he plays for average teams like Aston Villa.

Manchester City spent a lot of money for this transfer as well you know. I wonder how contented Guardiola is with his performance. By the way Doku can really be a big player and consolidate his place at Manchester City in time. He is really talented.

Marseille can't be competitive for top 3 in the league so far unlike the previous season. They weren't able to stay in the title competition previously maybe but they at least earned the last Champions League ticket by finishing as third. This season the Ligue 1 has gained an extra spot for the Champions League group stage so being even fourth is enough to have a chance for the Champions League by qualifiers.

But Marseille's performance at the beginning of this season wasn't good at all. They newly started to maintain a solid form but we will see in the long run. The competition for the Champions League is likely to be really fierce this season.

Quote from: Leviathan.007 on December 30, 2023, 09:43:09 PM

Since Vitor Roque signed his contract with Barcelona were waiting to see this Brazilian player to play for Barcelona.
Vitor Roque is very young and he has enough time to learn in Barcelona, Vitor Roque can take the place of Robert Lewandoski in Barcelona and shine in this team but first, he needs to sync his playing style and learn more from the older players of the teams.
That's why Barcelona won't put this player under pressure and they are going to give Vitor Roque more time they want to let Vitor Roque learn from Lewandoski while letting him play in some games.

Juventus got a close win by 1-0 and I was expecting this kind of a win from them as well. Roma couldn't do much in the first half. Although it was one-sided it still ended 0-0. But in the second half Juventus found the winning goal very early. Roma couldn't answer that goal in the whole half. It is really tough to break Juventus defense in such situations.

Roma had more goal attempts in the second half but they weren't good enough. Juventus fans must be extra happy now before the New Year as they have got closer to Inter in the standings.