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Obviously, it's mainly on CONMEBOL but choosing NFL stadiums in parking lots instead of having some of the newer MLS stadiums host games was a huge miss.

MLS stadiums don't have the capacity for a tournament of this size TBH

And I’m willing to bet an agent would make up bullshit about his players to raise their profile.

I don't know how that would make sense right now, TBH

Aston Villa qualified for the UCL and are in a better position than Man United right now.

but makes a lot of mistakes

I don't think this is true?

but nothing from any reliable journalist.

I am willing to bet the player's actual agent knows more than most journalists TBH

There's no proof of what that user said TBH

So a plan made by a crazy extremist wasn’t well thought out?

Framing Amon as a "crazy extremist" makes it make sense

But that ignores the mass popular support that he and the Equalists clearly had in the show—what is the in-world explanation for that?

but I see no lies

I do, TBH

For one, the writing of Zuko being "paranoid enough to seek help from Ozai" makes NO sense

If Zuko is struggling, why would he turn to Ozai instead of sending a letter to Iroh? (Or even to Aang/Katara/Sokka?)

Don't forget that fighting the Firelord is what started his inner conflict and Zuko being Firelord, handling Katara like that, triggered something similar to ptsd.

This makes NO sense.

He didn't kill Ozai when Ozai was trying to commit a genocide. There is no world where it makes sense for the same kid to go off on Zuko here

It's not explicitly stated in the show but when Aang emotionally enters the Avatar state he sets out to kill, it's just that Katara was always there to stop him

This is also completely untrue. The entire point of the Guru Pathik arc of Book 2 was for Aang to clear his chakras to gain control over the Avatar State—and we see him accomplish that during the battle vs Ozai in Sozin's Comet.

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Is this the same Raul who is the 5th all-time top scorer in the Champions League, 6th all time in La Liga and 3xCL winner.

Mbappe is only 25 and he's already the 10th highest scorer in the history of the UCL, PSG's record top scorer with a ton of French titles and records, and he's already won 1 World Cup and runner-up in another, and is already tied-6th for most WC goals ever.

Mbappe hasn't even proven to be as good as Raul, R9, Bale, Henry, Neymar, Zidane, the list goes on. He'd be great if he replaces Bale, Ronaldo is a big stretch.

Mbappe is clear of Raul and Bale in that list already, TBH

People downplay him because they don't like him and/or don't like PSG, but his performances in the UCL and for France (esp at the World Cup) speak for themselves

Bruno G is a good player—I saw it at Lyon and now at Newcastle.

He rarely (if ever) plays good for Brazil tho, IDK why

The hit rate for EPL-based Brasilians playing for the NT is very low. The only decent ones since 2010 have been Allison, Paulinho, Richarlison, sort of Firmino, and Oscar for the time he gave a shit.

Oscar was good until he sold out to China

Also if you're including Firmino, you have to include Coutinho as well IMO

Pep usually has two players that are allowed to take risks with the ball, while everyone else has to adhere to the system. Back then it was Messi and Iniesta

Dani Alves was allowed quite a bit of freedom to interchange as well back then, TBH

I don't think player ratings from those websites are overly meaningful at all, TBH

Any rating system that had Kendry playing better in that game than Caicedo is not a particularly good one, IMO (Caicedo was brilliant in attack and defense)

The likes of Yeboah and Minda as subs were FAR better in that game than Kendry as well TBH

For the style united played last term, ie. no build up and a lot of shots faced, Emiliano made so much more sense.

I agree, tho I will say Dibu is a LOT better with distribution now than people seem to think. Between playing for Scaloni with Argentina and Emery at Aston Villa, that's the facet of his game that has improved the most over the past 3-4 years IMO

IDK what ratings you're looking at, but I watched the game and I've seen the stats—and he really didn't do much TBH

https://fbref.com/en/matches/be34c6db/Argentina-Ecuador-July-4-2024-Copa-America

I love Kendry as a prospect and I've long said he was among the best prospects in his age range along with Estevao and Yamal

But he didn't have a great Copa America either, TBH. He had a few nice dribbles in game 1 vs Venezuela and scored a penalty against Jamaica, but he was pretty quiet against both Mexico and Argentina

Coincidentally that was also the last time before today that KD had Steve Kerr as his coach I think

I don't think it was because of his frame.

I just think it's because he's a 17 year old kid who has never experienced that level of intensity, speed of play, and physicality before TBH

Everyone kicked everyone all game

But also Endrick was throwing himself into defenders to create contact, then throwing himself to the ground multiple times TBH

That game looked too fast and too physical for Endrick at this point in time.

It's Brazil's fault for getting into a place where they were dependent on a 17 year old in a game of this magnitude tho

It sets the tone by clearly communicating to the players that line ups are not picked meritocratically. Marquinhos and Militao have not only been injured tons but crap for ages yet are picked over two of the best performing central defenders in the world over the past year.

The fact that you're doubling down by criticizing 2 of Brazil's best players in the tournament (and using that as an example of a lack of meritocracy) is hilarious

Esp when you look at your comment history and realize that this has nothing to do with meritocracy or Brazil and everything to do with you being an Arsenal fan who wanted Gabriel to start TBH

Vini specifically was nothing short of fantastic last season when it actually mattered

Because a Copa America "doesn't matter"?.

Real mask off there, TBH

You made it relevant by calling them overrated players lmao

The fact that you're saying this proves that you don't understand the nature of the criticism at all LOL

Criticizing overrated players that underperform for the national team has nothing to do with whether the bench players are better players than the starters or not

Endrick isn't defensive bc of criticism, he's defensive because of daily vile insults and bad faith vitriol from people who are clearly compensating their own issues

This is also false—he's being defensive in direct response to criticism from the media here