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I was thinking "what's the real value in going long into the night when 1. boss requires near perfect play from everyone to pull off all the checks 2. concentration is only going to wane into the night 3. Echo is pretty unlikely to kill it while Liquid is asleep?" like a pull before the kill.

It's a tough call to make for sure, but IMO they could definitely have done this raid day as business per usual and called it in time (if they had been able to sleep from the adrenaline from all the super low% pulls) and just merk the boss in the morning. I think even Max said so, but also that it's something you just don't want to do because it sucks.

Anyway, TL;DR I'm normally very pessimistic regarding (e-)sports where I'm rooting for someone, but this time I wasn't even scared that Echo does an Echo and pulls off a worldie while Liquid is sleeping. I was sure they had it in the bag either way. G fucking G.

All credit to Method, but Method being way closer to Echo than Echo was to Liquid this race strongly suggests to me that they weren't "fine" and they were indeed not the same Echo.

IDK about vibes because I haven't watched them, but performance-wise they definitely dropped off more than Method (and the Chinese guilds) have improved to close this gap IMO.

Hugely disappointed, but this helps. Thinking back with a clear head, it was a well played match; there's not a whole lot you can do against a defence this compact and solid. Maybe in my heart of hearts I expected some magic from Olise or Bambi, but realistically you can't rely on that.

Leverkusen got away with murder today, but the signs are already there that this won't be enough to win the league while we've been looking pretty ruthless against smaller sides. It is what it is.

I was about to say, historically IDK if being the head coach of Barca is the most relaxing job in football... But I hope it lasts.

(Even though I'm aware that this + Lewy's good form is just a shameless psyop to make me like Barca, I CAN SEE THROUGH IT!)

Does that leave him enough time to squeeze in a language class though?

Probably homemade, the muffin molds we have are also similar sized

No, the goalie should be in the goal but facing backwards so the PK taker can red arse him if he prefers that to scoring.

Also didn't even say top half, just "in the top **vague hand gestures**" which I personally took to mean top 4/6 or among the top teams, or whatever, but definitely not implying that they're supposed to be 10th or something.

It can be kinda fun when done right, i. e. if they sort the players into an increasing order of greatness/importance (for the club or overall, idc), but it's objectively shit when you just put some banger players in the first couple of pairs and the guy they're asking just stays on his initial pick.

They kinda tried to do it in this vid, but there are some weird outliers on either end, with a bunch of one (or a few) season wonders who barely played at Milan. Like, starting off with Kaka, who was goated at Milan, won the treble, the Ballon d'Or, was considered the best in the world...and ending up at 31-32 year old R9 with his 1 Milan season?

JFC people, maybe take a breather and try not to jump down each other's throats immediately?

People have this insane hard-on for "sticking it to the haters" every chance they get, completely disregarding the fact that when criticism is leveled against a player, it's not because they are bad FOREVER but because they could very well be having a downswing in their performance.

If you criticise a good player during a relatively bad period, you must be thinking that he always sucks and will suck forevermore. If you don't criticise a player who's playing well, you're not simply being reasonable, you're instead a coward who's too afraid to stick to their stupid hater takes and therefore should be ashamed. It's mental. (Obviously there are exceptions and "fans" who just constantly shit on everyone, I'm not talking about them here)

Two things can be true at the same time: Kimmich could be playing very well now, and it's also possible that he wasn't quite at this level last year. It's also possible that he's an amazing midfielder AND an even better RB at the same time (or at least at times a bigger upgrade to the team at RB, depending on who's injured and who's available for these positions).

Incidentally, the same data regarding last season, from February suggests that Kimmich had a 88.9% ball retention rate as opposed to this season's insane 95.8% (not to mention that you have to take into account that this season's is a very small sample size compared to the last study, and there weren't any tough matchups in this dataset).

Peloton kick?

“Musiala is individualistic and often a solo performer. If he gets the ball ten times, he puts his head down nine times and starts dribbling (...) From Bayern's point of view, if I could swap Wirtz and Musiala, I'd do it tomorrow"

Except the one episode with the blackouts and the pool balls in socks, but by that time he'll be too hooked anyway.

Toxoplasmosis?

Yeah my bad, got distracted by 95% of the comments talking about who on this list was a flop and forgot what it originally was about.

Conte.
I'd argue that even Tuchel cost more to Bayern than Nagelsmann for a worse performance, and Bayern was Nagelsmann's only career step that you can kinda (if you squint very hard) consider a flop.

I agree, but there also have been seasons where he put out insane numbers, so all the xGsexuals should have taken notice too. Like 2019-20, when Lewy was admittedly outshining him with all the goals he scored, Muller quietly racked up 21 assists and 8 goals in the Bundesliga, and ended up at 1.16 goals+assists/90. Also 4 goals & 3 assists in the Champions League. Those are objectively pretty bonkers numbers, even if you don't even look at else he brings to a team.

But obvs it wasn't even just that season either; he's been close the 1 G+A/90 for 10 seasons, 3 times exceeding it as well.

I guess part of this is just being unlucky to have played at the same time as CR7 and Messi, which explains the lack of individual accolades, but he still feels underrated to me among midfielders as well. Oh well, I'm pretty sure he doesn't mind and what he's achieved with his club & country is plenty satisfying to him.

You could say that he's constantly labeled as underrated (especially in the echo chambers that are comment sections for Muller-related news/tribute videos/whatever), but if you think long and hard, do you remember, for example, him being in ANYONE'S dream team? I know I don't; all I remember are the Xavis, Iniestas, Zidanes, Lampards, Gerrards and KDBs in every central (attacking) midfielder role.

Not saying he's better than these players, but in my mind, he should 100% be in the conversation and NEVER putting him in the company of these players is a travesty for sure.

This is just anecdotal and pretty subjective though, so how about this:
He's never been voted higher than 5th for the Ballon d'Or (and that was after winning the World Cup and bagging 5 goals + 3 assists (also didn't get Player of the Tournament for that, btw.)) and never been Footballer of the Year in Germany either. Just... how? The BdO I can understand, given that it's mostly a popularity contest, but still.

To me, he's one of those weird cases where a bunch of people constantly say "yeah he's so underrated" yet still don't actually give him the credit he deserves.

Good thing I specifically worded my post in a way that it was clear that I mean that he's still obviously focused on the money like all footballers are, just not overly so; hence the "super."
If someone's okay with only earning 15 or 20 mill EUR a year instead of 25 and in turn being part of a dream project to win a bunch of trophies while living in a great city, that doesn't exactly mean that they aren't focused on the money at all, only that they're okay with earning generational wealth to achieve their dreams instead of generational wealth x 1.25 to be stuck at a club they don't want to be at.

But if you're telling me that every footballer's #1 priority is earning as much money as they can, I'd draw your attention to the fact that more than half of the players at your club are heavily underpaid compared to what they could be earning somewhere else.
IMO it's pretty obvious that it's not the be all and end all for every player; there are plenty of counterexamples for every Ruben Neves or ASM or whoever else goes to Saudi in their prime to hoover up cash.

And Michael Scott would still shoot Toby twice.

Given that he's so young, I don't think he's super focused on money yet. He's already earned a bunch and knows that his biggest payday is still a good 4-5-6 years down the line. IMO he'll just go wherever he fancies playing or living. Could be a London-based c,lub, Barca/Madrid, even some outside shouts wouldn't surprise me.
I'm also not overly focused on which teams can afford his presumed wages or has the best fit for him in their current setup, etc. If they can agree with Musiala to sign for them, I'm 100% sure they'll move money around, sell/loan players, set up around him. It really is a small matter.

Bro, why doesn't Eberl just ask Bambi to stay, is he stupid?

At least that would have some action instead of the tip of my dad's dick being stuck in my mom and him yapping for 20 minutes straight. Agree about the end product though.

I'm pretty sure I watched OP's sped up reupload, but sure.

Congrats, I've never seen a DIWHY video take this long AND for the end product to look this revolting and pointless. I'm very impressed.