Attygalle

Attygalle t1_jeau9d1 wrote

In this thread “MuH aMErICa”

I like America-bashing as no other when it comes to football but it’s a ridiculous statement in this context. The US government isn’t active in sportswashing.

[edit] and now in this thread: several Americans trying to convince me the US does do sportswashing because army and navy have sport teams. Dear Americans, of course I was talking within the context of the premier league. This thread is about that. I shouldn’t have to explain that but here we are.

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Attygalle t1_ixgjd7k wrote

It’s of course a bit more nuanced than what the comment you reacted on said - but it’s also more nuanced than what you say. CR7 missed a lot of pre season because of family issues - understandable but not convenient when you have a new manager that wants to implement a new playing style. This wouldn’t have been any issue with Ronaldo from say 2010 to 2018 but current Ronaldo isn’t able to catch up as easily anymore. From that perspective he’s not absolute top tier anymore.

I would really be curious to see an alternate universe where CR7 showed up for first training under Ten Hag fully fit and mentally charged to go.

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