EPT19-1 goal difference at home after facing Italy, Israel and Moldova. Haaland with another hattrick (despite missing two penalties) - meaning he has 12 goals in 6 qualification games so far, and 51 goals in 46 matches for Norway, and Antonio Nusa continues to look absolutely amazing for us. Didn't even have Ødegaard as he was out with injury, but the top 4 with Haaland, Nusa, Sørloth and Bobb is genuinely one of the best in Europe. Defensively our players aren't great individually, but they're decent enough, and nicely gelled as a team. Now to beat Estonia (at home) in a month and then we're going to the WC for the first time in 1998. If we get there without any big injury blows (Haaland, Ødegaard and Berge are irreplacable for us), we're a legit dark horse.
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19-1 goal difference at home after facing Italy, Israel and Moldova. Haaland with another hattrick (despite missing two penalties) - meaning he has 12 goals in 6 qualification games so far, and 51 goals in 46 matches for Norway, and Antonio Nusa continues to look absolutely amazing for us. Didn't even have Ødegaard as he was out with injury, but the top 4 with Haaland, Nusa, Sørloth and Bobb is genuinely one of the best in Europe. Defensively our players aren't great individually, but they're decent enough, and nicely gelled as a team. Now to beat Estonia (at home) in a month and then we're going to the WC for the first time in 1998. If we get there without any big injury blows (Haaland, Ødegaard and Berge are irreplacable for us), we're a legit dark horse. | ||
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On October 14 2025 23:45 sharkie wrote: Japan should not be beating Brazil.... Brazil has really become such an average side If you take into account what is going on with the European WC qualifications, I think it's fair to say the field is much narrower than it has ever been. Small city states defeating big countries while Swedens 300 million offense doing jackshit. You can't take anything for granted anymore | ||
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I know a lot of individuality and creativity has been killed in Europe by academies in favour of team, discipline and following instructions - but I always thought Brazil still has this free-flowing spirit with athleticism... | ||
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On October 16 2025 00:02 evilfatsh1t wrote: the last brazilian player to live up to that image was neymar. hes 33 now. its been a long time coming for brazil Vini? He has too much of that free-flowing spirit and too little discipline just like Neymar xD | ||
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I am talking about the "other" Brazilians: Lucio, Gilberto Silva, Ze Roberto, Maicon, Adriano... None of them have been world class their whole career but at their peak they definitely were. Brazil isn't producing those sort of players anymore | ||
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and aside from the performance level vini doesnt really strike me as a brazilian player in that classic sense. he seems to be a far more typical modern product of the game. maybe cunha gives me that old vibe a bit | ||
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On October 16 2025 16:34 sharkie wrote: You two are talking about the elite Brazilians... I am talking about the "other" Brazilians: Lucio, Gilberto Silva, Ze Roberto, Maicon, Adriano... None of them have been world class their whole career but at their peak they definitely were. Brazil isn't producing those sort of players anymore Well yes, they have the same troubles every other national team has. Some word class players and some mediocre players. Though overall their team is still 4th or 5th highest market value (depending on the sources) # Land Konföderation Marktwert 1 Frankreich Frankreich UEFA 1,14 Mrd. € 2 England England UEFA 1,02 Mrd. € 3 Portugal Portugal UEFA 979,00 Mio. € 4 Brasilien Brasilien CONMEBOL 914,50 Mio. € 5 Spanien Spanien UEFA 886,00 Mio. € 6 Deutschland Deutschland UEFA 791,00 Mio. € https://www.transfermarkt.de/vereins-statistik/wertvollstenationalmannschaften/marktwertetop | ||
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On October 16 2025 16:56 evilfatsh1t wrote: by your logic vinicius jr is exactly that sort of player brazil is still producing. had a good peak but isnt consistently "world class". and aside from the performance level vini doesnt really strike me as a brazilian player in that classic sense. he seems to be a far more typical modern product of the game. maybe cunha gives me that old vibe a bit I actually agree. I think before his stupid "I am upset I did not win Ballon d'Or" Vini was definitely world class but since then his form has dropped so much. He isn't even a sure starter at Real anymore. So yeah he isn't world class anymore | ||
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On October 16 2025 17:32 sharkie wrote: I actually agree. I think before his stupid "I am upset I did not win Ballon d'Or" Vini was definitely world class but since then his form has dropped so much. He isn't even a sure starter at Real anymore. So yeah he isn't world class anymore There was also quite a shift in the Real team meta with the addition of Mbappe. But like I said if Vini had more of a work ethic like CR7 and less of a temper he could have been great for years. Like on a just below Messi/ CR7 level. Just like Neymar... | ||
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On October 16 2025 16:34 sharkie wrote: You two are talking about the elite Brazilians... I am talking about the "other" Brazilians: Lucio, Gilberto Silva, Ze Roberto, Maicon, Adriano... None of them have been world class their whole career but at their peak they definitely were. Brazil isn't producing those sort of players anymore Brazil are having the same problem most nations have, there’s just gaps in certain positions. It’s better to have 11 8/10 players than a few 10/10s and some 6s. It’s really only England and France that don’t have that issue, and even they have minor headaches. According to Tim Vickery, part of the problem is that Brazilian domestic football operates in such a manner that it’s not conducive to producing elite midfielders, or specifically ball-players. Teams have destroyers and most of the magic is left to wide forward/10 types. This was less of a big deal when they also produced great full backs and centre forwards, but that pipeline is a bit more dry too. I mean the 2002 World Cup-winning side didn’t have an incredible midfield, but they had Cafu and Carlos as probably the two best attacking full backs in the world, they had Ronaldinho, they had Rivaldo, they had Ronaldo. Nowadays they possibly have a better midfield actually, but it’s not one that holds up versus a Spain, or a few other top sides. The problem becomes a problem when areas of historic strength no longer are. There’s probably some obvious person I’m forgetting, but I was racking my brain for a bit. I don’t think Brazil have produced a genuinely world class centre forward since Adriano. A player whose peak at Parma and initially with Inter I followed weekly as a teenager. I’m 36 next week! And it’s unrealistic to have full backs of the level of Cafu and Roberto Carlos every generation, but it doesn’t feel even close right now | ||
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On October 19 2025 01:09 DropBear wrote: I wonder which has less job security, being a manager for a club Pozzo owns or a club Marinakis owns Marinakis isn't actually that bad. Unless you absolutely suck of course. Ange was Forest's third manager in 5 years, but he was also our worst manager of all time by results so he gotta go really | ||
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