Lot of people saying Martinez could be a weakness for Portugal. Nonsense really.
Portugals biggest problem will be if Ronaldo throws the toys out of the pram. Donāt matter who the manager is if that happens.
Yeah they are different type of players obviously and itās all opinions. However on every objective way of deciding these things Bellingham has achieved more in his career so far and especially in the season just gone. And itās not just that heās with a better team. He was literally their top scorer when heās not a striker, la liga player of the year and named in the CL team of the year. All picked by non Anglophiles who read the daily mirror like me.
In what games has musiala done it?
Bellingham scored two el Classico winners
Ronaldoās the manger
There are a select few teams that bring the real interest.
Argentina. England. Italy. Germany. After that, probably Holland. These are the core teams of great major international football tournaments.
Love them or hate them, you need them.
Thatās why 1990, despite being a dog awful World Cup, remains utterly iconic. Because you had two blockbuster showdown semi-finals of immense situational and historical importance which were both heart attack level tense.
I can take or leave Brazil, France, Spain, Portugal etc. Brazil have become a travelling clown show. The others are nouveau riche.
Bellingham was phenomenal early in the season but his performances in the big Champions League knockout games were very underwhelming. He did not control any of those games at all.
England still donāt have a controlling midfielder of the Modric/Kroos/Xavi/Iniesta/Pirlo type. Theyāre all āactionā men who rely on high tempo. Unless this Wharton chap is what they need, Iāve never seen him play.
International football at the top end is about control, especially control in midfield. England rely on blowing teams away early with high tempo. The longer a game goes on, the tempo drops, the more they lose control and the more they retreat and resort to their innate meat and potatoes Englishness.
Germany have pace, control, a manager who has worked at the top end of club football and a home crowd. They will be very, very, very hard bet. Theyād beat England 4-1 if they get them.
I hope the horrible Swiss beat these Hungarian blackshirt cunts up a stick.
RTE have the BOX OFFICE ramblings of former Millwall stalwart Kenny Cunningham in tandem with John Kenny in the broom cupboard.
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Thatās a big plus for Switzerland
Another kit designer whoāve made a balls of the shorts, wtf is going on?!
Just Duah
A lovely little through ball.
Possible broken arm here maybe?
Keeper is dreadful there fwiw
Thats puma and adidas making a bollix of the 4 kits so far
John Kenny is a bit simple.
Jerseys aināt awful, Adidas are nice, but the attempt to continue design through to shorts rarely works well
Youāre being generous
Yeah jersey is fine, that run into the shorts is ridiculous
The swiss kit with a big purple arse is awful
The Swiss look like theyāre wearing a towel around their waist.
Kenny Cunningham is talking about Kerrygold butter.