Is Football ACTUALLY Worse Now?

[@blackming3420]

If we go even further back in time we might see Endrick in the stands

[@rajvanshsinghchauhan3677]

Nah tbh he saying Bobby is the goat is kinda valid cuz imagine what monster of a player it takes to make bloody England win wc lmao

[@gregariousity]

To anyone that thinks football's gotten worse, watch a full game between 2 mid table teams from the early 2000's, it was shit.

[@BIGTHANKSHEESH]

It's more fun, but you are not wrong. It is also shite

[@konvict3184]

It's gotten worse with the ability of players. Players who are today considered the best are not wow. They won't leave you amazed. Sure Haaland is a beast of a finisher, Mbappe is..fast.. that's it. Vini is fast, has decent dribbling...that's it. No player in this current Era wows you. They not going to score scorchers from 30 yards 4 or 5 times a season, they not going to dribble past 3 or 4 players breaking ankles. If anything they'll dribble past 1, feel a finger and collapse in agony. It's still good to watch. The wow factor is gone for me. Maybe it's my age 😂😂

[@gregariousity]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6O1qIuOfKuCaKsfeature=shared Here's an example, the football doesn't look out of place in a Sunday league match.

[@BIGTHANKSHEESH]

@@konvict3184 it's more do the game has become more actually team based than more individual

[@nathanregan8620]

@@BIGTHANKSHEESHYeah true, there’s a lot more of a system in place now. Look at teams like Man City, a few years ago Aguero would’ve been the standout player or Suarez at Liverpool doing amazing things. I noticed once Coutinho left Liverpool that Liverpool played a more tactical way of trying to break down teams as opposed to trying to dribble through them. Everyone looks equal nowadays there’s no real standout player. Gone are the days of Ronaldinho and the traditional number 10

[@tikugu2702]

This conversation is heavily influenced by nostalgia. We select the best moments and ignore the rest.Most of you wouldnt sit through an average league game from 1998 but will bring up the ballon dor nominations. Football hasnt gotten any worse.

[@Toast2005]

It's literally ridiculous that people think that football has gotten worse. It is essentially impossible for a the average player to get worst at a sport. I'm a big baseball fan, I watch a lot of baseball and I also play it. When I watch baseball from as early as 10 years ago I can see how the mechanics and ability was just that little lower than it is today. Not a major difference or anything but a difference that's just about noticeable

[@stefanokic406]

That is true ppl who say that havent seen a game from the 90-s or 00-s any time soon. I have and its a slog. Of course there are great players in every generation and they stand out, but great players back then stand out wayyyyyyy more just because everybody else cant keep up. Defenses are sloppy there is a ton of space everywhere so it is natural that there would be more dribbling in the midfield. Try to dribble a player now in the midfield if tou get past him you are clattered immediately by help and now you have to defend a counter attack

[@ryankatsande260]

I heavily agree with you. Most of it is nostalgia of players who became legends and have already finished their careers so we have seen them at their very best whereas now we are watching players get into their prime and may not even be at their peak right now so it is just an unfair comparison especially since we don't know how good the current players will be and what kind of legacy they will leave behind.

[@Toast2005]

@stefanokic406 Perfect example I'm watching Milan vs Liverpool right now. And there was a passage of play where both teams were just counter-attacking back and forth and as soon as one player picks up the ball he is suffocated by 3 defenders. No player is dribbling his way out of that without the defense making a mistake

[@IanMotivatedTooMuch]

It's because most of the majority driving this narrative never actually watched games from that period they consider the best most probably because they weren't born or were still in diapers. They sit through a couple of Zidane and Ronaldinho KZbin highlights and base the quality of a whole era off those two. Also Portsmouth were proper shit and showing two worldie goals doesn't explain the full story. If they were that good they'd still be in the Prem 😂

[@captaindelta43]

Ronaldo and Messi actually guilty of making surreal achievements and stats for awards ceremony

[@sagunsigdel5353]

Yeah when hearing Luis figos stats I was like ew cus I mean Messi and Ronaldo made 50 gao,s and 20 assist like the norm

[@eihcra_]

this is why duran's goal a couple days ago felt nostalgic for some. yammed it from 30 yards without passing

[@Bawg3341]

if duran was born in the 80s he wouldve won a ballon d'or

[@LHBH8]

@@Bawg3341he’d be a bum in the 90’s

[@NotYourAverageBrightonFan]

‘Kneeran’ cooked with this one

[@klutz2974]

We need this on a T-Shirt

[@PataMuncher]

his knees’ gone

[@NevaCared-f6j]

Saint maximin would've been a legend if he was in the early 2000s

[@thanthwechikuse5513]

Facts

[@qBodi]

For couple of dribblings? Jeez... stop fapping to such unnecessary things sometimes

[@LocalNoob_2]

lil bro thinks there were no skillers back then lol...and no he wouldnt be a legend look at him,couldnt register 10 g a and went to saudi llike a loser.... there were much better skillers than maximin back then that never got popular or are not remember now

[@footyxnotsoccer]

What will bro do against prime utd, prime ac milan, prime bayern, he would’ve gotten benched by every newcastle player in that era even though I only know Shearer from that era

[@antonyefobi4744]

​​@@LocalNoob_2he did get 10 ga in the 21 22 season

[@JKribbit]

If it wasn't for his knee injury, Niran would've beaten Alfie at HITC Sevens for videos with similar topics.

[@Jai-m5e]

ive been noticing this hoodwinkery from niran

[@kaiwistoski9858]

We only remember the great moments of these old players, in ten years we will look back at this years players in the same way

[@Mopile_420]

Maybe if you are born after the 2008. You can not tell me, that in this moment we have a player like Paolo Maldini or Roberto Carlos. Or many others from back in the day.

[@AlexFooty7]

In 5 years you probably wont even remember who rodri is

[@Combatwombat-sn7ng]

Football fans are ridiculously entitled. They demand that their club win all the time, then complain when they take the best ways to do that- like accepting insane offers for shirt sponsorship from random betting companies, or playing a brand of football that might be boring and result in fewer bangers and deny freedom for players , but is the most effective way to get results

[@chuka6625]

Nope, we have just completed a full transition to a new era. Just a few years ago, likes of Messi, CR7, Neymar, Hazard, Modric, Salah, Ramos etc.. dominated nominations. I think it’ll just take a few years for players like Jude, Saka, Yamal and Rodri to sink in as super elite players. I assume that Haaland, Mbappe, Vini, Kane, Musiala and Odegaard already have..

[@randalljr17]

Rodri has been elite for some time. He just getting the recognition now

[@chuka6625]

@@randalljr17 “to *sink in* as super elite players”

[@yehiak8711]

I think becausse 1. People were so used to messi and ronaldo dominating every year, that when normal players returned to being the best, people think that means football has decreased in quality and 2. 2024 was a shit year for football (aside from bayer leverkusen ofc)

[@Kgosiscringe]

If we go even further back in time we can see Niran bangin it in from 56 yards out for Huddersfield

[@NjabuloShivambu]

Same time in 20 years we'll be saying the same thing about Vini and KDB. It's not that it's worse. It's that it's different

[@Toast2005]

Yeah legitamely in 20 years we're going to be talking about how Kai Havertz was actually one of the best players in the prem

[@joshuafrimpong244]

Problem is, we are talking about them now we know their full careers, not then when we didn't

[@DenDave_]

Commenting based on the title alone; it completely depends on how you view football. Football has definitely become more 'machine like', more systematic. Theres less space for long distance screamers or dribbles across half the pitch because the risk-reward for that style of football is no longer accepted. But does that mean football is worse? It has fewer hype moments, less clips you'd put in a 'best of...' video, but you can also argue football has become more polished and refined.

[@friendlybane]

The so-called screamers and dribbles across the pitch didn't happen that much anyway. But if you watch a 20-minute compilation that covers 20 seasons of football, you start to think that they did. It's just nostalgia and nothing else.

[@majozikabini48]

I agree with this. There’s less mavericks as a result as well even though it’s more systematic and refined. So you get less wow moments.

[@CrisKRA]

Its all about stopping romantizising the past. We remember those players for their legacy, we can't do that for current players but it could happen that in 15 years we look back at all these players, all of them with more accolades and history, and think to ourselves how sick these Ballon dOr nominees were

[@jfty5435]

Ik football was dead when I stopped getting excited for match attacks

[@FinW.]

it’s crazy cuz i feel that the jamie vardy party season was just PEAK football, messi and ronaldo around their peak, neymar peak, oh it was just amazing

[@EelooYT]

As someone who recently started watching football I've got no clue what everyone's talking about, but I guess modern football is just what I'm used to

[@Carbide1991]

It's mostly just nostalgia merchants reminiscing over the past and forgetting about all the bad bits, football is amazing now and always has been

[@kingdj3036]

@@Carbide1991 And the Rodri Disrespect is crazy

[@Carbide1991]

@@kingdj3036 Absolutely, potentially one of the best midfielders of all time and he's only in his mid 20s, what a player

[@deveshrakheja5045]

Watch some of CR7 dribbles for Utd. That was the skill level of football. It has just nosedived. Torres at liverpool. Midfielder looked like they had eyes at the back of their head. Thats down to technology spatial awareness has also reduced in daily life

[@Carbide1991]

@@deveshrakheja5045 you say that but you tell someone to watch a Ronaldo comp...? People seem to forget about teams like Mourinho's Chelsea and Graham's Arsenal. They were known for being negative and boring to watch (the latter were literally called Boring, Boring Arsenal for that reason) and always grinded out results. Those teams existed then, and existed now. Football's always been great and will continue to be!

[@aaronhunter6268]

Tbf I think quality has decreased but I notice a lot of people always look at the career overall of these nominees than how they were at that time. When we hear names like Ballack, Ronaldinho and Eto we always think of those nominations through their legacy not how they played that year and that’s what is annoying about this discourse. When Vini, Jude, Haaland and Mbappe retire they could have careers and legacy’s similar to these legends but as of now we don’t associate them with ballon d’ors

[@d3ds3cmike31]

That fifa 15 background music is hitting my soul

[@soniciscool17]

If not for Niran's moribund, stillborn trim, he would be dislocating his knee ligaments on the way to receive the Ballon d'Or

[@raphaeldiaz9145]

Also seeing how goalkeepers have been forced to become more outfield plauers throughout time, before a keeper's role was to make saves and when they had the ball they would usually kick it long

[@michaelcroft6850]

Tbh, it's all nostalgia.

[@robinyoung3924]

It's funny how people complain both that football's more boring because the same teams always win, but say the same thing when you do get underachieving teams pushing for the league or top 4 or champions league. We all know the problems with modern football, but there's still a lot to love.

[@nabilbibo15]

0 views 15 seconds? niran is just as finished as his knee and trim

[@strahinjaristovic2984]

Vinicius winning the Ballon Dor would be a literal criminal offence

[@dadisajo9]

Thats Rodri

[@jakejulian7452]

Great coverage on this topic man! Such a big question that not many people are taking an educated perspective of

[@khaitranngoc4176]

Niran, low-key I thought of basketball when I watch this. Like it used to be such variety in playstyle, and now, it's just everyone jacking up 3s. Indeed Analytics has been damning for the vibes of the game.

[@gabbrielpa]

football is less individualistic now. everyone has to fit in a system, complete a role, etc and theyre not allowed to bring their own thing to the team, instead theyre just forced to pass it back

[@anthonymweti8564]

The criteria got ruined when it went from "who is the best individual player in the world" to "who won the most the trophies".

[@lucashfaria98]

One important aspect is that, when we look at a Ballon D'Or list from like 20 years ago, we already know how it ends. We're not seeing a player, say David Beckham or Roberto Carlos with the eyes of the people back then, we're seeing their whole stories, their complete careers. I mean, who knows if guys like Nico Williams or Odegaard, who were nominated this year will become legends as well... Maybe someday in 20 years someone will look at the 2024 list just as star-struck as Niran looks at the 2003 list.

[@parsasalehifit]

If yall remember the Nike advert where the originals play the clones, unfortunately the sport is moving towards the clones direction irl. Greater emphasis on team tactics and decision making over expression

[@ShoreFell]

If you need any proof of how underrated football is, Haaland has scored more goals than entire teams in the Prem. Football is crazy right now and is definitely a better game, despite how nostalgic we can be about the early 2000s and 90s. I’m certainly not complaining.

[@dylanparker130]

Closest thing you get to swagger now is a Panenka, and all it is is knocking the ball down the middle. Mourinho & Benitez brought Bus culture, Pep & Klopp brought Data Science.

[@firegodmiguel]

I hate to be this guy but I can't agree with this entirely. First of all, it's easy to look back on old Ballondor voting after the player's careers are finished and their legacies and accomplishments are defined. The David Beckham who finished 28th is not the prime David Beckham that our brains automatically think about, the same can be said about a lot of the examples of big names who didn't make the top 10 in a certain year. Secondly, I can't say that a CDM getting recognition for his quality and not defining the best player in the world by who scored the most goals or who has the most exciting skills compilation or the most popular player on a team that happened to win a big competition. I guess it's less exciting but it's a truer reflection of what these awards should be

[@sunnycombo5275]

Exactly, in 10-15 years we are probably going to look back and see Yamal or Saka finishing like 10th and be like damn thats crazy also the point in Rodri is so good because what doesnt make him worthy compared to past players. His club and country rarely loses when he plays and he is has been instrumental in winning the prem and euros.

[@qBodi]

​@@sunnycombo5275nico Williams yamal olmo and ruiz were instrumental for spain, haaland and kdb for city, shut up with your dude

[@Hellothere-ok4pk]

@@qBodihaaland spent 2 months injured and de Bruyne spent around 5 months out, Rodri was by far city’s best players last year dropping 9/10 performances every match at a minimum, putting up incredible attacking numbers for a dm.

[@qBodi]

@@Hellothere-ok4pk go give a kiss to him and shut it, the only reason he's overhyped is bcs real is 2 strong contenters for ballon d'or

[@Shorkie]

People underate Kane in this, if we ignore trophies he probably has had the best individual season with the records broken in the bundesliga and he even scored that late england goal and half way line goal, let alone top scorer in the top 5 leagues, ucl and euros, but it is an award that is 50% team success, 50% individual moment

[@RandomPerson-uq8oe]

1. Messi and ronaldo made newer guys look worse than they are. As if they're a massive decline in quality when really they're not. Halaand broke the premier league goal record in his firrst season and won a treble but didn't win the balon dor. You mentioned salah not even being nominated this year as well. Even all the great players in saudi RN don't get enough attention cause of where they play. 2. This is a transition period. Jude, foden, vini, writz, musiala, erling, etc etc will be the next suarez, iniesta, kroos, ramos ozil etc in a few years and you'll wonder why you ever made this video. That's my take on it

[@rohithraman6488]

As lucky as we have been to have watched Ronaldo and Messi over the years I can't help but feel like they've made us underappreciate other players cause year after year they reached insane levels of performance. They made 50 goal seasons look normal, and now as the post Messi/Ronaldo dominance era has begun, we see attackers who score 20-25 goals a season and they are considered "mid".

[@kaiserammar2901]

As a person who watched football in the middle of the golden age, I feel that this itself marks a new evolution and standard. Maybe for nostalgia terms its far beyond perfect, thought give it some time we'll see the standard of the new era come creeping up to its great.

[@ollie_cooki332]

Disrespect on Foden is CRAZY literally diddnt mention him once, he is the most exiting winger in the league and won prem pots

[@shaneh1872]

"Winger" you mean attacking midfielder

[@qBodi]

He's a midfielder you clueless, no idea what's his rolle even and simp him

[@ollie_cooki332]

@@qBodi get a job

[@qBodi]

@@ollie_cooki332 get your head out of that dude's butt, worthless thing that still breathe

[@otdavid_]

Back then it only used to be 2 players contending for it, but now It's multiple. What I'm trying to say is that everyone has a chance of winning it, unlike the Messi and Ronaldo era. But the Ballon D'or has lost all its credibility after the 2010 robbery. But any who, the competitive has increased dramatically compared to those times. So I'd say it's a good thing.

[@gokutricolor1914]

We are now in an transition period, and the void left by the end of the Messi and CR7 era feels worse because a lot of the players that we imagine would take the spot after them, had an early decline, like Bale, Hazard and specially Neymar, so it's like we went from Messi and Ronaldo to a bunch of young players who still arefar from their prime

[@dorotan461]

Football as a collective has not gotten worse in terms of play. The best teams today will beat the teams from back then on tactics and teamwork. But the individuality and flair , and one man shows of the past like messi and ronaldo will never happen again.

[@DjDolHaus86]

No, the level of skill is just so much higher across the board that it means you get less unique, standout players. You stand out more these days if you're not capable of doing the skill moves that only the top players were capable of in the late 90's and early 2000's. Watch someone like Salah and you'll see him do more highlight reel touches and turns in an average game than someone like Zidane might have done in an entire season but because it's so normal for the level of the modern game, it just goes under the radar. Yeah sure, this could be seen as a bad thing but that's just the evolution of the sport, those who watched players like Cruyff as children learned and improved on his skills and this multiplied the number of clever turns being done by the time they got their time in the spotlight and then the next generation learned and developed the new skills from that generation and so on and so forth until we get to the modern generation who grew up watching Messi and Ronaldo and will ultimately surpass them in terms of practical skill and creativity.

[@kakaisclass]

Roy Keane couldnt play higher than the Championship in this day and age

[@berbafan67]

More tactics, less flair and opportunities of players to express themselves. Everybody does the same thing, same pass, same decision. Football is more predictable as a whole, which makes it less exciting in a sense. But as a counterpoint, players are much better on average than ever before.

[@oliverleigh9854]

Since FIFA came onboard the Ballon D'ors became a money generating machine. The reason why Messi and CR7 won so many awards, their marketability to generate 3rd party money. Ever since its been a popularity contest rather a footballing one. The award is about a player's performance ( MVP's, goal contribution, defensive contribution) to his/her team's success ( winning trophies) that season or year.

[@kumarbhargabkalita6798]

Still won't change the fact that Haaland was robbed of his Ballon D'or last season

[@mbofftheradar]

To anyone who thinks there are no more "number tens" look at Colombia 🇨🇴

[@Rowan_0161]

Tbf Rodri should be a fantastic nomination got 21 Goal contributions as a Dm (considering zidan got 26 as a number 10 Rodri has done fantastic) won the league for a record 4th in a row whilst becoming the longest unbeaten player in history, Euroes winner and pott, i think he has done more than enough to sit amongst the balondor winners of the past

[@just_a_character]

It sure is. It’s become to corporatized and toned down in terms of controlling the on pitch product. I started watching religiously, here in the US, in 2007 and can tell the difference between then and now.

[@PeaceMataya]

Endrick:'I preferred the Victorian era'

[@bilbo7359]

footballers lacking in ability, flair and the ability to shoot straight combined with negative tactics (thank mourinho) has lead to the downfall of the beautiful game

[@leolevy2558]

I miss old football. Teams play so boring now and individual brilliance is not relied on anymore

[@ritvikmahajan2285]

If VVD was one of the fav's for the D'or, we would've gotten a different kind of video but i guess agenda must agend

[@KHID-JR]

FOOTBALL FANS FOREVER.🌟.

[@michaelmusa6020]

I think football also suffered from players born in the 90’s like Hazard, Neymar and Pogba who should have been winning Ballondor’s right now not living up to their true potential

[@dinbachok6424]

If you want freedom in football, you need to have coaches that uses freedom as their tactic.

[@blinard1]

Back in my day.....men didnt have wonky wall lights!

[@jpwaitforit5801]

Niran dont trash talk my man Vitinha. Hes being a great player since his debut in Porto

[@benwilliams3379]

I agree with a lot of people in this comment section saying that we're in a new era and that football is objectively better than it was 20 years ago as far as a team sport is concerned. I think what's mainly changed is that teams nowadays strictly follow proven formulas that lead to success and, as a result, we now have football that is a lot more polished and fluid. However, such systems don't allow for any sort of that individuality that made the 2000's so special and that's what I kinda miss about football - the fact that we are quite unlikely to see another legendary link-up like Demba Ba and Papisse Cisse at Newcastle or a one-season wonder like Michu for a while I think is a shame but we have shifted away from individual random moments of glory to teams being well-polished and that's what's changed.

[@smoothtoast5426]

i like how he just skips the name of players he doesn't know

[@nyendwakabayi3323]

Football as a whole is better due to technology, better coaching, diets, fitness and equipment players use but because its so strategic the individual brilliance or improvisation is less or nearly dead which leads to less exciting and iconic moments

[@spirit8296]

nah fam i saw the thumbnail and was thinking “poor rodri” 😂😂😂

[@LC_98]

One thing I hate about this era is how dependant teams are on pace/ physicality. Even 6-7 years ago, you had Ozil, James, Vidic, Baines, Busquets, Giroud, Zlatan and before that you had Totti, Giggs (latter years), Scholes, Pirlo, Xavi, Klose, Schweinsteiger, Raul. They wouldn’t fit into today’s game because they weren’t rapid.

[@stefanokic406]

Brother Kane plays today. Odeagard plays today, bernardo silva there is a ton of slow ass players that still play

[@stefanokic406]

And also did you put Vidic Baines Giroud Scheeinsteiger and Ibra as not physical players

[@froopnoops4505]

I was lucky enough to get a little taste of retro ball AND see the new guys since I was born in the mid 2000s

[@monkeydluffy736]

Football will always change. Focusing on the good only is an unfair way of comparing cause there was a lot of times were it was shit Aswell

[@copious983]

the fact that Salah is not on there makes the Ballon Poor an absolute joke

[@khanyodlokweni2661]

2015 is when football peaked...

[@linsithebe7080]

16:30 That's if City doesn't get charged. if they're guilt this era is a bit tainted isnt it?

[@makamanb]

3:47 blud just listed Bellingham's season but worse (exc. WC)😭

[@mumpoophispantsyt5131]

the reason people say this is because of ronaldo and messi their stats just make people think 20 goals is average now

[@btg5336]

In my opinion 2006-2012 was the best football era so many great games and classic players emerging

[@AliMarley]

Rodri is wonderful. He’s not flashy, but he gets the job done and how. He’s a Busquets. It’s not all about goals

[@JaedensGamingBananaTree]

He's no where near busquets but ok

[@Taymakesfirebeats]

Love your videos

[@sunnycombo5275]

I'm sorry but can't look back at 1999 or 2000 and name all these players and think its insane that they are all nominated when half of the players nominated today are still young, like yeah Bellingham, Vini, Foden, Saka, Wirtz, Yamal damn even Haaland dont stack up to players in the past but they are young and you could look back in 10 years and Saka could finish 10th and you could call that insane.

[@joshuabarlow3513]

Or between 1990 to 2020, we just had the best of football

[@Luis-kv8zc]

You can watch the old way of playing if you watch Real Madrid. And I can tell you rn, we have been playing like shit under Ancelotti since he's gotten here, but hey it gets the results

[@Justachamp772]

Last player that wowed me was Jamie Vardy, at least he is interesting, you know it's gonna be a good time when you see him, the jokes, the attitude, goals. In his late 20s at that. Bro was once in a lifetime material.

[@jordanlfk]

you’re perception of reality is a reflection of your mind 🔮

[@bradchad2645]

lautaro martinez has a solid shout

[@oswaldomichel1844]

Frankly, this is just gibberish. This is just saying names of people who had very good careers. In ten years, we'll think of Vinicius as a legend.

[@srinjoykar7236]

Positionism is creating death of Football . We badly need Relationism

[@Cod894]

pre messi and ronaldo ballon dor numbers were 30 to 40 g/a

[@mercylimpokhuwe]

Personally , I think the reason why these nominees don't seem like old times is because football has become more team-machiney. Players have the stats but the individual flair seems lacking. But I'm not too put out, I've never really cared about the ballan dor (spelling), as long as i can still enjoy a football game, I'm golden.

[@Pattex_]

Hindsight is 20/20. You hear those names now and you think wow legends of the game but back then some of these players were being slagged off as overrated not to mention some of them werent even fully household names. Football has gotten less individualistic, which is a good thing for a TEAM sport

[@JohnRamboDaBoss]

🤡🤦🏾‍♂️

[@sunnycombo5275]

@@JohnRamboDaBoss how is he a clown its true its easiser to see big names 20 years on when their career is played out, half of the nominees this year arent even in their primes.

[@affmanopara]

Watch a real madrid match from 2006, I swear it's torture

[@MarioMastr]

12:14 the most tragic part of the evolution of the beautiful game is that you cant feasibly bring back these videos because of that FUCKING ANTICHEAT

[@rintmacleanen2972]

I think the 3 best players of last season were far and away Haaland, Rodri and Wirtz

[@motivationbeast3636]

Although after being spoiled by Messi-ronaldo era ,there are various conclusion we may make as fixture congestion require players to provide constantly through out the year many players have burn out at relative early age (Dybala),plus young players like yamal ,Bellingham are playing more than required for their age as compared to Messi himself at 16-17 and David becham at 20-21 thus this is hindering their learning curve and the involvement of mechanic tactics have destroyed players ability to show free will, all this is curse which is due to the over globalisation of football ,football is art not some 10 season entertainment tv drama, art requires chaos and time to exceed.

[@space1734]

surprise surprise a Liverpool fan hating on a City player

[@EC3_Editz]

Niran would've carried modern football if it wasn't for the knee injury

[@shauryasuri3653]

The title races have still been really good. Liverpool and City, arsenal and City, City and City oh wait...

[@Sarbean]

Kneeran would’ve revived football if it wasn’t for his knee injury innit

[@artminusme]

I feel you on the sponsors on the shirt, Hate the betting companies, so hypocritical. We will never get an Arsenal Dreamcast sponsor for example. Thats why I really like Barcelona’s Spotify and Inter Milans most recent sponsors. Disagree with it being an indictment if Rodri wins the ballon d’or, Rodri’s position just isn’t the sexy striker position. Haaland should have won the previous ballon d’or with the treble and the prem one season goal record but Messi world cup. I would find it rather refreshing if Rodri won it. He lost 1 game last season and it was the FA Cup. Vini Jr. did amazing as well for Real Madrid but for the national team it was pretty subpar. Rodri won the 4 peat prem with City (Never been done before in england) and the Euros, lost only one game play and the only reason City didn’t get to the Champs League final was a coin flip pen’s situation with Madrid. Rodri should win, but Vini Jr. has better PR should they will give it Vini.

[@12Kcalico]

It hasn’t gotten worse it’s just lifeless and boring every team has the same playstyle

[@hoodkage416]

im glad i grew up in the right era

[@DanoFSmith-yc9tg]

Nevermind the lower leagues. Just watch the Beckham half way line goal. People talk like that was the greatest magical touch of all time. That goal was so shit. He just caught the keeper way out. Looks like Sunday league to be honest.