Hindsight is 20/20. I understand the ideas behind the subs, Aspas and Vazquez came on to give Spain more counter-attacking speed. I assume the plan was to sit back a little deeper, force Portugal to chase the scoreline and strike on quick counters.

Totally agree, Ronaldo has been playing out of his mind for the national team these past few years. He’s been carrying Portugal for a while now, ever since that Ricardo Carvalho/Deco generation retired. That exact point you’re making was the subject of a recent conversation between my brother and I which led to us…

I can sense it Mr. Haisley... You are turning.

Or the dude from South Korea - Italy 2002.

I agree about Pepe 100%. He’s definitely not the issue but the other 3 make me nervous. Alves and Fonte are playing in less competitive teams and are literally 70 years old between them (seriously, I just looked it up). Dias is promising but has only one season at top level under his belt. I’m hopeful and I definitely…

Oh, no one was particularly impressed with the way Portugal played in the Euro. But we won it which is all that really matters. We played beautifully in the Euro 2004 and were, along with the Czech Republic, one of the two funnest teams in that tournament. Greece won it by playing essentially the exact same way we…

I agree. I’m a fan of William but he’s extremely slow which puts a lot of strain on the CBs against faster teams.

Why can’t I resist the urge to read these posts?

RE: The Belgium game, yes and no. Portugal outplayed Belgium in that match but (A) it was a friendly and (B) Belgium looked atrocious considering the team they fielded. No creativity whatsoever, which actually seems challenging if you’re starting De Bruyne and Hazard.

Gelson Martins plays for Benfica’s cross-town rivals Sporting.

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I believe you may have misspelled her last name repeatedly. Other than that thanks for bringing this to light.

What society do you live in that demands you work for Amazon?!

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Yes, they did. I never said United spent more than City, just that United (also) spent a shitload of money to fight for the Premier League, not the second-tier Europa League.

They spent over 155 million GBP this year, more than anyone in Europe, to build a team capable of competing against an also-newly-coached Chelsea and City (who both spent a little less), Liverpool and Spurs (0 Premier League titles between them) and Fartsenal.

Well now your just learnin me thru funnys.

Good. This whole thing was a Goodellian clusterfuck from the start.

The best part of all this is that if Wilshere ever becomes the player Arsenal apparently think he is, he’ll jump ship to one of the Manchester teams or Chelsea as soon as he can.

Is this even a thing? Is there such a thing as people who say Pogba isn’t good? I hear a few hot taeks about “he is an expensive asset and I am not amused to my satisfaction by his performances thus far” but is anyone really saying he’s not good?