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One can always hope :xfingers:

Berna next? Or is that too greedy?

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To Lyon :snoop:

I don't get your point anymore. First you talk about players in the 90s and the you list quite a few players that played in the 2000s and 2010s. So basically you don't like the players post 2015. Seems weird to compare the amount of WC mids in thirty year span (1985-2015) to WC mids in a five...

I don't agree. That 98 winning team also had Guivarch and Karembeu starting. There's always been these slightly lesser players in successful international teams. 1580169480 I think that's a sentimental view rather than anything factual. There's plenty of top players around and has been...

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Nice smiley.

I can't be sure what he meant but that's what I think he meant. You were apparently "wrong" about something. You quite obviously hate the player, no need to lie.

I didn't even know that you didn't rate Matuidi at some point. I've always thought that you are completely fine with him starting.

Yeah, all this should have been dealt with before they even returned to training.

No clue what that's supposed to mean, but okay.

Both Matuidi and Khedira strike me as players that prefer a really competitive environment over a more relaxed one so I'm not surprised they'd prefer to stay here and compete for trophies rather than leave somewhere where they won't. I don't think money is the main problem here.

That's fair enough. Ramsey is the type of player that will run and help in defense but also has more quality in the final third. Will be interesting to see how we utilize him.

Matuidi isn't a holding midfielder. He has almost none of the characteristics (calmness on the ball, good decision making, passing ability) you want from a player playing in that position. You either use him as a box-to-box player making runs into the box or you don't use him at all. His best...

Yep of course having someone like Vidal would be ideal. Not many if any like prime Vidal around sadly.

:agree: Really important part, but the time you actually have the ball is small compared to the time you don't.

Underrated player. Football isn't all about what you do with the ball at your feet. Actually in the end it's quite a small part.

I think Blaise will be fine next season. Will have a nice rest in the summer with no international tournaments.

Matuidi has always played as a high-energy box-to-box player. If you play him in a stationary role you lose everything he's actually really good at. His best asset is running up and down the pitch closing down players.