• LeCowboySolitaire@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    How could he know? Last time he played in Ligue 1 was almost 10 years ago.

    Anyway I don’t wanna any player who play in this league in our NT. He is 32 years old it’s time to move on.

    • johnb51654@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      K how would you know anything close to the quality of either league then if the criteria is how recently you played in the league?

    • RiptosAccountant@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Anyway I don’t wanna any player who play in this league in our NT.

      You seem to be under a mistaken impression that you get a say in who gets select into the NT. Such an unfortunate misconception to have.

    • MagicianMoo@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      I think at least give him till the euros before giving him the shove. Similar to Henderson, playing in Saudi league is a massive downgrade but their skills don’t dissappear overnight. It’s not like they are 38 or something. Perhaps someone in the locker room with veteran presence coming off the bench.

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      1 year ago

      How could he know? Last time he played in Ligue 1 was almost 10 years ago.

      One of the best midfielders of his generation probably knows a thing or two about football you’d think especially having played in the league.

      Anyway I don’t wanna any player who play in this league in our NT.

      Surely, Deschamps is taking notes.

      • ancara_messi@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        Being a great footballer doesn’t always translate to giving sensible opinions on football. We’ve seen this time and time again

      • Muppy_N2@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        Oh, I guess he’s able to make a precise ranking of all leagues in the planet, then.

        Even those he didn’t play in in the last 10 years.

    • chowchan@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      20mil bonus per week to say 1 nice thing about Saudi. Probably have a calendar reminder on his phone.

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        1 year ago

        People might think you’re joking, but they do pay for positive social media posts, so wouldn’t be a stretch to pay for positive words in interviews.

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    1 year ago

    Top Saudi teams are probably close to relegation teams of Ligue 1. Saudi teams have more star players, but Relegation teams have more balanced squads.

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      1 year ago

      Why are you being sensible on this thread? You were supposed to trash him and pretend Clermont is much better than Club World Cup finalists Al Hilal.

  • Absolutely_Chill@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Some people thinking this is a positive comment but Kante basically admitting he expected tbe league to be a joke, lol.

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    1 year ago

    Tick in the box for Kante meeting one of his contractual obligation of bigging up a league no one is interested in.

    Next week he will share his thoughts on the amazing aquarium and library

  • RedDemio-@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    I’m no Saudi shill, but me and boys were watching Monaco v nice the other day and it was god awful. I mean a tragic 0-0, bore fest, both teams lacking quality in the final third.

    We saw ronaldo and manes team were playing against Firmino and mahrez team. We switched it over and watched a crazy 5-4 and the quality was almost the same, except there were world class forwards on the pitch lol.

    What can I say…. The top matches in Saudi are defo watchable in comparison

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      1 year ago

      Didn’t the last monaco nice end in a 0-1?

      If the only interest for u is watching big names or big scores sure saudi will have 4 teams that have them, but don’t pretend like great matches don’t happen in L1 (examples: recent Lyon Lorient, Nantes Lorient, psg om or psg ol, etc)

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    1 year ago

    It’s clear that the players who went there have dropped their level of competitiveness and quality when they come back to play for their national team. Lebanon Robinson (what was his name?) Is rubbish, Nimmer (what was his face?) is a step or two slower, and even Chris Ronaldinho (is that the guy?) is quite bad, comparatively.
    So Kanté’s preference to play in the big derby between Al Gore and Al Yankovic is actually pathetic.