Posts by copperpuma96

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Frank Morales3 said:That's just how those backroom deals work... Like the New York Yankees helping Reggini grab points now, only for Reggina to pay them back next season.

Since when does anyone actually play the game based on what happens this season?

What if there's a massive pile of "debts" carried over from last year, or even a few seasons ago, stretching back like ten years...😁 😁

It’s such a damn shame they aren't playing in the Champions League.

nimblemarlin17 said:Yeah, right. If I had a flying DeLorean, I’d send you straight back to the past just so some defender could snap your leg...

Man, he would've been way too fast for them anyway. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

Look, from back then until now, soccer players have become 1500 times faster, stronger, and more powerful. And don't even try telling me they used to be tougher or more physical back in the day.

Since the days of Pelé, there's been a massive pile of better, more complete athletes who are just vastly more powerful because of the era they play in. He was only considered a god in his pathetic little era simply because he was slightly quicker than those sluggish defenders and had an ego the size of a stadium. He was famous, sure, but he was way too respected.

And calling him an actual athlete? Nobody can honestly claim that.

restlesssurfer97 said:Some might be slightly better, some way better, but honestly, most of them just blow the others out of the water.😂

😕 😕 😕

nimblemarlin17 said:If you had actually followed Milan Kundera back in the 2002-2004 era, you’d realize the Pelé days were basically just a bunch of defensive butchers running around, and honestly, the 80s might be the absolute worst period for football—the only reason it wasn't a total disaster was because he saved it. If anyone ever truly struggled on the pitch, it was during those years.

So you're actually trying to tell me defenses used to be tougher, more solid, and way more brutal than they are now?

Man, nimblemarlin17... 🙄

Of course they aren't there when the defenses are like 1500 times stronger and the players are actually in peak physical shape... just drop Ronaldinho into that era and see how he’d absolutely tear them apart.

The players back then were just way worse...

Look, I’m one of those guys. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Just as far as the faucet. That ultramarathon, 39 miles, man, what a wild ride...