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There was Maradona, now there is Messi. The beauty of the game is that somewhere in Buenos Aires there is a 7 year old that will be the next great thing

World cup happening every 4 years is exactly the reason why it's so special and important. I don't care a player will only play in it once or twice - it's about countries and a long history and tradition, not neymar or raheem sterling.

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Absolutely, I think they will suffer the consequences and I wish them all the best. Which doesn't mean Rugby should be banned or fundamentally changed, much like boxing should not be banned and is unlikely to have major changes to it. Heading in football will not be banned.

It might be true that some ex footballers are suffering from effects of heading the ball. However, banning heading would literally change the sport to a different discipline. Football would literally cease to exist as we know it if you can't put a cross in hoping the CB heads it in. This will never happen. Also, today's footballers (including kids) play with much lighter balls, and are better trained in order to lower the impact - it is not 1980s/1990s hardcore sport that the kids encounter today. Also, simply because some footballers are suffering from long terms affects of the sport (not all, and correlation can't be 100% conclusive) it does not mean heading should be banned. For instance, does anyone talk about banning rugby all together due to concussions that happen on frequent basis? In rugby, concussions result in about 25% of all injuries in which a player has to miss the game. Frankly, if you want to lower the risk of pulled muscles, torn ACLs, broken legs, or concussions, maybe football is not the sport for you. It's just a part of the game, and if you desperately want to avoid EVER being in a car crash, well, don't get in the car. But we know that is a ridiculous proposition.

I'm sure some footballers have security, but I guess some simply don't want to do it. Unless you have been burgled, having security on your estate, a family home with kids where you should feel safe, is not the optimal solution. I wouldn't want anyone (security included) to be at my property, but I understand it might be a necessity for some.

Why will heading be banned? And what does heading have to do with getting a knee to the face?

Maybe it's one of those Grealish injuries

You could be right, it's possible. Personally, I don't attribute McGinns horrendous passes or Konsas misses to the virus. We have just hit a bad spell.

Is he supposed to catch a bus?

I didn't know about those countries.

I wonder, and I haven't read into this yet, if this could be a political move linked with a limited number of vaccines in the EU. "We haven't vaccineted many people? Well, it's not our fault, it's that horrible AZ that's the reason. Look, it even gives people blood clots!"

That's a rib breaker

If Watkins was out I bet that ElGhazi or Traore would play up front.

I can't see a valid argument to suggest otherwise. The question I have is, will Wesley be a better footballer following his injury?

Next week - ''Jack has gone fishing, should be available for the next game''

That makes sense

It's not an unsustainably weak league. It's got more 'big' teams than the Bundesliga, and develops really good players. I'd probably argue that, team for team, it's a better league than La Liga.

It's a weird rule, but yesterday it made the game much more dramatic. I like it.

Socks aside, I'm more concerned they had to borrow their trousers from their younger sisters.

Playacting from a number of Juve players is disgusting. If I was a fan of be pissed off.

I'd like to see him in a better league, he seems like a really good manager *Edit - by "better" I meant the PL

I'd like to think that she hoped it would be better than it actually ended up. Maybe for someone who did her stint as a Hollywood start on the sunny west coast it was just too much to leave behind for royal responsibilities. And the disgusting media didn't help the cause either.

I don't blame her for this as much as I blame Harry - you gotta tell the woman you want to spend your life with just how bad it's gonna be. Surely he must know this better than anyone.