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Footy: The Doggies won the 2016 Premiership!! Soccer: From Ronaldo to Ronaldinho to Messi and seemingly back to another Ronaldo. Full circle!
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On 31 December 2022, appropriately the last day of the old year and a contrived end of an era for all of us, I…
The venue for this World Cup, Qatar, has had its bouquets and brickbats. It has also produced what no previous version has given us: a successful tournament for Asian and African nations.
As I was writing this I realised that epic sporting losses, which was my starting point, perhaps cannot compare to a club’s symbolism in…
In the intervening years through 2020 and 2021, the world turned topsy-turvy dealing with both the Covid-19 pandemic, and the social and logistical ramifications…
Which modern players will stick in football fans' collective memory?
Lionel Messi’s transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, forming a forward line with other double AA-listers Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, is a dream team scenario. I…
Some grand finals match-ups, like Essendon versus Carlton or West Coast versus Collingwood, have a certain gravitas about them. Others I could easily imagine…
We have finally reached the present moment, with Euro 2020 starting today. Previously, I have detailed the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Euros. We…
Bayern Munich’s crushing defeat to Chelsea didn’t bode well for Germany at Euro 2012. These players had now lost a final and two semi-finals…
I am continuing my look at this century's European Championship editions. Previously I reviewed Euro 2000Â and Euro 2004. The two ongoing stories to come…
Before this year's European Championships kick off, let's remember the 2004 tournament in Portugal. FC Porto to Portugal’s rescue The strange and exciting and…
As a lead-up to Euro 2021, I will recap the five Euros that I've seen since I started caring about football. "Seen" is a…
I’m going to be taken to the cleaners for this, but I don’t care. Have a read here if you think I only have…
The 2020 grand final was an excellent match, full of symbolism. Gary Ablett Jr’s final appearance gave the match a gravitas perhaps unrepeatable with…
I love Josh Dunkley. I should be too old for these favourite player types, but I haven’t been this into a player this much…
Bruce McAvaney cops a lot of flak these days, but he and Dennis Cometti are the last remnants of the older, superior commentators who…
It was mid-2017 - that strange jumbled year when no one really wanted to win the premiership - when Chris Scott decided to play…
I have a rule with sports books: if the print is big and double-spaced, it means there’s not much content and the author doesn’t…
I’m 38 and my vanity has convinced me I can recognise patterns over the years of watching footy. Like the ignored Cassandra of Troy,…
Sometimes being the best is more of a feeling. A ‘vibe’, as they say. Usually it relates to being top of the ladder for…
Oh crap, and the Springboks! Both of those could easily crack top 5, the Springboks could hypothetically be #1 with the right arguments. I’d maybe put them both at #6 and #7, after the Yankees.
Which worldwide club has the greatest story?
Good article! I’m a bit surprised there wasn’t greater focus on Melbourne crashing out in other commentaries on other sites.
Melbourne crash and burn, to be left in no man's land
The Roar seems awfully keen this weekend on labelling every single thing that happens these days as the greatest moment in history. Alternative headlines: “Greatest, most recent recency bias ever” and “Best game EVA!!!”
AFL Finals Focus: Dockers' comeback for the ages completes the best weekend of finals EVER
I think you were the last brain here after Marnie Cohen left, Stirling. Very inmates running the asylum vibe here now.
Revisiting my AFL predictions for 2021 - and a farewell to The Roar
2011-14 wasn’t refreshing, those years sucked, I don’t have a single memory from them because it felt like the team was going nowhere in those years.
Western Bulldogs season 2021 review: Who let the Dogs out?
“Ex St Kilda coach” is Grant Thomas. Surprise surprise.
'Get serious': Ex-coach blasts St Kilda over repeated failures
Sounds like Di Stefano and Puskas both rotated between midfield and attack as they felt like. It does sound like Messi.
What was the most star-studded forward trio in history?
You’re right, ‘history’ is stretching it. I hesitated on a lot of the early ones for quite a few BS reasons… ignorance, laziness, whatever, but my main concern is that forward lines were more than 3 players in those days. Wasn’t Gento an attacking winger? Was he really one of only three attackers? Technicality, I know.
What was the most star-studded forward trio in history?
I think Ronaldo (Nazario de Lima) went to Haiti once and they called peace for that too 🙂
What was the most star-studded forward trio in history?
I am talking combination attacks, not just the best 3 forwards of all time.
What was the most star-studded forward trio in history?
I appreciate the comment and understand what you’re saying, but just having the players in your squad doesn’t mean they were functional combinations necessarily.
What was the most star-studded forward trio in history?
I think Brazil winning the World Cup does reflect well on their league at the time. That such calibre players were playing in Brazil must mean their clubs had similarly good standard players. Santos did dominate the continent, if only for two years.
What was the most star-studded forward trio in history?
Agree, for me South American clubs only began to be inferior maybe in the mid-90s when going to Europe became the norm for those players.
What was the most star-studded forward trio in history?
Pepe was not a starter in any Brazil World Cup winning team. Probably too far before my time to further comment.
Technically Tostao was the forward of 1970 Brazil, albeit a false 9.
Man U of the 60s, I think you’re right, they sound good.
What was the most star-studded forward trio in history?
Were the Hungarians a trio? You are probably right, but in those days it was considered a 5-man forward line.
What was the most star-studded forward trio in history?
To jump in on this argument, in my opinion Brazil was a very competitive setting in the 60s, on the same level as Europe for quality although there were no organised national league in Brazil back then I think. For me Santos was about as good as the best Euro teams. Hardly any Brazilians went to Europe in those days (Altafini excepted). Pele didn’t!
What was the most star-studded forward trio in history?
Thanks very much! Much appreciated.
What was the most star-studded forward trio in history?
Brazil 1958 was considered a front 4. Zagallo, Vava, Pele, Garrincha. Not a trio.
What was the actual trio of Real Madrid in the 50s-60s (if they were a trio)? I’m all ears. Back in the 50s and 60s there were generally more than 3 players considered forwards in each team. After that era there were generally only 1-2 forwards per team. That is my thinking.
What was the most star-studded forward trio in history?
Yeah good point. I probably am not familiar enough with Law as a player to really know how they operated. Not really sure what Charlton’s position was either. Thanks for comment!
What was the most star-studded forward trio in history?
You can set your watch to any team in reasonable nick winning the flag at 5:00pm (if daytime grand final) and a bunch of goldfish-mentality journos talking about dynasties at 5:01.
‘This is just the start’: Can the Demons be the next dynasty team?
Good article! This is a subject I think about as well. They’ve all been a shambles at various stages (Collingwood in the 90s). Apart from Geelong and Sydney who hasn’t, I guess.
'Dysfunction': The big four's transition to the AFL era