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Voted then read a couple of pages, thought I'd add my 2 pennies but decided I didn't fancy a headache.

There's no real stand out player this year, Modric will win because people have been tricked into thinking he's better than what he is, journalists favorite player. Mbappe should win but won't.

For everyone's sake. Don't ever take a job as a psychological profiler. You're bad at it.

Yeah more or less dead on. I liked this: "It takes serious skill to design a system where the best player on the planet can’t get a kick." But this "Nicolas Tagliafico is a magnificent left-back" Hmm, haven't seen that, maybe I need to watch Ajax more.

Then why doesn't he just play like he does in the league in the WC then? (I think the balls ups in the CL are due to bad tactics, especially against Roma) The way he normally plays brings success but he can't do this because the circumstances and team he's in this WC are different and he can't...

I never said there was no point to him moving. I don't agree he has bad movement. A player who scores as regular as him is not bad off the ball. Anyway Aguero made some decent runs why couldn't they get the ball to him?

A functioning team and a coach that fits.

You can make all the runs and great movement off the ball you want, that midfield, those wide players are not getting the ball to you. "A player that defends more, moves more and shows some fight even an fairly average player could have more impact than he did tonight." I think it would be...

Doesn't matter if it was once or ten times because it shows he has no confidence in his team mates and I dont blame him, his biggest mistake was not doing it from the start. I know he was poor, but what I'm trying to say is nobody could perform in the set up he's in.

Who's? Ronaldo's? Rubbish how often does Ronaldo have to drop back to the centre circle to start moves because the midfield and defence are useless at getting the ball forward?

No he did it all by himself, the rest of the Portuguese team didn't need to be there. Jesus Christ.

This is exactly what I mean, how did Ronaldo score 4 goals? because he has a solid, functioning TEAM behind him, doesn't have to worry so much and less is expected of him.

Fair enough, I agree. But people only blame it on one player because many Argentina fans and Barca fans, media have made this Argentina team just about Messi and feel he had to step up to get this poor team going. This is why in a way I can't wait for Ronaldo and Messi to retire so some people...

This just sounds delicate. Why turn this into an echo chamber? " trolls" are only winding people up here because they're so sensitive. He deserves some criticism on this occasion, most are just disappointed I think.

It's as if they don't know how to play with him, there were many of occasions when he was in loads of space and he didn't get the ball, there's also no rhythm to their attack. Also if your going to pass the ball out of defence being a bit faster helps. Just no urgency. But he does deserve some...

No he doesn't have to change his play in this regard. This running thing has constantly been put forward in the past and is consistently proven wrong. It's almost as if when it comes to energy expenditure Messi knows what he's doing. Anyway are these speeds with or without the ball?

Yep. People shouldn't fall for it and argue on actual football grounds imo. I have actually seen people try and downplay dribbling to make Ronaldo look better. Things are much simpler when all you have to is wait for service instead of do everything. Anyway it's not even true that he's weaker...