Atletico who are like top 5 in form during that period doesn’t make top 30? Did they just forget about them or something

Shit graphic yes I know

Not surprising at all to see Real Sociedad and Athletic at the top, they both have amazing academies. Osasuna also very high up which shows again that the Basque country is arguably the best talent development region in the world. Guys like Azpilicueta, Mikel Merino, Javi Martinez, Nico Williams, Raul Garcia all are Osasuna products, and Iker Munain & Iñaki Williams are both from Pamplona aswell even though they never played in Osasuna’s academy

A cool fact about Real Sociedad: They had the same Basque only policy as Athletic Club until 1989 when they broke it to sign John Aldridge. But even after that it took them a long time to start signing non Basque Spanish players. It wasn’t until 2001 when they signed their first ever non Basque Spanish player!

And still it is wingers like Carrasco and Lino thriving in the left wingback role lmao. Really interesting system Cholo is using with Hermoso being a hybrid LCB and normal left back

Sweden played a World Cup quarter final as recently as 2018, they are still successful even though they will have missed two tournaments in a row

Hungary would be a better example

chance to change it in the next 5-10 years though. A few more good players to add to Haaland and Odegaard and you should do something

People always say this before every single qualifier, if you believe them then Norway would have qualified already. It is very doubtful if Haaland will ever play an international tournament in his career

The best atmosphere in England is still not even top 100 atmospheres on the continent so it doesn’t say much

But even then, there are much better atmospheres than City in lower leagues. PL stadiums are absolute libraries

He’s either taking the piss or has bad hearing those are the only explanations

Unless you genuinely think City’s home atmosphere is better than Galatasaray lmao

Not really, they overperformed their actual performances and won a bunch of tight matches last season. Their problem is that once the pressure is really on they shit their pants. They have started well but none of it will matter if they choke in the run in

some guy saying that the only mistake Taylor made was not awarding Sevilla a penalty (there wasn’t even such a situation btw)

It was not awarding Roma a penalty you arsewit

Celta are so strange this season, they look good in every game I have seen including against the big teams, but just can’t get results. They look good on the ball, Aspas is playing well even though he hasn’t scored for a while. Bamba, Strand Larsen and Douvikas are players with good characteristics and they have some nice midfielders

But if they keep losing then eventually you can’t cut Rafa any more slack. Still, I think they should give him more time because surely it will click eventually

To be fair City shit the bed in Europe for years and people still considered them one of the best. Arsenal hasn’t even played CL in ages and people consider them a top team right now