01 Feb 2025 21:17:24
Not to exaggerate or anything, but I think the great Spain team would've won four tournaments in a row rather than just the three if Xavi and Iniesta had been able to watch Ryan Gravenberch compilations.
01 Feb 2025 21:24:11
Zidane has Gravenberch posters in his bedroom.
01 Feb 2025 22:02:27
I am 99 % sure that a beloved wise man of this site made light of some dodgy goings on with that Spanish team .
01 Feb 2025 23:36:56
Grav is growing into something very special.
From day one, I said this kid was going to be world class ?.
02 Feb 2025 08:26:36
Water covers 79% of the planet. Ryan Gravenberch covers the other 21%.
{Ed025's Note - i like that Johnny..
02 Feb 2025 10:38:01
And Jayden Danns was the new Fernando Torres a fortnight ago ?.
02 Feb 2025 10:47:22
You mean the same team that has been accused of doping to the point that evidence was destroyed to keep that schstick from coming out? Not sure about that.
As for Gravenberch, his talent and ability was never in question, IMO. It had a lot more to do with where he would play to bring the best out of him. Clearly, it is not in the 8 as Klopp tried last season. Being deeper and more central in midfield fit his profile like a glove and who would know him best than Slot, a guy who coached against him those years while at Alkmaar. The kid is legit as legit goes and Im happy we have him.
02 Feb 2025 11:27:24
There's evidence that evidence was destroyed, Oli?
02 Feb 2025 12:10:13
Yep, there was. Ed01 mentioned it multiple times on here and all the podcasts they often used to do which I listened to. Maybe you should ask him to enlighten you a bit more.
{Ed001's Note - he is referring to Dr Fuentes. A Spanish judge ordered all his documents, blood work, etc to be destroyed as Fuentes implicated the Spanish national team, Madrid and Barca. After the judge looked at it, there was a panic on amid fears that investigating further would result in Spain being stripped of their World and Euro titles. As it was a case involving cycling, it probably went under the radar a bit, but it did lead to the downfall of Lance Armstrong.}
02 Feb 2025 14:38:53
You realize the police got all those later destroyed documents and blood works from Dr Fuentes in 2006, right?
Thats two whole years before the spanish national team won their first major trophy.
{Ed001's Note - he continued to operate until long after that, working with the Spanish teams and the destruction was only ordered much later, after they won their first trophy.}
02 Feb 2025 15:12:40
The credit goes to Arne for seeing something that jurgen never a defensive midfield "monster" graven-BLOCK!
When "DI-STEFANO"-Bajcetic comes back in the summer, Arne will sort his head out first! and another startling football transformation will follow similar to Ryan G, "DI_STEFANO" is not 21 till October 2025!
02 Feb 2025 16:04:59
I actually did say that Davey and got ridiculed for it. I’m feeling very smug now though.