Andrés Iniesta

For example...

A way data can be used in a wrong way is if everybody has seen Iniesta and Modric play.

If you look at Modric for Real Madrid, he's played over 500 games, probably 600 games.

He's only got 30 goals.

And I've played against Modric and I've played against Iniesta.

They were the best two attacking midfielders I've ever seen.

Even Iniesta, if you look at Iniesta's stats for Barcelona, 600 games and he's on only like 50 goals for someone.

So if you do the maths there, he's scored one in 12.

I'll put him top 10.

Javi, Iniesta.

Just

boom with it, only.

Come on, bro.

Wait, wait,

Javi, Iniesta.

I'm still slapping Neymar.

But that pass from...

Kaylee Hunter reminded me of Andres Iniesta in the 2000s and the caliber of the passing.

It's almost like the ball curved like a shot in front of her.

And I couldn't stop talking about it.

Before we start, I do want to just cover who said this quote, whoever says Real Madrid are dead has always proved wrong.

Iniesta.

No, it is Sergio Ramos from 2018.

After a difficult spell under Lopetegui, Sergio Ramos said, whoever says Real Madrid are dead are always proven wrong in the long run.

Again, it goes back to the old days, right? When.

We had our midfield of Iniesta, Xavi and Busquets where Madrid tried to out-physical us and we were able to always out-pass and out-class them.

And last night I just thought they were physical enough to the line, you know, obviously not getting all the fouls and yellow cards that we thought they could have gotten, especially for Barca for being at home, didn't really have like the home call as we normally would get.

Yeah.

it it's you're comparing it to like if Barcelona were to like go through a 10 year spell like United have

that's exactly what it is like Hans that's exactly you know you couldn't have put it better imagine Barca going from that team they had with Messi Iniesta Chavina to an absolute crock of shit which is what they are now

but also United being this absolute crock of shit now has also given chances to like Crystal Palace winning the Europa League Stakehold 5 for Europe it's given Brentford it's given who else Newcastle have been in the Champions League they've won the Europa League this is all because United aren't taking up European places anymore yeah I like that

I like that but that's always yeah I agree with that and I agree with a lot of what you said I think just my point of I think you've got to feel sympathetic for, for fans who get a game every week and are seeing just the demise of someone that they absolutely loved.

See, I'm under no means saying, when I said Kane hasn't earned it, I didn't mean like, I love Kane.

I think he's unbelievable.

I just more mean, I'm not getting swept up in like, what that award is I just think it's a bit pointless and I think sorry just going back because I think Ant's point was great about maybe a Ronaldinho just stood out because he was he was almost the player at the time so it's easy but also Andy saying if you look at them top 10s and that if you think about like Iniesta like Iniesta's finishing like third, fourth something like that if Iniesta was playing now he shouldn't walk the Ballon d'Or because he would be he would be the best player on the planet easily but But he wouldn't under this guise because it'd be like, well, Haaland scored more goals.

I just think it's stupid.

but Barcelona players don't seem to be like that no Bradford was like that one thing is that part of it around him all these little nails in the coffin

yeah like that's probably why it's going to end up like that but you look at all the good players years ago with Barcelona and Iniesta and Messi like they just torn up yeah rocked up did it even Rodri did it like torn up in a suit said nothing like pedry gabby you don't hear any days kept doing mad sort of stuff like so i don't know why he's a bit like this like is he he's a prick is it again is it his family that are could be he's not grounded i hate it i hate it because it's

never going to fulfill his potential i want them to yeah he's not mad i'm sort of contradicting myself in a way

I'm going to tell you it's hard to win it I don't care as you said there's other footballers out there that will come and I'm sure he'll have a great season next year as well and whatever just say right and you look at that even Hardy Kane he's a prime example of what you're saying Sean He just goes on and does his thing.

And Pirlo was one of those few.

I think like Xavi, Iniesta, those sorts of midfielders, Toni Kroos, they're allowed to do that.

Yeah.

I remember from Pirlo's autobiography, which I read in the entire video of in a flight to Toronto, he basically says the date that Italy won the World Cup and he was like, it was a pretty normal morning for me.