Recent content by maulingvice

From fcbarcelona.com:

Anyone who thinks Xavi is redundant now should watch this a couple of times. He completely changed the game as soon as he came on. He made the team gel. Sure, he's no spring chicken. He can't play two games a week any more, which is why it's great to have Rakitic, but if he can play one game...

Thomas Vermaelen: Arsenal agree £15m fee with Barcelona Arsenal have agreed a fee of about £15m with Barcelona for the sale of captain Thomas Vermaelen. The 28-year-old Belgium centre-back must now agree personal terms with the Catalan giants and pass a medical. Vermaelen was a target for...

He's not a bad CB in my opinion, but he's not disciplined on the pitch, and needs someone screaming at him to stay back and hold the line when necessary. Puyol used to do that, Bartra obviously can't, because Pique is several years his senior. I wonder if Mathieu will be able to?

Perhaps a factor in going for a 31-year-old is to have a short-term solution that gives Bartra some more incentive to perform and break into the first team?

After spending nearly his entire footballing life at FC Barcelona, Bojan Krkic says goodbye to his Club. The Catalan forward, who was always one step ahead of his age in terms of skill and quality, leaves the Club with the distinction of being the all-time highest scorer in the Barça youth...

Presently, you're right, but in better days, I've seen him move enough to function as a 9 and a 10 simultaneously. In my view Messi's best comes out when no one is playing directly in front of him. He seems to be the type of person who needs to feel the weight on his shoulders to work hard...

Scholes: Suarez is making a mistake joining Barcelona. I have a lot of respect for Paul Scholes' football genius, and I can't help but feel that he's not wrong with this judgement. Does anyone else think that Suarez is likely to be a repeat of the Ibrahimovic fiasco?

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Hello, I'm Melvin. I'm from Malta and live in Sheffield, UK.