So was Alves.
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So was Alves.
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Gemusesuppe
Alves was what?
Shocking defensively.
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Flavia
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Except he wasn't. People who thought that are in for a treat this season.
psychotsek
Member
Alves was a beast in defence. It's just he was even better in offense that his defensive qualities were often underatted.
Co0ter
Senior Member
Alves was massively underrated defensively. If you haven't figured that out already after watching Roberto and Vidal then there is no hope for you.
He was often pushing far forward, but always ran back to defend. He ran back and forth- all game long and despite the fact he should be exhausted from that still managed to defend really well. He was also strong in 1 vs 1 defending- ask Ronaldo.
I'm going to miss him more than any other player we've recently lost. Xavi and Alves were one of a kind.
He was often pushing far forward, but always ran back to defend. He ran back and forth- all game long and despite the fact he should be exhausted from that still managed to defend really well. He was also strong in 1 vs 1 defending- ask Ronaldo.
I'm going to miss him more than any other player we've recently lost. Xavi and Alves were one of a kind.
Professor Chaos
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It begins.
khaled_a_d
Senior Member
Who said we want our new striker young?
xavi_the_Boss
New member
Albert Soler.Just a week ago.
khaled_a_d
Senior Member
Ok,but I honestly think Solar was talking about a certain targets in mind but that during the search being young wasn't really such a big priority.
Prime Alves, yes. He was mostly awful for the last 2 or 3 seasons, although he could come up with a performance at times.
El Flaco
Active member
During his prime years, yes, but Alves has been (sadly) a liability defensively for the last 2-3 seasons for us.
Rakitic has been restricted at us since he'd to cover & take defensive work for the Brazilian.
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Vidal is looking like someone who can only play against bad offensive teams, at most. He would probably be more useful at a different position.
I would not expect any RB to be added this late. So, Lucho has no choice but to start Sergi Roberto at RB. He's a good guy to have on the field, I think he'll be at least OK starting at RB. This does weaken the bench quite a bit, and the team is in trouble if Roberto gets hurt.
If Sergi Roberto starts at RB, who is the backup at DM? Last year, Masch was too valuable at CB to be DM backup.
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