Not really a Barca legend but an ex-player nonetheless.
I was arguing with a friend about him a few days ago. I said Argentina don't need Riquelme at all, he firmly disagreed.
Your opinions? Btw: is Boca Juniors playing a match in about an hour? I'm curious if I was wrong about him (I thought he was horrible at the Olympics).
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3rd September 2009 09:56 PM #1Senior Member
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Juan Román Riquelme
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3rd September 2009 11:45 PM #2Anxiously waiting for the next match
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i would kill for riquelme to be back i miss the aimar riquelme d'aessandro days so much..
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Riquelme is the best free kick taker that Argentina has and that Boca Juniors has but thats my opinion. I have seen a lot of games of Boca and he is still a really good player, I wouldn't mind if he would come back to Barca. He is like Xavi, he makes great assists and passes the ball around a lot. But I think Riquelme is a better free kick taker then Xavi.
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4th September 2009 04:11 AM #4Senior Member
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Xavi is waaay better than Juan Roman. Besides Riquelme has a bad attitude.
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4th September 2009 04:13 AM #5Yusuf Islam
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i loved riquelme when he was playing for villareal but he has some attidute problems and would not fit well in our team right now, he has to be the main man for him to be effective and at barca he will never be that
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4th September 2009 10:58 PM #6Senior Member
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He'd like to be a legend in Argentina like Maradona , he never wanted to leave but boca's management forced him to leave Boca
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4th September 2009 11:08 PM #7The Cult of Personality
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Am not a Riquelme fan I will leave it at that. I could say a lot more things but I won't.
Football is a simple game, complicated by idiots.
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4th September 2009 11:47 PM #8The Reckoner
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The guy is so immensely talented. Things could have worked at Barca but Van Gaal was determined not to let it, he was Gasparts man.
Looked good under Raddy but that whole renassaince was forgotten very quickly.“My fear is not of death itself, but a death without meaning." Huey P. Newton
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5th September 2009 01:36 PM #9
Riquelme is an artist with the ball and I love watching his lazy elegance on the pitch. He is a midfield maestro.
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5th September 2009 08:00 PM #10Fourteen and Hutch..
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The team needs to play through him, which is not bad considering he's pretty good at what he does.. But xavi and iniesta are so much better suited to you..
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5th September 2009 09:45 PM #11If Carlsberg did forum members
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A clever talented player who played amazing for Argentina but for clubs, phhhf he came he went.
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10th September 2009 08:59 PM #12A masterpiece of DNA
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Xavi is better.but he was a talented player for Argentina...
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Juan Roman Riquelme
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Played 30 games for Barca and scored 3 goals. Such a shame van Gaal didnt give him more oppurtunities in his correct position. He was superb at Boca, but was never deployed in his correct position at Barca, which was a huge waste in my opinion. He did brilliant at Villareal then after, scored 36 goals in 106 games. Can't imagine many people here being fans of his due to his disappointing time at Barca, but no one can deny his quality.
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21st June 2011 10:20 PM #14Legion of Doooom
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Absolutely brilliant, a joy to watch, and also one of the biggest cancers to ever play the game. When Argentina was built around him they were epic but were never going to win anything serious.
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21st June 2011 10:30 PM #15Villarato!
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Was it the guy who missed a penalty in stoppage time or so against Arsenal in CL semis in 2006 ?
Jk, of course I know the guy, but he was never gonna be anything more than a typical 1-season-wonder kind of player. Just didn't care enough.
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There is a thread about him on 3rd page.Last edited by Wolfe; 21st June 2011 at 10:34 PM.
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