gregorrin10
Senior Member
What do you want then? Dybala or Dembele for the bench? This is not damn FIFA, man. You do realize that players like Asensio, Lucas, Kovaćić aren't exactly world beaters (yet) too, right? And yet Madrid still won back to back CL with them on the bench. You know why? Because they are good enough to play well and win games on their own against weaker opposition, and that's something Deulofeu is more than capable of doing too. Arda for example, can't even cut it against 3rd tier opposition, like we saw in the first rounds of last season's Copa. Gomes belongs in this pile of crap as well (sooner than later). And i'll admit we could and should do better like we're doing now in terms of bench players, but on the other hand you can't expect us to buy stars and tell them to sit on the bench.
Here is where La Masia played a crucial role, since we at least had players willing to sit on the bench and make the most out of every opportunity they got, and in that process they developed into quality players, capable of one day taking the helm to play in the starting lineup, but now we're so far down the rabbit hole, that we have to buy and overpay even bench players, who reasonably of course then all want to play, since they decided to come here. Not to mention buying 28 and up-year olds, who think that by just coming here, they've reached their peak, and then have no desire to actually fight for anything anymore, and all that makes them incredibly difficult to get rid of as well. If we had continued to trust La Masia, we wouldn't have bought Arda, Gomes, Paco, Digne...and by now Deulofeu, Munir, Sandro, Samper, Grimaldo and many more might've actually turned out better than they have, since they wouldn't be rotting in Granada, Valencia, Everton or some other shit club we've sent them just to get rid of them. The whole system is wrong, and for this Bartomeu must be crucified sooner than later.
And by the way, Coutinho and Eriksen = same type of player, both better at attacking than defending, both an Iniesta replacement, which we will need probably by next summer too, but first we need to get a more defensive, but more importantly controller type of CM, and there is no one better than Verratti. Shows just how much sense you're making - none.
As for the Coutinho or Eriksen debate; i wouldn't bring Coutinho for the world, he and Neymar would be useless in the same team together. Enough with the Brazilians, having one crucial player acting like a clown on the pitch is more than enough for me, thank you. Just hope this Board doesn't embarass themselves even more by bringing in some friends for Neymar rather than players we actually need.
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