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Yeah, I think so too. Bartrà and Piqué are both sweepers with a knack of getting forward quite a bit with the ball. Having two sweepers on at the same time is not necessarily a good idea, especially when you need one to complement the other. Every sweeper needs a fast and agile defender to...

Are Piqué and Bartrà compatible, though?

Not necessarily, unless Atleti has its inferiority complex rise up again. But they do look like a team that could potentially cause both RM and us plenty of problems.

To be fair to Ronaldo, that challenge by Navarro was absolutely appalling. Navarro seems to have a habit of reckless challenges. Like the game between Valencia and Inter where he beat the crap out of Burdisso.

Of course you don't, because we Barça fans are a biased bunch and would never admit decisions going our way ;)

Absolutely. There were strikers that used to win the Capocannoniere, Pichichi and such by banging just above 30 goals a season, which was deemed a remarkable feat in itself. Then comes Messi and messes the whole thing up (pun intended) ;)

As long as they'll lose against us in Dec. ;)

Gutted for Malaga. Really thought they'd finally be able to pull themselves through after a whole lot of mishap last summer. Hope somebody else would take over the team, who actually plans on backing it up and supporting it throughout.

Quoted for the goddamn truth! "Que es un plan B? Hace un año y medio ya tuvimos el plan B... fichamos a un tio alto y que tenia calidad y ya no esta porque en el Barça el plan B no sirve. Lo que sirve es mejorar el plan A, del que hasta hace poco todo el mundo estaba enamorado y ahora parece...

Oh, you're actually right. My brain took a nap there. Ronald was awful yes, and the kind of bundle deal we received with van Gaal's moving in was absurd. de Boers, Bogarde, Dani, Litmanen and a few others making their transition from Ajax to Barça... :facepalm: Luckily Nuñez in his last few...

In terms of expectations, yes he could be called a "disaster." But that's pretty much it, because if that's a disaster in your books what would Christanval, Rochembak and Geovanni be? Besides, I think de Boer's failure was more down to our central defense being in absolute fucking tatters...

To be fair to Litmanen, his time at Camp Nou was heavily poised with injuries and it's a shame really. He was an amazing powerhouse during his time at Ajax and was incredibly unlucky. He could've been an amazing hit at Camp Nou for years to come. de Boer wasn't that bad either, given the shape...

That's what stood out to me as well. Xavi and/or Iniesta definitely deserve to be in the top 3. Especially over such players as Pirlo and Touré. Don't get me wrong, I do believe that Pirlo has had a good season and definitely performed well enough to be in the top 5/10, but not in top three.

I have to say that I'm frankly quite surprised by the quality of Kimi's comeback. He always has been a good driver, but to achieve something he has this year by driving a Lotus is not far off being a remarkable feat.

I'm surprised that those were designed by adidas. They look horrible.

Need. My. Fix. It's a travesty that both the NHL and NHLPA are acting like petty children, with absolutely no resolutions in sight.

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Alba shouldn't have been anywhere near the back post, end of. He doesn't have attributes to deal with back post defending against tall and physical teams such as Celtic. It should have been either of Song or Bartra, as they could have actually made the difference instead of being helplessly...

I think he did well enough, considering it is only his second game since his injury. He had the right ideas going forward, he held his flank to best of his current ability and constantly tried to hustle the Celtic's left side and create space. Needless to say, he did have a few occasional brain...

but the question is.... do you have the potential?