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You never know, but it only seems reasonable to promote Cucurella to the first team next year and say good bye to Digne.

Yeah, Denis definitely played better with Spain.

I laughed with those awkard moments when he was slowly moving towards the target of his pass and then finally releasing the ball inches away from the teammate. I think he will be a very interesting player:

Where? When? Source?

Which was only to be expected, judging by his pathetic performances as a RB. As a winger, he's average at best. As a RB, he's a nightmare. Good bye.

lol

Is this the straw hyperbole thread?

Agreed. About the Bellerin part, I would say glad and relieved.

Well, I'll have to follow him here and see if he's become a Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde in terms of attitude. Considering he used to be only Mr. Hyde some years ago, I'm already seeing some improvement!

At Milan he went back to what he was before? That's news to me.

I'm pleasantly surprised. He's lacking end product, but he's trying, working hard. I'm amazed at his change of attitude. He's no Dembelé, but he will be a valuable player, especially with that attitude.

I do. I'm tired of seeing him jogging. Messi's chance in the last minute: Aleix Vidal passes the ball to Messi, who faces Betis defenders. Being the closest player (and the right winger who had only been on the pitch for half an hour), he could've occupied the right attacking flank, creating...

He always had. And he has improved at staying fit by the end of games. He used to try too many things in attack and ended up exhausted and not doing what was needed defensive wise. He was only intense when he had the ball, and too often aired his frustrations while he was too out of depth to...

He has neither the quality nor the attitude. GTFO.

Exactly! :lol: Oh, wait... :banghead:

That would complete the Figo-Petit-Overmars homage. Paulinho is our Petit, and Di Maria would be our Overmars.

is better than Vidal.

Yeah, I can see that. Unfortunately, not at Barça, because for some reason (shady again? I wouldn't rule that out) the priority was Paulinho.

I would go further than that. Coutinho isn't even a CM. He'd probably adapt more easily to the LW position, a bit like what Isco does at Real Madrid, which gives their midfield more consistency. But of course, we also have Messi, who does exactly that but is also a very offensive player. What...

Coutinho is not going to solve that. We lack control. Coutinho is not control. He's an excellent offensive midfielder, a high profile Denis Suárez, not a total midfielder like Iniesta was. We can scare opposing teams with Messi, Coutinho, Dembelé and Suárez, but we won't control games.