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Never said he only produces against dross. Point is he is getting progressively worse outside his comfort zone. Is that an incorrect assessment?

Don't doubt me. Their mentality is unparalleled. I am never worried about them until the final whistle. Mental giants. There is a reason Klopp has been to 3 CL finals with squads that were not a cut above the rest technically. Pep cannot compete in this aspect.

Team should have been better, but Leo could have been much better himself as well. His ideal environment to produce magic is a late kick-off, at home against some rubbish relegation fodder. Remove him from his comfort zone and he struggles only get worse. Far from an alien anymore.

What a tragedy. If Dembele was smart and not so stubborn he would have agreed to leave the club this summer. At the very least we would have recouped 80m. Neymar would be back. Instead we have to deal with this horror for yet another year and have average Perez or child Fati as our only real...

Three possibilities: 1. Picked up yet another injury 2. Valverde is punishing him for doing something stupid off the pitch yet again 3. Valverde has given up counting on him and Fati has moved up in the pecking order Option one is unlikely as we would have heard if he was hurt by this point...

Needs 48 more goals to pass both Kubala and César to become the 2nd highest goalscorer in club is history. Is it possible? Not that unlikely for me... Assuming he plays this season out and the next: -25 more goals this season -23 goals next season That would do it. He would need to stay in...

mtvHXSX2BME h9-cJCtTdfU Verrati has 50 minutes of highlights for 2 seasons. Every average player these days has a 20 minute video for one season. Very few if any people have gone back and watched every single Maradona match for 90 minutes. It is impossible. Many of the matches are not...

Televised football has been massive since the 70s/80s, and the footage surely exists, but that does not mean all of it will ever make it to a modern day highlight reel. -Most football video creators are young lads that were not around during Maradona's time, therefore cannot recall all the...

Still isn't the favourite. This is simply the Barcelona press trying to give Messi some good PR for a few more Ballon D'or votes. Unfortunately they are incredibly inept compared to the Madrid and CR7 media machine. Messi winning the Balon D'or is your new "relax, Neymar is coming" act.

He is not leaving this summer. He will play out his final year under contract next season and make the move to North America/Asia/South America on a free transfer with a huge signing bonus.

Of course he is declining and has had his level massively drop off from his prime days. The current version of Vidal should not be relied upon as a starting midfield option for a team with serious CL aspirations. Like the poster above mentioned he is good in certain matches and situations. He...

Is he still a F.C. Barcelona player?

Real Valladolid at home is a great opportunity for Fati. A great performance from him here and he can hopefully replace Dembele as the 4th forward option.

Aye. De Jong did not "explode later" and that is what you were trying to argue with your beyond idiotic assertion of him only having only two matches with the Dutch U21 team. You do realize De Jong is still only 22 years of age, right? Why would I have not known who he was last season? The...

:lol::lol::lol: The irony is too much. While you attempted to lambaste BBZ for his use of statistics all you did was completely and utterly expose yourself instead. :lol: Really I cannot handle it. De Jong only had 2 appearances with the Dutch U21 team because he was already with the senior...

Also is this the standard of utter rubbish allowed on this forum? This bloke is clearly suffering from a mental ailment of some sort, but does that justify him being allowed to make such, vile, crude sexual remarks? Really, I mean the muppet is insinuating I have Valverde's ejaculate in my...

Read more carefully next time. Not once did I say none of those managers are better than Valverde. What I did suggest is that none of them are likely to be at the requisite level to take this current squad to the desired level in the CL. That was entire purpose of my post and the reason why I...

Valverde is very clearly a flawed manager, but fans must stop using Pep as the benchmark to judge other coaches off. Pep is a top manager in the history of football and the only other gaffer remotely in the same class as him today is Klopp. Exclude those two and look around world football? Who...

:lol::lol::lol: You're generally one of the better posters on the forum, but this is a bit much mate. Your insight as a former professional player can add a lot to the discussion, but there is no need to go over the top with this pretentious, condescending drivel.

Current Messi is not capable of playing in a demanding, defined structured system. He has not been committed to playing with any sort of positional integrity since he decided to vacate the right flank for some inexplicable reason midway through the 2015-16 season. Fans still are still...