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Glad that precautionary measures were taken here. Hope he'll be ready to feature in our next La Liga game.

You are right, they could even get injured in training. My fears were probably not very justified and not very thought out :) I just hope everything turns out for the best, we have a crucial stretch of league games culminating in El Clásico so no injuries/stupid suspensions please :D The season...

You do make a great point. But my fears were never squad depth or faitgue-related, but injury related. I do know that we have more than enough talent to rotate the squad. I guess that my fears are based on the fact than Andrés got injured precisely vs Milan at Camp Nou. That's why I feel our...

No thanks. Trolling Arsenal is fun, but we have absolutely no need for him whatsoever.

I'm not even talking about El Clásico. We have no margin for error in La Liga. As I said in the last comment, if we lose at San Siro we're still advancing in the CL comfortably. If we drop points against Getafe, the league will get really, really difficult. If we're being practical, the Getafe...

Not a high risk, but the risk is always there. The game against Getafe is much more important than the AC Milan game. If we lose against Milan, we're still advancing to the next stage. If we lose to Getafe or even draw, our La Liga title hopes will start to be very, very bleak. I'll trust Pep's...

Fair enough, I can see your point. But on the other hand, keeping the pace in La Liga is much more important than getting first place. I feel Pep has his priorities wrong here. If all goes well and we win, it's ok. If a key player gets an injury and misses El Clásico, it will have turned out to...

It seems so. But it'd be an incredibly stupid decision if someone got injured (remember Iniesta got injured vs AC Milan at Camp Nou). Keeping the pace in La Liga is infinitely more important than first place/second place in the CL group, we have no margin for error in the league. I'd rather...

Why should we field a lineup like that for a dead rubber match? We need to be practical here. Getting six points from the next two leagues games and getting to the Clásico in the most favorable position possible is infinitely more important than the San Siro game. A potential injury to a key...

Honestly we should rest Xavi and Iniesta (and maybe Cesc too) at San Siro. With our qualification sealed, this is a dead rubber match. Getting injuries to key players in such a match would be incredibly stupid and a major blow. Right now, the league is much more important, I'd rather not risk...

Yeah I have no doubt that from a physical point of view he's superior to any Barca player. But is that really more important than passing, dribbling, ball control, vision, etc..., pure football skills where Iniesta clearly has the edge? Is Ronaldo one of the greatest goalscorers of all-time...

Yes, physically he's undoubtedly superior, but that has little relevance in a debate about who's the better/more complete player. Being strong physically alone isn't enough nor even a requirement to be a top player. Being faster/stronger would be decisive aspects if we were comparing sprinters...

Ronaldo can't produce ANY of the stuff Iniesta does. Cristiano's only advantage over Andrés is at goalscoring, Iniesta is superior at most other aspects. His ball control is far superior, only matched by Messi's.

I was in no way claiming that Spain are going to win the Euro or that they will beat Germany. I was just questioning the logic according to which friendly results prove that Spain have been surpassed. Fair enough. But it'd be foolish to discount Spain. I wouldn't put my money on them at this...

So friendlies are a better indicator of Spain's strength than a World Cup title and a clean sweep of victories in the Euro qualifiers. Del Bosque's tactics might not the best, but a team with the two best players in Europe in Xavi and Iniesta and the best forward in the world at the...

Both are very good. I'd say Goetze is better, I think he's potential Ballon d'Or winner in the future. That said, none of them are needed at Barca, midfield talent is something that we have in abundance.

I've followed Suarez since his Ajax years and there's no doubt that he's a brilliant player, an incredibly complete forward. He can both score more than one goal per game during a season (2009/2010) or take a more creative role in the team (Uruguay and now Liverpool). He's very good on the ball...

This might be a bold prediction, but I believe that by the time both call it a day, Messi and Iniesta will go down as the two greatest players in Barcelona history. With Messi stealing all the plaudits, some people tend to forget how insanely great Andrés is: :worthy: What a player It's...

It's just you. I for one think we should also give Chelsea Messi, Xavi and Iniesta (apart from Villa) :shakeshead:

Yes indeed. I don't completely agree, but I'm glad we found some common ground. I'm surprised actually, most of my recent discussions on BarcaForum have basically been like talking to walls (posters who just disregard your points, keep repeating the same thing over and over), glad this one was...