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1131087294830600192 Mentality of a champion. Will fight tooth and nail for his starter's spot regardless of how much hype any young Dutch wonderkid is riding in with. There's a reason why every coach that's ever had the privilege of coaching Rakitic raves endlessly about him.

:lol::lol::lol: Dembele will never finish in the top 10 in voting for the Ballon D'or in his career, let alone ever win it. The kid has some talent, but is shocking when it comes to some of the simplest aspects of football. His decision making ability is truly awful despite a few flashes of...

1130953158174355464 Shouldn't be moaning about being yanked off the pitch in the second half every game or being benched during the business end of the season as his form drops. Lad can't keep himself fit as a 22 year old professional footballer at club of this stature. Embarrassing stuff.

What a crock of shite. Like I said in the De Ligt thread, every other possible suitor for Griez has either had someone from their management come out and rule out the signing or reliable reporters deny it claiming that he's off to Barca. There is no going back now. Griezmann has officially...

Unproven forwards joining the club need to earn the privilege to start meaningful matches with likes of Messi and Suarez. Winning comes before all else and no player deserves an opportunity with the Gala XI just because he's young and has potential. Perform when you're called upon whether that...

His match against Madrid is vastly overrated. He was nothing special or out of this world, he just looked lively compared to Coutinho and Suarez who were both having terrible matches. He looked like he was trying and offered some movement, but never influenced the game much in the final third...

:lol: So you're the poster the foaming at the mouth Valverde Out crew keep claiming I am. Must be posting some good stuff if you get them that worked up and paranoid. If these guys are so confident I challenge them to an IP ban bet that we're not the same users. Mods can check this. Real...

Great, more lies being peddled. There are plenty of valid critiques to be made of Valverde, there is no need to fabricate rubbish to prove your point. Valverde rotated the senior players a fair amount this season and there were plenty of fresh faces to be seen in the cup matches and smaller...

That's a bit over the top, but the crux of that poster's argument still stands. Let's compare the 14-15 squad to the current one and I'll give all the fan favourites the disputed starter spots: 14/15 Messi > Current Messi 14/15 Suarez >>>>> Current Suarez 14/15 Neymar >>>>> Dembele 14/15...

He will come. -Bayern have already spent 80m on a defender already and they won't be willing to part ways such a large sum for another one. De Ligt himself isn't very keen on them either. -Liverpool have backed out. -United? Are you having a laugh? The lard Raiola is just using his favourite...

No thanks, tell Benfica to pay us the full amount. This story has been played out a million times before already. The "promising prospect" (aren't they all) will play a few seasons at Barca B, but will either never establish himself there or won't be good enough for the main squad even if he...

Right now as rigid and pragmatic as Valverde's system may seem he is consistently delivering on the domestic stage. I will concede the CL might be too big for him, but it also seems like the CL is too big for our squad in general. Is is worth throwing all this guaranteed domestic success away...

He didn't debunk anything, he presented his side of the argument and you're fully within your rights to side with him over me, but don't throw around words like "debunked" when it comes to opinions. I do appreciate him willing to engage with me and reply with a well thought out rebuttal, which...

Is that why you called me a dickhead for absolutely no reason when I was having a civil discussion with another member? Seems like you like hearing "different opinions" so long as they aren't too different from the views you espouse. Now go spam #ValverdeOut on Twitter and Instagram a million...

So you start by saying you like having a forum with different opinions because you don't want to be part of an echo chamber, but then you follow that up by essentially saying anyone that has a different opinion than yours is a troll? :shh: :lol::lol::lol:

Finally some sanity on this board. Malcom is a very average player with no real outstanding qualities. If he was better he wouldn't have been at Bordeaux for 3 years. If he was better why were only clubs on the level of Roma, Dortmund and Arsenal linked to him? No big clubs like PSG, City...

That wouldn't be ideal, but it wouldn't be the end of the world either. Sergi is embodiment of the Catalan dream. Local boy coming up through La Masia, limited technically, hard worker, struggled for chances in the first team, was persistent despite offers from elsewhere and ended up carving...

After Neymar left us and we got battered by Madrid in the '17 Supercup Barca fans were talking about the end of an era and how the team was supposedly finished. Fast forward almost two years and two domestic doubles later under Valverde and it's all because of Messi and Valverde deserves no...

And how is exactly is any coach supposed to be an "artisan" with a 32 year old forever walking Messi, slow as shit Busquets and Rakitic, 32 year old sluggish Suarez, ego-maniac Alba, and the eternal brain fart master Pique? These players cannot be benched without the manager losing the room...

:lol::lol::lol: What complete rubbish. There are many valid criticisms to be made of Valverde and the current power structure at the club, but branding everyone that doesn't think the club is in crisis and aren't supreme reactionary plastics as "Valverde apologists" is just plain disingenuous...