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He's good but he's not "the best dm in the world by a fair margin". He hasn't proven himself against the very best teams in the world unlike the others. Remember he plays in a chelsea team controlled by Mou that defends deep and in numbers, the others play in attacking teams with high lines.

Javi Martinez? Does he play there for pep anymore? I think sergio and masch are better anyway. the other two are good. Matic and masch are similar and sergio and lahm are similar. I think they make up the top 4dms in the world. The order is personal opinion.

I don't think so pepe bowled him over

I'm sure they'd have been called up but they are still mediocre players, Ramsey is the best of that lot and is what I consider above average but nowhere near top class. I'm sure plenty would rather play arsenal, though both sides are easy. You know you are pretty much guaranteed to knock...

Well they lost intensity towards the end of last season and that's down to pep. If he has learned from his mistakes they are a major threat. When I have seen them lately (shakhtar first leg for example) they were slow and lethargic and well below their potential. Pep needs to corrct that for...

Btw by classic dm I mean guy that hunts the ball and makes tackles. I prefer sergio though because he is smarter and better positionally and with decision making. Also better with the ball as I've already mentioned. If sergio is fit enough then play him.

How much will he cost?

they are my favourites for the CL because of their depth and easy schedule will mean they are fresher towards the end. I'd say we are the next best team ATM and also quite fit. I can't see another team winning the cl, even Real Madrid. Juventus are a dark horse but they have less quality. We...

A draw is no use. We have tougher games than they do.

Ryu Hayabusa hypes them up a lot. Still on paper they are the best squad in the world.

I personally prefer sergio in there but masch is the best classic dm in the world. It's not like we are playing some crap player there.

He did well in that 20 20 World Cup win a Few years back. Mediocre otherwise.

They bottled it against Chelsea in Munich, and that was Heynckes team...

A lot depends on what version of Luiz turns up too.

Could be like inter 2010, but that was mourinho's epic bus and we had that volcano crap to deal with. We also had the useless Ibra upfront.

That's reasonably draining for them actually. I fear their defence (assuming david Luiz is having a good day and not crazy Luiz) and set piece threats. Lucas is also dangerous on the counter. They could play a counter attack game against us and get a decent result, and hang on in Barcelona...

We are lucky in the way that we always seem to play our second legs at home.

Bayern playing a final in Germany is a nice story, but I don't think there's any rigging going on.

Roma were never going to win, Juve are clearly the best squad and have the mentality, iivoted for juve. The Roma thing is a weird Barcaforum obsession.

You want the easiest team possible at each stage because there is a league to fight for. The final is right at the end and if you deserve to be champions you will win that one off game anyway (most of the time).