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Tbh, I can see this 2 attacking fullbacks thing working with a better center of the defense and better pressing. Especially if we also manage to get Alves and Alba to take turns attacking. Bayern use 2 attacking FBs and have a great defensive record, so it's not like there's no way for it to...

Ronaldo/Mourinho as the main villain with Pepe as the main lackey...

LET IT BE TRUE! :w000t: :w000t: :w000t:

I wouldn't say he's "done" but we definitely need to get someone to replace him as the starter. He can be a great 3rd choice CB next season though.

Tbh, a few years down the road I can see Pep doing the same thing for United that he did for us in 2008.

The 35 year old injury-prone Puyol or Masch who's not a real CB? Not to mention that, like I said before, Pique is pretty inconsistent (but like I also said before, pairing him with a world-class CB would really help IMO). I agree that the pressing needs to return, but we also need a new...

Bayern are a better team, but it's one game, so anything can happen, as Chelsea showed last year (Barca and Bayern were both better teams, both on paper and in the actual games, but they somehow both lost). I think Dortmund winning this is a lot more likely than Chelsea winning it last year was...

I don't hate him as much as others here do, and he can definitely put in world class performances at times (like the 2nd leg against Bayern). The thing is though, he's inconsistent, and I don't think pairing him with someone inexperienced like Marquinhos or Martinez will help. IMO, he should be...

Puyol is 35 and injury prone, Mascherano is not a real CB, and Pique is inconsistent (though I think getting him the right partner could really help this), and I'm not sure he'd pair well with someone inexperienced like Marquinhos or Martinez (though Martinez is pretty similar to Puyol, he's...

I don't see us being able to buy both Silva and Hummels, so I'd just buy Silva and pair him with Pique. IMO, selling Pique would more likely than not make our defense even weaker than it is already.

We need a world class CB now, not in the future. Inigo Martinez or Marquinhos would be good backups and good buys for the future, but right now, we need a proven world class CB. I can understand Tito's doubts about Hummels, but if we don't want Hummels, we need to push hard for Silva. Or some...

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina (30) has been offered to Barcelona, but the club's technical department don't see him as an option. [sport] I said on the Reina thread that I might not mind Reina as long as getting him means we spend a lot on our other transfers (CB, etc) and as long as he's a...

He's 1.83. The same height as Thiago Silva. Besides, height doesn't matter THAT much, Puyol is 1.78 and a beast in the air, while Pique is 1.93 and sucks in the air. I do agree that Marquinhos wouldn't be the best choice as the starting CB though. He'd be a good buy for depth, but not as the...

We play a high line and Pique is slow, we need speed to deal with counter attacks.

When in doubt, buy a midfielder :zubi:

Would have liked to see it. Not surprised that Messi doesn't approve though.

I'm also starting to think that I wouldn't mind getting Reina as long as a) it means that we have a lot of money for our other transfers (CB, forward, possibly Neymar, possibly a 2nd CB, etc) and b) he's a temporary solution. Still, I don't think Ter Stegen (for example) would cost that much...

Damn we've been unlucky this season, I mean, Messi and Busquets never get injured... Still, it's not all down to bad luck, Tito shouldn't have played Messi against Celta after the game against Bolivia, for example. And he's made other similar mistakes (overplaying Xavi, overplaying Puyol, etc).

5 Barcelona players are this summer not for sale under any circumstances: Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, and Pique. [mundo deportivo]

We need the depth. He's too old to be a starter, but he can be a great (though probably not always available) third choice CB next season.