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I hope Adriano starts over Alba - seriously, Alba often makes huge f*ck ups defensively. Like many others are predicting, I think Xavi+Iniesta - no real surprises. Not sure how I think about that, ideally we should have a box-to-box + holding midfielder in our squad - Song should be the type to...

Maybe he's just trying to get sold for cheap, than he arrives here and BOOM! :shrug:

I don't like to say it, but I think they'll win the PL. One of the reasons is going to be the a**-whopping we will give Manchester Sheikhy - they will all get mad depressed about being eliminated and start to lose games to Cardiff, Fulham and Stoke.

Better to have tried and failed ;)

It looks like we changed the way we play; Messi drops deeper, our wingers cut in more and Xavi almost plays double pivot with Busi - that's why he is further away from the having the chance of delivering the final ball, the 'killer' pass. When we play our best team, it usually looks like this...

We were give a lot of space in the second half, in situations like that Alexis is the better choice 9/10 times on false 9. But against teams that defend deep I'd rather play (if I Messi is injured or rested) Cesc on false 9 and Alexis on the wing in a 4-4-2 diamond formation.

Have to agree. I also think he is a very good player...

Lol, that's terrible statistics for a CF :lol:

Well, Song was on the pitch - but exactly what he was doing there is something we all still try to understand...

:facepalm:

Alexis Cesc Roberto

Meh, I was angry at first - but now I don't think he would fit into our system - we have Iniesta + Cesc on 'AM', and we need a holding CM / box-to-box to complement them - Thiago was not the right man for the job even though I think he is a brilliant player.

Masch on DM, long time ago :) I wish we could play him + Busi as double pivots + Iniesta or Cesc on AM against city away because I don't think it will be a pretty game + we suck in away games this season.

Not terrible, but definitively not good. But I really hope he will be the first to leave in the summer and be replaced by somebody that could play in our system - a backup CB, a CM/DM and Delo for Tello and we're fine.

If we sell Song we need a DM, heck we need a DM even now because imo Song is not up for the task. I've been saying this for some time, find a DM that can also play CM...

So how much did he cost, £37.1M? How much of that did go to Neymars father? :tata1:

Exactly, just as I was saying. I don't know if Iniesta haven't reached his full potential or if he isn't used properly in Tata's system or a combination of both - but what is clear is that we look "less Barcelona" like you said. Under the Pep era Busi, Xavi and Iniesta was the best, most skilled...

That's what I've been saying Jam, Delo will hopefully be second choice for RW IF he is good enough - otherwise he will be sold/loaned if he can't cement his place as a reliable backup for RW. If all things stay the same (no new CM/AM is brought in, no #9 etc) and we only bring in Delo for Tello...

I don't understand what you mean? Pedro + Neymar for LW and Delo + Alexis for RW - if Delo plays his cards right he should get plenty of minutes (+ cups games, early substitutions, injuries etc). And the only thing that Delo could do is to improve his game another level - if he does that than he...

Don't think there will be anything for us this silly season. But next one there will be a couple of changes: Song will probably (and hopefully leave) and be replaced by a DM that fits our style better. Ideally a player that could cover DM, CM and play box-box. Than Sergio will probably be...