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He didnt score, but he had a good match. Started on the leftside in the first half and moved to the centre to replace Sneijder in the 2nd half.

Found another part of an interview... Every 10 minutes I play in this Barcateam is great. I signed for 4,5 years, so ill be around for a while. I knew the first half year would be tricky, but its encouraging to see what Iv played so far. The first months are a nice bonus for me. I found a...

Afellay is with the Dutch squad atm and he told the reporter that Barca is fantastic. His objective is to improve his game every day and feels that he is succeeding, because he gets to train with fantastic players. He was asked about the amount of playtime he gets. Afellay replied by saying he...

You are probably right. This season Pep seems to stick with his strong 11.

I would love to see him start with the regular guys just once. Barca is known for their furious starts going all out on opponents. After a 3-0 or 4-0 lead the game changes a bit and thats when Afellay usually gets some playtime. Just wonder how he will play when Barca is in full...

ROFL...my grandmother is faster than Simons.

If he wasnt very fast, than defenders eventually would catch up. When he is gone, he is gone. So he is very fast.

Actually this is one of Afellays strenghts as well. His pace with or without the ball is pretty much the same. Thats why defenders over here could only stop him with a foul.

Nice goal...but he should have scored twice. Also nice to see the reaction of the other players on the bench!

Looking at my closet I have to disagree with you. :lol: He got in very late, but had clean passes...also almost an assist if Nolito would have scored. Yeah with his sexy bag. :lol:

Are you guys serious? :lol: I thought this was a soccerforum...

Sorry Jonathan...you had all day, but the 1000th post is mine...all mine!! :lol: Where is my present? Ontopic: I wonder if Afellay will get a place in the squad before a CL-match. Is it realistic to assume that Pep will want to rest Iniësta for example?

Yeah, it had to do with Pep experimenting in the defense and he had to pick between the two. I guess Bojan made it easy for Pep to decide otherwise next time.

Im a bit surprised that there is so much negativity about Bojan. I was always under the impression that he was a crowd favorite. He did have a poor performance when he came in against Racing, but I can't imagine Pep would send him on the pitch without Bojan showing he has the 'right' to play by...

If the threat comes from one focal point Barca will relatively be easier to defend, because it will get more predictable. The opponents will know that the other players will want to pass the ball to Messi as soon as they have the chance and Messi will have to stay deep. Basically if you manage...

How long did it take you to come up with such an intelligent and in-depth post? You really impressed me with your arguments. What an intellect. :lol:

I partially agree with you. Yes, we don't have to expect miracles from him. He is no Messi and he never will be. There is no shame in that. But he has just been at Barca for 19 days and already adapted faster than I expected. His job now is to think faster and make the right decisions + assists...

Have you seen how many unforced errors all the players made? Not just the players that got a chance, but also Xavi and Messi. You could see that the team had an offday. Seeing those circumstances Afellay had a decent play. So I can understand what the Sky commentator meant by what he said.

I feel sorry for the next opponent of Barca, they ll want to take revenge for this defeat. There obviously is still a gap between where Afellay now is and where he needs to be. Maybe Im biased, but I think he left a better impression compared to the other players that got an opportunity today...

Doesnt look nervous to me tbh. The entire team looks flat.