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  1. The Observer

    Marc Bartra

    It's not low. € 25M for an unproven CB is steep. Especially as it is effectively € 25M + tax = over € 30 million. Transfer prices have been inflated lately but no one is going to pay that much for Bartra until he wins a starting place at Barca and proves himself in tough Champions League...
  2. The Observer

    Cristiano Ronaldo - v1

    Can't believe people say this is deserved. I'm all for giving credit where it's due. But this is basically the most undeserved individual trophy of all time. As a team: finished 15 points behind Barca last season. Individually: 34 goals with 6 penalties. His worst record since he arrived in...
  3. The Observer

    Barca vs City - who will win?

    Nasri (Man City): "Barça aren't as good as when I faced them with Arsenal and I play at a better team now. I think we can beat them." [bein]
  4. The Observer

    Other Centre-Back Options

    This is why 51 % of Oceania voted Ronaldo for Ballon d'Or. :pep:
  5. The Observer

    Daniel Alves

    It's only crap because it's lacking balance without a defensive midfielder. They had to somehow squeeze in Messi, Ronaldo, Ribery and Zlatan. All the mentioned players are easily top 3 in their respective positions though, maybe except Ramos, so it really isn't much of a controversy. In central...
  6. The Observer

    Daniel Alves

    It's a voting done by 50,000 professional footballers, it doesn't get any more objective.
  7. The Observer

    10 - Lionel Messi - v3

    What matters is that we have 4 players in the FIFA XI, not individual awards. :coffee:
  8. The Observer

    10 - Lionel Messi - v3

    The host in the Gala just said that the winner before the extension of the votes was the same as the winner after the extension. :eusa_think: Either she's lying or Ronaldo hasn't won it. Probabily lying.
  9. The Observer

    Sergio Busquets

    He's overplaying it these days. Instead of just releasing the ball as usual he's now doing too many unnecessary dragbacks and pirouettes when being pressed from all sides.
  10. The Observer

    Daniel Alves

    The way Arda waltzed into the box from the right wing we could have as well played a 3 man backline without Alba. Messed up the offside trap on another play (luckily the linesman got it wrong). Defensively 6 out of 10 at best and you have to keep in mind that Atletico don't even play with real...
  11. The Observer

    Daniel Alves

    Let's stop overanalyzing, shall we? Alves has played 2 games the last 2 months. He's pretty much in the same situation as Messi if not worse. This is not Fifa where you come onto the pitch after 4 weeks in a high intensity game and deliver a 9 out of 10 performance. Alba was worse as usual.
  12. The Observer

    Serie A 2013/2014

    In Italy only top 3 counts. Which is ... even worse.
  13. The Observer

    Xavi Hernández

    I'm all for passing the torch considering Xavi's age. But please not to Fabregas in central midfield areas. :icon_neutral: The club better have a pre-deal with someone like Gündogan wrapped up. Going into the next season with only Fabregas and Iniesta as senior central midfielders would be...
  14. The Observer

    Gerardo "Tata" Martino

    Want to judge him properly once he has a fully fit Messi available. His predcessors did have that huge advantage. Defense looks far more resilient than before though. In the 2 biggest games of the season (Clasico and Atletico away) we didn't allow too many chances, did we? Add a fully fit Messi...
  15. The Observer

    Xavi Hernández

    Sky Italia reporting something like that does worry me however. :icon_neutral:
  16. The Observer

    Xavi Hernández

    Predictable "journalism". Xavi gives interview that it is hard to retire at Barca. 2 days later all kind of "ITKs" have information that he is having talks with an MLS club where a former teammate plays. That creativity. :lol:
  17. The Observer

    1 - Victor Valdes

    I'm glad we are getting ter Stegen. Valdes' distribution from the back has declined badly. 57 % passing accuracy. 40/137 accurate/attempted long balls. As a comparison: Neuer: 91 % passing accuracy. 94/124 accurate/attempted long balls. Can't blame the tactics either as Pinto clearly puts...
  18. The Observer

    Cesc Fàbregas

    He played the entire second half in midfield and we played worse as a team than we did in the first half, despite Messi and Neymar coming on.
  19. The Observer

    Daniel Alves

    Alves is semi-infinitely better than Montoya. :pep:
  20. The Observer

    Gerard Piqué

    He always ups his game for the big occasions. Was very good against Real Madrid, too.

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