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    Arturo Vidal

    Vidal should obviously never be paired with the likes of Busquets and Rakitic who are all 30+ years old (as well) and not the quickest guys (as well). We need a distributor, destroyer and creator in the midfield at any given moment hence why the Busquets-Arthur-Rakitic midfield might possibly be...
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    Gerard Piqué

    Overall he has had an amazing career for club and country. Everywhere that he has been actually. Even for a stacked Man Utd he performed well whenever he played and helped them win the CL in 2008. In Zaragoza as a 18 year old, he was one of their very best performers (quickly became a starter...
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    14 - Javier Mascherano

    Mascherano comes across as really clever (for a footballer) in that interview. I have no doubt (if he wants to) that he would become a great, great manager having worked with so many talented managers and played in 3 (now 4 if we include China) so different leagues and types of football...
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    Kylian Muppet

    I (can't talk for other users) am probably the least impressed user when it comes to the level of EPL. However no sane person can deny that the quality of it is significantly bigger than that of Ligue 1. Yes, Mbappé having an easier time in EPL than in say La Liga or Serie A is believable. I...
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    Kevin-Prince Boateng

    Looking back at this thread and the posts that it contains from the lot that praised this signing, it just becomes funnier each single time. Truly something else.:lol: KPB was signed to rest Suárez whenever possible. Believed nobody.:lol: Instead we got this from our "alpha":
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    Arturo Vidal

    EdmondDantes I have noticed that we tend to agree on many issues involving Barça and football in general, however your criticism of Vidal always stroke me as rather strange. Sure he is not your typical "smooth" Barça midfielder but he does his job fairly well in terms of distribution all things...
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    João Félix

    He is an exciting talent but he has much to prove yet. Much more than the likes of De Jong and De Ligt although they are by no means veterans but compared to Félix they are. The Portuguese league (level of it) is really, really low. Take it from someone who watches at least 1 random (mostly...
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    Kylian Muppet

    Yes, indeed. After all we have lost all of our meetings in the knockout stages in the CL against them since all the way back to the 2012-13 season when freaking Beckham was playing for them. Not the other way around.:lol: With that lot around it is no wonder that people are taking a piss on...
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    La Liga 2018/19

    Everyone on the La Real boat. On the other hand a part of me wants us to not have a bigger advantage than those 7 points in order to keep us on our toes and ready in the CL knockout stages provided that we can send Lyon home. With Umtiti back and Murillo available, the like of Piqué can get...
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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    Man City are arguably better not because of their better individual brilliance or talent upfront but because they have a better and more cohesive offensive system in place (do we have any offensive system other than giving Messi the ball and Alba making runs? (obviously I simplified that but...
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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    Sure, our frontline is no longer what it once was (MSN for instance) but I struggle to find better frontlines out there. Juve with a 33 year old Mandzukic, 34 year old Ronaldo and an inconsistent and frankly hyped Dybala? Atlético with a 30 year old Costa (often injured), Griezmann and a Morata...
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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    I stopped making any predictions in the CL ages ago considering that it is one of the most unpredictable tournaments out there. Some absurd winners throughout the ages. RM being the perfect example in recent years. A joke that they won the CL in 2015-16 and last year. List is very long...
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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    The league is usually always the most important trophy to win and the tournament where more than 2/3 of the games each season are played in. It is a tournament where every team plays against the same opponents twice, home and away from home. Winning the league is always the biggest testament of...
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    Malcom

    To date Malcom has shown more in the very restrictive number of minutes that he has received than Coutinho who has played 7-8 times the minutes. To start with he has never stunk up the place like Coutinho has been doing for MONTHS at a time by now. Most evident by his horrible 15 minute...
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    Man of the Match thread

    Piqué Rakitic Roberto Honorable mentions to Lenglet (could have been 3rd if not for Roberto winning every single direct dual against RM's left flank which caused us all kind of trouble on Wednesday night and giving an assist to Rakitic's goal) and Vidal for that 15 minute cameo.
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    Sergi Roberto

    Well, I have pretty much tried to erase that horrendous game from my memory (although that Kolarov goal is the only thing that I recall from that game) and I don't really bother to look whether he played or not. The point being is that Roberto tends to perform great (overall) in clásicos and...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - V6

    Messi having a relatively quiet game once again (for his insanely high standards) but the team nevertheless winning relatively convincingly is actually a great sign. At times I feel that the collective would be greater if his teammates were not looking to pass to Messi on a consistent basis. It...
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    Sergi Roberto

    I agree and wrote the same some months ago. When there is no fixed starter as is the case with our RB position, both Semedo and Roberto should compete for a starting place on a weekly basis depending on their respective form, the strengths and weaknesses of our opponent and who will play next to...
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    Ivan Rakitić

    Yes, not saying anything else. Look at my most recent posts. Only 6 conceded goals in the past 13 league games, 1 conceded goal against RM in the CdR semifinals and zero conceded goals against Lyon away from home is no coincidence. Our defense has improved tenfold since the beginning of the...
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    Vinícius Júnior

    Is that now 100 shots on goal and 3 goals by the "new Messi"?:lol: https://www.culemania.com/merengadas/madrid-cometen-irresponsabilidad-comparar-vinicius-messi_225717_102.html The RM propaganda machine is truly something else. In September one of the pro-RM journalists, after that 3-0 RM win...

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