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  1. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Samuel Umtiti

    If he isn’t the same player, it’s really simple: bench him for Lenglet next season and sell him in January 2019/next summer. It makes 0 sense to me to project his career path based on other players who have had similar injuries and prematurely sell him. Like, are we just going to dump any...
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    Samuel Umtiti

    I think he’ll stay another season at least unless it is the club pushing him out. Sure, knee injuries are always a gamble but he is too valuable and still has plenty of upside to sell in my book. He is 25 and is still another injury or two from being Verm. Give him at least another season to see...
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    11 - Ousmane Dembélé - V1

    It just continues to not make sense on why we are not utilizing Malcom. Sure, medical staff declared him fit but Valverde still made the conscious decision to risk Dembele over playing a fully fit and hungry Malcom. He knew this would be a possibility when he told him to warm up so you cannot...
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    Who do want Barca to play in UCL quarters?

    Fixed ;)
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    Who do want Barca to play in UCL quarters?

    My dream draw: Juve-City Man UTD-Liverpool Tottenham-Ajax Porto-Barça
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    10 - Lionel Messi - V6

    Just gonna....
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    10 - Lionel Messi - V6

    P.S. Idk how you can call yourself a Barça fan and still doubt Messi. I learned that lesson harshly back in 2014. Only thing that is valid is he needs to be rested more. That played a huge role in why wonderboy looked so good yesterday and we have to rest Messi more, especially in La Liga...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - V6

    One of the biggest problems with Messi, in general but particularly in the UCL, is he the chief creater & the chief goal scorer while wonderboy only has to be the chief scorer. At Real, he had Modric & Kroos who were the controllers and creators allowing him to just focus on goals. I think this...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - V6

    :rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1: The last couple pages man, boy did the Cristiano stans come out in full force!!! False narrative after another just because wonderboy scores a couple of headers and a PK. Now Messi is a family man who doesn’t care if he loses?!? Sure, family first but a man like Messi...
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    Champions League

    Atletico are a bunch of fucking cucks, the whole lot of them. Like, your entire fucking identity is built on being tough men who win every 50/50 ball and dominate in the air and you give up two fucking goals off of crosses? I understand its Cristiano but still... Small club mentality, it...
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    Who do you want as Barça manager next season?

    YA SIGN THIS DUDE NOW. Lol lets just steal all of Ajax; Onana, de Ligt, Neres. Bring them all. lolz
  12. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    Good post. There isn't much I really disagree with here. Only thing I'll say is that Van Gaal's United were not nearly as adventurous as he was with us or even Bayern. A lot of the static positional play that you correctly described in Valverde, I saw in Van Gaal's United. Again, I said he is a...
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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    All of this is why, for me, he’s a poor man’s Van Gaal or del Bosque. Similar approach tactically to both, but probably not as effective. It’s the defensive side of possession football while we are largely used to Cruyff/Pep’s views, which is certainly more offensive. But as has been said, our...
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    11 - Ousmane Dembélé - V1

    This dude is our only hope this season, imho. Unlucky not to have a goal today, his 1-on-1 chance was very good. Same situation, I'd have my head down to automatically shoot even though the chip was on. Came very close with that chance from distance too. Needs to be playing all 90 going...
  15. i_bleed_blaugrana

    CL | 1/8 Finals: FC Barcelona - Lyon 5-1 agg.

    We will always be with Messi. We are in a considerably bad moment. Has to be said that we are really reliant on individual qualities. Only positives I see going forward is that we hope for Arthur's return to really help stabilize our form and Dembele starts finding goals again. I'd also say our...
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    CL | 1/8 Finals: FC Barcelona - Lyon 5-1 agg.

    He did? Sorry, but I think Bob was bang average tonight. Didn't really make much happen on the ball outside of a wide shot. Believe it or not, I think Rakitic quietly had a very solid game today. Its a shame Ernie won't bench Luis; I think with Messi, Dembele & Coutinho/Malcom, we find a goal...
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    CL | 1/8 Finals: FC Barcelona - Lyon 5-1 agg.

    :lol::lol::lol: Have you watched us at all this past month? They score once, you really think we can score twice in the sort of form we are in right now? And don't give me the whole "it's at the Camp Nou" song and dance. We have been just as average at home this season as on the road. This...
  18. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Ernesto Valverde - V1

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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    Agree with it not working now, disagree with the statement that Pep's Barca didn't make this work. The only reason why we didn't sweep that year was due to Fabregas and in particular, David Villa's injury (a lot of people forget how important that was in that season). That's why we'd create...
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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    A) Our MF currently is no where near good enough at controlling games to run the Cruyff diamond. I love this formation but this flat out would not work with only Busi and Arthur knowing how to pass/dribble through a press. B) You didn't address my original question: how was the 4-4-2 you posted...

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