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  1. Leo_Messi

    Lliga | Round 20: FC Barcelona - Leganes 3-1

    One word. Rotations. Murillo will likely start as he will be serving a one-game suspension in the CdR against Sevilla next week so it would make sense for him to play with Lenglet again and give Piqué an added break. Rest is guesswork but we can already imagine that Valverde won't rotate...
  2. Leo_Messi

    Arthur

    Or the most underrated thing which is his constant movement in the midfield area and making himself available to teammates and vice versa. Controlling the tempo of a game as well. Pretty much what Xavi did the best and what made him such a sheer force for club and country and turned him into one...
  3. Leo_Messi

    Frenkie de Jong

    I backed up all of my arguments with pure facts. Can you make a single argument and prove my factual statements wrong other than stating the obvious that "those players who went to QSG thought otherwise" or "you should stop speaking the truth because you are hurting my feelings" bullshit? What a...
  4. Leo_Messi

    Frenkie de Jong

    That is wrong. FC Barcelona was arguably the biggest club in the late 1940's and early 1950's. Read about the era of Kubala, Czibor and Kocsis and the "Barça de las Cinco Copas". We won the Latin Cup (the predecessor of the European Cup) twice (more than any other club) as well. We had more...
  5. Leo_Messi

    Basketball/NBA

    Just unfair. I mean how many elite players can you have in your starting lineup ffs?:lol: For instance Harden in Houston has a 34 year old Chris Paul and 1 Capela (remains green in many ways) and a 34 year old LeBron has Kuzma, Ingram, Zubac and Ball with all due respect to them. Talk about a...
  6. Leo_Messi

    Frenkie de Jong

    Nothing against the EPL at all in case you had that impression from my post although I was just speaking about the delusion that certain EPL fans have who tend to watch no football outside of England and keep parroting that EPL is lightyears ahead of everyone yet the reality and results on the...
  7. Leo_Messi

    Frenkie de Jong

    You are comparing apples and oranges. Prestige is one thing when you are struggling economically and not even competing in the CL anymore. AC Milan pays lower wages on average than Crystal fucking Palace does who are nobodies in comparison with AC Milan. When we are comparing QSG with the likes...
  8. Leo_Messi

    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    I tend to agree but it is not like Rakitic is some kind of race horse in comparison. The problem is that both of them (in their current versions) are a problem when paired together. It's just a choice between cholera and syphilis. Neither is great. I would mix things up depending on the...
  9. Leo_Messi

    Frenkie de Jong

    They do. The elite players always do. Man City has not bought any elite player. De Bruyne was a great talent from Belgium who played his football at Wolfsburg. Not exactly a "star signing" back in the day. Their greatest and best player to this very day, 7.5 years after his transfer remains...
  10. Leo_Messi

    Tanguy Ndombele

    This guy is the real deal. Was evident very early into his career. I actually think that Ndombélé would be the better fit than de Jong given his much greater dynamism, pace and defensive work. He would fit nicely alongside Arthur who is more static in the sense of top speed and stamina...
  11. Leo_Messi

    Frenkie de Jong

    How so? When is it ever better to play for a much less prestigious club (not even the same galaxy) in a much, much inferior league (not even comparable as well) where you are likely to stagnate much like the bigger talent (IMO) Verratti did due to lack of challenges. QSG are not even better than...
  12. Leo_Messi

    La Liga 2018/19

    Very possible. I would say there is a bigger possibility than what the bookies are believing. Although 1.66 is a rather high odds against the bottom club. Atlético are missing half of their team basically...
  13. Leo_Messi

    Frenkie de Jong

    The joke of comparing Ligue with Serie A.:lol: Even a struggling Serie A is ahead of a Ligue 1 pumped up artificially by QSG and their corrupt gas money and monopoly of most Francophone talents coming out of Africa. Big deal. The nonsense you read from some of those QSG supporters and their...
  14. Leo_Messi

    Carlos Vela

    Wrote the following yesterday in the "transfers and rumors" thread. Thought that it is relevant to post here. Vela is a strange choice but I am not surprised that the board ended up going for the cheap and easy option. I don't really see what he adds that Malcom cannot add (he barely plays)...
  15. Leo_Messi

    Copa 22/23

    RM would eventually end up in the top 4 regardless of what happens. If Valencia had been better this season, there might have been a chance of them missing out but without a strong Valencia and Alavés (currently) being their biggest opponent for a top 4 position, it is not going to happen at...
  16. Leo_Messi

    Barca draws Sevilla in Copa quarters

    :lol: :valverde: Valverde is a man of habits. He is not the most flexible guy out there and being a coward is not helping either. We can only hope for the best and some sanity to prevail. I think that even he realizes that we need rotations with our upcoming schedule if the goal is to have a...
  17. Leo_Messi

    Barca draws Sevilla in Copa quarters

    It is crazy indeed that we don't have a manager with more cojones who could do what is needed to do. The seniors are what they are, seniors. They are no longer teenagers or in their early 20's for them to demand as much playing time as possible against every given opponent. Since it seems that...
  18. Leo_Messi

    Barca draws Sevilla in Copa quarters

    Valverde would likely not have rotated regardless of the opponent. It's Valverde after all. Take a look at last season's lineups against similar opponents in the CdR. He is playing it safe almost always if not always. If not, he is making outrageous rotations like in the first game against...
  19. Leo_Messi

    Barca draws Sevilla in Copa quarters

    In total agreement. The good thing about that schedule is that all of those teams, with the exception of Leganes and Valencia (we will play both opponents at home this time around), will want to play offensively, in particular Sevilla and Girona. This likely means that the games will be open...
  20. Leo_Messi

    Copa 22/23

    Sevilla suits us very well. It's a great club that almost always if not always plays offensive football against us. The return leg being played at the Camp Nou is perfect as well.

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