Search results

  1. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Arthur

    I think its ridiculous to go either way with Arthur until he plays. Judging this man as a flop or success before he has a single appearance is nothing short of ludicrous. Especially off a graphic that hardly paints the full picture of a player's contribution to a team. I think he certainly has...
  2. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Signing another midfielder

    Cannot disagree with you on Aleñá. Super excited to see what he can do and hoping he comes back strong and not tentative from his recovery. Best way to recover is being brave and being decisive in those 50/50s. It’s going to be hard coming back from an injury and needing to show enough to get...
  3. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Signing another midfielder

    I've never been a huge fan of Rakitic here. He was good his first season here but I've gotten really frustrated with his decision-making and lack of precision with passing at times. He's good and for how we used Paulinho, I think we'd get more out of him if we let Rakitic play that way but...
  4. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Signing another midfielder

    My previous post responded to your points about Kante but I wanna come to bat for Rafinha here. A lot of people forgot about this but dude was looking like a world beater in Lucho's second season. He made tremendous strides in his play from the 2nd half of Lucho's first season until the Roma...
  5. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Signing another midfielder

    So let me get this straight... All of y'all would rather bench Rakitic, Roberto, Arthur and/or Busi in favor of Kante? Just because he is strong, fast and can run all over the pitch and make tackles? I'm not saying he isn't a world class DM, but he would essentially be like Mascherano was at...
  6. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Luka Modrić

    Until he scores the goal that wins his country their very first World Cup, you cannot say he’s at Iniesta’s level.
  7. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Adrien Rabiot

    This dude is marginally better than Gomes and worse than Rakitic. But yeah, let Thiago go to Real for peanuts while we sign this clown and bench Arthur and Alena. Fucking brilliant :banghead:
  8. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Yerry Mina

    Always thought us and the board were giving up wayyyyyy too quickly on him. He is proving that he will be world class once he gets acclimated to European football.
  9. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Should Messi retire from Argentina?

    Can’t disagree with that decision though. The psychologically toll he paid for this gong show is not easy. Especially this tournament, I’ve known exactly how he feels out there on the pitch. I’ve been on a team when I’m one of the three players who know what to do and the rest are utter shit...
  10. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Should Messi retire from Argentina?

    I think he should solely place this decision on how the FA respond. What was clear today was the lack of top European experience of too many Argentinean players and the lack of coaching and organization. They have the talent, they just left too many of them on the bench or at home this...
  11. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Should Messi retire from Argentina?

    Let’s just start the discussion now.
  12. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Thiago Translantara

    If we had the sort of luck Real has had recently, Pep would have won 4 CLs in a row. Not to mention: Inter 10-Two offsides goals for Inter, without those two goals we go through to beat Bayern in the Bernabeu. But UEFA Madrid couldn’t let that happen. Chelsea 12-Villa’s injury. We have him...
  13. i_bleed_blaugrana

    10 - Lionel Messi - v5

    I agree with everything except the omission of Dybala and Lo Celso.
  14. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Argentina

    If still chasing after the 1st half: -Di Maria for Lo Celso (alongside Dybala, the most shocking omission so far from Sampaoli) -Higuain for Aguero, switch to a traditional 4-3-3 with Higuain up front If Di Maria starts, it should be in MF NOT as a forward. Using him as a forward is just a...
  15. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Thiago or Pjanic?

    Don’t disagree. I was refuting the hypothetical of if we had Thiago for our CL ties over the years, would he have made a difference. EV was a big part of that, clearly didn’t have us focused enough on getting a result but Umtiti and Raki were, at least for me, the players who played the worst...
  16. i_bleed_blaugrana

    10 - Lionel Messi - v5

    I'm not sure why people are blaming Messi at all for this. He was a forward today and he literally had to come below the center half line just to touch the ball and move the lines. It was remarkable how not a single midfielder for Argentina could get the ball to the forward line. Also, any team...
  17. i_bleed_blaugrana

    10 - Lionel Messi - v5

    I think in particular, not bringing Pastore was absolutely asinine from Jorge. I get why he didn't bring Icardi (Gonzalo, at least on paper, can do everything he can plus more experience) but they really need someone with some quality who can play deeper through the center and that is something...
  18. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Thiago or Pjanic?

    Thiago by far. khaled_a_d like could not disagree more with this sentiment. Rakitic was great last season?!?! Did you watch the 2nd leg at Rome, he next to Umtiti were the most culpable players during that dreadful performance. Rakitic just doesn't offer enough creativity nor control over games...
  19. i_bleed_blaugrana

    Would you bring Thiago back home if possible?

    That player would be Sergi Roberto in that scenario. And for my money, Sergi can do all of the things Raki can do outside of hitting the odd outside of the box pill every now and then.
  20. i_bleed_blaugrana

    New 2022-2023 Barca kits

    Absolutely love the jersey, but not crazy about the shorts. I really dig the dark blue, its not that, I just don't like that it doesn't really match the blue in the jersey. Kit like this, I think going back to the red shorts for a season would have looked great with the thin stripes, but that's...

Home of Barca Fans

Top