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  1. Leo_Messi

    Neymar Jr.

    Most of the football world fell in love with our style during the Pep era. It's an absurd myth that it was some kind of boring era devoid of any goals and offensive football. I think that many people, who did not watch Spanish football (La Liga and Copa del Rey) on a regular basis confused the...
  2. Leo_Messi

    Basketball/NBA

    There is a difference between talent and accomplishments. See my previous post. I am talking about Harden's offensive talent solely and the numbers that he has been clocking routinely. I am not alone in considering him one of the most talented offensive players in the modern era. We are talking...
  3. Leo_Messi

    Matthijs de Ligt

    They are pricy but are they really more pricy than some of the transfers that we have witnessed lately? Not sure about that. I would not underestimate the role and influence of senior plays. See my most recent posts in the Valverde thread. BTW I was not stating it like it was some kind of...
  4. Leo_Messi

    Matthijs de Ligt

    You are putting way too much emphasis on who is the captain, second or third captain. Messi is the best example of why you should not look at the armband. I am talking about influence in the dressing room, seniority (only Messi has a greater seniority), being outspoken in the media, influence...
  5. Leo_Messi

    Adrien Rabiot

    If you are referring to my post 1367 here, my 99.9% was another way of saying that the vast, vast majority of all troubled characters who have moved to Barça, at least since I started following the club closely, which predates this century, have been humbled and improved their behavior. This is...
  6. Leo_Messi

    Matthijs de Ligt

    Piqué definitely has a way bigger say in the dressing room and more influence within the club than the timid Busquets. Let us not forget that Piqué helped the freaking board with closing the Rakuten deal. Piqué is much more vocal in the media as well. Raiola is not his agent but a third party...
  7. Leo_Messi

    Kalidou Koulibaly

    A nice little short documentary/reportage about him. Seems like a really great guy as well. If what De Laurentiis said about past offers for Koulibaly are anywhere remotely accurate, he will cost more than 100 million euros. In particular as he is more sought after than Van Dijk was before...
  8. Leo_Messi

    Kalidou Koulibaly

    Kalidou Koulibaly is world class but due to his age, he is not worth becoming the (by far) most expensive defender in football history. De Laurentiis would not sell him for anything under 100 million euros. He would be close to an ideal fit though. He is a tremendous passer of the ball and his...
  9. Leo_Messi

    Basketball/NBA

    That is why I wrote that he has nothing on Kobe. I am just saying that Harden is one of the best offensive players that I have ever seen no matter how many field goals attempts he makes. Durant was called a flop until he moved to the Warriors as well. Harden would have won 2 rings as well had...
  10. Leo_Messi

    Basketball/NBA

    Have in mind that Houston's offense, in particular with Chris Paul out, is basically Harden and hardly anyone else. Kobe had an immense amount of field goal attempts per game as well (as have pretty much all of the greatest offensive players) but that would take nothing away from his offensive...
  11. Leo_Messi

    Matthijs de Ligt

    Am I the only one that thinks/suspects that Piqué might be one of the obstacles to de Light's possible arrival? In the sense that a 32.5 year old Piqué might lose his starting spot to that very same player within the next season? Ideally no player should have any say in any transfer dealings of...
  12. Leo_Messi

    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    Those are exactly examples of situations where many problems, in particular in a successful team with very accomplished players, emerge. When the manager clashes with the team (not talking about single isolated incidents which occur on a weekly basis) it is usually with the senior players or...
  13. Leo_Messi

    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    It's all interconnected. Valverde does not have the authority that Lucho had, the same personality or mentality nor the same legacy at the club. Aside from, maybe most importantly, the same respect. Valverde knows that he cannot win a war against the veterans so he lets them decide and...
  14. Leo_Messi

    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    That is true but in our case, given the club's dominance in domestic competitions in the past decade, it would not require much long-term planing or many visions to give the youth a bigger chance, to give our youngsters more consistent and frequent game time, to limit the playing time of certain...
  15. Leo_Messi

    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    Here you go. “No sé qué haré la próxima temporada. En esto del fútbol, quién lo sabe. Todos sabemos cómo son las cosas. No pienso nunca en largo o larguísimo plazo. Para nosotros, dos meses son larguísimo plazo. Si ganas un partido, todo el mundo está contento y si lo pierdes, todos te están...
  16. Leo_Messi

    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    He just admitted (publicly) that he does not think long-term or have any long-term plans. Thanks for confirming the obvious.:lol: How about the useless board actually signing a long-term option that could leave some kind of useful heritage and not a stepping stone manager that barely manages to...
  17. Leo_Messi

    Christian Eriksen

    Could this guy be an option down the road once again? Apparently his contract will expire in June of 2020 and he does not seem overly keen to extend it. Should the board go for him this summer? Or try to make a deal with him next January so he can come for free in the summer of 2020? Eriksen...
  18. Leo_Messi

    Basketball/NBA

    Harden doing his thing as usual. What a beast. I have never seen a more dominating scorer in my life. I did not watch Michael Jordan (too young) but I began to watch the NBA fairly regularly when Kobe's generation emerged. I am yet to see a more dominating scorer than Harden. Durant and Kobe are...
  19. Leo_Messi

    Neymar Jr.

    I enjoyed that time period greatly as well but 12 months of dominance is not comparable to 3 years of dominance. We had a more explosive attack during the "MSN era" but we had a superior midfield and defense during the Pep era and the attack was not much worse. Different eras so no point in...
  20. Leo_Messi

    Paul Pogba

    I never wrote that Deschamps is a great manager. Just that he developed a functioning system and tactic for France that has worked. Regardless of me and many others not being entertained by that tactic or system considering the talent of the French players and that they could play vastly more...

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