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  1. Leo_Messi

    Alvaro Morata

    I don't know about Sarri's plans for Chelsea's squad this January but to me it is pure fantasy to expect that Chelsea would be willing to loan Morata for the reminder of the season. Unless he is really unsettled in London and Sarri wants him gone. If that is the case I expect Chelsea to want him...
  2. Leo_Messi

    11 - Ousmane Dembélé - V1

    The players are not stupid. They are never going to throw him under the bus no matter how much Sport etc. are crying about Dembélé destroying the chemistry of the squad, that his bad examples (as if he was a habitual offender) will be copied by other players etc. The most important thing is that...
  3. Leo_Messi

    Copa 22/23

    Levante it is. Return leg at the Camp Nou. Should be a couple of fun/interesting games. Hopefully Valverde will make significant rotations at least in one of the two ties.
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    Alvaro Morata

    Getting Morata on a loan for the reminder of the season from January onwards would be a bit of a luxury if reports about Suárez's knee problems are genuine which they appear to be. Not sure if those problems will be long-term or short-term. In case of the latter, I highly doubt that the board...
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    11 - Ousmane Dembélé - V1

    According to Sport Dembélé made a short but respectful speech Monday morning before the training session in the dressing room (I imagine that his speech was given in Spanish which if true is a positive development for his continued integration into the team and BCN as a whole) in front of all...
  6. Leo_Messi

    Liverpool

    Who said that it is a farmers league? I just made fun of your moronic (with all due respect) post. However it is a fact that Spanish teams have been vastly superior in European football and in particular in head-to-head games for well over a decade as well as historically. There is no...
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    Sergio Busquets

    Busquets has declined terribly for not only Barça but the national team as well in the past 2 seasons. Physically in particular. Nowadays he is often 1 or 2 steps late. He never relied on his quickness or lack thereof but there are limits to that as well on the highest level. Age is catching him...
  8. Leo_Messi

    Liverpool

    Yes, that is 1 million percent certain. We will lose 0-10. Let's refuse to play should we be this terribly unlucky to draw the mighty Liverpool FC or any English team for that matter from the "superior" Premier League.:lol: As if Spanish teams have not been humiliating English teams for over 1...
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    11 - Ousmane Dembélé - V1

    Adama is one of my biggest 'regrets' in recent times in terms of unfulfilled talents. I loved/love his brute force and likewise insane quickness but he has a pigeon's brain for a brain. His decision making is shocking which is why he has spent his entire career outside of Barça playing for...
  10. Leo_Messi

    CL | Round 6: Barca - Tottenham 1-1

    I know about the early history of Xavi and Iniesta at the club as I partially (as in not watching every single game but at lot of them - too young to watch every single game back then during the mainly wonderful Gaspart era, if we exclude Xavi's first 2 seasons) witnessed it firsthand. However...
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    Richarlison

    Him featuring for the senior team (Brazil) and scoring goals and performing well is a big step forward in his career and makes him a more interesting target by default. Or the substitute of Luis Suárez. Exciting player profile and potential. I like attackers (your traditional number 9) who are...
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    7 - Philippe Coutinho - V1

    That's not how I see it. Every formation is flexible depending on the game and obviously Tite is no different however I am talking "by default" formation here and I see little resemblance. Let alone when taking Tite's more dynamic midfield options (IMO) into consideration. We don't have to...
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    Alvaro Morata

    Moratazo.:lol: That was a good night. No, thanks. He has declined terribly and never was/will be a genuine goalscorer and I doubt that he would like to warm the bench for too long. However as another user mentioned, I would be all for it if the board could arrange a swap with him and Munir.:lol:
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    Arturo Vidal

    No he should not have played in a meaningless match after playing a lot lately. He was our most active player against Espanyol and worked his ass off. A bit of rest will do him good before the somewhat difficult Levante game away on Saturday where I expect him (hopefully) to start.
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    7 - Philippe Coutinho - V1

    If he was quicker and had a better close-control in tight spaces he would be an "Hazard type" of player and talent. In other words world class on his position. Coutinho, on a good day, is a world class talent (without a doubt) but I struggle to spot his ideal position. Especially at Barça. The...
  16. Leo_Messi

    24 - Thomas Vermaelen

    Indeed. Shocking defending. However it is what it is given the type of game it was (more or less meaningless), the opponent and the fact that Vermaelen just returned after 6-7 weeks out. When called into action in the past 2 seasons he has been a rather good performer all things considered...
  17. Leo_Messi

    7 - Philippe Coutinho - V1

    Not the traditional 'Barça 4-3-3'. Brazil's 4-2-3-1 formation on paper and most importantly in practice is not the same 4-3-3 or 4-3-2-1 (as you called it) formation that Valverde is using. Unless you believe that Rakitic's position is comparable to what Willian, Costa etc. are doing when...
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    Jasper Cillessen

    It's a waste of his talent to only play Copa del Rey games, 1 CL game and at most 1 league game (if the league title has been decided before the last game) by default each season unless MAtS gets injured which rarely happens as with other goalkeepers. It's a great luxury to have though and...
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    CL | Round 6: Barca - Tottenham 1-1

    Can't complain too much about Valverde's decision making tonight. As written earlier I would have liked to have seen Puig in action and a few other minor additions. As expected it was a strange game. You can't really make any lasting conclusions out of this game at all. The game might as well...
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    Ivan Rakitić

    If that is remotely true it speaks very badly (not exactly a surprise) of the board's decision making. In such a case they should have sold Rakitic to QSG (or another club) this past summer (if the rumors were genuine) which would have given the club the sufficient funds necessary to replace him...

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