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    Barca draws Man City

    Nope, its not. Our first 11 is noticeably better than theirs individually, only Kompany and arguably Zabaleta will get a place in this team if everyone is in their favourite positions. In addition, we defend much better as a team, we have a better midfield, and our attack is at worst, equal to...
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    Barca draws Man City

    What Real Madrid game? We play Madrid on the 23rd of March. But City ties are over and done 2 weeks before that. As for squad depth in key areas, They couldn't even beat a league two team comfortably with a team with half first teamers and half squad players. Here's their 2nd XI...
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    Gerard Piqué

    Dude, the system is the MOST important thing in defensive setup. Do you think Miranda is a better defender than Pique? Do you think Boateng is? These players looked a lot better than Pique last season. They probably was better individually, but the system exacerbated that effect considerably. I...
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    Gerardo "Tata" Martino

    Interesting indeed...I would have thought we had higher possession under Pep. presumably that includes CL and other competitions because our average possession in the league is around 67%. Basically Tata has improved our counter attacking while maintaining possession. EDIT: Just realised we had...
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    Penal Madrid

    Over the next 6 weeks or so, their tough games are.. Feb 2nd Bilbao vs R.Madrid Feb 5th R.Madrid vs A.Madrid/Bilbao Feb 8th R.Madrid vs Villareal Feb 12th A.Madrid/Bilbao vs R.Madrid Feb 25th Schalke vs R.Madrid March 2nd A.Madrid vs R.Madrid March 16th Malaga vs R.Madrid March 18th R.Madrid...
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    Gerardo "Tata" Martino

    Sorry, it's actually 2 goals conceded. The one I omitted was Jese's goal after we switched off in the 90th minute after the game was pretty much won. Still pretty darn impressive, last season we conceded 11 goals in 6 games against those 2 teams, it couldn't have been any more different this...
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    Tata and Simeone happy to share points

    The league needs competition. It's healthy for the us if anything, We need stern tests in the league to keep us sharp for the CL. We've got 4 of those games already halfway into the season. In recent seasons we had nothing close to that. I'd rather Costa not go anywhere, heck, I'd rather they...
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    Gerardo "Tata" Martino

    What a bizzare statement. He's the perfect CL manager if anything. He gets his teams to be very astute defensively, that is OUR BIGGEST PROBLEM BY FAR. A Barca team with defensive grit is a whole different proposition and that is what he's building slowly with this team. You win CL ties with...
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    Atlético Madrid

    Anybody that thinks they're only here to make up the numbers is deluding themselves. They are a fantastic team, yes they have a different style but they are one heck of a team. I see them as a semi finalist in the CL this season and i'll have gladly avoid them if we could.
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    Marc Bartra

    Speaking of which....we have a lot of cool...or hip..(or whatever you want to call it) stylish guys in our squad recently! Neymar, The Sex God(!) Alexis, Bartra, Song, Alba, Pique, Valdez, Pinto, Alvez...even Messi has totally transformed his look from the geekish boyish one to that of a hard...
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    Isco

    Yeah he's a good player, but it's Iniesta we're talking about here. I think you're right though, I was probably a bit harsh. But it's a reaction to the incredible knee jerking on here on the backend of last season/start of this season. Football fans for you I guess...
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    Isco

    This guy was being compared to Iniesta at the start of the season...except..he's about a billion miles away from him in terms of passing and intelligence, and everything you want from a midfielder really. People were even saying he was as talented as Neymar and one of the best three young...
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    Cristiano Ronaldo - v1

    Yup, excellent point. I've always said this, the hilarious irony with this Messi-Ronaldo "rivalry" is that Ronaldo should thank Messi because he (Ronaldo) is being continually inflated ability wise just so that there is some form of comparison between the two. He hasn't merited that comparison...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v3

    Now isn't that crazy! The only thing that would be eerier is if the Maradona game was on Jan 8 1986......:pep:
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v3

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    10 - Lionel Messi - v3

    Yeah, it's absolutely crazy. Even the Messi Eto'o Henry attack had nowhere near that kind of firepower. five players in double figures, five flipping players. The incredible thing is I can see all five of them score 20 +. There's no team in Europe that can get anywhere near that. Our squad in...
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    Atlético Madrid

    This is the first time this season I'm genuinely worried going into a match, against R.Madrid I was not worried in the slightest. Hope Valencia tires them out, then again they'll have an extra day's rest. I think I'll take a draw, I'll be ecstatic with a win of any kind. I don't want us to trash...
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    Martino picks Alexis over Neymar

    You forgot to add Neymar and Messi :pep:
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    Penal Madrid

    Sorry, what teams would this be? Madrid? Quite good against the bigger teams? where? They are the biggest flat track bullies of all time. No other team comes close.
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    Gerardo "Tata" Martino

    I agree, but so far I've been impressed with the way we played in our 3 biggest games this season. I was really impressed with our win against Madrid and we did enough to win both legs against A.Madrid; Cesc missing a sitter at the Calderon, Messi missing penalty at Nou Camp. What I'm most...

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