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    David Villa

    Sensational outrage over Villa calling to the ref to give a card to Busi which was plainly deserved. Pretty ironic coming from a presumed Barcelona fans, it has to be said.
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    Andrés Iniesta

    Crazy overreactions here. He was one of our better players, especially during a tough first half which saw genuinely bad performances from Alves, Alexis, Alba, Messi, and Pedro as well as sub-par ones from Pique, Xavi and Busquets, not to mention a fantastic performance from Atletico who were...
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    Andrés Iniesta

    Iniesta is better at playing direct football than Cesc. He's considerably more technically gifted and intelligent and has better awareness/focus. Don't get me wrong, Cesc is quite the player but that's just how it is. Also, while it was a nice game to see, Cesc is getting a little too much love...
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    Man of the Match 13/14 edition

    Xavi - Bossed the midfield like only Xavi can. Great to see. Messi - Some outrageous dribbles, good passing, the goals..what more can we ask? Masch - Shut down attacks before they could get started more times than I can remember, awesome day for him.
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    Thiago Translantara

    Better than Schweini, Kroos, and miles ahead of Muller in the minutes he got today, don't think it's quite that unrealistic that he winds up starting more often than not. Hard to tell where things are heading though, somehow I don't think JM will stay on the bench all season.
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    Sergio Busquets

    If you're talking right now, no way is Valdez (or even Busi for that matter) on par with Iniesta. If you mean over recent years then the whole list is madness due to lack of Puyol.
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    Pedro Rodriguez

    Pedro definitely is better at 1-touch passing as well as focus & decision making.
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v2

    Yeah, literally didn't rip on Messi once in that post, maybe read what I write before you respond to it? Regarding the discussion of Iniesta / dribbling etc, (which, mind, you brought up as evidence of myself being highly unreasonable) I simply pointed out that there's a difference between a...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v2

    From start to finish you've hardly addressed anything I've been on about. In summary: Many people will assert that he's head and shoulders above any of our other players in terms of passing and vision. Sorry, it just strikes me as ridiculous/fanboyism to claim he's got a clear edge over...
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    Pre-season friendlies 14/15

    Just went and got all different types of excited to devote a chunk of my afternoon to this match, then I realized it's not played until tomorrow >.>
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v2

    Not trying to talk down the man's passing/vision, just saying that I think there are a lot of OTT reactions, as if every assist he makes is a piece of genius that few/no others would be able to pull off, and he's often talked about as though he's in a league of his own, head and shoulders above...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v2

    That's another one of the same mould (very common from him) which I think is not nearly as impressive as people make it out to be, it's just an accurate pass into a pretty huge amount of space that's been left there to be exploited, nothing special and not inch-perfect as it seems on first look...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v2

    Over the top reactions, it's a shit side and he accurately passed to players who had idiotic amounts of space to run into, especially that one to Alexis, can't see how you wanna pretend that demonstrates some genius level of playmaking.
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    Pre-season friendlies 14/15

    How long until it starts?
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    Pedro Rodriguez

    Still love Pedro as well and I don't think he's turned to shit either, I just don't understand how you can watch a player sharply move the ball along 90+% of the time he receives it week in and week out and continue to get starts without seeing that it's down to management. His finishing is a...
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    Thiago Translantara

    "It's Thiago, or no one." "He can play three, four, five different positions." "I need his qualities in midfield, I believe he is good for us." Doesn't sound like Pep brought him in to ride the bench, and this attitude that he couldn't possibly perform better than even one of Kroos, Mueller...
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    Alexis Sanchez

    First match of the preseason, coach has just resigned due to cancer and replacement not in yet, only one player from best XI in the lineup, playing against a very strong Bayern side whose preseason is well under way. But yeah, definitely just sell him 'cause it's all up to him not being capable.
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    Pre-season friendlies 14/15

    Looks like our lineup might not have very many injured/exhausted players in it, that's gotta count for something right? At any rate it is just a friendly so not a huge deal regardless.
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    Thiago Translantara

    He does look brilliant so far, but in fairness it's a good deal easier to look amazing against relatively weak teams who are getting played of the pitch by an overwhelmingly superior side. Still not convinced he'll ever be one of the top 3 or 5 midfielders although of course it's possible.
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    Thiago Translantara

    More to the point, if a system involving Javi at CB is adopted, (which is not at all unrealistic, we can argue about its merits some other time) it's quite likely that Thiago will get a lot of minutes and may become a part of Pep's 'ideal XI' . They have a stacked squad and I'm sure anyone could...

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