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  1. Elite-BkD

    Thiago Translantara

    It is not unrealistic at all to expect Thiago to get a fair bit of playing time this season, what may or may not happen in the future regarding potential transfers is neither here nor there. If Javi M. is played at CB Thiago could find himself starting in the big matches.
  2. Elite-BkD

    Thiago Translantara

    Good call, Thiago won't be able to get minutes at Bayern because you can't see squeezing him a lineup which consists equally of Bayern players and random other guys.
  3. Elite-BkD

    Thiago Translantara

    Am I the only one in the world who'd consider Montoya comparable to Thiago in terms of being a great prospect? Not to mention a more important one considering our current squad and the positions the two youngsters play.
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    Cesc Fàbregas

    The whole side was blatantly imbalanced and exhausted for the second half of this latest season, kinda harsh to pick on Cesc for the big games when Messi and Iniesta were literally the only two players who didn't look like shit in every huge match.
  5. Elite-BkD

    Thiago Translantara

    Bummer. All we have now is Song/Busi/Iniesta/Xavi/Cesc/Messi who can play in the midfield, I guess we're fucked.
  6. Elite-BkD

    Thiago Translantara

    Gundogan to replace Xavi? Is that a joke? Doesn't matter how talented he is or what kind of skill set he has, how can you expect that he'd be able to come to Barca and command the kind of respect from the rest of the starters that Xavi did during Pep's reign? We'll almost certainly never see...
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    Cesc Fàbregas

    Xavi himself plays a pretty seriously different role to the one he did in 08/09.
  8. Elite-BkD

    David Villa

    Meh, sounds crazy but who knows what the hell's going on behind the scenes.
  9. Elite-BkD

    10 - Lionel Messi - v2

    Yeah that source reports that the LA match was to follow the Chicago one and was canceled after all those players dropped out. Oughta have their facts straight..
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v2

    Went to see him play at Soldier Field for his charity match. Obviously not at all the same as a competitive match but it was awesome to see him. Henry as well, he was definitely having some fun out there. Must say, fans in the states are hilarious, Messi had a big round of applause for his first...
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    Andrés Iniesta

    ..and since I wasn't done and there's a cap at three videos: Let me know if you need any explanations or further footage.
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    Andrés Iniesta

    Yeah, I'd have wanted to ignore much of that post also. Oh hey there. Anyways, if you really want some examples..
  13. Elite-BkD

    Andrés Iniesta

    A few quick thoughts: #1 You seem to have no idea what you're on about generally, because you opened with a gif of a fast counter, where Messi simply exposed the fact that Madrid had left enough open space at the back to build a house on. Nothing to do with creating space. #2 Posting clips of...
  14. Elite-BkD

    Andrés Iniesta

    I dunno, I just think that Messi has a combination of quickness/agility and control which is pretty clearly more lethal in terms of running at defenders. Dribbling for me is your manipulations of the ball with feet, half of taking a ball around a defender is something other than dribbling and...
  15. Elite-BkD

    Andrés Iniesta

    Dribbling = small power/well controlled deft touches on the ball in order to bring it around with you as you're moving. Someone like Gareth Bale, C. Ronaldo are very good at taking on and beating defensive players while demonstrating plainly inferior dribbling skills to those shown by the likes...
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    Andrés Iniesta

    You're confusing dribbling the ball with running at/past defenders.
  17. Elite-BkD

    Andrés Iniesta

    Yeah uhm, Iniesta dribbles the ball better than Messi, Messi's moves his body quicker/faster etc than Iniesta can.
  18. Elite-BkD

    Thiago Translantara

    Read the interview maybe? His stance was more along the lines of...'since you insisted on having Neymar you should consider the prospect of selling Messi' Definitely just addressing the issues involved in having Neymar and Messi in the same side, two star players and all that around whom an...
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    Andrés Iniesta

    The depth and complexity statistical analyses of a match would have to reach to paint a vivid picture of the different strengths and weaknesses of a player is absolutely off the charts, whereas you're pretending that one or statistics actually support your argument over another, which of course...
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    Andrés Iniesta

    Here's a neat idea, watch a match (attentively) and try to develop and express your own conception of what's going on which will of course be based on what you observe during the match. Much better than looking at stats and saying something that seems consistent with them. You literally have to...

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