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    CL Quarter Finals: Roma - Barca (4-4 agg.)

    We aren't playing Bayern or Madrid here. This is Roma away with a 3 goal advantage in the first leg. There is zero need to risk Busquets in a match like this and a few other players could be rested as well considering we have Valencia on the weekend and the sooner we wrap this title race up...
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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    When we won the treble with Lucho our team was one of the if not the best counter attacking side in Europe. It made sense to sit back a little bit more knowing our counter was deadly. We had that cutting edge in attack with MSN at their absolute peak and our midfield was still mobile and...
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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    Of course we're up there as one of the top attacking and possession teams in Europe. That has been our philosophy for a long time now and every coach that has come in has maintained that to some degree since it's the best system for the players we have. There are ways to take your foot off the...
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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    He is as defense first as a coach for Barcelona could be. That much is clear. Now try to stay on topic and respond to my argument. No need to derail the thread again.
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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    The reason we're winning games by bigger margins than a prototypical defensive minded team would is because we have the greatest of all time playing for us in Messi. He is singlehandedly able to create goals from nothing every match. We're playing as defensive as a team like Barca with the...
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    7 - Philippe Coutinho - V1

    People expecting him to be an Iniesta replacement are going to be in for a big surprise.
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    André Gomes

    "offensive threat." When was the last time he scored?
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    24 - Thomas Vermaelen

    We should sign to an extension providing his wage demands or reasonable. I don't care if we get De Ligt or any other flavour of the month CB, they won't be better than a healthy Verm.
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    Samuel Umtiti

    We have never missed him any time he's been out of the lineup. Verm comes and and makes us forget about Umtiti in minutes and is doing a better job of late as well.
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    Luis Suárez

    He's not earning his wages anymore, he needs to deliver in the CL or else he should be shipped out. Not sure if Griezmann is the right replacement though.
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    Look good first, win second or not?

    We have the resources to do both. It shouldn't be a matter of either, or.
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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    No one can look at me with a straight face and say that we've played consistently well this season. The results are only papering over the cracks, we have much larger, deeper systemic problems. It's not a matter of if we get exposed but rather when if we keep playing the way we're playing...
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    10 - Lionel Messi - v5

    Stop fucking around and rest him until the CDR final. Our CL hopes hinge on him, no point playing him in pointless Liga matches.
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    Champions League 2017/18

    I would be fine with either Liverpool or Madrid. We have always matched up well against Madrid over the past few years and we're probably the only team with the right mentality to knock them out. Liverpool have a budget version of MSN in Salah-Firmino-Sane, but their midfield is even worse...
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    11 - Ousmane Dembélé - V1

    If you're afraid to start Dembele at home against Roma then the only matches you would be okay with him playing would be against the minnows of La Liga.
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    Luis Suárez

    He's only been good for 3 months this season. Complete and utter shit from August until November. Then from December to February he caught fire and started playing at the world class we've seen from him in the past. This last month and a bit he's slowly been getting worse and it's only a matter...
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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    Now you're just making things up. Only a very small minority have said unproven, inexperienced players like Alena, Arthur and Denis should walk straight into the starting XI. Stop fabricating stuff just to suit your agenda. People want to see those players get some more game time; nobody is...
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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    Speaking in hyperbole and absolutes like usual I see. Completely misrepresenting what the other person said and comparing two matches that have no relevance to each other (Liverpool away/Roma home).
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    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    Not impressed, needs to tweak his tactic for the semis. We won't be able to shithouse our way to victory against the European elite.
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    Paulinho

    How did this player make it to Barcelona?

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