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  1. DonAndres

    7 - Philippe Coutinho - V1

    A fat chunk of which they deserve no credit for at all if it comes along (Messi, Aleña, Cucu, Oriol, etc.). Unless renewing our best youth players to new contracts is an achievement which it shouldn't be as standard practice. As for the rest, there've been years of unnecessary huge blunders. We...
  2. DonAndres

    7 - Philippe Coutinho - V1

    If we really do get Griezmann and Coutinho, we won't even really have to worry about this board's stupidity in the market anymore for a while as the squad will be mostly set until the post-Messi era. Coutinho replaces Rakitic and Griezmann-Suarez. Iniesta, Alba, Busi, and Pique are the next...
  3. DonAndres

    Arthur

    I think everyone was more high on Jesus at the time because he showed flashes of superstar level talent, which really isn't a knock on Arthur at all since GJ's potential is through the roof. But simply on existing proof alone they've both won Newcomer of the year and were on the team of the...
  4. DonAndres

    7 - Philippe Coutinho - V1

    Not entirely wrong I suppose. If 150M combined for Gomes, Arda, Paco, and Paulinho isn't 'big money' then idk what is :coffee:
  5. DonAndres

    Arthur

    Why are you so certain about this though? Were you so apprehensive about the other midfielders we bought too? I'd say Arthur has proven more and shown more potential upside now by a longshot than either of Gomes, Paulinho, and arguably Denis did before their transfers. Arda was much more proven...
  6. DonAndres

    Antoine Griezmann

    I'm all aboard the Griezmann train. He's a much more consistent finisher than Suarez currently with way less service (less goals, but he does it on like 2.2 shots per game which is absurd for a ST). Suarez's finishing is so off these days and honestly a good chunk of the goals he has scored were...
  7. DonAndres

    Arthur

    Goretzka is all but agreed with Bayern no? That's why I excluded him. As for the others I have pretty much no memory of them being linked with Barca save for Lemar in the summer. If we're talking about transfer options in a vacuum, then absolutely we do have all of football to scope through...
  8. DonAndres

    7 - Philippe Coutinho - V1

    Agree with all of this but the one place their money does matter is with budgeting. After all we don't realistically expect the board to spend money without any restraint. If Coutinho comes for something like 180M and then the board end up not buying Griezmann because of that, is that worth...
  9. DonAndres

    Arthur

    This is all true but we can't forget the extraordinary leap in inflation the market has taken barely 4 months ago. Neymar's transfer changed the whole game and suddenly fees >100m are spoken about rather casually. Even if Arthur doesn't warrant being one of the most expensive Brazilians ever, we...
  10. DonAndres

    7 - Philippe Coutinho - V1

    I agree that up to 180m is way too much but honestly we've crossed that line a number of times now, the cat is out of the bag. We paid out the ass way over value for the likes of Gomes, Paulinho, Arda, etc. Even Dembele really isn't worth 140m. Neymar was also sold under value at 222m, we should...
  11. DonAndres

    7 - Philippe Coutinho - V1

    Nike say that stuff in their ads all the time about players on a team, not just the newcomers. It's a marketing slogan, he's ready to light up the Camp Nou and there's a week to personalize kits for free. It's not that pointed of a sentence and could easily just be a coincidence given how...
  12. DonAndres

    7 - Philippe Coutinho - V1

    Hate to be the one to point this out, especially going into the New Year... I think we all got had on that Coutinho-Nike thing. If you read the message and replace Coutinho's name with Iniesta it makes perfect sense. And Iniesta's picture is below it. Seems a far easier thing to hack and...
  13. DonAndres

    Arthur

    I think people are under-estimating how hard it is to be a 'Xavi-esque' player in Brazil. Don't think I've ever actually seen a player emulate that in any South American competitions since I've been watching football. If you ever watch Brazilian or other South American teams play usually the...
  14. DonAndres

    7 - Philippe Coutinho - V1

    As promising as the recent info is, the "believe it when I see it" philosophy is still the safest. Lest we forget how many times we've read "ULTIMAS HORAS" this summer in a number of different transfer cases. Board could still easily fuck this up. As for the lineup we use if/when he's here...
  15. DonAndres

    Champions League 2017/18

    Bayern are surely up there. Only 1 loss since Heynckes took over and recording resounding wins vs the likes of PSG, Dortmund, and Leipzig along the way.
  16. DonAndres

    Positive Thinking Cules

    I mean I think we're surely a better quality team than Chelsea, just that they happen to be a potential matchup problem for us. We were also actually a better team than Atletico in 2016 when they KO'd us, very arguably in 2014 as well. We were probably a better team last year than Juve honestly...
  17. DonAndres

    Paulinho

    Once again you fail to grasp the point. It wasn't that we'd get dominated in the Clasico if he played, but rather if he had taken Rakitic's spot which I'm still certain of. That didn't happen and Paulinho playing over a winger is entirely reasonable. What would we have lost in midfield by...
  18. DonAndres

    Paulinho

    Lack of nuance such as this just makes the discussion here much worse I must say. Feels like nobody bothered to actually read what I posted in the chat or in the threads. I was pretty clear and specific in what my issue was and I don't think it's been contradicted. I have ONLY ever expressed a...
  19. DonAndres

    Antoine Griezmann

    I agree with Ousmane on this one. Media sensationalism is not only widely prominent but proven to be deliberate on a number of occasions. This isn't news at all really and nothing too outlandish to be labelled as a conspiracy. Even if everyone who sows division doesn't do it consciously those...
  20. DonAndres

    Paulinho

    Fucking wow lol. "If he had Kroos like linkup play" as if that's just some minor addition to his play. That would literally make him an entirely different player. He completely lacks the most important and core skills of a CM, more specifically a Barca CM. Legitimately among the worst in La Liga...

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