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  1. DonAndres

    Paulinho

    Lol. This is like if a CB were to go out on a weekly basis, get absolutely demolished defensively and have no defensive IQ, but score 20-25 goals in a season and get massive praise for it. People here severely underestimate how important it is for a player in a position to actually have the...
  2. DonAndres

    10 - Lionel Messi - v5

    Thought he was very active and hard to contain today. Not a polished performance or finishing but otherwise this is the Messi I love to see. He needs a lot more help, desperately.
  3. DonAndres

    CL | 1/8 Finals: FC Barcelona - Chelsea 4-1 agg.

    This is a mixed draw for me. On one hand, we are definitely better than Chelsea right now even missing Dembele. Arthur may or may not be a crucial January acquisition that helps us in the CL too. However, style wise, they are more of a pragmatic sit-back type of team (especially matched up vs...
  4. DonAndres

    Arthur

    I think (hope) Suarez is eligible for an EU spot. Marlon being loaned and forgotten about for another SA center back in Mina makes me feel like he's been tossed for the next shiny toy, despite the fact that he was great for Barca. I heavily disagree with it and think Mina should not be a...
  5. DonAndres

    6 - Carles Alena

    One doesn't necessarily need to begin as a 'Xavi' to end up becoming a controller. Thiago was more attack minded in his early days but added patience and tempo to his game over the years. Kroos had an even more radical transition from an attacking mid to deep lying controller. The real...
  6. DonAndres

    Samuel Umtiti

    I feel the same, though the impact of that is mitigated by our comfortable lead in points. As long as we don't lose in a blowout it wouldn't mean much other than for pride. And it's not like we should be having any misconceptions about RM's quality vs ours in the first place.
  7. DonAndres

    Arthur

    Lol you say that like this club hasn't demonstrated superlative levels of incompetence in transfer negotiations as recently as this summer.
  8. DonAndres

    Arthur

    Can't say I know much about this kid but if he is that talented and that good of a fit I'd be impressed with the scouting success and absolutely pissed that they fucked up yet another transfer in the negotiations. They are absolutely shocking at executing deals and their scouting is mostly off...
  9. DonAndres

    Jean Michaël Seri

    Eh, Dembele was a dick to Dortmund by cutting off all connection and basically telling them to fuck off once Barca rolled around. Not that I care or blame him for it, but objectively it wasn't ethical. Seri also should have plenty of reason to harbor resentment about his failed transfer here...
  10. DonAndres

    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    That's why I said in the previous post that EV is severely handicapped by his squad and that he'd likely look like a very different coach if better equipped. I don't expect much from this squad and while, yes, we have been winning up until now that isn't very indicative alone of 2nd half of the...
  11. DonAndres

    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    Many teams have played much better and still lost. The CL is often a crapshoot for even elite tier 1 teams. It's rare for a team to be comfortable favorites above everyone else going into the season or the KO stages and then deliver perfectly on those expectations. Even for the best teams it...
  12. DonAndres

    Cr150

    Ronaldo figured out that 90% of casuals don't give a flying fuck about La Liga or his stats there. And those "casuals" include all the journalists and footballers who voted him for Balon D'or, they probably don't even know how many goals he has. CL is all that matters for him, and the CL alone...
  13. DonAndres

    Mesut Ozil

    Ozil would be fine as a backup mid for 20 mill. Having him as our dead wood rotation player instead of Gomes/Arda/etc. is actually an upgrade. Though he really could go the Arda route with his innate laziness. The problem is, this is probably the board's idea of a "midfield solution" and Ozil...
  14. DonAndres

    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    In a vacuum a game like this is a decent performance and result. But that isn't the case, and this is further demonstration of Suarez's decline and our overall shortcomings going forward. We will need to rely on luck to keep progressing the more the team relies on this sort of conservative...
  15. DonAndres

    Barca secures 1st place

    You seem to be utterly thrilled with this game and think that this level (and recent games) is what Barca should aspire to. Another fan who can't care less about team underperformance as long as the status quo is maintained, and who seems to have absolutely NO awareness or care about a potential...
  16. DonAndres

    Antoine Griezmann

    I'm of the thought that Griezmann is a should-buy regardless of Suarez coming back to form. Even if he does, what's to say he doesn't go cold again? He'll only get less consistent as he gets older, and he's already one of the streakiest players in football. Griezmann is also gonna go for 100M...
  17. DonAndres

    Matthijs de Ligt

    Would rather not get Mina at all. De Ligt is an awesome talent with a perfect skillset to pair with Umtiti and play in Pique's role eventually. If we are to undermine/disrespect Marlon as any CB transfer would be doing, I'd rather it be De Ligt than Mina. Mina isn't sure to be the right...
  18. DonAndres

    Luis Suárez

    Suarez's last bite has to be a special one. I want him to do it in the last Clasico of his final season at Barca, just go all out and eat Ramos or Ronaldo and then retire in style.
  19. DonAndres

    Champions League game 4: Olympiacos vs Barcelona 0-0

    This is why it feels like 2nd grade level common sense to just promote Aleña. We would not be the first team in the world relying on a young gem to fill a critical role in the squad at a time when needed. Bayern have done so with Kimmich, United did it with Rashford, Spurs with Dele Alli, etc...
  20. DonAndres

    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    I don't know what it'll take for him to change this dogshit system. Will we have to lose a series of games to convince him? I'm fine with that. Better now than to get absolutely exposed against top sides in spring. It's genuinely hard to imagine any permutation of the players we have now that...

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