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Ernesto Valverde - V1
It isn't common, nor is Aleña a common talent. He's almost clearly the BEST talent to have come through the club since Thiago and has proven himself to be 1st division ready more than any of the 'hyped' prospects out of La Masia before him. He's proving it week in week out in the Segunda, in... -
10 - Lionel Messi - v5
Long balls are a proven losing tactic against smart football teams, almost without fail. Physicality and winning duels is great and all but you can't just create superiority through physical play. Positioning, high press, and forcing errors are a MUCH more reliable way to consistently win that... -
Champions League 2017/18
United's opener vs RM dissuaded me from them to an extent. When pressed hard against a technically superior team that controls possession, they resorted to the age old EPL 'tactic' of booting the ball away time and time again and played straight into RM's hands. This would happen against Barca... -
Ernesto Valverde - V1
This isn't necessarily true and pretty rubbish when specifically talking about Aleña IMO. Lucho started Samper against APOEL in 14/15 in September well before the group was won. This was when we had a better midfield (in form Rakitic, younger Iniesta, Xavi still playing, etc.) and Samper still... -
Champions League 2017/18
Spurs are one of the best English sides around. I think they and City are the most suited to European competition as other EPL clubs have idiotic tendencies to cede possession as often as possible and have very poor passing games. Tottenham's defense is top tier in Europe, they have a good... -
Ernesto Valverde - V1
I'd say the risk of losing is higher with Rakitic than with Aleña and I'm completely serious. Same goes for Gomes, Arda, and probably Paulinho too. He is already a better footballer than all of them and I'd put money on it if I could, I certainly think the very minute he starts getting 1st team... -
Samuel Umtiti
On a performance basis over 2017 I'd actually put Umtiti in the top 3. Guy is an absolute monster and he's proven it in almost every single big game he's played for Barca. Think of any of the best defenders of this era or past ones and Umtiti has been playing at that level pretty regularly. If...- DonAndres
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- Forum: Other Players
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Robert Fernandez
Depends on the perspective. From an image perspective, if you wanted to replace the South American "N" of MSN with another highly popular and marketable player then Dybala was the obvious choice. From a footballing perspective, if you want someone that has the potential to be as good as Neymar...- DonAndres
- Post #552
- Forum: General FC Barcelona talk
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6 - Carles Alena
At this point, he is just patiently waiting to be unleashed onto top flight football. They don't know what's coming.- DonAndres
- Post #684
- Forum: Other Players
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Qatar FC
Your club shatters FFP rules with record single-summer spending, being the only team in football pretty much backed by a state and its resources. Your president and his cronies are now being accused of bribing their way to a World Cup and said country is not only ruining the tournament format...- DonAndres
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- Forum: Club football
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Luis Suárez
Taking some time off and then coming back fully fit from an injury can also do wonders for form. He'll be refreshed and more likely to move past the mental block that's been holding him down. Suarez is an instinct player and getting into a rut of over-thinking and questioning what to do can fuck...- DonAndres
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- Forum: Barca History
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10 - Lionel Messi - v5
Idk if it's just me but Messi seems extra deadly with his finishing and striking abilities this season. There's a lack of chances for him given the situations at Barca and Argentina but whenever he does get an opportunity, he either buries it or is damn near scoring. He's so superior to... -
10 - Lionel Messi - v5
I know, but he'd still been dropped by Sampaoli before that -
10 - Lionel Messi - v5
Argentina is Messi and nothing more. Sampaoli is a total fraud who's starting 3rd rate players and entirely dropped top level footballers in Aguero, Higuain, Dybala, etc. It was his job to fix the squad by benching the underperforming vets (not getting rid of them) and adding in growing... -
WC Qualifiers 2018 - South America
Masch was nowhere near the ball there. If he missed it that's embarrassing, if he was going for the man he's an idiot lol. He's mostly lost it, save for occasional performances. Though he's been better for Barca this season at least. -
WC Qualifiers 2018 - South America
Not a single person anywhere would agree with you. But OK you can live on with your conviction -
WC Qualifiers 2018 - South America
What a reach that is :lol:. He booted the ball to absolutely nobody on the other wing and messed up a counter. An easy cross and he botched it magnificently, what game are you watching? -
WC Qualifiers 2018 - South America
Lol you offer 0 reasons why. Not gonna bother continuing it. Nor do you offer a single piece of evidence of Di Maria "doing well" other than saying he's a threat (again a claim, no evidence) and his assist which is the only time he's even done a simple thing in the final third right. As far as... -
WC Qualifiers 2018 - South America
Nothing like Deulofeu? A player who makes consistently bad decisions, messes up simple actions, and accumulates turnovers for a living. He's extremely like Deulofeu and there's arguably no better comparison of flaws out there for Deulofeu. Good assist my ass lol, that's like the first time he... -
WC Qualifiers 2018 - South America
Deulofeu is a great player who forces things and tires defenders and is a threat..... Sound familiar? Di Maria booting in a random cross isn't being a threat, nor is his square pass to Messi which was the 1 time out of 30 attempts that he's ever done something right no matter how simple it is.
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