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  1. DonAndres

    Iñigo Martínez

    Wow lol. This might've been the single most atrocious transfer window I've ever experienced as a Barca fan, and the lowest the board has ever dragged us. How can you excuse what's happening right now? We've taken at least 4 certified L's this summer and are yet to take 3-5 more that may come...
  2. DonAndres

    10 - Lionel Messi - v5

    I dare you all to criticize Messi's beard and sleeve one more time. Tho in fairness his leg tattoos are shit.
  3. DonAndres

    Ernesto Valverde - V1

    I think these graphs are not accurate representations in a lot of ways. When the team moves to a defensive transition, Messi doesn't run back. He instead takes up a spot pressing on the highest line with or even ahead of Suarez and (sometimes) Neymar. That way, if Barca want to play a counter...
  4. DonAndres

    Neymar Jr. - v5

    Haha the Ney-lovers don't want to align with reality it seems. Neymar has had you all as fools this whole time and still has you singing his praises. You don't think it's indicative that he tried to chill at Barca till August 1st to collect his "loyalty bonus" (convenient choice of words...
  5. DonAndres

    Paulo Dybala

    You're making the assumption that he can play well as a striker. We can't have a false 9 AND Messi, that actually sounds like it'd be disastrous :lol:. We already went through the whole process of playing Messi as a false 9 on his own. He himself has said on separate occasions when we had Villa...
  6. DonAndres

    Paulo Dybala

    If we get Coutinho and Dybala, then Dembele won't come, likely never. It would require Dembele-Suarez-Dybala up top or as the wingers and striker in a 4231. No way that Valverde would ever play Messi in a 433 midfield next to Coutinho to allow for that kind of lineup, or Coutinho-Busi as the...
  7. DonAndres

    6 - Carles Alena

    We also have a garbage midfield at the moment. If we don't land Coutinho and end up with this existing squad + Paulinho, then we seriously have to consider bringing up Aleña out of necessity. The facts are that we lack quality personnel in midfield. Gomes, Denis, Arda, etc. do NOT cut it and...
  8. DonAndres

    Mateu Morey

    Morey wasn't called up, dunno about Gomez. Abel Ruiz was called though
  9. DonAndres

    Neymar Jr. - v5

    I think that with the Ney money, they'll be comfortable bidding at outrageous prices. Liverpool I feel are less keen to sell, under any circumstances. Plus Coutinho already personally committed himself to Liverpool over us this summer and now he loses a big reason to come to us because Ney is...
  10. DonAndres

    Neymar Jr. - v5

    The Coutinho and Dybala rumors already in full force out there today, one step closer to my prediction. As I said, panic buy blindly for a big name. And their interest in Paulinho has been real, not just due to Neymar. Robert is in love with Paulinho and he has been the main choice aside from...
  11. DonAndres

    Should Barca sell Neymar to PSG for the rumored transfer fee?

    No, because that value in our team is better off existing as Neymar than as 220M that Robert and co. will absolutely butcher around and achieve nothing with. I can't imagine that the board will act logistically in this scenario to come out of it better than going in. I hate Neymar for what...
  12. DonAndres

    Neymar Jr. - v5

    If anyone really thinks that the entire 220 million euros from his transfer fee would be reinvested into transfers, I'd say they're being naive. At most I see them reinvesting about 60-70% of it into the sporting project and the rest on side projects like Espai Barca. They're so paralyzed with...
  13. DonAndres

    Oriol Busquets

    Hard to believe Busquets is already 29 but I guess it really didn't sink in how old our core has gotten. Messi, Pique, and Suarez are all 30. Iniesta/Masche are on their last legs and even Alba is 28 and will likely decline earlier as a fullback relying on pace. Oriol is definitely coming...
  14. DonAndres

    Marco Verratti

    I didn't talk about the Euro but it's my mistake because I was meaning to refer to 'major tournament successes' instead of 'major tournaments'. As for the WC I do think he and Neuer were Germany's two best players and that it'd be fair to say either one was better, I mentioned Schweini and...
  15. DonAndres

    Marco Verratti

    Why is this about Germans and how was I wrong? They have had the most balanced team in international football for some years now, and it's a mix of mostly good-great players (a good number of which are top 5 in their position). You seem to be making up these insults that you think were thrown at...
  16. DonAndres

    Marco Verratti

    If you just look at it on paper you'd think Kroos's impact for RM/Germany is at the same level of Xavi for Spain/Barcelona. Pass-dominant ball playing midfielder for the best team and NT in the world. That's the basic conclusion when you establish the false equivalency of Kroos being the common...
  17. DonAndres

    Marco Verratti

    Ok? I think a lot of this is irrelevant. Kroos's decision to move from Bayern to RM isn't really self-sacrificial in any way, just moving from one huge juggernaut to another. Backfired? He was guaranteed to start and they had just won La Decima with Ancelotti and were making a number of very...
  18. DonAndres

    Marco Verratti

    I for sure rate Kroos as a top 5 midfielder at the moment, but it's not as black and white as you seem. Verratti isn't world class just because he isn't well achieved? Playing for RM vs PSG certainly makes a difference. I think it'd be easy work for Verratti to rack up back to back CL's at RM...
  19. DonAndres

    Nelson Semedo

    Tite and Löw are both probably better coaches (Löw is the best NT coach as of now). Sampaoli likely as well now but he has everything to prove. I also think Lopetegui can do very well, but as with Sampaoli his quality isn't clear yet. Santos may have won the Euro with Portugal but let's not...
  20. DonAndres

    Nelson Semedo

    Proven? Proven what? That he can be crossed up like an amateur both the PL and CL? Bellerin can't even make the NT squad despite his hype, and looks like a scrub playing against U21 players. He has 0 skills aside from being able to run, and it's actually amazing how bad he looks in terms of...

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