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  1. DonAndres

    10 - Lionel Messi - v3

    Hip-abductor supposedly, which isn't part of the hamstring. Hope it's just a Pique-style excuse for the NT though. He didn't seem at all put off by even muscle soreness today.
  2. DonAndres

    Daniel Alves

    Alves: "Better crosses this year? Always try to improve. Cross only makes sense if there are players in area and this season there are more" lel He did well in the first half with the linkup, but the 2nd half brought way too many crosses without intent. His constant presence was key for...
  3. DonAndres

    Ivan Rakitić

    Incredibly important performance defensively today covering Alves all the time and stopping counters with his pressing. He knew where to pass and made the right decisions but there were sloppy plays here or there. Very solid today, defense being his highlight.
  4. DonAndres

    Luis Enrique

    Pep with hair was a pretty good looking dude, especially with his sense of style. Anyway totally underwhelming from Lucho today, regressing back to that solo-white shirt. Marcelino out-fashioned him off the park. Needs to step up.
  5. DonAndres

    Man of the Match 14/15 edition

    1. Messi- GOAT blah blah phenom blah blah 2. Busquets- Did what he needed to do 3. Sandro- for being the best Canarian on our team, best looking Canarian too
  6. DonAndres

    Jeremy Mathieu

    :lol: He was actually bailing us out quite a bit. Other than the clearances, there was nothing I could fault him for (including that post hit in which he was covering for Pique). But yeah, don't need to watch him to know that his performance was very not-Benatia tonight :mathieu:
  7. DonAndres

    Munir El Haddadi

    Wow 2nd start in a row, he must really be impressing in training. I'm not entirely sure about this one because he does need to ration his appearances given the 10 game limit before promotion, and plus Villarreal is a very strong team so having him play under the pressure right after a lot of...
  8. DonAndres

    La Liga 14/15

    Atletico just scored against mini-Atletico to make it 1-0 :D
  9. DonAndres

    Athletic Club

    Ibai's always been awesome with his directness. Awesome vision, praise-worthy longe range ability. Whether he's acting as a supersub as he does so often or a starter, he'll always help attack the goal. I would never be averse to starting him on the left and Muniain in the middle, they link up...
  10. DonAndres

    Athletic Club

    Great win at home against Levante. Goals from Aduriz, Iturraspe, and Muniain. Keep up the form and keep on improving!
  11. DonAndres

    Sergi Samper

    Brilliant performance tonight, ran the show and had some great energy too. His issue last year was having a disconnect from our attacking moves and being too static but now he's involved and mobile, often playing sequences that get the ball forward. I hope he gets tried out further up this year...
  12. DonAndres

    FC Barcelona B (Barça Atlètic)

    Sabadell winning 1-0 right now from a CK, Dongou won a penalty but missed it. Anyone got a decent stream? Mine is absolute crap
  13. DonAndres

    Lliga: Villarreal - FC Barcelona 0-1

    This Villarreal match could very well be our first real defensive test for the season. High workrate will be valued to snuff out counter attacks so Pedro and Rafinha might come in handy at RW and CM respectively, though I'd really love to see Xavi play as well.
  14. DonAndres

    Penal Madrid

    Was looking forward to that Kroos-Alonso double glacier pivot, ah well. Would've gone from the most dangerous counterattacking team in the world to one of the slowest playing teams in football. Still, let's wait and see for dat Kroos DM under some actual pressure.
  15. DonAndres

    Athletic Club

    Benat doesn't play badly and does his fair share in terms of linkup and workrate. It's just that people will remember that right after his sub is when the goals started coming in. I don't think he fits the kind of attack minded system that Valverde wants. With mobile and dynamic AM's like...
  16. DonAndres

    Athletic Club

    Fantastic, absolutely beautiful stuff today. The roar of the San Mames, the comeback and fighting spirit, couldn't possibly be happier. Had a very difficult opponent yet convincingly won regardless of the lack of CL experience. It's a big season ahead and I hope Athletic can have a historical...
  17. DonAndres

    Ángel Di María

    Well we can't just completely neglect his shift into the midfield role as it was most likely the causality for his 'amazing half season', not just a purely random spike in his form correlating with the positional change. For 11/12 or 12/13 the judgement of Di Maria on the RW was on the basis of...
  18. DonAndres

    Ángel Di María

    Being the 'best' is very different from level of importance. In terms of being productive and efficient in output, Ronaldo always was and always will be superior to Di Maria. Still, as the Argentina v. Switzerland match showed, Di Maria's phenomenal and perpetual engine/persistence plays a huge...
  19. DonAndres

    Douglas Pereira dos Santos

    I would really have loved to know what was going on in the minds of Zubi and the hierarchy as they deduced that this was the transfer to make. What possible emotional or rational (lol) thought process could ultimately conclude with clarity and confidence that Douglas was the one needed for us to...
  20. DonAndres

    Mehdi Benatia

    Jesus Christ. Whether it be whining about us not getting him or having an inherent need to rationalize everything the board does to absolve blame, you know something is off when a single player that we didn't end up buying gets some 20-25+ pages added to his thread on the day of his transfer to...

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