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  1. DonAndres

    Champions League 2013/2014

    Real have blown hard against tough opposition over the past month. Losing 2 of their best defensive players (Alonso, Pepe) won't help at all but Atleti need to be mountains in defense. This will require the most out of Tiago+Gabi to shield the back 4 and Juanfran to not fuck up hard...
  2. DonAndres

    Champions League 2013/2014

    Lel Khedira. Probably not a better option than Illarramendi considering how bad Khedira is as a lone DM and having not even played a full 90 minutes total since his return from injury.
  3. DonAndres

    Barça's Transfers and Rumors

    If the Marquinhos transfer in any way interferes with the Benatia one... Anyway I've read that both have the same agent, which makes me worried that maybe he wasn't going to negotiate for Benatia in the first place? I dunno, we should be able to afford both but I hope the board have their...
  4. DonAndres

    Mehdi Benatia

    Yeah the City/Bayern rumors have died down quite a bit (there never really seemed to be any substance for the Bayern ones), but for some reason Chelsea are now in the mix. Of course, Barca seem to be heavy favorites from what I read but I won't be calm until we've got someone like RAC1 making a...
  5. DonAndres

    Martin Montoya

    We'll never truly break down a team as defensively sound as Atletico. However, we can maximize the amount of chances created just by playing more quickly. Have you ever noticed that when we're 1-0 down to a liga team (a fairly common occurrence for us) we seem stale and useless up until the...
  6. DonAndres

    Alexis Sanchez

    Inflation on transfer prices is going to fuck up the game... Clubs pay ridiculous prices for the Andy Carroll's and Bale's and Luiz's of the world, prompting others to use those as pillars for "fair market price", i.e "if Bale is 100m Alexis should be 50-60m". Or something that'd work against us...
  7. DonAndres

    Martin Montoya

    Cuadrado could come but I'd see him as no more than a stopgap for Alves if he were to leave and solid competition for the RB spot (we can't just hand a starting position to Montoya, he's not ready yet). The thing about Montoya's/Alba's individual quality is that it isn't completely devoid. Alba...
  8. DonAndres

    FC Barcelona B (Barça Atlètic)

    :lol: Fail, my bad. Anyway still, one of the few times that all of Denis, Adama, Munir, Grimaldo, and Samper are starting.
  9. DonAndres

    FC Barcelona B (Barça Atlètic)

    Game on vs. Sporting Gijon right now. Last of the season for the B boys if I'm correct.
  10. DonAndres

    Xavi Hernández

    Latest victim :lol: :D
  11. DonAndres

    Martin Montoya

    I do understand your perspective but IMO there are a lot more factors to consider than the individual player. First off, do we really need our goddamn RB to 'break down' teams if we can instead shift the role of dynamic attacker to the wing forward? Guys like Neymar or (theoretically after...
  12. DonAndres

    Luis Enrique

    To be fair, Pep did bring in a loose cannon like Ibra :p. Not all transfers end up being amazing but I'd say Lucho has a fairly impressive track record. He got in Pjanic, Lamela, and Osvaldo for Roma and Rafinha, Charles, Fontas, and Nolito for Celta. Now at Barca it's been rumored that he...
  13. DonAndres

    Martin Montoya

    Well Montoya will never be able to match a prime Alves in terms of individual ability. However, I don't see that as a big problem. Do we really need Ferraris for fullbacks or is that just a romanticism of having had Alves in his prime on our team? Martin is the better fit for a defensive system...
  14. DonAndres

    Martin Montoya

    Is this some sort of attempt at being sarcastic or...?
  15. DonAndres

    Gerard Deulofeu

    Dear Evertonians, I would like to thank Everton and all their fans for this year so special in my career. A new country, a new club, a new way of seeing, live and understand football. I have grown as a football player, but also as a person and that is why I would like to thank every person that...
  16. DonAndres

    Martin Montoya

    People love to doubt him, but he does have potential and I really appreciate his profile as a player. If he develops well and becomes reliable, then that's exactly what we'd need on the right flank. I've seen a lot of bs about planting random CB's or wingers into our RB position as if having a...
  17. DonAndres

    Barça's Transfers and Rumors

    But still, hair.
  18. DonAndres

    Diego Costa

    It's actually pretty damn cool how that doc used experimental therapy to somehow regenerate damaged tissues. She uses a placental ointment that's rubbed onto the skin of the muscle and then sends in mild electromagnetic pulses around the muscular tissue to promote recovery. I'm not fully...
  19. DonAndres

    Barça's Transfers and Rumors

    Fak. Things are either going pretty damn well or pretty damn poorly on the Benatia front for them to veer off and focus on someone else. This transfer season has everyone (including me) as fickle and excited as a young child. Just secure the ones we need, keep some necessary players from...
  20. DonAndres

    Barça's Transfers and Rumors

    Who said it and about which target?

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