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Arda Turan
Saw this just now, really a class player. Scored 2 goals recently vs Rayo as well. One of my favorite players since he has extreme skill and technique in combination with his workrate.- DonAndres
- Post #53
- Forum: Other Players
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Thiago Translantara
Again with the 4th best stuff, that's looking at a situation through black and white lenses. If you just order players in terms of quality, then the lesser ones are guaranteed to feel less useful and have less of a chance. If you look at it in terms of what and how much he offers (youth, future... -
Barca draws Man City
11 for 11, our players are better in quality. However they have a system for attacking that just clicks and plays to our weaknesses, which can cause serious damage. There's no truth in saying that we're likely to lose, but whatever information we've accumulated over this season shows that City...- DonAndres
- Post #617
- Forum: FC Barcelona News
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Gerardo "Tata" Martino
Messi is obvious, Cesc....unfavorable, but Roberto??! He has -1 goals this season and he'd be preferred as CF over Alexis who has shown that he can fit in that role in an open game? Tata's probably trying to favor the 4-4-2 diamond thing that we have going on at times, but there's no reason to...- DonAndres
- Post #1,452
- Forum: Barca History
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Thiago Translantara
Did you read anything else from the post, which quite frankly proves you wrong? I find it funny how you pick and choose which part to respond to and blatantly ignore the part that obviously refutes what you say. The point of the Madrid players is that they're all similar in quality and looking... -
Thiago Translantara
That's not true, no matter how much you repeat it. At Madrid all of Khedira, Alonso, Modric, and Illarramendi are of starting quality. At Bayern, they have more consistent midfield depth than us even if they use their players in different positions. Chelsea have a stacked central midfield as... -
Thiago Translantara
That same logic was used to say that Thiago wouldn't play at Bayern. Gotze, Kroos, Schweinsteiger, Martinez, and Lahm all class midfielders, yet Thiago is fitted in. Having 4 players of starting quality for 2 midfield spots is good, when Xavi is gone having 3 players of starting quality for 2... -
Thiago Translantara
They are better but that doesn't mean he's less useful or less valuable. Everything isn't that black or white. Just because in merit/theory he was 4th choice doesn't mean that it should've pushed him out. Pedro is 4th choice for 3 attacking positions, he's getting plenty of time and goals... -
Thiago Translantara
I remember something along those lines, might have been different. He was referred to as overrated quite a bit though, some escalated that to a very high level. It doesn't really matter if he's a Xavi type player, IMO he's more in Modric's area/range (completely different style though). He's... -
Thiago Translantara
129 touches, 90% passing accuracy, 10 dribbles, 2 tackles, an assist, and a 93rd minute scissor kick winner. He was dubbed "one of the most overrated players to come out of la masia" and losing him was "good riddance". His talent has been apparent for a long time, and now under Pep he has been... -
Barça's Transfers and Rumors
It's really just the words of an article, not a news report (seems like the same thing, but are very different). The actual news report it refers to is the one where Bartomeu says we are close to a new goalkeeper, which refers far more to MAtS than it does to Reina. The writer's interpretation... -
Toni Kroos
I also never thought he was among the die-hard Bayern loyalist players. Having the same wages as Schweinsteiger is too much to ask, he'd deserve around 6m or maybe 7m. I understand that he has ambitions to move and try new places, but why at the time when the situation around him is near...- DonAndres
- Post #96
- Forum: Real Madrid
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Toni Kroos
Read that Pep said something along the lines of "He is important. But things can change quickly in football. Here today, there tomorrow." If what's been said to the press is to be believed, then Kroos isn't exactly unsettled at Bayern but is eager to move. I really wonder what his motive is...- DonAndres
- Post #93
- Forum: Real Madrid
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Arsenal
That's brutal.... With Ramsey and Walcott out too. These teams will wrench Arsenal into fatigue and many are likely to win against them or at least draw. City are almost certain to take advantage of that in their form. Arsenal did well to hold top spot up until now, but these next few months are...- DonAndres
- Post #2,092
- Forum: Premier League
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Barça's Transfers and Rumors
I'm not saying he'd be our best defender or anything like that, but quality is quality and he has the attributes we can use to have a very solid rotation system for CB's. He doesn't need to already have highest merits to be a good player. Would you have said Masch was a good future CB when he... -
Barça's Transfers and Rumors
Laporte is too pricey and a target Barca can't rely on getting. Fazio is good but slow and a specific-needs CB which doesn't make him the well rounded defender we'd require in a transfer. Musacchio seems the most logical and he's been performing very well for Villareal, definitely Barca material. -
Premier League 2013/14
Even if the goal was all Young, Mata gets to record an assist for his debut. He's been good today and he'll take on more responsibility as he gets acclimatized to United. -
Juan Manuel Mata
Yes and he's playing today but the lineup I posted isn't the actual one, just a suggestion.- DonAndres
- Post #1,010
- Forum: Other Players
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Juan Manuel Mata
He's making his full debut today vs Cardiff. Let's see what kind of role he takes on at United. I don't follow them much but by the looks of it: --------Van Persie --Januzaj-Rooney-Mata -----Cleverly-Carrick Evra-Jones-Ferdinand?-Rafael Seems like a really strong lineup if they decide to...- DonAndres
- Post #1,008
- Forum: Other Players
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Gerard Piqué
You couldn't have expected him to perform last season when the team as a whole was so passive defensively. Our defensive problems were not down to the CB's (even if they didn't perform well) and they were spread way too thin which is why they seemed so poor. Now that he's being covered well he...- DonAndres
- Post #6,780
- Forum: Barca History
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