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Definitely shouldn't sell Dani, but Montoya should get around equal playing time this season.

How is Ronaldo that out of line for celebrating the way he wants to? Sure he can be arrogant at times, but why does he get spotlight for something that is so common in sports? Just because he isn't as quiet as Messi about his talent doesn't mean that he's wildly off base or an asshole. Besides...

We're always better defensively with Puyol, his age affects how much he can play not how well. As for the lack of pace, that's not the only thing we need in a defender. Who else would you get, Luiz? I'd rather have a slow and smart defender than a fast and stupid one. Having a "world class"...

He's good enough to be consistently playing over Puyol. However in big games Puyol is the obvious choice because he provides leadership and defensive organization. You have some misguided view of what our issue is and what we need, not to mention the fact that you don't know about Mathieu in...

Mathieu is good, I don't think you have seen him play even once yet you have this predetermined image that he isn't good enough to play in our defense. It's as if anyone who's name isn't Thiago Silva is a scrub who can't handle defending a counterattack while being covered by other defenders.

Impressive, it'll be interesting to see how the Thiagotze partnership develops over the season, and if Kroos can connect well with them too to make a deadly trio. Gotze will make Bayern's attacking play much more fluid, I'm really betting that he gets the nod for false 9 soon enough. So far it...

Not enough width, it'd either force Messi and Neymar too far wide to have a good contribution or push Alba/Alves too far forward and be neglectful of their defensive duties like last season.

-Our pressing isn't just endless blitz running ala Dortmund, it's systematic and designed to close down space, our players don't sprint around for the entire 90 minutes, they do shuffle around constantly to make it much more difficult for them to find a way through, whereas last season we just...

Everyone loves this kid, the current challenge for him is tolerating Eusebio for one year while making an effort to progress under those circumstances. If he impresses with the B team, Tata will be sure to call him up to the first team often to train/play as we need to rotate Xavi more. As...

Our players will gain fitness under Tata's physical training for one, and you forgot that Cesc/Roberto/etc. will be playing a lot more instead of allowing our older players to get fatigued. Our pressing hasn't been tested yet but the counterpart to it is that we are barely even at 70% of our...

Don't get me wrong, our defenders did have their individual flaws. However it was the horrible defensive system that magnified those flaws to a large degree, whereas a protected and stable defensive system would disguise their flaws better. We will probably have that stability this season, which...

4th choice? He'd likely be around the same priority as Masch and definitely adds more than him (positioning and aerial ability)... Once again the job of a CB in defense is overstated right now, as if everything having to do with defense is all about CB's. Our defenders are good enough to do...

Bartra is shaky and unreliable at top level, he'll have a decent performance one game and then commit 2-3 almost goal conceding errors the next, Mathieu brings reliability and as I said before, he's a temporary stop-gap player. You don't just buy a "true leader" to replace Puyol and immediately...

So because we don't buy someone who's a 40m+ star studded name, he's an oaf. You act like we would've gotten Silva anyway, let alone the fact that it would be among the most wasteful and uneconomical deals we've pulled. Mathieu is solid, you're overstating a defenders job as if he has to be able...

Wouldn't mind, he's a good player. He's solid, reliable, and provides a great stopgap as we develop Bagnack or buy another young defender.

Klopp and co. are doing a great job with this team, despite being underdogs they are no small selling club and will improve on to do great things!

Comparitively, our attack and midfield are very close in ability to theirs and the constant mild flux in form means that they are just as likely to overpower us in those categories as we are in any given game. Defense, however, is an area where they have a clear and distinct advantage and it...

He doesn't have a notable lack of pace, many are overrating pace on CB's as if they have to be as fast as Silva or they are considered boulders. Koscielny is good too, I'd actually put them around equal in ability but Vertonghen is more suited for Barca imo. Besides, having 70% of possession...

Ankle sprains are trickier, it'll take around 2 weeks probably, 3 if they feel overcautious

I've noticed that in all our games during preseason, we lack a distinct passing tempo when Xavi isn't playing, wonder how that will affect us now that we don't have a player in the same mold.