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The club went silent on him, that much is pretty clear. They gave little indication that he was of any value. He has said that and it's been said by many other players who were unsettled as well (Villa, Abidal, Muniesa, etc.). The clause was probably put in by his agent or father, I don't think...

The case of Alexis and Masch is that they were regular starters over the other players despite those flaws, Thiago's case is asking for him to get more playing time (not be higher than Xavi). That balances out with the fact that he had harder competition and his flaws were far less pronounced...

Forget the first season thing, that's not what I was talking about. It's that they refused to rotate in the coming season as well, now what excuse is there for that? Oh please it's a natural guarantee that he should play more. What reason is there not to play him more? He's not a scrub, you...

That would be the stupidest thing Perez has ever done, and he's done some very stupid things. In fact I don't even think HE is that brainless, to sell off the 2nd best player in the world off the basis that he will have an overpriced Bale as a replacement. Not only is that an unbelievably...

He's proven that he can definitely handle more time, and with Xavi aging and not being able to play nearly as much it was a pretty downright obvious thing to tell Thiago that he would get more chances. Don't say he hasn't earned it because that's got no basis (he did earn that much), there is...

Deulo doing defensive work...... I can't even believe my eyes :lol: Didn't get much to do since Everton switched to Stoke long ball style in the last few minutes and he rarely was in the vicinity of it, but he looks more buckled down than before from what I've seen here. Still has a long ways...

So the club was right when they barely acknowledged his leaving and were hesitant to give him more playing time despite deserving it, but he's a "spoiled brat" for reciprocating the same attitude towards them... You can't say that the club didn't mishandle him AND he's spoiled at the same time...

Deulo on!!! It's go time.

Dammit Roberto why do you taunt us :( Just put him on already

Holy shit what a dribble from Jese, past 4 players and nearly made it 3-1 if it weren't for Howard

Hope Deulo comes on and scores twice to comeback 3-2 :pep:

Jese for Cristiano

2-0 from Ozil

1-0 vs Everton from Ronaldo

He might sub in, we'll see how intensely competitive the game is. If Everton's attack isn't doing well or they are losing by a lot, he'll likely come in.

I fear fatigue a bit though. While I'm confident that Tata will rotate and keep lineups fresh, this intense style will drain the players a bit and it takes very careful and specific handling to minimize that. The worst thought is that Messi (who will inevitably play around 65 games this season)...

His dribbling and one-two's were absolutely on fire, he looked like a much more intense player than last season. On the other hand, his finishing is still a tad rusty compared to his usual standards, so practice in the Asia tour will do him a lot of good.

First game in charge, won 8-0 playing beautiful football. Disappointed, expected more :troll:

He will generate a lot, but not Cristiano/Beckham amounts. Either way his signing just hurts other, more potentially great squad members so it's a negative impact IMO, no matter how much output he will have in terms of goals and assists.

Holy fuck how our flanks have freed up. Alexis and Pedro are no longer tied down, had a great game. And despite that, it wasn't because Alves suddenly became a defensive fullback. It was because he learned to bomb forward with deadly effect instead of staying forward with little to no purpose...