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He's also doing better than Paco did at both Valencia and at Barca. So odd how we let him leave completely for free but spent 30m+ on an inferior, older player.

Not nearly as bad as Paco. Gomes at least showed something in his prior appearances. Paco brings nothing to the team himself.

Don't be surprised if you see Rafinha lining up on the front line with Neymar and Messi. The Anoeta is a game we already struggle to win every year and Paco wouldn't help us at all there.

Seems to be a pretty reoccurring theme with Lucho these days. Has he finally gone senile?

My ass, lmao

It's a hyperbole yes, but the overall point is pretty clear. Paco is a huge downgrade to Suarez and there's almost no way Lucho would make that sub when we're chasing a lead.

He doesn't have the ability to control a midfield the way Busi does and his positioning is very poor. There's a reason his appearances at DM grow more and more limited.

I really have no idea what you're talking about. I'm still happy Mats is our keeper. Nothing has changed in that regard and I haven't said anything to suggest otherwise. Like really wtf are you talking about?

I'm not sure why we didn't push more to get a better striker, or at the very least keep one of the young forwards we had who were slowly getting better. Removing Munir and Sandro and bringing in yet another young striker who would certainly have to adapt before making improvement was always...

Wouldn't solve our midfield problem in any way. Taking a slow midfielder and replacing him with a slow midfielder who sucks at positioning and short passing will only make the situation worse. Leave him in defense.

He hasn't done anything to earn more minutes in the ones he has gotten. Same case for the numerous La Masia players who have failed here. Giving him 30-40 minutes to most likely not do anything is much more of a risk than letting any one of MSN suck for an entire game because almost our entire...

Interesting. So you think the blame for these mistakes falls more on Lucho and the way he wants the defense to play out from the back?

Yeah, it's not the club's fault our manager is a fucking moron. Playing Mathieu and Adriano as LB and watching them have shocker after shocker while we let our best young LB leave without so much as a first team debut...

He has done absolutely nothing for the team since signing, I'm not sure how we missed him and his 0 goals and 0 assists. If MSN are shut down there's nothing more we can bring to the table offensively without fixing the midfield, which was the real problem.

We need more speed in our midfield. Iniesta and Rakitic isn't working anymore because of this and Gomes doesn't provide any solution to that problem. Denis should really start to get more minutes, imo.

The problem with that idea is while Mats may make mistakes that cost goals, Cillessen is just an average at best shot stopper in general. We might even be better off giving Jose Suarez a chance...

It already has been multiple seasons, Man United has been a laughing stock since Fergie retired. I'm honestly impressed they've managed to keep him this long, especially with Real Madrid knocking on the door. OT: It's pretty clear Mats is in poor form but really, the same could be said for damn...

Didn't say I'm going to be patient, I'm not sure where you're getting that from. I'm not preaching patience, I'm just drawing a parallel. Anytime a new player plays badly it's all "We have to give him X amount of months to adapt!" In that sense he's very much in the same boat as Paco. Everything...

Can pay off, but most likely won't. Roberto is more of an exception than a rule, and for good reason, in most cases.

He is in the same category as Paco. Not because he'll never be good enough, but because he's new here and isn't stepping up to help the team. But go on ahead being a condescending asshole, it really drives the point home.