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I disagree that Vidal is a good enough backup. He's not Douglas but hot damn is he close. Alves had the fitness to be able to play every game but I'm not sure if Roberto does. We could do a number of things to find a backup including promoting from the B team, but a competent 2nd choice behind...

Passing to the person who scores means you have an assist. There is no "Hardly" unless you don't like the player and want to diminish his performances, and then every good play is "Hardly" everything.

Sergi has done an incredible job and there's no doubt he should be starting but we still need to address the RB position. Our only backup is Vidal and let's face it, he's nowhere near Barca quality. Roberto will run the risk of getting burnt out if we start him in every game like this and allow...

Yeah, it led to an extreme over reliance on passing the ball to Mats. He just needs to calm it down a bit and look for an open man before the ball gets to him, but I'm sure that'll come with time.

I wouldn't expect it to be that way in all games. Umtiti was largely unprepared for the high press and since Pique was passing back a bit too, he kind of just followed suit. It dominoed out of control to the point where Mats broke a record for passing goalkeepers (lol) but I'd only expect to see...

But Xavi isn't also a great shot stopper.

The over reliance on him was pretty ridiculous but just having him be available to bail our defense out when under pressure was a huge lift. Having him there really served to relieve pressure from our defense without forcing us to hoof the ball out every time we got it.

You can't say that with our defense lol

I'm actually kind of looking forward to seeing this thread when the game is over, no matter how well he plays.

I've been part of the Mats/Bravo debate since they signed and I can count on one hand how many times the language barrier was seriously used as an argument. October is one month away and change, not really that long. I haven't checked our schedule but this early part of the season is...

If we don't sign him before he turns 23 the deal should be off imo. Too old.

Unlikely. Messi and Neymar will be around a pretty good time and we've shown ourselves to be pretty bad at rotating when it comes to top tier players.

What if both of them come out good? Do we favor our own youth product or stick with the shiny new signing?

I think Munir will surpass him. It may be my inherent La Masia bias speaking but imo Munir has the higher ceiling, he just needs minutes.

I can't recall a single time where Abidal played RB and Adriano was a RB and a LB, it didn't matter. Only during Lucho's era was he relegated primarily to LB duty.

If anyone is looking for a tl;dr on BBZ's latest masterclass, I actually read it. Here are some major bullet points. -La Masia and Latino players are more likely to stay due to similarities in culture and general Barcelona pride -Players from other countries can have a large number of factors...

If Paco is good enough now there's no way Munir won't ever be good enough.

Munir will end up being better than Paco if he gets the gametime, imo.

Wouldn't be surprised if they try to cancel his loan by January.

So what you're saying is if Mats stays here for 7 years you'll be here saying "I told you so" and claim we shouldn't have sold Bravo?