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It must have been written in the stars for me to watch this match, got sent home from work early just in time to watch, even though I'd planned on recording it and watching it after the Gold medal game :lol: Good lineup. Kind of feel bad for Munir but maybe he should go out on loan anyways...

He specifically wants to leave for Man City. And since when are City one of our biggest CL rivals? They have never in their history been anything but a joke in the CL and every time we've played them we've disposed of them quite handily. Maybe you think Pep being there makes them threats but...

The team is missing a lot of players atm. No Mascherano, Mathieu, Iniesta, Neymar, Mats, or Rafinha.

How/why do you need to rest a goalkeeper?

It has to be his wages, then. He'd already agreed to be our backup before we even decided to let Bravo leave. While I obviously don't mind him not being on Bravo's level, he will still be needed to do a job for us in the Copa.

There's no way he could be a signing meant to compete with Mats, he's simply nowhere near that level. I find it odd how Lucho and Unzue are unimpressed by a keeper who frequently stonewalled all of Spain's big three but wants this random guy.

Umtiti has more calmness, dribbling ability, and passing ability than Mathieu has ever shown for us, and his ability to tackle and block shots isn't any worse. He doesn't have to prove anything, he's clearly better now than Mathieu was when he first joined.

I wouldn't even call Mathieu a good CB backup. Not anymore. Since his surgery he's been a shadow of himself, when he somehow manages to be healthy. Umtiti on the other hand is playing better right from the beginning than Mathieu ever has for us.

Don't count on it lol

If anything that reflects worse on Bravo. He's the one with the vast majority of playing time yet his general level of play is just as low as ter Stegen when he's on a mistake spree?

That's exactly the point. They conceded goals at the same rate so obviously the keeper wasn't the one at fault.

Pep knew this would happen the moment Messi sent him the text ordering Zlatan to be sold.

I also remember that when Bravo returned we still conceded goals at the same rate. I also remember Mats stepping in for Bravo in his second injury and doing just as good a job. To be honest, you want them to "Compete" for their minutes but if there was true competition Mats would have gotten a...

Bravo has only performed better because he gets the opportunity to play every single week while Mats is lucky to get two games a month most of the time. Something you interestingly have refused to address in this little tantrum of yours.

You literally said, and I quote: Now I dunno about you but I don't remember Barca winning the Copa America, and certainly not twice, and I'm not sure what connection the club has with Chile. And I admit Bravo has performed better, but I still say they're on a similar level. But I've always...

If age was the only motivating factor why are they sticking with Mats? Why not get Jose Suarez from the B team? Why not keep Bravo, sell Mats for the greater payout, and just bring up Inaki Pena when he's ready? Why is everything the club does directly contrary to the notion that Mats is only...

So I suppose in this analogy Bravo is Messi and Mats is the promising 17 year old? Well, if that 17 year old was somehow on a similar level to Messi with limited minutes and we'd have to make that decision, we'd choose the 17 year old. This is pretending you can only have one outfield player at...

What you are saying doesn't make sense. If Bravo is the better keeper who will be able to play for longer why is the club bowing to all this alleged pressure from Mats? And once again, Bravo is the one leaving after making it clear he wants to start the Liga and the CL. Mats could have not said...

You're reply to this will likely be your 100th post, so congratulations! Even if it's been two years (Suspiciously the moment Bravo signed here but I'm not trying to insinuate anything), that's an incredible accomplishment for posting mainly in one thread. Even if Mats did threaten to leave, if...

Nah. Nah. Pinto's problem was general lack of ability, especially towards the end. That isn't a problem Mats has.