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Masche is probably leaving after this season and Mathieu should be sold regardless after this season. Umtiti becoming our starting CB with Tarin and Marlon moving up would make our defense very solid.

He was the only keeper not to concede, lol. Sell Mats and Bravo and make Masip our #1.

Or when Alba gets himself suspended by throwing a fit because a forward booped him on the forhead.

He seemed out of place playing the Iniesta role.

Yeah, but... so? Camara is a winger who is having to play as a defender. If there was an open slot for playing there it'd have been nice for him to get the nod. One of the most frustrating things as a player is never getting to play where you feel comfortable.

Well, whose fault is it that Iniesta is being pressured right in front of his own box? I'm sure Arda didn't have anything to do with that...

His performance in the 2nd half was solid. The giveaway in the first half was pretty dreadful, though. In every preseason game but probably Celtic he's given the ball away like that in some way.

Who said this?

And poor Camara has been shoved to LB all preseason because the front line is full, too. What a blatant spit in the face.

But why? He's starting every game no matter how shit he plays.

Yeah, this is stunning. Munir has been playing fantastic but now he's getting benched by some overweight jogger who doesn't know how to even make a backpass after being here for over a year. Edit: The Gamper isn't airing anywhere in the US or the UK? The hell?

In my personal opinion, Rakitic only seems "glued" into the starting lineup because there wasn't any competition to speak of outside of Roberto, who played basically everywhere as a rotational sub.

He played well against Celtic but against Leicester he was bad (But at least gave a small bit of effort, imo), and the game against Liverpool was a complete disaster, with him being a large part of the reason why. The rest of the team having a bad game doesn't mean he's excused if he's one of...

Yeah, I can almost guarantee you that if I went back and found those quotes you've mined they're all in the middle of a forum meltdown, where everyone makes such comments about damn near every player we have. Roberto never received anything near what Arda is receiving, and you can dig up 100...

He scored a single goal against Celtic's B team, calm down...

If we're really going to fight for promotion I really hope Villanova and Martinez don't get as much time in the rotation. Neither one has any right to be there, imo. Tarin, Lopez, Marlon, and Quinti should be plenty good enough.

So will he be starting alongside Tarin in most games? That makes the most logical sense, but aren't they both right footed?

I'd give Gomes a chance to show what he's got before we start making such predictions. Rafinha being Lucho's personal favorite must also be taken into account.

I don't remember a single person calling for Roberto to be sold, certainly not at the level Arda is being called for, anyways. He wasn't anyone's favorite player or anything and a lot of people expressed dissatisfaction when he played, but he costed us very little in wages and rarely got a game...

Arda and Roberto are nothing alike. One was a B team promote at 21 years old while the other is a 29/30 year old who will only get worse.