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Pellegrini is easily the best manager ever seen in la liga. He worked wonders with Malaga and Villareal despite lack of funds. Also, his stint at Real Madrid was far from a failure considering he racked up 96 points. It isn't his fault that Guardiola's Barca side were in their prime and nearly...

Alves was particularly bad this season but even before he wasn't that great defensively, needing Abidal to come in. Whereas other teams often make it work with 2 attacking fullbacks by keeping both of them disciplined in how they bomb up. That was to counter the point on how Carvajal would...

When did I say he was horrible throughout his entire career? I specifically said this season he has been horrible defensively. Only a fool wouldn't be able to see that.

I don't understand how anyone can say Alves has had any defensive strength this season at all with his horrible positioning, nonexistent aerial ability, and tendency to act as a winger rather than a fullback. That's the laughable part. Alba has been alright defensively but even then he's much...

I'm not going to bash Montoya because he was unfairly benched by an off-form Alves. For the sake of this let's assume that if Montoya were to have more playing time he would continue to put in around the same consistent performances he has so far. Even then Carvajal has been obviously above his...

Don't watch them week in week out but certainly a good number of games and most people who do watch him would agree he's better than Montoya. If he seems unimpressive to you then I wonder how you could possibly rate Arbeloa, Montoya, or Alves.

Far from it, he's much much better than Arbeloa this season and one of the best RB's in Europe in both attack and defense. Saying Montoya is better than him is very biased (even though I do like Montoya)

I think we're going to have to disagree here. I observed a lot that his long passes are very wayward and strong. Occasionally he'll get one right with Tello (the only one even remotely fast enough to reach Bartra's overpowered passes) but not with a very significant effect and not very ideal...

Bartra is a sweeper type CB but doesn't have the ball playing abilities of Pique. Most of his long balls fly off the pitch horribly. Although he's still young and should be trained up to be a good backup or even replacement for Pique. He has good positioning but his tackling is very shaky and...

He's basically the German Robben. Never passes, always cuts in, and skies most of his shots. Efficiency and teamwork seem to be foreign terms to him and his presence will likely have a more negative impact than a positive one. Without him, other more deserving players would get more time.

I really doubt you watch much of him at all. He's a better reader of the game than Varane ffs, he's shown it all season. Interceptions, positioning, applying pressure cleverly to force errors. It's one of his top qualities yet you act like it doesn't exist? Ivanovic is hardly solid, can't...

I really don't think you watch him or know enough about him to pull out "flavor of the month". He's been great all season, it's no ones fault but your own that you've never heard of him or know much about him. Yes he is good in the air compared to other center backs. I'm not going to lie and...

It gives a sleek, classy look to some of the players although there are some that it'd just look weird on (Rooney and Ferdinand)

He drops back as a false 9 to get involved in buildup play correct? The reason he's been going back so far into midfield that it leaves a giant hole is because our midfielders are becoming much more pushed back to the central area all the time instead of advancing forward and establishing the...

He can't just be thrown back into the game. Slowly going back to full intensity training and then consistently increasing playing time is what will get him back into rhythm.

Disagree with you there. One of the things that makes Messi the deadliest player in the world is his ability to threaten anywhere while roaming. If he is getting pushed/marked back to midfield, it's a sign for Xavi and Busquets to advance their foundation play up the pitch and Iniesta to start...

Considering I just bought an expensive Thiago kit for this season, it'd be an epic fail if he were to move now :lol: Hope his father doesn't influence a hasty move though, that'd be reckless for his career path

Never on earth would I have pinned Sociedad's fourth place campaign on a single player. Carlos Martinez, Illaramendi, Vela, Griezmann, Inigo, and many more were all amazing players and brought them up to 4th place in a tremendous team effort. I applauded Inigo for his individual performances...

Not really box to box, he plays sort of like a much more mobile version of Alonso. I like him a lot and hope he succeeds

I've heard of Fran, Tarin, and Juanma Although any info on how impressive these players are would be much appreciated