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Thiago's clause wasn't just activated because of lack of playing in the biggest games, it was lack of playing overall. And he didn't express as much unhappiness towards playing in big games as he did towards not playing as much as he would've liked. He'd be patient enough to wait at least 1-2...

Well we don't play 1 big game all year. Thiago can easily play the return leg of some matches or in the "lesser" big games like a round of 16 or Supercup match.

Fabregas can play false 9 in Copa and lower table league games. Messi can even play a few games on the right side. Neymar could play on the right when Iniesta plays on the wing. It's not like all of these changes have to be in CL Semifinals vs top teams, they are meant for games where we have...

Good point but even injuries didn't force some common sense in this time with Xavi playing through fatigue and ankle troubles on painkillers in the Clasico.

Always playing the same lineup was one of the biggest problems yet you want to keep it going with the most superficial reason of "They are the best players so they will always play." You're really just disagreeing for the sake of it when you know it's not that difficult to accommodate that many...

No, you take it game by game you don't just stick with a single lineup blindly for a big game randomely (that's one of our major problems from this season). It's not just about fitting them in because they each add something different which could be useful. Cesc has directness, Thiago flair...

10-0 Silva It's like the commentators are just bored announcing the goals now :lol:

You say they're all of great quality then say not all of them are good enough to play in big games, make up your mind!!! They all play with each other often, it's not like playing a slightly different lineup in a big game will make it look like they're foreign players to each other. Guys like...

Well in 08-09 it was more about keeping several world class players happy in defense/attack, not midfield like it is now. Iniesta can play some on the wing (with Neymar on the right), Cesc can act as a direct supersub for some games, Thiago doesn't have to start all the biggest games (though...

And then Torres comes up again :p

HAHAHAHA Torres failed the penaldo

I'm coming :D

I don't think it's THAT hard to accomodate both players into the rotation schedule. Pep did a great job rotating in 08/09, giving several players in each position a ton of games. At the very least they could sub in Thiago after halftime or at the 60th minute much more often. The point is that it...

Tahiti had a shot? :lol:

It's Mata off not Villa

Hat trick...... Kinda sad though :(

Villa was like a mile offside

fail Silve :lol:

Hat trick Torres

Villlaaaaaaa