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Just because I don't have any specific ideas of someone who would be better doesn't mean a free transfer of a relatively mediocre player is our only option. We'd be lucky if Barfa showed up here as good as early-Barca Alexis but once again, the age difference is astronomical. France is a joke...

For fuck's sake, why do you keep arguing against things I'm not saying? Where are all these outrageous numbers coming from? There's a difference between buying superstars and picking up trash. Players in the middle are what we need and Ben Arfa is certainly not in that middle area. He's not...

Hasn't been getting nearly as many minutes as he deserves lately.

Ben Arfa isn't a solution to anything. If we want decent players who can do a decent job for rotational purposes we have Munir. Denis and Rafinha are also capable of operating on the front line and tbh they'd probably prefer it to playing in midfield.

Promote. Maybe twice.

Let's archive this post for future reference the next time a signing like this is made.

*Bursts through door* Oh my god, I completely forgot about the b team. How did the babies finish the season? Will Alena/Mujica be promoted for next season?

Glad to have him back. With him returning we should be able to get rid of Arda Turan too.

If you go to the Ben Arfa thread there are many who actually support his signing :lol:

The point of a 3rd keeper isn't for him to be good enough in the first place. Mats himself will be a roadblock for any promising keepers we have coming up. It's pointless to keep recycling our 3rd choice keepers just because they're content with being 3rd choice.

My post is full of facts but you're going to ironically cry over people being "butthurt"? Perhaps you should be the one to sit down and recognize your opinion is wrong?

He played there a lot more than during the Clasico. The position change didn't become a thing until after the January Anoeta disaster and the clasico where we "got fucked" was in early November. Not to mention that from the wing Suarez actually had a good game and provided his first assist in...

It'd be pretty aggressive of Lucho to play a recently injured goalkeeper in a competition that's not for him just for the sake of getting him minutes at Mats's expense. That'd be not-so-subtle way of telling Mats he should leave imo.

What kind of shit are you spouting? Two things are well known fact: That Suarez started out as a RW here, and that Messi was the one who suggested he and Luis trade positions.

If it weren't for Mathieu's constant poor performances this season we'd have secured the Liga weeks ago. An argument could be made that he's not a LB, though.

I'm getting there. Sucks not being able to follow as closely as normal.

Seems like some significant progress has been made regarding your opinion on him nonetheless lol

I've been sick as of late mate, reason for the drop in activity.

We've always been on the hunt for a younger CB. Our CB signings ended up being Mathieu and Vermaelen. Denis isn't a player who needs developing anymore. He's a key member of Villareal's squad who we can get for cheap, and he is wanted in spite of his age, not because of it.

The club will probably block the move, so we can watch him walk to midfield and jog back for another season.