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I seriously think you're just forming your opinion off of stats right now. Hell if you want to go to that blinded of a view, then technically Inigo Martinez is better aerially than Kompany (1.6 aerial duels won per game vs. 1.5). You are making a very uninformed claim here. -strong passer...

Haven't figured out the midfield? Where were you when Bayern pressed so hard that Xavi and Iniesta were reduced to making a huge array of complacent passes around the central circle? They couldn't even get the ball to the forwards, how could it be the forwards fault? Our midfield was dominated...

He's no Hummels or Kompany in the air but definitely way above average. Does it really matter whether he is a world class header if he adds a huge amount of defensive security to our back line and for a decent price? He'd fit right in because of nationality and can be a real leader figure at the...

Can you remember how bad Montoya was during the Olympics as well? Or Botia, or Dominguez, or even Alba? De Gea was the only good performer at the Olympics along with possibly Mata. Don't even try to pin their failures on Martinez when it was obviously the fault of Luis Milla for being such a...

Pique is dismal these days both aerially and on the ground, Puyol is far from world class anymore and frankly will spend more and more time recovering from injuries rather than playing, Mascherano at CB simply does not work in big games and his positioning has cost us many times before in the...

Not necessarily. There are a ton of obstacles but it's not like it's impossible. Xavi is aging, along with Alves. With Thiago/Montoya being introduced (let's assume around the same time of Deulofeu's return) the squad will be more balanced and the team will be clicking better than now. And if...

I don't even know what to say if you really believe that.

Muniesa moved to Sociedad on a free transfer.

Ok then enlighten me, who would be a better option than him?

....Have you ever watched him or do you even know anything about his style? He has much better aerial ability than Pique and the only person in our squad with better heading than him is Puyol, and don't forget that he's only 21 so he's likely going to get even better at it. He's overrated? If...

Ok two errors over the course of the season. I'm not even going to go to the trouble of looking up every clip of Alves's shit positioning, tackling, heading, etc because everyone has lost count a long time ago. It's not Alves' problem if the team doesn't have a defensive CM? It's sure as hell...

He's not failing that bad, you just don't want him here because you envision a future "dream team" consisting of Neymar, Thiago, Deulofeu, Messi, etc. and would get rid of anyone who stands in the way of that. You wanted to offload Xavi yesterday and now Alexis too? That's horrible management...

Poor choice of words on my part. At that stage they would improve at that rate anyway. With a better coach they would be better team oriented players, more technically sound, and more ready for first team football.

It's not like they improved because they played under him. At that age and in that developmental phase, they were likely going to improve anyway, regardless of Eusebio. Is it really a smart decision from the club though? I mean the team had an abysmal defensive record under him and they were...

I'm not claiming to know everything that goes on in the club internally but from watching the games and seeing how the team performs, it's pretty obvious Eusebio isn't handling the team or individual players well. His reign has not been a success and it's not like the development of some players...

You should be able to read the signs to tell where the improvement came from. Just because Eusebio was there and some players happened to improve doesn't mean that the credit goes to him. You can tell that a coach improves a player when the player helps and gets help from the system and players...

Why is it that every good player should suddenly become a Barca player? Mata is playing at his best in a free-roaming attacking role for Chelsea where he is the spark of the attack and a focal point of the team. At Barca he'd just get shunned to the RW where he can't impose any of his...

Eusebio did nothing to get credit for Deulofeu's development. Everything Deulofeu improved on was individual and that's pretty obvious considering that he still doesn't connect with the rest of the team very well. Eusebio did nothing to make Deulofeu a more team oriented player and definitely...

2/3 players did not develop because of Eusebio, I do not know where you are getting that from. Even players who were previously impressive (Dongou, Roberto, Grimaldo) have looked worse under Eusebio. Is it all about stats to you? League positions and goals scored? Look past the basic results...

-Muniain's roaming centrally and in wide position proved to be getting in the way rather than helping. He'd frustratingly run into the wrong areas and not link up that well with teammates -Isco was man-marked the entire time -Thiago roamed around centrally and did well, he went deep to collect...