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Is he really? Not looking to dig at him but seen him name call more senior teams mates here and there at Dortmund and Real Madrid, and abused a referee too. The 'who else' thing with England too, after an awful performance. And it wasn't even true as other England players could have scored that...

Get out there and enjoy people then. Sorry, couldn't resist a little harmless joke at the typo.

Yeah that is true. Time flies when having fun. I don't know if you do this, but I tend to also mark goals by world events. For instance, I wanna lose a good amount of weight by summer 2026 (giving myself ample time). But rather than saying 'summer 2026' I say 'by the World Cup'. It seems to...

That's so true. Time passes quicker as you age, as a year represents a far smaller percentage of your life than when you are a kid.

Fair enough, agree with you there. Also agree that Iniesta never really played as the metronome, as I implied. But I think he could have done it to a decent level. Not Xavi level though, of course. As a liker of Barca but not a Barca fan, I wasn't watching Barca last season often. So cannot...

I can understand both perspectives. If he is doing well (and I am not saying he is as there's some criticism in here over the Red Star game, I didn't watch it so not sure though I did see the goals) he merits keeping his starting spot, as any player does. However, it's pretty clear that he's not...

I didn't know Casado has 5 assists. That is pretty impressive and as you say highlights the supreme movement in final third, as well as Barca squeezing the play and being more direct and playing quicker or earlier balls from deeper positions into the front men.

Agree with most of that, though Iniesta was very press-resistant too. But I get the point that Xavi was more of a controller than Iniesta. In numerical terms (which can be cringe in football) you are describing Pedri as more as an 8 to be paired with a 6 and a 10, where Casado would be the 6...

Agree, Rassy makes good points too but the prevailing feeling is envy from PL fans especially as Pep's style isn't a PL style (remember them saying his possession game wouldn't work at Man City)

Fair points, especially needing to give balance for 2. Point 3 is very good and one I glossed over - Barca tended to embarrass PL teams a lot whereas with RM it was more mainland Europe teams, so there was less outcry from the English, who as we know are the loudest and most influential because...

I can see yours and vegitot's points, but I tend to lean more to your side, yes. I think he's an Iniesta-style player and can start and play deeper or play in the final third, but his best abilities lie a bit deeper. However, it's definitely a good debate. Overall though I think you make some...

I was half taking the piss. Anyway been fun talking, but I am gonna go watch a film, wash some clothes, then sleep - playing football either once or twice tomorrow, hopefully twice (depending on transport to another town/location) so I will have to sleep before 3 am at least. Goodnight mate...

We all know you are an arrogant bastard - false modesty doesn't suit you :lol:

I dont actually think Cr is that good a dribbler - he's more of a kick and run merchant. Hazard and Neymar, Ribery, Iniesta etc far better examples of weaving, intelligent dribblers than him. Of course CR was a decent dribbler but he gave up a lot of it to focus on goalscoring. Even when...

Agree. FWIW I hope and think Barca will win the league. I am especially confident because Real and Atletico look poor now, and Real are rarely a league team at the best of times. CL more up in the air as a lot of luck involved there. Fair enough - well played. Hopefully Flick continues to...

Had to laugh at the sycophantic commentator drooling over this lot and mentioning Amorim every minute. They never learn. There was also a lot of wanking over their youth system in the last 20 mins. Remind me who the last top class player they produced was? Class of 92? Also lots of talk how...

Indeed. It's looking prophetic if anyone said that. But, again, I would suggest caution. It's still only three months into his tenure. Barca are looking superb but it could go wrong - I hope it doesn't but we have all seen enough football to know teams look great early and then it all falls...

Being one of the 17 percent to predict Gala beating Tottenham is good.

On the other hand, he's currently taking a massive L on Arsenal and got blown to bits on Ten Hag and likely Zirkzee. And it is still early in the season, could still go wrong for Flick (though clearly I hope it does not). And Arsenal could improve etc. Not having a dig at Birdy, but it just...

Fair enough, though to me that is a weird retort. But alas, the creator of that video thought it was a Messi-like goal though, though maybe he was being sarcastic too. Either way, he is an ok dribbler, nobody denies that, but it's clearly not a facet of his game really. No shame in that - he's...