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I could see him returning to Valencia or going to some other liga club.

No i wasn't saying that it's what they use, I'm just saying that it would be worth trying out.

Germany's midfield/attack: Khedira-Schweinsteiger/Kroos Gotze-Kroos/Muller-Ozil -----Reus-------

I said he has to cover for Alves, I never said he was a great defender who could keep us from conceding any more. Ultimately there is only so much Pedro can do in defense as a winger. He can pressure them into the wide areas of the pitch and press, but when Alves isn't doing his job correctly we...

Disagree that the right sided combination is better. The left sided players have a much better connection together and Messi actually connects with them really well. However on the right side, Xavi isn't involved in attacking play because he's mostly just distributing, and Alves doesn't connect...

Thank you, finally someone who agrees :lol:

4 out of 5 of those were this year when the attack was emphasized down the right side. the 2-2 draw with madrid was obviously because we played Song+Adriano at CB

I'm not bashing Cesc individually because the whole team has been out of form recently. It's just that with this dip in form, we can't have the added risk of playing Cesc in midfield and we should play Xavi and Iniesta to control it as well as Villa to add another attacking outlet besides Messi...

Before the beginning of this year, Alves didn't play as much due to form dip/injuries. Therefore the attack was emphasized and shifted down the left flank. This is why Iniesta was a god on the wings and his linkup with Alba was divine. We overloaded the attack on the left side so the left sided...

Cesc has been out of it lately and should not play against Madrid. We need Xavi and Iniesta to control the midfield.

Barcelona 2-1 Real Madrid

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The team as a whole has been doing bad in clasicos recently. I hope that we can get out of this and start dominating Madrid like we used to. Although the tactics currently (playing cesc, alves+alba, mascherano, iniesta on the wing) are harming us and do not work against a team that presses like...

Yea he's getting quite a bit of playing time at Ajax and will regain full match fitness and game experience.

All in all I'd say that if one of our wingers gave this kind of performance, we would be applauding them. Despite being right next to the touchline for most of the match, Cuenca was involved in almost all of Ajax's attacks and did very well. He lost possession more than you would like but he...

They're playing differently and he's being more direct for ajax. He might not have gotten right past his opponent but he's been doing very well at wrongfooting the defenders and then taking a quick touch forward and whipping in a deadly accurate cross. He isn't physically strong on the ball so...

whaaaaaaaat? On the ball he still is very smart, creative, and multidimensional and his crosses are still almost perfect. If Kolbeinn could have gotten decent contact on any of Cuenca's crosses, he would have 3 assists by now. The only thing I see that he isn't doing well is that he remains very...

If I had to pick between them, I'd say Aguero because he is less static and more versatile and overall a much better ground player than Cavani.

The problem is Alba is better at attacking than Alves is (at least now) and is also a better defender. Montoya covering Alba like he did for Alves would be even more effective and useful than what we saw today considering how potent our attack has been up the left side this season. If we play...

Hope he gets a few minutes vs Madrid in a substitute appearance late on. His speed could be very deadly considering how tired their players get after 70 minutes of hard pressing.