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He was able to defend and track back when he played at his peak but for quite some time now he just doesn't play with the same hunger or joy that he used to. I think anybody who saw him in his Sevilla days know that he wasn't just some right-sided winger...... I just think it's the same...

Just because you've got potential doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to work out. Bojan had potential but what is he doing now??/ Same with Cuenca. I'm not saying that Montoya isn't a good player or anything like that but right now if we can find a great RB in the market then we should go...

The way opinions change after one good or bad match on this forum really amuses me, really shows a lack of maturity. I mean Fabregas was hailed as this great thing after his performance against Mallorca and then shit when he failed against PSG just a few days later. You don't judge players based...

Alves has declined for some time now but to project Montoyo as the next best thing is absolutely exaggeration. He's yet to prove himself at Barca, just because you're brought up in La Masia doesn't necessarliy mean that you should get the starting job. If Barcelona can find a great RB in the...

Considering how much the Barca management know about defense, it wouldn't surprise me that we went after Luiz.

Chelsea have a lot of holes to fill. Ashley Cole seems to be coming towards the end of his career so I think they are going to need a LB. I'm not convinced of either David Luiz or Gary Cahill as CB's. They definitely need a striker and a holding central midfielder. I think Mourinho also...

I really find the excuses pretty amusing. Please keep us entertained.

Madrid played great in that 2-2 Copa Del Rey but they should've had a player sent off in the first half when Barca were already up 1-0.

But would he really want to stay at Dortmund with those 2 leaving and being the whipping boy of Bayern every season. There's no question that Dortmund would be severely weakened with Gotze and possibly Lewandowski leaving. Gundogan has already stated that he would like to leave for either Spain...

Spain also regularly don't face the level of competition that Barca face. We've seen Pedro on more than a few occasions as well without Messi (as we saw against PSG) and he doesn't get it done consistently enough for me. He also doesn't win enough 1 on 1 battles either....

As I have always said, Ronaldo is one of the greatest goal-scorers this game has ever seen but other aspects of his game are pretty ordinary such as his passing and vision. When he has a game when he doesn't score , you always ask yourself, well what did Cristiano really do in this game??? and...

It's always been the case that players get raided by a bigger club. Really naive some of the comments that i've read about the Gotze transfer etc It's something that has been happening for decades and will continue to happen. Football isn't like american sports like the NFL or the NHL who have...

I would've like to have rented their back 4 against Bayern. I know they wouldn't have had the young legs in front of them that they do now but wouldn't have conceded as many goals as we did.

He would completely have to change his game if he played for another club. Can you imagine him trying to defend the way he does if he played AGAINST Madrid at the SB. There would be very, very few games where he would last the entire 90 minutes.

I agree, Ramos was such a darling at Sevilla.

Absolutely. I mean, who needs Dani when you can spend 40 million on an absolute true need like Fabregas.

Excellent post. This is something that those who want to 'put him with the right player alongside him' don't seem to understand how often he loses 1 on 1 situations. Pique is really slow on the turn and slow on his feet and his lack of awareness as a defender is also pretty alarming (look at the...

I agree that defensively he was better than Alba and the others but that doesn't really say much because he hardly offered anything going forward.

I agree with you but Javi I think is better defensively than Busquets. Busi is the type of player you need when you have control in the midfield, because he's one of the best passing DM's out there but when you're faced against a more quicker,athletic and physical team then you need somebody...

Hey, he's short, Catalan and a La Masia graudate so all should be well with him.