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There is no reason to think that Alena will be our midfield solution. He just turned 18 and will be 18 this whole season and only 19 next season- that is really young. Even Messi wasn't half the player he was at 19 compared to when he was 21. Also, midfielders improve dramatically with...

My point is he always played them in the CL and any big or important game. He's rarely rested that midfield trio the past 1.5 season. I'm not sure how anyone can argue it. Benching one or two of them in early copa matches isn't really what I consider rotating.

He did?! Busquets, Iniesta and Rakitic started CL final, both semis, both quarters and one 16....the other Busquets was missing because he was unavailable. When it came to any important or big game, the line up was the same. Just like this season.

He did it in the begining/first half of the season because he was trying different things and hadn't figured out what the ideal lineup or tactics was yet. Once he decided on the Iniesta/Raki/Busquets midfield he barely rotated afterwards and that carried onto the next season.

He already stagnated at AM, which is worrisome since he wasn't that good to begin with at Villarreal.

You mean he rides out his contract then leaves for free or 1/5 what we paid? Lucho is absolutely not good at rotating players, last season was especially clear on that.

Of course they want our players; we give them away for free.

16mil for a LB that PSG doesn't even want or play....and has 2 years left on his contract. Brilliant! Really reinforcing the team with some quality.

The man sure is enjoying his fat paycheck for being absolutely useless.

Our transfer policy is such shit. PSG buy Gameiro for 10mil, Sevila buy him from PSG for 10mil and then Gameiro has ONE season slightly better than his best seasons for his other clubs, at the age of 29, and he is worth 40mil....or even 30mil? The second they put that price on him for us I...

A ghost. Again. Always thought he was a very good player. But 120mil+ :lol:

No idea why we paid 18mil for Vidal. He was a nobody with barely any RB experience. Another team would sign him for 4-5mil. Gameiro is another shit signing for 30mil. At 40mil I'd tell Sevilla to stfu. At 30mil I'd say, you mean 3mil, right?

Messi has been the difference maker for most of our titles. The part about signing SOME players to make an instant impact (insert: see Luis Suarez) is very true. That mentality won us a treble that year. I don't think we would of won it if we had signed Icardi, Vietto or whatever fotm young...

His decision making is almost as horrific as his finishing.

He's a fantastic dribbler but that's about it. He's not a great finisher, he's made that clear many times this season. Gabriel Jesus is also a good dribbler but he's more composed in front of goal imo. Costs half the price too.

Gomes is really slow and an AM. Exactly what we don't need. Fabregas was similar in that sense, maybe Gomes is better defensively...

Arda should be gone. Playing bad is one thing, but we didn't just buy Arda for his skill...we bought him for the attitude, desire to win and ferocity he showed at AM. He has shown NONE of that at Barca, and that is all independent of current form. Sell while we can.

There is absolutely no reason to think that. None. RM beat AM twice after being outplayed both times and being very lucky. For AM on the otherhand, they had a MUCH more difficult road to the CL final than RM. It was no coincidence they were there. They lost because of bad luck and some of their...

Arda has been so bad for Turkey and contributed absolutely nothing of note to Barça in half a season. I hate to agree but I would be okay with selling both of them for 30mil if lucky and using it towards RB/CM/FW with our remaining money.

Oliver Torres is so overrated it's not even funny. He's shown inconsistent good performances for like half a season a while back. Half the time I watch him play he's hugging the wings, how is he even still being considered as a choice as a CM for us. He's not even better than Roberto.