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You keep comparing him to our other defenders. They have been shit. Once again, it is not saying much! Pique has been anything but vastly better than Masch. He was total shite this season with glimpses of how good he can be, Masch was so much better overall. One thing I will agree with you on...

Knowing when to step up to intercept a ball is a totally different skill than knowing how to position yourself in a flat 4 or during a counter attack.

No I don't. But you are comparing one player who is 35, barely played and has had multiple injuries the past two seasons. The second player just had probably the worst season of his career. That's not saying much. Pep's opinion would change a lot after seeing Mascherano play as a full-time...

I don't care what Pep said a year or two ago. I've been able to watch the past 2 seasons myself, and that's all I need. Edit: I think people watch Barcelona play, but they don't really understand HOW we play. Everyone throws around tiki taka and possession play- you are correct. Some people...

You have to understand that at first, Mascherano was STEPPING IN as a cb. He was playing there once in a while to help us out, and that made him very valuable- it still does. However, Masch is not a cb and it is clearly evident now that he's been pretty much played as one for us. He makes...

He was argueably the best "striker" that year at Liverpool. I was never a huge Torres fan, but I do know that during that season he was truely unplayable. Scored in big games and was pretty much a total nightmare for defenses. I don't judge players on stats, I never did. Stats are important...

Why do we need a new striker? Even if Villa leaves, we already got Neymar. 20mil for a player we "might" use as a "2nd" option makes no sense. when we are up against a wall, I don't see us forcing Messi out of the middle to play Torres. For me, we either commit to using a number 9 in the...

I have one question to ask everyone that is pro-Torres. Where the hell is he going to play...on the wing?! Move Messi out of the middle and use Torres as the "second option" some people have been fantasizing about for the past few years?! I mean lol jesus christ I dont understand some people...

20mil is twice the amount I'd be comfortable paying for Torres. I don't know what our recent obsession with only Spanish players is, we did fine without them in the past. I'm not saying all our players in the cantera are superstars...but we should really work on developing the promising ones...

A fast center back is exactly what we need. We've played a higher line each season begining with Pep and that's not going to change. Our biggest problem with our defense this year was using Alves and Alba together as full backs. Secondly we had no true center backs besides Pique who was off form...

And he's very, very fast. Barta is slow, perhaps even slower than Pique.

Marquinhos has the quality to perhaps become that for us.

Lots and lots of poor passes throughout the game, just gave Rooney way too much space for that goal too. Why wouldn't you commit to one of two players attacking you (particularly the one with the ball)....especially when you have multiple other fellow defenders behind you.

It's amusing how easily he's dealt with Rooney- faster and stronger.

I will take Tello any day of the week over Pedro. All Pedro ever had going for him was his workrate and the fact that he'd put himself in position to score a decent amount of goals. The latter has been missing for over two seasons, so.... Tello and Neymar are both 21 and already much more of a...

And by "attack", you mean Messi.

That's what I'm saying. Why pay 30mil for CB's that don't exactly fit what we need (beast with speed) when we could have exactly what we need for 10mil more. And I'm not saying I want to pay 40mil for Silva either. Marquinhos is looking better and better to me. The kid has intense pace and is a...

Yea, I know...but a left-footed right winger :wub:

I was never a huge fan of Pedro, but he looked great in 09/10, he started winning me over. In 10/11 he wasn't as good (in overall play, imo) but he still netted goals. Since then he has been total shite. Work ethic isn't everything- any player can run around aimlessly putting pressure. His...

I've never been VV's biggest fan but he is FC Barcelona's goalkeeper and they have a stupid amount of money. If we don't get AT LEAST 15 million for Valdez then I see it as a major fail on our part.