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Honestly have no clue about this one. I can see us getting a narrow win but I can also see us getting whooped.

Yoann Gourcuff is a more apt comparison than Iniesta at the moment. Interesting, highly watchable player who shines in his own little niche but not really great (+ injury prone.) Needs to transcend that niche if he wants to be mentioned in the same breath as Iniesta.

Youngest player to debut for the B team, beating Lamine by 11 days.

Pretty sure Roque is a dud.

Reports of Deco looking at Khephren Thuram (son of Lilian) for the DM spot. Anyone get a good look at him?

Iniesta could play pass and move. Pedri can't. More like pass and take a break with him. Something tells me this won't change. Boy simply looks gassed after each action. Has to be an AM, then. But he can't really do that either. Too shy, lacks aggression and initiative. Lacks that spring in his...

Would say yes to Mitoma, Kvara, Leao or Luis Diaz for a reasonable price. Son would be nice if we could somehow lure him. Otherwise focus on DM and wait til an obvious candidate appears.

Wouldn't say Nico is a great dribbler. He's got speed and an eye for the incisive move but he isn't particularly creative or slick.

He might be slightly better than someone like Ferran on the overall but he'll never be at the level we should strive for in the long term. 50m seems a lot for a slight (not even guaranteed) improvement.

I'm overall positive about him but pretty disappointed with the number of long range crackers he's scored. One of the most appealing aspects of his game before he came. Scored one against Real in his first pre-season and had me buzzing. But since then basically nothing.

You see him receive the ball and he just seems extremely limited and primitive in what he can do. You could compare with Suarez but although Suarez looked sort of barbaric and clumsy, his actions were high level, often low key genius. This is not the same type of player.

yeah i tried it but could probably have had more patience and persistence with the rehab. thanks tho, good luck with your studies! interesting field i've always thought.

True. I've had this for years and it's a pain in the arse to get rid of. You can sort of play with the pain but it just gets worse and worse. You take a long rest, slowly rehab, and then as soon as you're feeling back to your old ability, the pain appears again. At first just a slight soreness...

Better player than Felix.

He's good at using what pace he does have. Plus at 16 he will still get incrementally quicker.

I think he's about Braithwaite level. Even when things were working out for him against Mallorca, it just looked unconvincing. Something clearly missing.

Refs hate him for some reason. Gets no protection at all.

A player that was always better in our heads than on the pitch. The redolence of Iniesta is hollow, has mostly to do with inconsequential details. In terms of actual presence on the pitch, how they influence the game, there is very little resemblence.

Frenkie twisted his ankle in a way that would put anyone on crutches. Pedri injured himself by playing a pass.

"Pass it, don't dribble, pass, no, he's gonna lose it, he's gonna lose it, he's losing it, he lost it." - me, approx 5 times pr game.