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Villarreal beat Espanyol. Interesting table for La Liga tbh Teams like Espanyol and Valancia are 5 points behind conference league position and 7 points ahead of relegation, with 5 games to go. Bilbao is 5 points ahead of Villarreal and 6 ahead of Betis. The race is gonna be tough with...

Even if we tried, why would he even join us? There is no way he will be promised starting spot right away. With EPL throwing money on him, I don't think we can either offer him best financial or sporting package.

Cancelo was traumatizing at the end, but he would be our first choice back up RB, LB & winger if he was still here. Anyway, we won't get him so it is mute discussion.

He did, but I am not sure it means much as Martin still started tbh. Overall he clearly favours one on the other. For me it isn't a Fort vs Martin thing, we need upgrade in the position, period. Right now every indication points to Martin being Flick choice in this squad, and the only way to...

They will bet on a shithoursey win. Lucky goal and us creating less chances and misses the ones we get. If we are the one who scores first, it could get ugly for them.

Dumfries is a problem tbh

Sure, but the coach rates Martin above all who are in the club other than Balde, so choosing not to sign a LB will be choosing Martin as our backup for another year. That is just the reality of it.

I pointed to this to @Joan yesterday. Ferran and then Fermin and Gavi started playing a little bit dirty to match RM and it kinda paid off. Then again, an argument can be made that it made us to try to match their game rather than playing ours

Many won't remember this, but the first time I saw Barca playing with offside trap during full season was the 2004/2005 season under him. Oleguer and Gio loved to be onside and Puyol had to clear their mess many times. It was the closest thing to Flick Ball in defensive strategy

Fort might became that one day, but I can't see it happening within the next 2 seasons. He already lost a year of development this year. Maybe Torrents can be this guy and save us some money. Personally, if we have to take a gamble on young players I prefer doing so with the wingers. I can...

You don't have a season like this and then decide to make massive changes in the team. You can forget about this idea already. Raphinha ain't leaving before the WC either. Joan García and Lucas Chevalier are the two most obvious choices based on age, cost and performance (based on data)...

He was good last year before getting injured. This year he got injury early on and took it out of his system. He is a streaky player, he needs rhythm and confident to perform and when those gets interrupted it is a problem.

Most of the starters, Bastoni and Mkhtyrian are resting, Thuram is injured and unlikely to play on Wednesday, Dumfries is coming from injury and likely getting minutes today. Augusto for Dimaeco coupd also happens in CL, he rotates between the two.

Dumfries on the bench against Roma. He will surely starts vs us.

I was full on this last night. However, with Semifinals in our way, I am not sure of it. Time and time again, it shows you can't isolate players from off the pitch crying. Real Madrid players bought into the club mental games and the lost their heads with every normal decision not going their...

Even when he plays as LW, he moves more centrally and became a second striker. He is LW just on paper, a bit like older version of Messi & Cristiano who played behind strikers but wvery pregame charts listed them on the wings. For it to happen they need a world class attacking LB, and a number...

Turns out Xavi was the next Txiki, not the next Pep.

I would argue 2 fullbacks not one.

He is starting to look like a player again IMHO, still long way to go to reach the level we were expecting from him but he is in upward trajectory and he has age in his side and talent is there.

Ter Stegen is here for 11th year, the second one closest to him in the first team is Fati who joined half decade later. This type of experience and durability will always be appreciated by his peers. Look at how the players celebrate Fati when he has close to zero contribution in the current...