A player who will arrive with youthful innocence, overshadowed by his peers in age, experience and authority.
I have a good feeling about Ousmane. Sure he might jump ship in a few years, but besides his tantrum with Dortmund, he isn't bringing anywhere near the baggage Neymar brought.
Excited that we finally have a signing, but also quite nervous that he will have HUGE shoes to fill and will be under HUGE pressure with his price tag.
He will not be able to replace Neymar from the get-go, that I know. But I hope he will turn out to be worthy of every penny 5, 6, 7, 10 years from now.
I'm never going to think about his price. Under normal circumstances he probably wouldn't have gone for over 100 mil. But everyone was trying to milk Barca for all they could knowing they had the cash and desperately needed someone.
To me Dembele is what we needed at the moment. Maybe most importantly, he is very young still. Barca's squad must be one of the oldest in terms of average age in all the top leagues in Europe.
Then if you just talk about his play, he gives us someone else besides Messi who will take defenders on and try and beat them one on one. Maybe his success rate isn't where it should be but just the fact he attempts to do it makes him dangerous and opens up attacking options for other players. The fact that he is two footed and can play both wings also helps.
In short: Site has been functioning great and chat add-on (which is also paid) is also holding up. No crashes in recent year.
Having said that, forum itself barely makes anything through adsense. 15USD per month is pathetic and not enough for up-keep.
And if we can cover the server ourselves I would best take ads altogether.
Price of the hosting company went up significantly and I would appreciate donations: It's time to cover the server for the next 6 months.
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