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    Estêvão

    NT football always favours veteran team with older star players. Youngish players always shine as complimentary pieces who can takeover a certain game (Lamine against France, Alvarez against Croatia, Mbappe vs Argentina) but it is mostly the more experienced core that leads the success. Even the...
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    Marc Cucurella

    Nah, it was Abidal's decision because he believed so much in Miranda who was a tall LB with similar style like him. He didn't rate Cucurella at all. Abidal cleared the deck for Miranda to force EV to play him as he was a big fan, Digne sold, Cucurella loaned nut Miranda was playing awful and...
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    CL game 5: Chelsea - Barca 3-0

    Dembele has missed around 26 games for club and NT due to injuries in the past 28 months since the move. He benefits significantly from a less competitive league, where they can afford to rest players. Last year he played less than 3500 minutes for his club, including the CWC (3300 without...
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    CL game 5: Chelsea - Barca 3-0

    Xavi used him as a guy who hugs the line and cross the ball inside. He didn't trust Auba to continue to be that guy on the receiving end and he requested Lewa, among other reasons. There was no way anyone expected him to be a CF, the closest one was Koeman who used him as SS and he was very...
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    CL game 5: Chelsea - Barca 3-0

    Auba and Dembele together are nowhere near Lewa for Barca. Dembele would have still been stinking it here and missing half seasons for injury, Auba hasn't managed to stay consistent for over a half year in the 2020's. We could have done a lot worse than Lewa, he was a solid deal even...
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    Estêvão

    Of course they thought about it, to say Barca scouting system is massive is understatement and they knew about him, they are probably following some 15 years old kids in Botswana while we speak. But the two is as related as saying we couldn't sign Estevao because of the Coutinho and Dembele...
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    Estêvão

    Roque deal was agreed a whole year before Estevao move to Chelsea, and before he even made his debut. They aren't related at any shape or form, Barca wasn't going to pay 40M+ for a talent that plays in Lamine's position while he was yet to make his debut in Brazil. Roque was a 30M signing who...
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    6 - Gavi

    I was actually thinking he should have done better than Eric/ Casado in the double pivot today. Assuming he didn't lose his gane with all those injuries
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    Joan Laporta

    This goes beyond Laporta or his supporters though, and I don't mean it to defend Laporta. It is a systematic issue in the club and its fanbase, period. Even today most of the fanbase care more about LW when we have Rapha, and will have Lewa's replacement as priority. The club rarely valued...
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    Javier Tebas (LFP President)

    They love it this way. This is what clubs asked for, no matter how many teams they say they don't like it in public. I mean hi, they are 42 voting teams and at most only 8 plays in Europe, so most really don't give a shit about how they do in Europe
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    24 - Eric García

    I liked Kounde last year, except some matches here and there, so overall I would take him. But this season, I agree, Eric is better than Kounde as RB
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    3 - Alejandro Balde

    Best defender tonight imo despite handling the most difficult task. Build up was shit, but so was the rest tbf
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    13 - Joan García

    This was by far his worst game here tbh, he was pretty underwhelming . I am not blaming him for the loss or anything, but it isn't like he was saving our ass.
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    4 - Ronald McDonald Araújo

    That PSG broke him forever. He had some stupidity in him before, but it became more consistent ever since
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    24 - Eric García

    He suffered in midfield today. As I said, he is a decent option there, but no need to get overboard. He is our best CB this season, although that isn't a big praise.
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