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He was benched in the Austrian league. And half of the teams in that league are First RFEF level. A prospect who again, should have played for the B team to assess his potential and develop his skills. There's a reason he came here with a buy option of 10m, if he was a highly demanded surefire...

Benfica are a team that finished 3rd in Portugal last season and sit 3rd currently. They are not some great team who Barca should get smacked around by, they are a decent team but who aren't even the best in Portugal let alone a top team. The performance was encouraging, in the sense that we...

And if Seferovic finished that sitter at the end? What would he be talking about now?

The potential to be really special. Tricky and confident on the ball, good passer, but also offers defensive structure. And that's all at 17 years old in a CL game... You can see him improving every game and he is slowly getting more confident to try dribbles and to produce offensively. And to...

When he was moved higher up the pitch his performances became much better. At DM doesnt utilise his talent going forward and putting guys behind him.

He has been subbed off early a couple times to at his request. But no wonder, he's playing midfield as 85kgs, with that big frame your tank is not going to be as good as thin short Gavi. Have to work around that and work to his strengths.

I mean, even if you don't have a weak foot, just hit the target. What's the worst that can happen? Rather it get saved and you try instead of losing the ball. The GK has to do a certain amount of guessing in 1v1 so there's good chances it can go in.

Agreed

We should try Dembele at CF

You can see improvement. The team believes again and we controlled the game in parts. Concerning that we have only scored 2 goals in CL so far though, and both against Dynamo Kiev.

Outstanding dribbling

Benfica are good, but not that good, and if I remember correctly were only 3rd in Portugal last year. Despite the injuries and weak squad it is within the team's ability to win and I hope they do not think the things we are saying in this thread. The bookmakers seem to think we are the big...

Benfica are coming off the Bayern defeat in good form, with a 6-1 hammering of Braga in in the league and a 4-1 to Pacos Ferreira in the cup. This will be a hard game and credit is due to Xavi should we win. If we could find a goal, and then look to defend with the ball and frustrate them...

Mingueza is a player who was benched in the third division at 21 years old. Nobody ever thought he'd play for Barca A at all at the time, and he didn't play well in the third division in some starts he got either. The fact he got to the point where he was being praised by Puyol is credit to...

Well we have to admit, we are not going to be a force for a while probably, and we have no money. Laporta has not been clear at all about that with the shambolic Messi situation and repeating that Barca want to win CL despite signing fodder like LDJ. But it is the reality and we have to cope...

As a low cost, short contract signing if we break LDJ's contract I wouldn't mind it. But he's not a long term option.

I remember watching Bounedjah score in the AFCON final for Algeria (probably the best team in Africa), who he plays often for despite playing in Qatar. Is better than Luuk De Jong almost certainly. My only concern would be his current wages and their asking price/his release clause. Al Sadd...

I think you should reread the posts I made and work out what it is you actually disagree with. Damn, all this hostility because I said Sterling is a good player? Would have never said anything if I knew our fans hated him so much. My whole point on Ilias is you like many others have only...

The physical jump from u19 football to Liga is massive, not forgetting the quality also. You need a period of adjustment for that. He has barely played with Barca B then thrown as a starter in a Liga game spontaneously, it's not a great situation for a 17yo. Also, at 17-21 is when your body is...

The same applies to many players who are guilty of only performing against lower-table sides e.g Garcia, Dest, Roberto etc. But I don't think it is the team's fault Depay hasn't performed in the big games either. He didn't play well in those. Now that he's scored a few goals recently, let's see...