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Or buy none out of those two options Coutinho ruined us financially. Yet Alena, Puig, Oriol, Arthur, Pedri, Gavi and similar didn't cost us a lot of money or wages (except Fati), but we might lose 10-20 years on developing and waiting for wrong players, losing in the same fashion every season...

Stage 3 of denial/player development hype. Stage 1: whatever player does well, it is overblown because he is young Stage 2: when someone mentions his flaws in the 1st or 2nd year of player's emergence, fans reply: he is young, he will improve, he'll fix his flaws Stage 3: if a player is here...

1. because La Liga in general is on the weakest level since 2000s, so we are defending well against mostly very average to poor sides 2. a type of football in La Liga is latino-technical with less pressing, running and physique than in EPL or let's say Germany. So, even a defense with Busi can...

Imo, he is not stupid But he is somewhat lazy or not 100% devoted to football. I like his skills but he does have some sort of "I am too cool for this" vibe. Just like you said: If they are winning, he laughs If they are losing, he laughs. His attitude might be his enemy in the future

He is a starter for Spain because Lucho is Barca-agent and hates RM. He is a golden boy, lol, the same as Ballon D or, that is a propaganda award for the richest countries/teams/brands to keep the money and interest growing. If Pedri were an Ukranian or Polish 20 year old, he would be worth...

History wise, how many recent Barca's young players have changed or improved their game a lot in late years? 1. Arthur = remained as equally as flawed 2. Dumbele = dumb as always 3. Frenkie, Samper, Alena, Puig, Oriol, Denis, Andre Gomes, Halilovic, Malcom, Paco, Semedo, Dest, Wague = more or...

Textbook example of a new generation of midfielders who grew up watching Xavi (the same as Arthur) and who wrongly started to neglect attacking and defending and went full retard with possession and passing. It is very hard to change player's natural DNA and instincts. ** not that Xavi as a...

True Alos, imo, a lot of people here remember Etoo mostly from Pep's days where he was good, but imo NOT as good as 2004-2006 Rijkaard's Etoo. And during Pep, he started to miss tons of chances. Anyway, Etoo's Champions league goals. He was really fast in his first years at Barca:

Meh player Had nice moves and zero running. Also injured all the time. He was repeating his one-signature move whenever he got the ball. He was more "eye pleasing" than end-product player. Also dwelling on the ball for way too long. Meh for Barca/Real standards

I am reading some speculations in some papers that Barca is willing to sell Fati for 70m to balance their books. Can you imagine anyone paying for more than 15m for this version of Fati (plus his enormous wages)?

Last 5 years, 8 gems: Frenkie-Arthur, the best midfield duo in the world. Later: Alena-Puig-Oriol (baby) Busquets Lately: Pedri-Gavi-Nico It will be interesting to see the next overhpyed midfield trio in 2-3 years.

The more time passes by, I have a feeling that there is a reason why we were always a loser club except in a short 10-15 years period from 2006-2015. We were blessed with Messi and Xavi+Iniesta who turned this club into the best of that era. Without Messi, Xavi and Iniesta, our history is quite...

In my country there is already a joke: you turn on any random match on a tv and whenever some player (from either team) goes to the ground (wherever on the pitch), people yell: it's a pen for Argentina, stop the match. Even though Argentina is not playing at all. (The same as we made jokes on...

World cup refs were exactly the same in terms of cheating as today. Not too many fans whined back then. Interesting. People see cheating only when it is against their favorite team/player, not when it is obviously in their favor.

He wants to blend the worst from the both eras... :coffee:

-- Suarez maybe scored more goals but he played at Barca who had MSN and there was tons of space for him since 2-3 players had to mark Messi and 1-2 Neymar -- in Suarez's days, our team was way before -- in Suarez's days, goals stats in whole football were inflated because the difference between...

15 years ago Spanish football also dominated 15 years ago TikiTaka was unbeatable Maradona was unstoppable 35 years ago CAM was the most player in 352 in the 90s and early 00s Sweeper was a big thing 50 years ago Goalkeepers didn't need good passing 20 years ago Things change Football (outside...

Barca's level has also dropped from the top of Europe and MSN to Uefa league, Pedri and Gavi. The true estimation of their abilities on club's results will be clearer in a few years, though.

There is no way to make it today as a winger with his (slow) pace. He can be only a poor man's Raphinha or Trincao. His only hope is turning into a creative midfielder who can also defend a lot. This hype machine is obviously staged to keep fans happy and full of hope, offering 1-2 new...

Curtois is from Belgium. Curtois till 2018 played for Atletico and 4 years at a mighty EPL for Chelsea (the most covered league in the world). Everything from EPL is more important, more relevant and more marketable. Also, he moved to a RM in 2018, the most famous club in the world, who have...