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This is as if he speaks from my mind! Both me and Xavi and Puig would know that he shouldn't lose the ball as he did one time in a tight space in the last game, and that he should be very patient in his decisions - but hopefully Xavi will give him the trust and patience that Koeman didn't, and...

I believe this is a stupid truism and self-fulfilling meme going around in this little group of people writing on this forum. Someone even claimed that Italy and France sat back against Spain... Another one blamed Busquets for a goal conceded where the ball didn't ever enter the central...

I didn't notice any turnovers, nevermind horrible ones or due to his physique I am sorry. If there is video of it please post. I saw two missed passes, and one or two times where he didn't win the ball when he was pretty close to it. This 'headless chicken' buzzword has really become a meme...

Lost opportunity for sure, and a very obvious and probably economically good one at that!

What Busquets understands doesn't mean anything. He plays to the best of his ability, and is picked by every coach he ever had. It will be SO interesting to see if there will be any noticeable tweaks on Frenkie, Pedri etc by Xavi. One year ago, I think Frenkie would be very quick to listen to...

Yeah. Frenkie could've played that new kid completely free, but was probably correct in shooting that nice shot that hit the bar because the new guy looked terrible. Abde! Puig had another shot that was very weak but on target, the leadup to that shot was very nice IIRC. It is nice to see them...

It was a 3-1 lead IIRC. He had one good shot attempt, a couple of nice flicks and passes, and he failed a couple of times too, as everybody else. He played pretty well.

Hope these preferrences are incorrect. There are a thousand limited, pacy wingers out there, Konrad was one. I hope he doesn't plan to use one of these on both sides, all the time.

Just posting a couple of texts I found on the web: I don't know what to make of them

Busquets would have made sense in a way, if it wasn't for Messi being so obviously GOAT every year, so much more spectacular and obviously better than anyone else. But Busquets was the best midfielder/defensive midfielder a lot of the years, it isn't a position that usually wins the price, but...

https://twitter.com/allas_FCB/status/1456737229418770437 It is very easy and very wrong to make a simple connection between Xavi and Pep, and I certainly don't want to be one who increases the expectations on Xavi to an unattainable standard - but still another interesting coincidence. A lot of...

Of course it matters what he paid. I am sure it was true that this was his dream job, but it would be anyones dream job with a 12m clause for getting sacked. ANYONE would pay, let's say, 6m in order to get on such a contract. A "club legend" might think it would feel wrong to get on such a...

I can agree roughly with this. Pedri is very high potential, I really think he needs some tweaking though. I believe Xavi will think the same, and be able to help Pedri, I believe he will improve much, but maybe not play as much as under Koeman initially. Puig needs tweaking too, but I believe...

I wouldn't be surprised at all tbh. I still rate him higher than the other midfielders bar Busquets. I could see Xavi not agreeing with me though, and being able to use him as a sub at most without making me very disappointed. I think Gavi, Pedri and Frenkie are top 5 potential midfielders...

I am calm. No, I'll probably continue to write my honest opinions here, and I enjoy discussing with people I don't agree with. There are a couple of posters here that really behave very badly though, I don't think that I do.

Maybe my reading comprehension is bad at this moment. This was him being flexible to get into the contract that now gives him 12m in hand on top of the wage for the rest of the contract? What was the amount he fronted 14 months ago or so?

In what way was he flexible? He took advantage of the situation under Bartomeu. He knew there would be an election and probably a new board halfways. Agreeing these terms is as distasteful as offering them, and maintaining them in this situation is even more distasteful.

No I am quoting in an honest way, discussing the specifics, trying to explain why I think differently. Jamdavs standard post reads something like: "Your useless clueless shite Spouting nonsense as not knowing facts L for you"

I don't know if he'll start every game, it's tough to say. I wouldn't be massively surprised if he did become a true starter. But since I wrote those famous words about Puig playing like a top 5 midfielder, Pedri had a wonderful EURO, and Nico (whom I praised since I first saw him in Barcelona...

I don't think I really 'agree' with him on anything, but surely there would be things where I have a similar opinion as him. He is obviously someone who has at least a bit of a footballing background, contrary to many here, even if it probably is at a pretty low level and he is marinated in a...