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He's done some good things this season, but this loss in on him: 1. Plays all four attackers in wrong positions. Coutinho and Pedri are AMs not wingers, and Messi is a defensive liability at AM. Result? No runs from wide, no pressing up front, neutralise everything good that Coutinho has done...

If we sell Dembele, boards priority is to cash the funds to save their asses from debt, not invest in the squad

All the arguments about him not being fast enough or being able to dribble like Vinicius are just BS. It is more than good enough and when you combine that with a level of clinical finishing (including headers) and game intelligence that are way beyond even Messi and CR7 at 17, then wtf is a...

Seems to have a lot of time and a bit of 'pausa', promising start

Yes we should, but dont think Haaland wants to come to us even if we want him.

Can someone change the thread title to his new number 7?

Gives young Suarez vibes, could be a good option at the right price

So far only reason to believe he is good is that Bayern seem to willing to shell out 25M for him. They are usually very conservative when it comes to spending that kind of money so they must see something there. Other than that, what few videos I've seen of him doesn't look very impressive...

lol so many reactionary takes on this forum...sigh given it was a preseason game, a few positives to take out of it - More players playing in their natural positions than with previous coaches. Was good to see Griezmann as AM/SS, Coutinho as LAM, DeJong at DM etc. - Good to see Messi as a false...

+ Abidal and Toure who were starters instead of Marquez and Keita. DAMN what a team

We have too many players in the central hole / AM position - Messi - Griezmann - Coutinho - Pedri - Puig - Alena +Depay +Wijnaldum While for the pivots we have - FDJ - Pjanic - Grandpa While for CBs - Lenglet - Pique - Kid 1 - Broken Knees When you have limited funds, you should prioritise...

First game in 9 months....chill pill

in a 4231 messi only works as the most advanced player. anything else and he is a liability to the overall team balance.

God damn....

WOW what a performance by Fati so far! Pace, dribbling, intelligence, movement, positioning, decisions... Kid is an absolute GEM

For those who subscribe to The Athletic, here is a brilliant, indepth profile of our beloved president and his time in charge with Rosell (about 40,000 words!) Nothing we don't already know, but never seen it explained so clearly and comprehensively in one place.

Douglas winning the treble in 2015, and as many Ligas as CR7 = Correlation Barca the most successful club in the Messi era = Causation Logical enough?

Dont see why this is an issue where need to take sides. There are many nuanced aspects to it and its possible to have a viewpoints that are not extreme one way or the other. What I think: - Barto is a f*cking rat and has destroyed this club with Rossell (sorry no nuance there:P) - Messi...

Yes it is that, but it is also about SO much more.

Would be careful before lazily tagging any presidential candidate as sounding "just like Bartomeu/Rosell". Should never forget that aside from the total shitshow on the sporting side, what makes Barto/Rosell so bad is that the criminal/corrupt side to their presidency and the total moral decay...