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I agree that he's been better RW but at his age playing both positions can be good for his development. It's not a guaranteed thing by any means but if he can develop his game and learn from playing multiple positions he can potentially improve significantly as a player. So I see this as a long...

Need him for CL. Even if he's 90% fit I'd prefer he stays on the bench.

The thing is even if he is not clinical with his passing or finishing just his presence and playstyle destabilizes defenses far more than any of our other options.

What even is that criteria? It's not like he has to solve a maze to find his position. Does Suarez have to be picking his nose next to our corner flag for Valverde to notice that something isn't right?

I feel like that is his default expression. By the time his tenure ends all the fans and players will be sporting the same look. Malcolm Messi Dembele is definitely worth a shot. 4-3-3 or even a diamond would be worth exploring with Semedo.

Well the alternative is that they had options and came to the conclusion that Valverde was the best of the lot. The implications of that are far more depressing.

Good ball control, doesn't wave at teammates, reasonably mobile and presumably can befriend goats. I say sign him up.

Prince was definitely better than Suarez but that's, more than anything, an indication of how far Luis has fallen. Messi leads through his play. And he was trying to today. I don't think he was slumping as much as just unlucky. Unfortunately, nothing was working for him. Him playing well and...

In Coutinho's defense, Ibra was playing alongside Pep's Barca.

He wasn't super impressive but Suarez has been so bad lately that anyone that can touch a ball and keep it within a few yards is an improvement.

One of those rare bad games from him. Hopefully he bounces back for the CL.

And while they are at it maybe they can also inject Valverde with something to put him down for good.

Solid first 30 mins. Then he started to misplace long passes and lose possession more often.

This is on the board and the manager. It doesn't seem to be an issue with just bad players (everyone looking poor is a symptom of a deeper underlying problem). The whole team looks out of sync and devoid of any collective style. It was horrific to watch.

Can't believe his contract got renewed. I can only assume that several top and second-tier managers straight up rejected us.

Thanks for this.

The next few years are going to be a defining period for our midfield and a little later for our attack post-Messi. We're gonna need someone sharp at the helm. We've already got most of the resources for the midfield now with Arthur, Alena and FDJ sealed but most likely there's gonna have to be...

He's young so it's not such a bad investment even if things go south. Otherwise, if this goes through it's a good coup for us. The only other factor is whether the manager can use him well and develop him.

Such a Suarez goal.

Good game. Was Messi day. Espanyol had no chance. On a different note, I feel like lately, the team has been guilty of misplacing passes a lot more often. Don't know if something changed in training but we need to be a lot better with our passing accuracy, especially for short passes.