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He can play both wings equally well.

Lucho couldn't stand the look at Mathieu on LB any longer?

You should realize, that player prices went up in last years. 18 mil. is now normal price for backup forward in top club, I'm afraid. You won't get anyone cheaper, if you want similar quality.

OK, you have your opinion and I have mine. Let's leave it at that. I'm saying that the player I saw last season was not turning the ball over or having his passes constantly intercepted because of tactical role. I saw a player who tried, but couldn't pull it off. Also playmaking is the skill...

His simple passes/backward passes actually went down compared to last season - that's the reason why I included them. Avg pass length is also 25% higher - he is NOT playing it more safe. And despite making more risky passes his total pass % stayed the same.

He's looking very good lately. Probably the thought of Sergi Roberto benching him forced him to work harder? He never had realistic competition on RB before.

Well, to be fair, at that time, in post Ibra era it was thought Messi can't coexist with central attacker, so we concentrated on versatile wingers.

Of course it can change, especially if you are forced to improve, because of absence of your best playmaker. It is very possible after Messi's injury our training sessions, became more dedicated to improve our other players creative skills. Neymar is still young, he is still developing as a...

Yes, they might not like it, but if they play all the time I can guarantee you they will all be burned out when the most important matches come. They ALL need some rest (including Messi) regardless what they think. Also Luis Enrique has much stronger position now, he can deal with their moods.

How many games have you watched last year? Every time ball went to Neymar he tended to slow down the tempo of the game and his passes were intercepted too often. For example our first goal against Roma - last season's Neymar would never be able to fire such pass to Alves. And it was not because...

He will get minutes on RB (depending on how will Vidal look) and DM. And he likely won't be competing directly against Turan anyway. I see him alternating with Rakitic on right side of midfield, while Turan will rotate with Iniesta and sometimes sub Neymar.

No, it was a matter of ability. Neymar had a lot of opportunities to create last season, he just wasn't very good at it. He was one of the worst passers in team and was preferring Messi wayyy too much. He simply drastically improved his passing and playmaking this season. He also turns the ball...

Gundogan and Verratti can play DM at the same level as Roberto.

His movement and positioning is out of this world, but he should really work on his passing.

No he is not. He seems to be a little bit slower also his ball control seems to be worse.Of course he now has much less space than in England.

The players we already have. We can manage for another year with Masch, Mathieu, Vermaelen. We should not give 50mil+ for some defender who might still turn out to be flop. Our priorities right now are backup forward, backup LB and Gundogan/Verratti (I had CM first, but our midfield seems to...

Please stop mentioning Laporte. He is too expensive and overrated.

He meant to pass, he just faked the shot to fool defenders.

He was invisible, like Busqets usually is...

Passed better than Messi tonight. :D