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True he does really well at holding up the ball and he's a phenomenal finisher. The point I was trying to make is if we baught him he's not as versatile to seemlessly move from the center to the wings as Eto'o or Aubameyang. He has the raw pace to move anywhere in the front 3 and finish.

Anyone who doubts Inigo Martinez ability or quality clearly haven't watched many Sociedad or U21 matches. He is a fantastic young up-and-coming defender in the group of Varane, Marquinhos, Mangala & Juan. It's either that or people are still hung up on Thiago Silva or some other high priced...

This is the best thing ever! lol love it

Khaled what you are suggesting isn't very foolish at all like some are suggesting. I've thought of the same thing myself. A few years ago everyone who faced us knew it would be hard to score not just because of our playing philosophy but also because of our defense. We had a well balanced...

Spain definitely looks like the team to beat. Take away the Russian red card and the Dutch were pretty useless inspite of the Wijnaldum goal. The sending off changed the entire match and it didn't look entirely warranted. Solid performances from Bartra, Martinez, Moreno & Isco but the...

Someone said that I. Martinez is "inexperienced"... he started for Sociedad's best season; playing week in-week out in La Liga. He starts for the Spain u21 who play our tiki-taka style and does really well. He wouldn't take long to adjust and be a regular. Just because a defender is World Class...

I just think it's pretty stupid that management is letting Muniesa & Abidal leave at the same time. This takes away versatility in our backline as we'll only have speedy/smaller fullbacks with no option of putting a defensive workhorse on the flanks. Somebody is probably thinking "Muniesa...

Puyol is 1.78 (5'10) while Inigo is 5'11. Anything close to 6 feet is good. Pique is 6'4 but he can't jump or head the ball half as well as Puyol or Inigo. Theres a lot of speculation on the forum and want for a "world class" CB but Pique wasn't world class when he came back. He became world...

I just saw DonAndres' post on the Montoya thread... can't believe Muniesa's contract isn't being renewed. I'm seriously gutted as Muniesa was one of my favorite youth players. He was just about to break into the senior squad and then tore his ACL in a meaningless preseason game. Crap, other...

This. Everytime I watch Montoya I'm trying to put a label on him of what kind of RB he is, and it's that he is the most well rounded. He does it all with clever precision and he should be started from now on. Dani & Alba are not a balanced full back duo as both like to attack but Dani leaves...

When the new kits were unveiled I said that these were the best Barcelona kits I'd ever seen. I thought they were flawless... but leave Nike to take perfection and completely fuck it up. Guys who wear longsleeves like Pique are going to look like they play on a different team. Why not have the...

I agree, anything to help the league become a little more balanced. It's really sad to see all these players going abroad just because their clubs can't pay them what they're worth.

Holy hell! I actually have no words... WTF is this?

Any player is a gamble but if you look at it as "worst case scenario", Mangala won't cost a boat load and at worst he should be an upgrade from a DM at CB. But he has all the basics that we could use on our backline. Not to mention he is actually a CB lol

Damnit how many quality CBs are we going to let slip through our fingers? Do we even have any scouts watching CBs other than Silva & Hummels?

I hadn't seen this thread and was thinking of starting a "State of La Liga" thread. Anyway... It's not looking good. It's actually really sad to see such a technical, organized, strategic, action packed league be so thin. The best players either go to Barcelona or RM and the rest who are...

He is a fantastic beast of a defender. I never mentioned him before because we were looking for "World Class" defenders. But any defender who can hold down a starting spot on FC Barcelona is World Class. I'd welcome Mangala since he won't cost a lot and will leave us funds for a GK and possibly...

WTF IS THIS SHYTE? C'mon Ajax! lol and what's with the orange on these kits

While I do understand your disdain for "pitch forks and torches", I was only commenting on why I had made some really frustrated posts towards Tito recently. I'm not blaming Tito for the decline of some of our older players. Never have I said that. But I do blame him for not filling the gaps...

Out of those choices, Messi. But if you're talking inside the 18-yard box, no-nonsense just put the ball in the back of the net it's gotta be Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. He had a tough season with injuries but he was one of the top goal scorers in the world last season (11/12) with 48.