Search results

Do it!! :wub:

Yeah, no disrespect to Mascherano intended obviously. But if I had the chance to trade him against a world class CB (or even younger CB with potential) I'd do it in a heartbeat. Also he'd be a definite starter at nearly every other club so it's a bit sad to see him as a makeshift CB for nearly...

The could score a few goals against Monaco, but will they keep a clean sheet? They need to.

+1 :lol: Why did we buy him in the first place? Obviously not as good as Busquets, but also as CB not truly world class and yet too good to be a backup player...

Not good enough as a DM != not good enough as a DM for Barca They possess different strengths and weakness but can both be considered as world class.

Can't really compare playing for that defensive minded Argentina and playing for Barca. Though, in all fairness, for a team like Argentina Mascherano is like ten times better as DM than Busquets could ever be. At Barca it's the other way around.

+∞

Well yeah. The good thing is Mascherano doesn't have to play CB because he's always been incredibly bad against RM (or nearly every other top team) there. Real have always put crosses in his area which he was never going to win against the likes of Benzema or Ronaldo. Busquets missing on the...

A shame Madrid will have their full strength line up back. Without Modric they're only half as good; a team that loses at home against Schalke. While we're missing our midfield stabilisator... Will be tough, so a draw would be fine with me. Though they have to attack us because they need to...

Your typical Youtube compilation video really.

Yeah but the whole Chelsea team is fading atm... It's like they're having 10 Cescs + 1 Courtois on the field atm.

Yeah. Arsenal have been the best team in the second half of the season with 24 points in 10 matches for a reason. No more possession based approach, much more mixed. Parking the bus against bigger teams like Spurs and Liverpool, sitting deep and counter attacking in close matches away while only...

Well atm, Rakitic primarly looks to move between the lines instead of help building up play. If Pogba does the same, then there'll be a huge gap between Busquets and those two, meaning there'll be no sharing responsibilities. Instead no natural connection in midfield but isolation.

Yeah, but by buying Pogba we would still need another CM for distribution, the Verratti / Gündogan-esque type. Pogba would fill out the vertical role on the left side of central midfield. Otherwise the balance could be very wrong.

Benitez, Mourinho, Ancelotti, Guardiola. Who is the fifth?

Yeah, Ilkay should be winning this easily :/

40 goals in 2012/13 after matchday 27, ended up with 46 since he got injured later. The season before both CR and Messi had 33 goals, Leo had 50 in the end. Assists I don't know unfortunately.

Yep. Back then, Ronaldo actually was more than someone who just scored goals but contributed little elsewhere. That Madrid were able to win the CL last year was in large part due to Mourinho's core system. He made Marcelo a permanent LB, Ramos the permanent CB and pushed Ronaldo to the left...

Well, he still calls Pellegrino "Pellegrino" though :lol:

"It's a compliment for me to be compared to him [Thiago Silva]." Indeed it is. :pep: