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Song plays as DM in a tricky away game, makes some great interceptions and helps the team get a clean sheet. I'm glad we've got him, and I'm happy Martino trusts him.

The fact he got 10 minutes at the end of a tight away game in only the second game of the season shows the management have confidence in him :)

Marcelo is a defensive liability, Arbeloa is average and Neymar would make mincemeat out of him, Carvajal is unproven, Ramos is a good player but does make silly errors sometimes, Pepe also can be crazy and Varane has shown potential but it remains to be seen if he can maintain his form and...

Atletico are more of a threat to Real Madrid for second than they are to us for the Liga title. Also, if Villa scores when they play against RM and takes points off them, that would help our title bid.

Yeah it is true. Even Bale, the 100M would cost them 20M per season over 5 seasons. And then another 20-30M in wages. They can't afford 100M every year, but once every few years in manageable for them.

If Bale continues to improve and Man U drop a level because of no Fergie I could see Spurs competing for the title. Arsenal have bought no one as have Man U. Chelsea are still stuck with Torres up front. Man City didn't buy any A-grade players.

I think Neymar could play well at false 9 too.

A sudden revenue loss would have a big impact since for example they sign player on 5 year contracts based on their revenue projections. It also wouldn't necessarily stop 100 point leagues since the likes of Valencia would also weaken and hence be less likely to take points off the top 2. In the...

Busi used to milk contact and dive all the time. He's cut that out in the last couple of seasons and now truly is the Boss.

Good performance from Cesc. Was a bit sloppy in possession at times, but his cutting edge was fantastic and he created numerous opportunities. He also seemed comfortable and always seemed to want to get involved.

Believing that is ridiculously naive.

Utd were bigger, but the gap has closed in recent years and Barca and Madrid are overtaking or already have overtaken Utd. That is likely to continue for the next few years and Fergie retiring could be a very damaging blow to a club which probably has overachieved because of him

Each team manages its own tv rights deal. So actually, there is no revenue sharing. Everyone is just doing their own thing. The problem with a collective deal, is that although Barca and Madrid would lose out, their main challengers(Valencia, Atletico) would also lose out so they also block a...

Against Bayern the problem was we had Bartra in defense(as well as an injured Busi and poor play/tactics from the midfield). I don't see the point of replacing or supplementing one youngster that's not good enough yet with another youngster that's not good enough yet. Puyol we know is at higher...

Bringing 2 CBs is just stupid. That would mean you have 5 players competing for 2 positions. It's not practical. 4 Players + Cantera is what would be optimum. Mascherano also is a CB now. He played a winning Champions League final there, he's played in a record winning league campaign there...

He greenlighted 57M for Neymar and was willing to greenlight funding for Thiago Silva. I don't see how you can call him cheap.

Two years ago it was borderline in terms of paying big money for Thiago Silva as Pique and Puyol were both still strong. One year ago they were too slow and lost out on him to PSG. This year PSG don't want to sell him.

We can afford one injury, that's what we've got at the moment with the injury to Puyol. If Pique or Masch get injured as well then there's a problem for a few games until Puyol returns. Backups are Bartra or Adriano, neither is great but they might be able to do the job in La Liga. High press...

If a player good enough for the Barcelona first team is available isn't it obvious that top teams would be wanting to buy them? Not just Man City and PSG, but Barca, Madrid, Man U, Chelsea etc would all be trying to get them. Of course if that's not happening, then it's likely because of genuine...

If they are that good, why aren't the likes of PSG and Man City clamouring to sign them?