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I think if he were to move to a team where the CBs don't play that high line he would be back to the Jupp Dante. He can't play under Pep imo. Same with Schweinsteiger. Never seen someone choke so hard when pressured the way he does.

Not surprised at all. The new Valencia owner is serious about competing. Its good for La Liga.

Its not Perez, its Ancelotti. He doesn't believe in rotating and has over played Kroos to the point where he ended up complaining. Illaramendi is suffering the same fate. I don't remember his Milan days but I know at Chelsea he was the same way. Once bad thing about him in my opinion.

Another thing, as much as I've loved Pep in the past, he is still insistent on certain tactics that got him schooled last season. Makes me kind of wonder just how much of a tactical genius I thought he was. So far we've only seen one way of playing from him. We finally saw our team dominate...

A midfield of Bastian, Xabi, and Alaba was a mistake. No creativity. And Schweinsteiger is overrated imo. Dante is garbage but at one point, I think the 3rd or 4th goal, he was left completely alone while the defenders were off somewhere else. Pep is waiting for Thiago to come back imo. He...

As much as I hate Figo, anyone but Blatter for me. Especially knowing that there is a World Cup being built with blatant slave labor.

Some great posts on here. It'll be interesting to see how we proceed with this. Especially when facing bigger teams like Atletico. Like someone one here said, playing tiki taka gave us a false sense of control. Yesterday we got to play to our strengths. My only issue is what if Xavi pressures...

The fact that the youth and talent of that back 4 that could dominate together for 7-10 yrs. One of the main things about our board that pisses me off is the lack of planning and proper scouting when it comes to less flashy positions. We have Alba/Adriano-Pique-Mathieu/Bartra)-Alves/Douglas...

While I cheered their wins against Real Madrid, I can admit they do the exact same thing to them. Its not "intensity" like others here try to describe it. Its violent and thuggery what Simeone has them playing. The difference between Real Madrid and us is that we stay calm and continue to play...

What are you talking about? Both Bale and Benz have to play to cater to CR. If he wan't there, they could play the way they want. I actually expect them to have great performance these next 2 La Liga games without him. Heck I've even seen some RM fans say its a good thing he isn't going to play.

Been the best out of BBC for a while now. He'd be such a beast if he weren't so afraid of upsetting CRonaldo.

I don't think he'll ever live up to that tag. It was a bit outrageous to begin with esp when we're a team with 2 other goal scorers who will always try to shoot. The good thing is that he is helping the team in other ways. He'll get his goals but I doubt we'll get what he did for Liverpool last...

He was so/so imo. He asserted himself in the 2nd half but I forgot he was playing in the 1st.

Refs in La Liga are shit in general. I've seen calls go against Real and against us. I've also seen us benefit from the refs as well as CR. But this is some BS lmao. 2 games is a joke..

I really can't see him ever being the player we saw last season just for the fact that he is on a much more talented team. When you share the frontline with Neymar and Messi, you just can't afford to be selfish. I think we'll see his role evolve more into a Benzema role where he becomes the more...

Great post. It hurts to say but I'm so worried about Iniesta. I'd hate for him to continue on being the weak link. Rafinha and Samper coming of age can't come fast enough.

I must admit I'm starting to believe he can take us to the promise land.

Holy crap we're playing counter attacking football. I never thought i'd be ok with this. I feel hypocritical but I want to see the sight of us with a trophy by the end of the season. One more half!!

Holy crap, their future back four may potentially be Carvajal-Varane-Laporte(if they get him)-Gaya. Seriously makes me sick.

Loooololol hilarious!! Thats not an announcement at all. But Gareth Bale is giving an interview on Cadena Ser right now too so they probably wanted to bring in some listeners from that. I don't get why a LB though with Marcelo and Coentrao already there. And I don't think Valencia will easily...