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Jamie, you said that Torres will be a good player for us when we had a fight before we signed him and I said that he'll be a fraud. Coutinho, Kessie, Germany 2018 is like a minor offense compared to predicting that Ferran will be a success ;)

This is offtopic right? If Pedri is their best midfielder, that says a lot of their current level. About Pedri, a hint. Don't compare him with Betis and Girona because the current financial and quality poorness is getting close to Seria A from the last 10 years ago. Plus, La Liga midfielders...

Odegaard looked like the smart kid from the day1. Halilovic was like Dembele's IQ brother with even worse professionalism and had one trick in his sleeve. But his running visually resembled on Messi and that's it. We had to sign him. The same as how Seri and Arthur visually resembled on Xavi...

Our golden boy, the next Messi, who got released from almost every club after Barca: Sporting Gijon, Hsv Hamburg, Las Palmas, Milan, Standard Liege, Heerenveen, Birmingham, Reading. This season he returned to a Croatian club, Rijeka, who are 8th on the table out of 10 clubs. But, he got fired...

I don't get this excuse. I mean, if you transfer 99% of players in the world to Pep, they'll play better. Every player in the world will play better under the best coach and in a well oiled machine. But 99% of players can't play in the perfect circumstances and they have to play in a mediocre...

It is mostly about money and SOME homegrown talent. Also, about the social impact of a certain country. For example, in India they play cricket, but India doesn't have strong social impact in the Western world, so nobody cares about cricket here. Yet, Usa and England are the two countries with...

Half of fans who watched him in Croatia, me included, from the first day said that he has a weak physique, low IQ, diva issues, professionalism issues. And that he is a one trick pony more or less. But he glided with the ball the same as Messi (similar to how Arthur's moves visually resembled...

I remember when Real signed Odegaard and Barca signed Halilovic, there were rumors that we had to pick between one of them because apparently we didn't have money (yet we had money for a fraud Neymar transfer, Coutinho, Dembele, Griezmann, Arda, Ferran etc). And we picked you know whom. Some...

Brozovic is the holder of the top2 spots of all time World cup distance covered per match. Previous World cup record was 16,3 kms covered by Brozovic in 2018' quarterfinals Croatia-Russia (a match went to extra time and penalties). This year he broke his own record in a round of 16 KO match vs...

More like the whole world cup than one game, but ok

Regarding refs on Man Utd-Man City match, it is clear that FA and refs "adjust" their views based on what they need in particular season. As someone already mentioned, FA probably wants Man Utd back, because they are the biggest English club who brings tons of money. And they will also push...

Ferran Torres has now gone 22 years without being a good footballer

Or buy none out of those two options Coutinho ruined us financially. Yet Alena, Puig, Oriol, Arthur, Pedri, Gavi and similar didn't cost us a lot of money or wages (except Fati), but we might lose 10-20 years on developing and waiting for wrong players, losing in the same fashion every season...

Stage 3 of denial/player development hype. Stage 1: whatever player does well, it is overblown because he is young Stage 2: when someone mentions his flaws in the 1st or 2nd year of player's emergence, fans reply: he is young, he will improve, he'll fix his flaws Stage 3: if a player is here...

1. because La Liga in general is on the weakest level since 2000s, so we are defending well against mostly very average to poor sides 2. a type of football in La Liga is latino-technical with less pressing, running and physique than in EPL or let's say Germany. So, even a defense with Busi can...

Imo, he is not stupid But he is somewhat lazy or not 100% devoted to football. I like his skills but he does have some sort of "I am too cool for this" vibe. Just like you said: If they are winning, he laughs If they are losing, he laughs. His attitude might be his enemy in the future

He is a starter for Spain because Lucho is Barca-agent and hates RM. He is a golden boy, lol, the same as Ballon D or, that is a propaganda award for the richest countries/teams/brands to keep the money and interest growing. If Pedri were an Ukranian or Polish 20 year old, he would be worth...

History wise, how many recent Barca's young players have changed or improved their game a lot in late years? 1. Arthur = remained as equally as flawed 2. Dumbele = dumb as always 3. Frenkie, Samper, Alena, Puig, Oriol, Denis, Andre Gomes, Halilovic, Malcom, Paco, Semedo, Dest, Wague = more or...

Textbook example of a new generation of midfielders who grew up watching Xavi (the same as Arthur) and who wrongly started to neglect attacking and defending and went full retard with possession and passing. It is very hard to change player's natural DNA and instincts. ** not that Xavi as a...

True Alos, imo, a lot of people here remember Etoo mostly from Pep's days where he was good, but imo NOT as good as 2004-2006 Rijkaard's Etoo. And during Pep, he started to miss tons of chances. Anyway, Etoo's Champions league goals. He was really fast in his first years at Barca: