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Alves Valdes Mascherano Alexis, Xavi very good, too.

Messi Busquets Xavi

That's a rather made-up criteria don't you think?

whatever you say..

Certainly Villa would never miss such a chance. Oh..

Well in that case, let's all stop underlining our points with examples. Given that this discussion has long ago been reduced to a mere exchange of opinion, examples might actually nuance the debate. Villa is a better finisher, a better passer - Alexis has better tracking back; more dynamic...

Football fans really are the worst.. I won't bother with this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeWCy_baRl8

Not for Torres sake, no. If they are playing him more than they should, it is for their own sake. Because of the money they paid, to try and restore him, to save face, whatever the reason.

Well, it is more common that Alexis is making runs drawing defenders to him, and away from Messi, than the other way around.

That's naive. No top football club does players favours.

Well, luckily the staff at barcelona whose knowledge of football is much superior to yours and mine, disagree. The criteria for selecting anyone should be that the team is better off from it, not the individual.

That is such a basic point to make. I hope i don't have explain why finishing isn't the be-all-end-all criteria for deciding who plays. For a while, Pedro wasn't scoring. Should we have given up on him? Before Villa's injury, there was a period where his finishing was off; should we have given...

There were, as there often has been with Alexis, clear indications that the criticism of him is exaggerated exactly because Villa is on the bench.

No, he was criticized for taking playing time away from Villa and Tello.

Primera division defenders are getting crucified by the movement of Alexis.

He has been a fantastic goalkeeper for the club, the club has not "stuck by him". But let me see if i get your point; if fans criticize Valdes and he doesn't like it, it is Valdes' fault - if Valdes leaves and goes public and the fans do not like it, is Valdes' fault. Makes sense.

Don't pretend there aren't certain connotations that go with such a statement.

He's not hired to finish. He's hired to finish, too, but he's not hired to finish, period. He is hired because he fits the concept with the false 9; because he is extremely quick and works very hard, because his movement is dynamic, intelligent and intense, because his tracking back is ace...