BBZ back at it again
The Pogba topic is not unrelated at all. In fact, you criticized him because of the exact same reasons you're now criticizing Neymar for. If you don't feel like justifying your double standards, at least allow me to question your attitude towards Neymar. I could understand your point if both cases weren't so similar.
I just don't understand your logic. You'd be willing to sell the best LW in the world and sign Pogba who's equally as inconsistent, whose lifestyle is equally as extravagant and whose agent is equally as bad as Neymar's. What exactly is the difference?
Also, I appreciate you taking the time to research articles on peak performances and physical decline (albeit the articles mostly focus on swimmers and chess players). Unfortunately, none of those articles talk about the common problems the general Barcelona fanbase (that you like to refer to) had with Neymar's performances. If I remember correctly, the only two reasons he was (rightfully) criticized was his decision making and attitude on the pitch. The articles you posted are completely unrelated to both and one could argue that an athlete can improve on both traits regardless of age and physical condition.
Unless you were talking about physical decline, I don't see how your post answers my question, and if you were talking about his physical decline as a potential threat for Barcelona, then I'm not sure what exactly you're trying to tell us since the club would have the same problem with every athlete.
Ok, finally a different kind of a post.
In short, these are my current problems with Ney:
1. he is the most expensive transfer ever. Yet, his plays aren't as good as his transfer was (he is the most expensive signing, yet his plays are far from the 1st place)
So, this is one of my problems with him in terms of invested money and return of investment
About when people say: but we won a treble with him.
This is how I see it:
Since Messi emerged in 2006:
-- we won 3 Cls in 8 years without Ney (2006-2014)
-- and 5 La ligas in 8 years before Ney
With Ney:
-- 1 CL in 3 years
-- 2 La ligas in 3 years
So, some people are acting as if Ney brought our team to a level never seen before, if you get me.
While, we were as equally as dominant WITH or WITHOUT Ney both in La liga and in a CL since 2006 when GOAT emerged.
So, we were winning the same ratio of La ligas and CLs even with Pedro as our starting LW, if you get me.
So, when someone says that Ney brought us a CL in 2015 and 2 La ligas in 2015 and 2016, that would probably happen with any random (good) winger in our team.
So, my problem is that we paid 100+ Millions for his transfer and god knows how many millions for wages, and our team is more or less the same as before him.
So, my argument is that our team would probably win the same amount of trophies with some less expensive guy like Reus, Griez etc.
Plus, we would have money for players on other positions.
This is a Pogba (or other Cms) argument.
2. about Pogba, he is not the same as Ney
Ney is the biggest celebrity and a guy with too many off field interests since Beckham and CR7.
Pogba is a little kid for him in celebrity area.
3. Ney is the most hot and cold leader or a key player of Barca in the last 10-15 years, in my opinion.
4. and a problem with wages where he will now ruin our wage structure
Plus, for the end, I have a problem with people who have posts that he is the 2nd best player in the world and who totally lose nerves if you reply something differently (like my stats with goals+assists)
My further problem with Ney is that in my opinion, I don't think that he will improve his play.
And since I am not convinced by his impact (especially in: invested money plus a return in trophies from Ney), then since I am not happy with how much he is "improving" our team, I am scared that it will be way worse very soon since he may start to decline physically (those scientific facts), plus if his celebrity persona will grow, his motivation will be even weaker, which means that he will be hot and cold even more.
So, in short, my key problems:
1. I don't think that he returned as much as we invested in him (100m transfer plus new insane wages which will ruin our team)
2. plus, my prediction, he will be even weaker player very soon, because of a physical decline and his declining motivation
So, it is not the same as with Pogba.
Even though, I could survive without Pogba, if we buy 2 Cms like Gomez for that money, for example.
