EdmondDantes
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Is he making the next squad list or will Valverde bring back Rakitic?
Is he still our player? I can't understand why he was considered a starter at the first match of the season and then left out of the squad for the next games and left to rot on the bench in the last game. What kind of manager does that? Make up your mind. Either give him some chances or don't.
Is he still our player? I can't understand why he was considered a starter at the first match of the season and then left out of the squad for the next games and left to rot on the bench in the last game. What kind of manager does that? Make up your mind. Either give him some chances or don't.
it looks like his barca career is over as long as valverde is still our manager
No manager is good enough to elevate an Alena level talent to be good enough for a club like Barca.
Said it numerous times, but the only reason the bloke has himself a place in the first team is because he from the academy. If we had bought him from a Segunda club for 1-2m a few seasons ago everyone would be at his throat going on about how he is stealing a spot from more worthy La Masia talents.
Great talents will always find a way to get minutes even under a stubborn manager. Fati is a good example. Above average talents like maybe a Puig or Todibo will sometimes become good players under a better coach. Mediocre talents like Alena however will always fail under every and any manager.
But Rakitic at 31 after the worst season of his declining career and soon to be out of the club is good enough for a club like Barca. Got it.
Aye.
What a rubbish argument.
Instead of responding to anything I said you decided to go for the cheap straw man. Shame.
Rakitic is not very good these days and the club wanted to get rid of him in the summer. He barely plays these days and gets thrown a few garbage minutes every couple weeks. He has done a lot for the club through the years and giving a few inconsequential minutes before he inevitably leaves is the way to deal with his situation with dignity.
Alena is a zero player, has done nothing for the club and will never develop in to anything worthwhile. Valverde gave him quite a few chances last season and he showed very little. At Barca you have to take your chances.
I will bump this thread when he's struggling to come of the bench for some mid-table La Liga team in the near future. Some people never learn. "Xavi and Iniesta came from La Masia so every talent from there can make it under the right manager!" Yeah, go take a look a La Masia's record before the golden generation because I really doubt you were a fan before that point.
I would try him again in some games instead of Busi/Raki or Vidal. I think he can be more valuable than Busi/Raki at least. Vidal is the must sub for the late game.
I still believe in his talents but he won't get enough playing times here.
It's better for both him and Riqui to go on loan or leave the club.