MessiDinho10
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Great post.
6 - Carles Alena
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Messi983
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Why would we lose Roberto? And it's clear that Gomes will get more first team minutes than Alena. Like it or not, he's a member of first team while Alena is still part of Barça B where he'll play for most of the season.
ManusXavi
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Is the Chelsea/Roberto rumour over?
Maybe (hopefully) Alena would be preferred to Gomes, and Gomes can go somewhere else. There are no special privileges here. If Alena is better than Gomes then Alena simply gets the nod.
Why should a certain pattern have to be followed for Barca B players to be automatically below players who cost us 30+ million Euros?
Messi983
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There is no Roberto to Chelsea rumour because he doesn't want to leave.
Alena is not better yet than Gomes and he needs to play regularly to develop which he'll do in Barça B. It would be stupid to promote him to first team and then don't get him enough minutes. Not just because of Gomes but because of Rakitić, Iniesta, Roberto,... who are all better players than Alena right now. It's also fair that Gomes gets another chance in a different/better system than we had last season.
Anyway, I don't think Gomes and Alena are really "competing" for a spot because as I see things for now Gomes will probably be used more in Busquets or Rakitić role while I think Alena would be the best used in current Iniesta role. We'll see what plans EV has though.
Alena is not better yet than Gomes and he needs to play regularly to develop which he'll do in Barça B. It would be stupid to promote him to first team and then don't get him enough minutes. Not just because of Gomes but because of Rakitić, Iniesta, Roberto,... who are all better players than Alena right now. It's also fair that Gomes gets another chance in a different/better system than we had last season.
Anyway, I don't think Gomes and Alena are really "competing" for a spot because as I see things for now Gomes will probably be used more in Busquets or Rakitić role while I think Alena would be the best used in current Iniesta role. We'll see what plans EV has though.
Aleña is not better than Gomes? 😂😂😂😂. I know it's a friendly, but Gomes would never play good as Aleña. Even against a shit team like Sampdoria (we played against them last season in pre season) he was useless. Gomes was even shit in copa Catalunya vs Espanyol B and against Hercules (a third division team).
Aleña has a better vision, passes, ball controll and many other things. Samper too. But because Bartomeu like experienced + physically strong players, Aleña and Samper won't play. For me the technical abilities are more important than being Physically. Your body will automatically grow every year, but the technical abilities have to be there from a young age. Thats why short and skinny players like Messi, Xavi and Iniesta always dominates. Technical and brilliant mind are the most important thing in football something midfielders like Arda or Gomes havent.
Not only that, but Aleña is also a la masia player which helps him to understand the barca way of playing more than Gomes. Even if he didn't, Aleña would still be better than him. Wait until he grows more and you will see. He's the best CM in la masia, one of the biggest spanish/catalan talent + highly rated by the club coz they see him as a future player for the club. He's better than all of our CM's except Iniesta, Rakitic, and maybe Roberto. In two years he will replace both Rakitic and Roberto.
Aleña has a better vision, passes, ball controll and many other things. Samper too. But because Bartomeu like experienced + physically strong players, Aleña and Samper won't play. For me the technical abilities are more important than being Physically. Your body will automatically grow every year, but the technical abilities have to be there from a young age. Thats why short and skinny players like Messi, Xavi and Iniesta always dominates. Technical and brilliant mind are the most important thing in football something midfielders like Arda or Gomes havent.
Not only that, but Aleña is also a la masia player which helps him to understand the barca way of playing more than Gomes. Even if he didn't, Aleña would still be better than him. Wait until he grows more and you will see. He's the best CM in la masia, one of the biggest spanish/catalan talent + highly rated by the club coz they see him as a future player for the club. He's better than all of our CM's except Iniesta, Rakitic, and maybe Roberto. In two years he will replace both Rakitic and Roberto.
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God Serena
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Starting alongside our strongest XI.
Make us proud mijo!
Make us proud mijo!
tacticvarium
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I wonder why Valverde keeps playing him as LCM though.
Aleñá should be more comfortable as RCM.
Aleñá should be more comfortable as RCM.
Maybe. Still better than a RW under Lucho.
Luftstalag14
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Very good
tacticvarium
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