ShandyFFM
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im saying this again its a shame that a player near to perfection in his game has his weakest point in shoting and finishing.. iniesta should score around 10 to 20 goals a season... but he is missing soo many opportunities ... that can cost us too much if messi is gone...
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Don_Andrés
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Slightly larger than the other gif. Iniesta's just a genius. Indeed Gary Neville loved this, though had he been playing, he would've wanted to have been subbed at the this point, as was Jallet, I think. Twisted blood.
Left foot needs some work though!
Stric
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Love that expression. I'm in. I even think there's a "Barca Forum Dictionary" (or something like that) thread somewhere around here.
"Pulling a DiMaria" is already in there. 
Kerrybai
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Andres gets better as he gets older
This is most likely his peak, enjoy it while it lasts.
Antimadridista1
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Our best player tonight even if he had to score the last occasion when he dribbled Jallet & Alex. Anyway, good performance .
DonAndres
Wild Man of Borneo
I don't see him getting worse for a while. I mean his game is relied on his unbelievably creative mind and flawless technique, not pace or power. He might be more inclined to play deeper as the years go by, but I really think he will remain at around this level of excellence and magic.
Stric
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While we're at this, am I the only one who sees him as Xavi's heir in central midfield? Somehow it makes more sense to me that Iniesta will just back up a bit and take over Xavi's role, rather than Busquets playing more up front, or Cesc backing up. Iniesta is already the one taking over Xavi's duties in the Spain NT when Xavi is subbed off or whatever, I don't see why he couldn't be our main CM when Xavi starts declining.
Kerrybai
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It makes sense too because Cesc has struggled to control the midfield. With Iniesta take a Xavi role Cesc could play a more attacking role in midfield, i.e. take up Iniesta's role.
Stric
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Exactly. Somehow I'd feel more comfortable if Iniesta was the one playing deeper, and Fabregas attacking, than the other way around.
DonAndres
Wild Man of Borneo
He's not the midfield conductor like Xavi is in terms of distributing. He's more into roaming and drawing defenders to find players in positions to start an attack.
While I do see him dropping deeper, he's just too different from Xavi for him to really take his role, and that's not where his strengths lie. Take into account that not every player will be replaced with an exact version of them and our midfield will not always have the same system as the Xaviniesta type thing we have going now.
Thiago is in the mold of Xavi by kick starting the tiki taka metronome and spreading the play to the wingers/fullbacks, starting passing movements, and overall bossing the midfield. He's more attack minded though I'd say. We might even one day see Samper as the deep lying distributor/playmaker and Thiago as the roaming Iniesta-type player, or Rafinha being an advanced playmaker and Thiago being the distributor. We can't be sure yet.
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