I think it`s too early to jump to conclusions like this. He played good in two games, that`s not enough to say that he is back to his best. We`ll see after 15-20 games. But I definitely like his current performances and hope that he can continue like that.
Arda Turan
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I think it`s too early to jump to conclusions like this. He played good in two games, that`s not enough to say that he is back to his best. We`ll see after 15-20 games. But I definitely like his current performances and hope that he can continue like that.
ini4ever
Member
Back to his best, but at which position ? He performs better as winger not midfielder ( though he's not a true winger ) and the LW's spot is clearly for Ney unless he gets injured or something else that let Arda play at the position he would do things better at least.
That was my conviction too when we bought him. Had an extensive discussion with a mod on a diff form to this effect. So I kinda feel vindicated with his recent performances.
Promising competition for Ney, but also capable back up in case of injury if he keeps it up.
FCBarca
Mike the Knife
Definitely, it just seems he will rarely play ahead of Neymar which makes his place in the squad fairly anonymous for a player of his fee/stature. I'd prefer a true winger option there
ZenI
Professor Balthazar
Maybe we don't really need a "true winger" option since 90% of the teams we face sit back and defend. Pedro was a true winger, you do remember how useful he was his last 2-3 seasons against parked busses? I'm not a fan of Arda, but his last 2 games have been more than OK and I actually see a place for him in Barca if he keeps it up, but I agree that being a rotation player of his fee/stature is maybe not the best solution. But I do see him as an impact player when we need to score a goal + Ney was playing very bad 1/3 of last season. Arda could also play in Messi's position if (god forbid) he gets injured and also AM. Since we can't sell him anyway it seems, we might as well give him a try
serghei
Senior Member
There was never an intention to sell him, so it's more like we don't want to sell him than we "can't" sell him, because Lucho rates Arda. And we absolutely need rotational players like that, wasn't that the whole point when we talked about having squad depth? Having depth means you put in players like Turan or Andre Gomes or Denis Suarez, just like Madrid puts in players like Morata and Isco and James. Now all of a sudden it's wrong to have 40m. players as options?
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Flavia
Guest
Sell him
But you'd sell Busquets, right? Casemiro is better and such...
oneirophobos
New member
time for the mods to delete the past 3 months of comments in this thread ...
El Flaco
Active member
Depending on system, Casemiro is actually better than Busquets and vice verca.
But that's off-topic.
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Flavia
Guest
Casemiro is brainless.
El Flaco
Active member
In our system, yes.
But in a system where the DM has to be a pure destroyer, Casemiro is better than Busi.
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Flavia
Guest
In any system. There are intelligent pure destroyers.
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