Barça's Transfers and Rumors

[AntiRealMadrid]

in no way will coutinho walk in our starting XI. Our midfield might not be the juggernaut holy trinity but it's still one of the best midfields in the world. To say that coutinho will walk into our not is disrespectful to both Rakitic and the Don. I like coutinho and I think he's a good player but he is very inconsistent to demand a starting position in barca

He would be Iniesta's succesor and replacement - we must be real, Andres is not even a half of himself (I don't know what is happening to him, maybe he has some serious private issues... when I remember him just 2 years ago-it's like this is some weak twin of his). Maybe he drops tottaly next year-I hope he'll return to his best but... it just doesn't look like it.

Rakitić is too slow to lead counterstrikes, lacks dribbling capabilities, isn't that good shooter... he's incapable to make space with his body movement.

Coutinho is incredible. With our magicians, his skills would reach their potential. Please watch video below, and tell me your honest oppinion. That's all I ask.

 

[Zincubus]

in no way will coutinho walk in our starting XI. Our midfield might not be the juggernaut holy trinity but it's still one of the best midfields in the world. To say that coutinho will walk into our not is disrespectful to both Rakitic and the Don. I like coutinho and I think he's a good player but he is very inconsistent to demand a starting position in barca

I saw Coutinho all last season and he's extremely consistent - the fans voted him best player in Stevie Gerard's last season fgs

 

[Flavia]

He would be Iniesta's succesor and replacement - we must be real, Andres is not even a half of himself (I don't know what is happening to him, maybe he has some serious private issues... when I remember him just 2 years ago-it's like this is some weak twin of his). Maybe he drops tottaly next year-I hope he'll return to his best but... it just doesn't look like it.

Rakitić is too slow to lead counterstrikes, lacks dribbling capabilities, isn't that good shooter... he's incapable to make space with his body movement.

Coutinho is incredible. With our magicians, his skills would reach their potential. Please watch video below, and tell me your honest oppinion. That's all I ask.

Videos are not the best way to assess a player's ability. Even douglas can look good on videos.
Coutinho is not on Barça's level yet. He might be someday, but right now I wouldn't bet on him.

 

[Zincubus]

He would be Iniesta's succesor and replacement - we must be real, Andres is not even a half of himself (I don't know what is happening to him, maybe he has some serious private issues... when I remember him just 2 years ago-it's like this is some weak twin of his). Maybe he drops tottaly next year-I hope he'll return to his best but... it just doesn't look like it.

Rakitić is too slow to lead counterstrikes, lacks dribbling capabilities, isn't that good shooter... he's incapable to make space with his body movement.

Coutinho is incredible. With our magicians, his skills would reach their potential. Please watch video below, and tell me your honest oppinion. That's all I ask.

Exactly .. I suggested Coutinho for us LAST July and that wasn't received to well in here

 

[Zincubus]

Videos are not the best way to assess a player's ability. Even douglas can look good on videos.
Coutinho is not on Barça's level yet. He might be someday, but right now I wouldn't bet on him.

How much of Liverpool did you see last season ??

Coutinho is a level above out current version on Iniesta . He's the perfect guy to replace Xavi as well .

Coutinho specialises in marvellous through balls and that wouid suit Neymar and Suarez perfectly .

 

[Behrox]

He would be Iniesta's succesor and replacement - we must be real, Andres is not even a half of himself (I don't know what is happening to him, maybe he has some serious private issues... when I remember him just 2 years ago-it's like this is some weak twin of his). Maybe he drops tottaly next year-I hope he'll return to his best but... it just doesn't look like it.

Rakitić is too slow to lead counterstrikes, lacks dribbling capabilities, isn't that good shooter... he's incapable to make space with his body movement.

Coutinho is incredible. With our magicians, his skills would reach their potential. Please watch video below, and tell me your honest oppinion. That's all I ask.

I watched Liverpool allot
a lot so I don't need to watch videos to know hope cotinho plays. You are criminally underating Rakitic, saying he can't make space with his movement should be borderline blasphemous and leads me to believe that you missed our fans after Christmas. If the last 3-4 months were any indicator, we all saw what the son was still capable of and I believe that his poor form before the absolute business end was due to him adjusting to his new role in Lucho's midfield.

 

[ATLBarcaFan]

I follow Liverpool as well and I love Coutinho, he was Pool's best player by far last year.

 

[Behrox]

How much of Liverpool did you see last season ??

Coutinho is a level above out current version on Iniesta . He's the perfect guy to replace Xavi as well .

Coutinho specialises is marvellous through balls and that wouid suit Neymar and Suarez perfectly .

that's just wrong. As far as consistency goes, I consider someone to be consistent when they play above a specific standard in most of their games against all opposition not just the minnows. don't get me wrong I like him but Iniesta in the business end of the season was better than anything coutinho showed during the entire season.

 

[Flavia]

How much of Liverpool did you see last season ??

Coutinho is a level above out current version on Iniesta . He's the perfect guy to replace Xavi as well .

Coutinho specialises is marvellous through balls and that wouid suit Neymar and Suarez perfectly .

Coutinho a level above Iniesta... right. Cesc was also a specialist on through balls and such, we all know how that turned out.

 

[AntiRealMadrid]

You are criminally underating Rakitic, saying he can't make space with his movement should be borderline blasphemous and leads me to believe that you missed our fans after Christmas. If the last 3-4 months were any indicator, we all saw what the son was still capable of and I believe that his poor form before the absolute business end was due to him adjusting to his new role in Lucho's midfield.

I'm not. He just isn't that kind of player. Rakitić can't even dream doing things from Coutinho's video I posted below. He's body is just built differently: he just can't accelerate/ turn/ change direction/ rotate on heel/ move like differently built light players like Coutinho/Neymar/Messi/Reus/Hazard etc. He's just too heavy, slow and plays role of ancore.

I like him, he is very usefull but compared with players I named above - he looks like slow motion. Period.

 

[Flavia]

I'm not. He just isn't that kind of player. Rakitić can't even dream doing things from Coutinho's video I posted below. He's body is just built differently: he just can't accelerate/ turn/ change direction/ rotate on heel/ move like differently built light players like Coutinho/Neymar/Messi/Reus/Hazard etc. He's just to heavy, slow and plays role of ancore.

I like him, he is very usefull but compared with players I named above - he looks like slow motion. Period.

Rakitic was a vital piece of the treble. He brought things to the team coutinho would never do... And still there are people underrating him

 

[Behrox]

I'm not. He just isn't that kind of player. Rakitić can't even dream doing things from Coutinho's video I posted below. He's body is just built differently: he just can't accelerate/ turn/ change direction/ rotate on heel/ move like differently built light players like Coutinho/Neymar/Messi/Reus/Hazard etc. He's just to heavy, slow and plays role of ancore.

I like him, he is very usefull but compared with players I named above - he looks like slow motion. Period.

clearly you missed our game against city. Rakitic turned silva inside and out and completely dominated the right flank from start to finish. BTW if you ever saw Rakitic when he was at Sevilla you would have seen his playmaking talents shine plus he has a great shot but chooses not to shoot since we like to play the ball more and be efficient in our shooting

 

[Kragod]

I'm not. He just isn't that kind of player. Rakitić can't even dream doing things from Coutinho's video I posted below. He's body is just built differently: he just can't accelerate/ turn/ change direction/ rotate on heel/ move like differently built light players like Coutinho/Neymar/Messi/Reus/Hazard etc. He's just too heavy, slow and plays role of ancore.

I like him, he is very usefull but compared with players I named above - he looks like slow motion. Period.

So you think Coutinho would track back and get the ball back/ stop a counter attack/ watch Dani`s ass/ bully and dominate with physical presence the midfield like Rakitic did? Because in your video i didnt see any tackle or ball recuperation from the opposition by Coutinho. I saw a lot good forward passes and dribbles.

 

[TornAndFrayed]

Not sure where you are getting Mathieu wages from but he took a cut of around 3m to join Barca so would be surprised if makes more than both keepers combined.

Busi is not on 66k a week either. He signed a new contract earlier this year to bring him in line with Xavi/Iniesta in the second tier of wages.

i gave numbers from august 2014. Since then busi has almost doubled his salary. Still surprising that he was "only" around 3,3 mil per year until 2015.

I highly doubt that mathieu took a 3M pay cut. That would be 750 000 a year less than what he earned at valencia (4 year contract), and he most likely didn't make over 2 million a year there, so that would put mathieu at about a puny 30 000 per week.

 

[AntiRealMadrid]

To Behrox:

Rakitić is lucky that Andres is slower then ever... if that wasn't the case, he would look so ridiculously slow that it would be such a contrast...

Coutinho turns around 3 times while Rakitić does it once, Coutinho dribbles 4 players in a row (see the video below) and outrunns 3 more - in what parallell dimension can Rakitić do that? Rakitić is heavy ancore passer with limited both forward and backward capabilities. He is a good, reliable, usefull player... but in running box to box, dribbling, long distance shooting, sudden accelerating and changing direction, making space with his movement - he is so inferior to Coutinho that he looks like caricature.

I respect your oppinion but Coutinho is Iniesta/ Neymar/ Reus type of light, agile, fast, "sudden change of movement" player that we desperately need now when Andres is fading rapidly... Rakitić is completely different animal.