i_bleed_blaugrana
Senior Member
I think a lot of people in regards to our long-term future forget about Halilovic. I see him as honestly our best prospect. He's looked great this season and I think if Denis deserved a callback for his performances, so does Halilovic. With him in particular, he'd be a good sub for Messi or Neymar right now but I think he is more talented than Munir and Sandro combined and would offer a lot off the bench and as a rotation player. If we had Halilovic and someone like Gamiero as subs for MSN, I'd be very happy with that. Even though Dybala would be a player who could play in any of our attacking positions.
In MF though, I do think we need more creativity. As @a_d_khaled said, Denis has been playing more as a winger than a CM at Villareal and Rafinha is a similar player. It'll be interesting to see how they progress but more than anything, we need someone who can create chances through a pass. Gundogan is the player who would do that the most for me but it seems like Pep is all over him at City. Tielemans, Erikson, Oliver Torres, Coutinho.
Rakitic, great as he is, can lack creativity and we could use someone more creative for more defensive teams.
CB might actually be Marquinhos this season bc he might seriously push the move through but the player I'm curious to hear people's opinion about is Rojo. He obviously hasn't been great in Van Gaal's side but name a defender who has this season. He had an excellent World Cup in 2014 and obviously Mascherano could mentor him into the style, tactical demands and dressing room adaption. I really like how passionate he is, really puts it on the line every time he's out there but not in a reckless manner, like David Luiz.
At LB, never fucking should have let Grimaldo left. Not sure why he never got a chance here, could have really used him about now. This will be hard to find, especially someone who won't mind competing and most likely playing second fiddle to Alba, but Alba all honesty has been pretty poor recently. Ricardo Rodriguez? Lol
In MF though, I do think we need more creativity. As @a_d_khaled said, Denis has been playing more as a winger than a CM at Villareal and Rafinha is a similar player. It'll be interesting to see how they progress but more than anything, we need someone who can create chances through a pass. Gundogan is the player who would do that the most for me but it seems like Pep is all over him at City. Tielemans, Erikson, Oliver Torres, Coutinho.
Rakitic, great as he is, can lack creativity and we could use someone more creative for more defensive teams.
CB might actually be Marquinhos this season bc he might seriously push the move through but the player I'm curious to hear people's opinion about is Rojo. He obviously hasn't been great in Van Gaal's side but name a defender who has this season. He had an excellent World Cup in 2014 and obviously Mascherano could mentor him into the style, tactical demands and dressing room adaption. I really like how passionate he is, really puts it on the line every time he's out there but not in a reckless manner, like David Luiz.
At LB, never fucking should have let Grimaldo left. Not sure why he never got a chance here, could have really used him about now. This will be hard to find, especially someone who won't mind competing and most likely playing second fiddle to Alba, but Alba all honesty has been pretty poor recently. Ricardo Rodriguez? Lol
