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Who would be your (realistic) options for CB?
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Who would be your (realistic) options for CB?
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Vidal: Barca rumours? I thank all clubs interested in me but I'm more motivated than ever to continue at Juve.
Thank God
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Gascav
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I hope someone who goes by the name Joppe sees this. Just because cesc has a thing for throughballs and killer passes doesnt mean he is suitable to replace xavi. Vidal rumours are not stupid, they make senseIt's not about "playing deep" or "playing high". Positionally Xavi plays as high up the pitch as Iniesta if not higher up at times. Prime Xavi was more trequartista than regista. Del Bosque won 2 tournaments using Xavi as the most advanced central midfielder. Here is the average positioning in Barca's last CL final:
Xavi is as much "attacking midfielder" as Fabregas although Martino, like Frank used to do, misuses him closer to Busquets because his brain, like 90 % of all coaches, works in the traditional "4-2-3-1" scheme. The problem is not about where but rather how they play. Fabregas is more erratic with his touches and passes, he doesn't read the game as well as our other La Masia midfielders, his movement is much more aggressive and archaic (rushing into the box to get into goalscoring positions every opportunity) and his defensive game is worse. He's more athletic and energetic and he might even cover more ground defensively than Xavi but Xavi reads the game and blocks the passing lanes correctly 9 out of 10 times whereas Cesc gets "stuck in". Overall Fabregas is more chaotic and hit and miss; not a great tactical brain or organizer either. If we want to play with Cesc and Iniesta, which is perfectly possible (although I made Cesc sound like a scrub so far but that wasn't my point), we need a much stronger defensive unit. But that would be also true for Vidal.
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Gascav
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Why?
I hope he joins. By the way, they usually say the same thing before they join us
Alarcón
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Why? Because he's overrated and doesn't suit our style of play. And he'll cost 60m.
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Vidal isn't a overrated player. He's simply amazing and I hope Alexis can convince him to join Barça.
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Barcilliant
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So you've never seen him play, then?? Youtube highlights don't do him ANY justice. He is a tremendous player and IF RM sign him (a distinct possibility) Barca will be in deep shit.
He will suit our team cause if Tata stays we will be a more direct team. Also Vidal has enough intelligence to adapt. He will fill in the leadership void left by Puyol. He is the leader at Juve and if he comes here watch for him to stamp his authority on the pitch.
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Gascav
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Best box to box midfielder along with schweinsteiger and yaya toure
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Gascav
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What if we have the money and the team decides to spend to get CBs, a RB, a CM and a #9. Wouldnt vidal be the cm you'd get?
Antimadridista1
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This ; As I said yesterday, there's no way we'll but a player (even more a midfielder) for this price -> Btw 40 and 60m.
Even Fabregas was too expensive to me.
Barca don't need a midfielder, just sell song and tello. Buy a CB to pair with pique and bartra. Also a #9 for the bench and for when we play 4-2-3-1( maybe Torres) delofeu should come back and rafinha to! But then we have to many MF's. that's about it I think.
The tactics should more or less stay the same, just faster passing and the wingers should try to dribble more. No smashing the ball upfield nonsense as we see sometimes!
The tactics should more or less stay the same, just faster passing and the wingers should try to dribble more. No smashing the ball upfield nonsense as we see sometimes!
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