Jordi Alba
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BarcaGirl
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lol ...Alba in top form shits all over Alaba
aaron101
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Alaba is better on defense. Same level on attack. You should watch his games on UCL and Bundesliga.
serghei
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Not in a million years would I trade our Jordi Alba for David Alaba. And they're pretty much the same quality defensively, while Alba's got the edge in the attack. Alaba could never pull off some of the things Alba already did, like running lightning-fast 50m and scoring a goal in an Euro final, against some of the best italian defenders in the world.
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MrXavi_The_Midfield_King
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Talk about exaggeration, Alba has nothing in his arsenal that alaba does not possess either except for better speed but its not like Alaba is slow
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linetty
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Alba in form is clearly better than Alaba...
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Sumlit
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This is what happens in this forum. People tend to build pedestals for players after one good performance, then proceed to take sledgehammers to said pedestals after one bad one. When you read comments like Alba is the white Abidal, the only thing you can do is 
Jordi Alba is an excellent player, and will be a staple of the team for years and years. However, defense is definitely not his strongest aspect. He has plenty of speed to track back and intercept balls, but he already has a handicap on physicality as he is very slight and smallish, then you add his overall defensive skills are still developing and suffer from some deficiencies. Offside traps are a particular weakness of his. What he is, is an extremely dynamic player that gives you much more on offense, than he takes away on defense because even with his deficiencies, he is still a perfectly capable defender that will improve with time.
Alaba is a stronger defensive LB than Alba, even though he is just 21 years old. He has more physical tools to stand up to the strongest players, whereas you've seen Alba struggling having to cover someone like Diego Costa.
Alba however, is much more polished and technical on offense.
Both are great young players, and IMO both are exactly the best fit for their respective teams.
Jordi Alba is an excellent player, and will be a staple of the team for years and years. However, defense is definitely not his strongest aspect. He has plenty of speed to track back and intercept balls, but he already has a handicap on physicality as he is very slight and smallish, then you add his overall defensive skills are still developing and suffer from some deficiencies. Offside traps are a particular weakness of his. What he is, is an extremely dynamic player that gives you much more on offense, than he takes away on defense because even with his deficiencies, he is still a perfectly capable defender that will improve with time.
Alaba is a stronger defensive LB than Alba, even though he is just 21 years old. He has more physical tools to stand up to the strongest players, whereas you've seen Alba struggling having to cover someone like Diego Costa.
Alba however, is much more polished and technical on offense.
Both are great young players, and IMO both are exactly the best fit for their respective teams.
Alarcón
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Wouldn't say Alaba is anything near Alba in attack and he's had his fair share of poor defensive performances and blunders as well, it's just that Bayern's midfield is defensively vigilant and thus makes the defenders look better.
KhaledBarca
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Overall Alba is better IMO
Only thing Alaba has over Alba is his height which allows him to defend better at set-pieces and which is our weakness!
Only thing Alaba has over Alba is his height which allows him to defend better at set-pieces and which is our weakness!
Butaan4barca
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no one mentioned the astonishing set piece ability alaba has ?
definitely ahead of alba.
Alba along with banes are top top left backs currently.
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