Barcilliant
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Noone can replace Alves. Best rb in Barca history. How are you going to replace that?
We haven't replaced Xavi or Iniesta for that matter either.
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Noone can replace Alves. Best rb in Barca history. How are you going to replace that?
We haven't replaced Xavi or Iniesta for that matter either.
Bobo32
Senior Member
No it is impossible.
Alves could bring multiple teams to CL finals after he left Barcelona, and he played 30 games as late as last season in Brazil...
Barcelona could've waited to replace him at least a couple of years.
I guess many fans here wanted him out even earlier, he was an easy scapegoat. I wouldn't be surprised if Semedo was one of the players many wanted in to replace him, either...
There are few great right full backs that I am aware of. An alternative is to play a back 3, as has been done, and let a more offensively weighed player play on that side.
Regarding the left side, Alba is irreplacable in a way as well, but there are many good alternatives. Just coming from la masia some names are: Grimaldo, Angelino, Miranda, Balde, Cucurella... Maybe one of those would be good enough, or indeed Gaya...
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Bobo32
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Literally no problem
Araujo on the rebound though...
Fati_Future_BallonDor
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Agree, peak Alves was somethig else. A very high IQ player combined with this ball control is pure class. The Alves/Messi side was unplayabale when both were in mood.
Bobo32
Senior Member
"la intensidad de Jordi"
The intensity of the retardation on some takes of tired Barcelona fans...
I wonder if you pick up the same way on every looping cross let through, when they don't result in a goal because the ball doesn't drop strangely in the crossbar, and the defender doesn't sleep on the rebound.
Araujo was very sleepy on multiple occasions yesterday.
The intensity of the retardation on some takes of tired Barcelona fans...
I wonder if you pick up the same way on every looping cross let through, when they don't result in a goal because the ball doesn't drop strangely in the crossbar, and the defender doesn't sleep on the rebound.
Araujo was very sleepy on multiple occasions yesterday.
Not far away from Pique casual block to the first goal
Jadentheman
Active member
He was good, but there's a reason why he was nicknamed "Avenida Alves"
Fati_Future_BallonDor
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CatalinR10
Senior Member
team was already in vacantion mode after we tied with Atletico
can't really be bothered about how he decided to defend there
Fati_Future_BallonDor
Well-known member
professionalism though....
gregorrin10
Senior Member
Rumours that Alba will also be asked to lower his wages this summer, or else be put on the transfer list. About fucking time. Get Gaya from Valencia for under 20M, promote Balde to backup, and get this fucker out. The prime example of our senior's broken, irreparable mentality. Need to do the same with all the 28+ year old players (and of course the all the younger underperforming crap like Lenglet, Umtiti, Pjanić, Braithwaite...), although the preferred choice is them actually rejecting it and be sold. At least in terms of our biggest liabilities (and home grown players, whom it will be the toughest to let go in the minds of the club, I assume) like Pique, Lenglet, Roberto, Alba and Busquets. We're already a few years too late anyway, but now it's high time we exterminate this rotten core of broken players, who participated in all the European humiliations and never recovered from it.
Illuminator
Active member
This! And for the love of god, please stop giving long year
contract extensions for players aged 30+. I like the Chelseamodel, they only offer 1 year extensions for players over 30.
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