Maradona37
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Nah, I am not a Barca fan. But I also don't go by one-off seasons. I seen him at Leeds and others and he has had multiple seasons in his career and that was likely his best. It doesn't mean he's gonna continue to play that way, and in fact I would suggest that he didn't play as well last season.You weren't watching much Barca games in our title winning season I'm guessing?
He came up with many vital goals and assist, in a season when we were winning games by mainly 1-0.
Check it out for yourself if you wanna do a bit of research.
Last season we didn't win anything so it won't be as clear, but who showed up in the CL? It certainly wasn't Torres I'll tell you that much.
Which is why we never look at stats first, always lead with facts.
Showed up in the CL last season? He had one good big game didn't he? He played in the home leg against PSG didn't he? Where Barca went out. You need to hold him to higher standards.
So it could very easily be a player playing above himself for a short period (and a season is a short period in the grand scheme). Nani did the same thing at Man United in 09-10.
For me it's silly to hang your hat on one season out of how many past and future and cling to that where he never reached that level before or after. But that's just me.
But if you wanna hope and pray he gets close to that level this season, then that's your business. He might but I wouldn't depend on that.
I don't care about stats either. I go by the eye test and he's never been a particularly impressive player to me.