Rafinha Alcantara
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Showed some fancy dribbling skills against Getafe 
Bran the Greenseer
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He won't do the tricks and turns but he'll get past the same amount of people as Thiago which is the important part if you ask me.
Stric
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We can hardly tell at this point. Even if we were to draw inferences, they'd still tip in Thiago's favor at the moment.
Bran the Greenseer
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Well atleast from what i've seen, Rafinha this season has gone past 3-5 players multiple times. Unless Thiago has turned into iniesta/messi since his injury(I havent watched since hes been back) and is running through complete sides i'd say they are comparable in this aspect.
Vlom
Previously known as Mehssi
You can argue that Thiago is the main reason they got past Porto, they wouldn't have without him.
Bran the Greenseer
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I'm not saying Rafinha is equal to Thiago as a player I was just talking about their dribbling, Thiago > Rafinha in passing and creating in general. I'd say Rafinha is better defensively and that they're comparable dribbling wise.
Stric
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Well then how can you tell if you haven't watched Thiago? I'd dare say his dribbling is easily better than Rafinha's. And he's matured enough as a player to carry Bayern to victories.
I like Rafinha, but he's still way behind his big brother. And there's nothing wrong about that.
Bran the Greenseer
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Well I went to watch his highlights during the porto game, he sombreroed one player and I've yet to see rafinha do that but aside from that he didn't show any dribbling skills that I havent seen rafinha do before.
Rafinha cannot compare to Thiago atm in terms of his ability to control/affect the outcome of games but purely in terms of dribbling their skills are comparable atleast in my opinion.
EdmondDantes
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His pressing and composure on the ball have impressed me the most in the last two games. If I've not mistaken his pressing alone resulted in two of the goals we scored v Getafe.
Vlom
Previously known as Mehssi
I remember at least one yes, might have been 2.
He's played very well these last 2 games, but he still needs to improve and stop attacking that much, I remember one instance where he passed 3 or 4 getafe players in the central axe, had a second to decide what to do, could have passed left or right to open suarez or neymar, but decided to keep going straight into 3 getafe defenders.. was a shame, he killed a great chance he had created himself.
Bran the Greenseer
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He should take more shots in games.
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