Poor_Sunyol
In Lucho we trust!
Not Galactico enough Meta.
it's impossible to get a quality midfielder for Barca when he know he will stay on the bench.. most players with top quality will want to be starters ...Xabi is a great player, I wanted him to join us for a couple of seasons now. He is so calm on the pitch, doesn't loose his head you know. Great passing and very intelligent. Of course it would be difficult for him to knock Xavi/Iniesta of their place, and he would not accept a backup role at Barca.
the question is
who is gonna get taken from villarreal?
there's always at least one player gets taken from the coach's former club, and given that in spain there are buyout clauses that can circumnavigate a club's desire not to sell, well, yeah. there's bound to be at least one.
I'm gonna go for cazorla, capdevilla and maybe gonzalo too.
I think Gonzolo or Godin... it's normal as you said.. don't know about Capedevilla i think he is in his late 20's /early 30's
Real wanted Cazorla last summer but given his long injury i don't know if he is the answer
thank god madrid did not get Diego
This new found real is also a good thing to keep the barcelona squad sharp after their treble.
all the attention will go to madrid this summer, all the expectations will go to the new madrid next season, .......
Man as much as I respect a manager's decision and the different approaches to the game (which can all be beautiful and exciting) I seriously do not want to go more years without an attacking midfielder. It just isn't the same for me. Last time France played with winger creativity they looked as flat as the prairies.
that's possibly the only negative point about this whole circus. but it certainly doesn't outweigh the benefits spread over a new whole season: it is an enormous gift of motivation in my opinionIf they don't interfere with some of our transfer targets (read Ribery). But we only need a quality left winger, good CM and LB backup.
That is an exaggerated notion about Pellegrini. The only reason he did not play with a player maker is that because Riquelme is an arrogant self centered moody cunt, an unbelievably skilled player, but a cunt nontheless. That Villareal went to the semi finals and lost to Arsenal because, Riquelme missed a penalty.
At villareal he had way less resources than at Madrid, so him opting for one and consistent formation was vital to his team's survival, whereas at Madrid not only do we have more resources, given the incredible competition we are expected to change the formation around according to the situation. Interchanging formations during the game is vital to all succeeding teams, so we need two formations.