If Thiago leaves, I wouldn't see it wrong to build the team around Cesc and allow him to play long balls for the counterattack like he did for Arsenal. With Neymar in the team and even Alexis , counter attacking football would be interesting . This should be against tougher teams like madrid and Bayer. All the times we lost to madrid last season was b.c we should have been the ones defending instead of attacking the other team leaving spaces behind. ( with our defense, and our lack of talent upfront, Villanova should have known better).
The guy is not a coach . Who an i kiddin.
Didn't red cafe go into madness 2 years ago when they thought Thiago was going to sign with them only renew with Barça.
I saw how members quickly switched from Thiago worship to calling him s..t etc.
basically, in this day and age (cause of twitter), it's impossible to have a "clean" transfer unless you make sure it's over soon. any hint of a "saga" about it and tabloids/twitter are all over that, making sure they milk it dry
imagine how PSG fans must feel right now reading Thiago Silva quotes all the time about how great Barca is and how he'd be honoured to play for them
ok, look at it from the point of view of an Arsenal fan lamenting the loss of a player they had for 8 years (Cesc) and remember how much Barca's players/execs publicly courted him. and how long the whole thing lasted. they were angrier when that happened than when they lost RVP to a local rivalThiago Silva didn't come up through their youth system and been with the club for years. Alcantara has been with the club since 2005.
Alcantara's tweet the other day is going to make it much worse if he leaves now, knowing that he was using a ploy that he loves Barcelona to get United to up their offer. Money does matter in the end to a lot of people, I just never imagined it would have been this kid. What a waste of time it was teaching this kid our football philosophy for him just to leave the first time money was shoved in his face.
I don't wish him any injures or anything like that but if he moves on like this, it's a total slap in the face to the club. I hope he's a bust and @ 7.2M a year, he'll have a lot to live up to right away. The United supporters will turn on him the moment he messes up, just watch.
Yeah that too, but I mean that Cesc was always looking for the long ball at Arsenal. Now with Neymar, barcelona could have 2 players capable of actually finishing good counterattacks. Messi and now Neymar . This could deff be a good plan B ( especially if we don't sign a quality defender).Messi does better in counterattacks too. Neymar should help lead from midfield, not Cesc
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ok, look at it from the point of view of an Arsenal fan lamenting the loss of a player they had for 8 years (Cesc) and remember how much Barca's players/execs publicly courted him. and how long the whole thing lasted. they were angrier when that happened than when they lost RVP to a local rival
in other words, it's just the way the world of modern football works and it's no use feeling (too) butthurt about it
Question: Why should football players be loyal to clubs, when clubs aren't loyal to football players?
ok, look at it from the point of view of an Arsenal fan lamenting the loss of a player they had for 8 years (Cesc) and remember how much Barca's players/execs publicly courted him. and how long the whole thing lasted. they were angrier when that happened than when they lost RVP to a local rival
in other words, it's just the way the world of modern football works and it's no use feeling (too) butthurt about it
Question: Why should football players be loyal to clubs, when clubs aren't loyal to football players?
the whole reason Thiago is not playing is because the club is "loyal" to Xavi