Trickykid
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Nonsense.
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Nonsense.
You mean to say Barca never won the 14 trophies under Pep with an all out attacking style. Wow didn't know we used to park the bus then
Trickykid
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Don't be silly. Messi, Henry, Eto'o and so on had nothing to do with those titles, just as Oleguer won us the ChL final in 06 - everyone knows that.
Paganinisrvnge
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Puyol and Abidal were huge contributors to all the titles Pep won...
Trickykid
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Of course they were, but please don't deny the importance of our offensive strenght under Rijkaard and Pep. If anything, our midfield has been the most important aspect of our recent succeses.
ceefoo
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Offence wins LEAGUES. Defence wins CUPS.
Correction Offense wins the Sextuple defense wins 1 CL
Co0ter
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It doesn't matter how good our offense is....we have a great one now, just like how we had a great one with Eto'o, Henry and Messi ( for ONE season, we had all new starters the next years and still dominated play, scored a ton of goals and won a CL ). What has changed however, is our defense is terrible and here is why:
1) Puyol was a leader and great defender
2) Abidal was a tall, quick and reliable fullback...he brought balance to our back four allowing Dan Alves to do his thing
3) Dani Alves was in his prime....Abidal was around to make up for his lack of defensive work and ability
4) Pique was young and full of ambition
Our midfield has weakened a bit and Xavi isn't nearly the player he used to be...but our midfield is leaps and bounds better than our defense- in both quality and organization
1) Puyol was a leader and great defender
2) Abidal was a tall, quick and reliable fullback...he brought balance to our back four allowing Dan Alves to do his thing
3) Dani Alves was in his prime....Abidal was around to make up for his lack of defensive work and ability
4) Pique was young and full of ambition
Our midfield has weakened a bit and Xavi isn't nearly the player he used to be...but our midfield is leaps and bounds better than our defense- in both quality and organization
Darko
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christfade
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It's wrong, barça need a physically strong defense, I dunno y everyone thinks that it's hummels who does everything in dortmund defense, no if hummels is successful it's because of subotic, barça need one like subotic or papadopolous or abdenour
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Flavia
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There are some rumors in the brazilian press that Atletico de madrid wants leandro damiao... I hope he's not their replacement for diego costa.
JamDav1982
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Seen this on a few sites that they have bid 13m euros for him.
DonAndres
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Would be a stupid decision. They've reportedly closed a deal for Angel Correa but he's only 19 so no reliability there yet. Others I've heard are Soldado, Torres, and Giroud.
For a team as high caliber as Atletico are right now there aren't many transfer rumors of who they are interested in (Mostly just about Costa to Chelsea and the bullshit names listed above to replace him). They're probably keeping their activity well concealed from the media, as I can't imagine that a team that are 1st in the league and the CL final with a high chance of winning both would be making such stupid transfer decisions and not going after more world class players.
JamDav1982
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In last few days have seen them linked with - Reina, Malanga, Soldado, Negredo, Firmino, Giroud, Sosa permanent (trying to get him for free as contract could get cancelled in Ukraine), Navas.
Some more but would need to check but they are getting linked to a lot of players.
flamenco
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True. Under Pep we had a great defensive midfield
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