sinizia:

Well, I guess it's down to personal choices. But as for me, if I'm looking for a balance, I'll go for Alaba, if I'm looking to attack only like Pep, I'll go for Marcelo.

raumdeuter:


Alaba has declined a lot In attacking and in defence. He can barely put in a decent cross anymore. Marcelo is the most creative Madrid player from Left back. He is alike a playmaker from defence

I will say maybe Defence Alaba 70 Marcelo 60, Attack Alaba 40 Marcelo 90

Eruditor:


I am not reading too much. Once Ibime has an agenda he goes at it full throttle (See Emenalo for example).

What I would say is, Marcelo’s defending is underrated because of what he does going forward. Alaba had potential but he has depreciated a bit. If you are hyping Alaba because of Tuesday’s showing then recency bias is what is causing it. Remember that Vasquez (who is no Rb) played that position so even daddy Ribery was feeding.

Even Sandro that they hyped earlier on cannot lace Marcelo’s boot.

sinizia:


I don't personally underrate Marcelo's defending, I just feel if he can strike a balance between attacking and defending, he'll be the perfect LB in the world. But that notwithstanding, I think he's the best in the game presently, just that he's defensively not great which I want my defenders to be.

sinizia:


I don't personally underrate Marcelo's defending, I just feel if he can strike a balance between attacking and defending, he'll be the perfect LB in the world. But that notwithstanding, I think he's the best in the game presently, just that he's defensively not great which I want my defenders to be.

Eruditor:


I actually agree with you just that Madrid depend on him so much going forward that he will always be caught napping atimes defending. He can hold his own in a purely defensive setup.

raumdeuter:


Alaba has declined a lot In attacking and in defence. He can barely put in a decent cross anymore. Marcelo is the most creative Madrid player from Left back. He is alike a playmaker from defence

I will say maybe Defence Alaba 70 Marcelo 60, Attack Alaba 40 Marcelo 90

A40:
Nihilist and Elrony are just trolling. They know better

See the penalty Liverpool just conceded at the death. Was it ball to yansh? Marcelo's offense was far more grevious but a sensible ref knows ball to hand can also be PKs especially in Marcelo's case

Ibime:
I haven't been watching Bundesliga but what Alaba showed me on Tuesday shows he still got it. I believe he lost focus on leftback duties some years back by trying to shoehorn himself into his preferred midfield position by fire, by force.

As for how Elruditor tried to link this conversation to Pep, my brain would pain me too much to try to decipher his logic

A40:
You're right. He plays in midfield for country and I'm sure deep down at Bayern too he wishes he was a midfielder. Just look at Kimmich who started off as a midfielder and wasn't even a natural fullback. He has now embraced the position and is beasting at it

Ibime:
I haven't been watching Bundesliga but what Alaba showed me on Tuesday shows he still got it. I believe he lost focus on leftback duties some years back by trying to shoehorn himself into his preferred midfield position by fire, by force.

As for how Elruditor tried to link this conversation to Pep, my brain would pain me too much to try to decipher his logic

Lordave:
That was a clear penalty and not even up for debate.

Marcelo's hand was obviously hanging out, there's a reason sensible defenders always put their hands together behind them or crosses them through their chest.

WHEN IN THE CAUSE OF "DEFENDING A SHOT OR A CROSS" AND YOUR HANDS MAKE CONTACT WITH THE BALL WHILE THEY'RE NOT GLUED TO YOUR BODY, IT'S A FOUL

Look at the penalty awarded to Roma last night .

Nihilstjnr:


Ball to hand is not a penalty

you guys need to give it up. it's over.

The next stage is acceptance...

acceptance of the fact that you are the new Celtic.

Ibime:
I haven't been watching Bundesliga but what Alaba showed me on Tuesday shows he still got it. I believe he lost focus on leftback duties some years back by trying to shoehorn himself into his preferred midfield position by fire, by force.

As for how Elruditor tried to link this conversation to Pep, my brain would pain me too much to try to decipher his logic

Nihilstjnr:


Ball to hand is not a penalty

you guys need to give it up. it's over.

The next stage is acceptance...

acceptance of the fact that you are the new Celtic.

Lordave:
The rumours about Dybala is heating up.

I would like him here.

Lordave:
A40 once said there was a time Alaba used to be better than Marcelo but someone disagreed.

popizaino:
There was never a time Alaba was better than marcelo. If he is taking 2013 as case study when bayern won the ucl

popizaino:

then we might as well agree that contrao too was better than marcelo because that was what mourinho made his fans to understand which is not true.

Adisaowalla:


I dont get how this correlates with...



This!!!

popizaino:
There was never a time Alaba was better than marcelo. If he is taking 2013 as case study when bayern won the ucl then we might as well agree that contrao too was better than marcelo because that was what mourinho made his fans to understand which is not true.

raumdeuter:


Personally I will prefer Griezman to Dybala

popizaino:
There was never a time Alaba was better than marcelo. If he is taking 2013 as case study when bayern won the ucl then we might as well agree that contrao too was better than marcelo because that was what mourinho made his fans to understand which is not true.

Lordave:
Same but he will cost a lot more and the board may not approve that.
Who is more injury prone?

raumdeuter:
Ribery extends contract, What a disgrace, He obviously has no shame and our board lacks ambition too.

All Ribery has been doing lately is those monkey post Hazard like dribbles with no end product yet we reward him with an extension

raumdeuter:
Dortmund announce Lucien Favre as head coach

A40:
Hope he can make Dortmund relevant again. That's the only team that can awake us from our slumber like they did in 2011 and 2012