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mcdreeezy:
It's really sad to be honest. We should be integrating the younger guys. When EV was newly appointed, there was so much talk about his love for youth. I just hope he'll be a significant progress on Luis Enrique in that aspect of integrating these younger guys.


Well, Busquets is 29. He still has like 4-5yrs to play at top level. I just hope we'll still have Samper by then or a much younger and equally good player that we won't have to break the bank for.


For Iniesta's role, that's even the more pressing need now. He's 33 now, we should be looking at getting a young starter for him from now and within the next 2yrs. Once Iniesta is 35, he'll likely move on from Barcelona just like Xavi. For me, Denis Suarez fits that profile. He'll only get better with more playing time.

Well said bro!
They let go of Thiago, Grimaldo, they didn't handle the development of Deulofue and D. Suarez well then, they kept sending Samper on loan. What about Halilovic? These are the guys we'd all thought would take the club to the next level. Can you remember when we played a champions league game with our team B guys and won convincingly? There can only be one Pep when it comes to youth integration!

mcdreeezy:
Sergio Busquets was 20yrs old in 2008 when Pep started playing him in the first team regularly. [b]But we're still loaning Sergi Samper out at 22 [/b]and buying 29yr old Paulinho for €40M and Arda Turan for 30-something million pounds.


No plan for continuity.

This was what got me disgusted about Lucho, I felt he should have handled the guy better.

ddippset:
Pray for Luis Suarez to step up and rediscover his best form, Pray for Nelson Semedo and Osmanne Dembele to completely live up to the hype, Pray for Andreas Iniesta to spend more time on the pitch than in the treatment room, Pray for Ernest Velvede to have sense that Luis Enrique lacked in his final season in terms of knowing when to rotate and when not to rotate. After all these we might have a chance.

Pray that Pique and Titi would stay safe and free of injury because there's no back up for them, pray that Alba and Stegen would always remember the club they are praying for, pray the Messi would not miss any match to injury.
You see, we have to pray for everyone. We are in a very serious case.

Doesn't the coach too have any player in mind? Even if it means he will bring his boys from his ex club. Which kind wahala be this nau

ddippset:
lol. one day we shall have MMM. and that day would be my last as a fan.

Habah!
We once had Bojan Messi and Giovani leading our attack against Madrid. Meah! Messi suffered that day oooooo. I could remember Eto or Deco intentionally picking up a needless yellow card in order to miss that match

Skimpledawg:
See as u stress yasef from ya thread to here just to make sure air.mark got his mail


You will make a good delivery homie

cc griffon and diggz...

For where, abeg man no get strength.

diggz:
No mind sebod hin dey use style dey find employment

Tah! I no get that kind strength abeg

diggz:
Airmark you have a mail please kindly attend to your mail. Thanks

I just dey look this your delivery company with one eye. How can you be the H.R manager and still be running up and down delivery mail on tricycle?

I wouldn't mind Mahrez though, he will be a good back up to Messi.

airmark:
One season of loss of form by a dm, can be survived when there are good back ups. A season of disappointing show by your big-signing striker, can get your team into the gutters, especially with no excellent back up. The two are not the same.

As regards morata, i know he would become good over the years in chelsea, what i want is a striker that will hit the ground running, [/b]replace costa in the art of goal-scoring, this season, not the next. [b]My point on morata was well spelt-out, i watched him and know the system that would suit his style perfectly.

Chelsea are still looking for another striker to sign, they are not mad.

The same way you watched your perfect DM and knew all he needed to become the greatest.
Let me just allow you rest, just pray Morata too does not disappoint you this season by hitting the ground running, otherwise, I will personally crave the indulgence of all Shekpites to flog you openly

airmark:
All my posts were based on his form that [/b]time. Just as no one thought hazard could be a shadow of himself penultimate season after being the best player in epl in 2014/2015, i [b]never thought krychowiak could lose form after joining psg.

This has nothing to do with any L. Comparing him with busquets, laliga board confirmed my position as he displaced busquets in the team of the season. The matic most of us criticised his game last season, is now a cornerstone of man utd's title challenge. So, slow your roll bro.

You never thought, you never thought! But you have always thought all he needed was a move to a top club.
Same way you have always thought Morata would not make it with Chelsea and if he eventually makes it, you will come back to tell us you never thought he could do better.
Don't always be too sure next time to avoid this ' I never thought' bro.

airmark:
Nothing biggie, it's a loan deal bros. It happens sometimes. Lass fell from chelsea to arsenal, subsequently crashed into portsmouth, before flying with madrid.

Life drama.

But you never told us there's a life drama when you kept shoving the guy down our throats. You told us all he needed was to move to a top club playing UCL. He yielded to your advice only for his seat belt to be made stronger than that of Mikel even by the same coach he played under then.
You can come back to claim your 'W' after bouncing back to show he's the best you once claimed he was or moving to Madrid/Barrca/Bayern/United like Diarra.. But as at today, gently take your 'L' without trying to put up any defence sir.

raumdeuter:
Krychowiak don find his level at West Brom. best DM according to airmark

It's safe to say Airmark literally killed the guy's career. He wanted him to play CL games with a top club to show how good he is. He was taken to a top club playing regularly in the UCL only for our guy to be warming bench.
He still has the chance to become the best DM in EPL sha

Greatihex:
with what is happening at city, i think he would advice himself beta.

You never can tell bro, City might shock you guys by becoming a force to reckon with soonest

VivaLaByke:
Is Krychowiak really about to sign for West Brom on loan?

I honestly don't know anything about this guy. But, I know someone who has been monitoring his career from his days as the best DM in La liga. May I refer you to him
Airmark! Your attention is needed sir.

donjazet:
The fraud needs to be exposed.

diggz:
Yes....bcuz we have been told several lies about pep

Yet, if he's available today, your baba olowo would stick sack Conte if he's assured of the 'fraud' signature

Emaprince:
Same guy that rejected because he feared that he would fail with the players the club had, hence, the Chelsea-needed-10-players comment which Conte proved wrong.

Is that why you guys can't go a day without mentioning him? The name Pep is mentioned more on this thread than Conte

One wonders at times if this is Chelsea or city thread. No discussion can be made without reference to Pep. Same guy your owner was willing to give a blank cheque.

Eruditor:
That is in the past.

Madrid would not beat last season's Juve over 2 legs. They would not have beat ATM of 13/14 or 15/16 over 2 legs too.

Fluke.

Are we gonna count the match against Bayern as part of the team 'buldozed'? I can't remember the haters talking about that match. Assuming we were the one that 'buldozed' Bayern is such a way........

ironprocs:
You know the funniest thing.....if he scores against espanyol they will say he played against a small team bla bla bla.

That's what makes opposition/rivalry/hating interesting as fans sha
In those days when CR7 would score 3/4 goals against smaller clubs, guys would call him names and claim he couldn't do it against big clubs. It's just normal here and we are used to it already.

Arrrrh! If footballers are defined by 'raising' I should be in contention for the greatest footballer of all time. remembering those days when boys would be doing 1000 and counting with styles

We understand Dembele ain't Neymar in terms of everything football wise, make una just leave am for us. Judge him/us after three seasons.

Eruditor:
Don't mind them. 2 fluke-y UCL titles and we won't hear word again.

I tire for them oo!

monerozi5590:
Point of correction.... Madrid is the best club in the world.

Until Madrid produce at least four years of dominance with a style that becomes the talk and envy of the world!

Welcome to the best club in the world Dembele. You have the rare opportunity of playing under the tutelage of the greatest footballer of all time, thus enhancing your chance of becoming the best in the world in a foreseeable future.
This is wishing you play your game without allowing undue pressure and hype carry you away. You are stepping into the shoes bigger than you, all you need is to keep your composure, play your game and make the fans happy. There's no better club to play than FC Barcelona, just more than a club!

jpmoriarti:
Would you rather come here and meet a boring, dry thread? I like them. Our thread keeps growing and gaining vibrancy.

The thread is already boring with all the Neymar this Neymar that already.

dmcdad:
O boi the thread tire me these days... Them don hijack am from us ooooo.

Na to just sitdown dey look

......smh....i tire for this thread sha.

ddippset:
ive got a feeling alba is capable of rediscovering himself.

I hope so ooooo.

dmcdad:
When I wailed about the potential sale of Grimaldo, jpmoriarti said it was the best decision as orchestrated by Lucho... Now see...?

I just tire for this yeye board walahi

ddippset:
INS- messi. suarez. semedo. busquets. alba. digne. vidal. roberto. dennis. deolefeu. iniesta. coutinho. dembele. umtiti. pique. paulinho. alcacer. OUTS- rakitic. gomez. mascherano. turan. ter stagen.

Alba too should have been on the list had we not given away a certain Grimaldo.

ddippset:
thank God.

He should just go and rest well. I have been having issue with him since last season.

Ter Stegen is another suspect! He threatened us to get the 1st spot, he's now struggling to hold it firm.

Congratulations to Madrid, the best team in the world presently.

Those of us that were around during Rijkard era believe strongly that this too shall pass. All I need while the phase passes?
Suarez should just find a new club during his spell on the treatment table. It can't be worse with Paco or anybody out there.
Bring in the kids from the academy, I don't care if this season is all about experiment
All the board members from top to bottom should be fired.