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oseriki9:
Servik do you think we should buy coutinho?

Psalmueldo:
You are forgetting that Xavi and Iniesta did not become instant hit. It took them years with the first team before they became whov they are today. We are not giving our quality youths enough chances. We want other clubs to develop them for us instead of training them our own way. Many complained when Pep benched Yaya for unknown Busquet, Sergi Roberto was almost sold after 2 seasons of constant insults and claims of "he is not good enough". Samper could have deputized for Busquet and learned but we keep loaning him to relegation battling counter attacking teams. Tell me if almighty Busquet will thrive in such set up. Hallilovic too was a very technical player and should have been allowed to train and develop here. Instead, we fill the team with average buys and have no room for homegrown players again. If not, Roberto should be in midfield and we shouldn't have Arda or Gomes, both are clearly below Roberto in terms of quality but we have to play Roberto outside his best position just to accomodate some average players.

oseriki9:
How many of our graduates have lived up to their hype? Deulofeu? Tello? Cuenca? Halilovic? Samper? The sooner we realize that xavi, iniesta, messi, puyol, busquets are once in a generation players and we have to keep buying to be able to compete the better for us.

Psalmueldo:
Newbie to this Barca thread. First and foremost, wish you all a happy new year.
*On Coutinho, when the saga initially started last season, i was against it not because he is not good, far from it cause he will be among our best 3 midfielders along with Busquet and Iniesta, all worldclass. What i wanted was a controlling midfielder like Verratti then, someone to bench Rakitic for good. But seeing as we have been signing shit midfielders over the years (Turan, Gomes and to some extent Paulinho, yes, he is not worldclass but atleast useful unlike the previous two), i decided i will be alright with Coutinho been worldclass and will help with creativity which has disappeared in our midfield except through Iniesta sometimes. Besides, we can just make Iniesta our controller and Coutinho AM. Latest reports has his cost at 120 + 40m which is excessive but not bad. Time to pay good morning for quality instead of overpaying for average players which are now too much in our squad.
*On Mina, have seen many of his clips and each time ended up disappointed. His only real positives are height, good aerially and passing. He is very slow (slower than Pique) and lets recall we play a highline at the back and we know what speedsters do to Pique regularly. Mina also gets beaten regularly. He may be cheap but still has to adapt and we know how long that can take in a team like ours. It may affect us in the champions league. Why not just recall Marlon from loan? He has been with us for sometime, did well whenever used last season, has good qualities and has been a starter in Nice since he joined. Vermalean become 3rd choice and Marlon 4th. That way, when Vermalean leaves in the summer, we can just go for Ajax's De Ligt.
*Lastly on Arthur; I think 50m is too much for him. Sincerely speaking, i dont see what he does that someone like Samper can't be trained to do. Some players skillsets fits possession teams like ours alone. Guardiola, Xavi, Busquet and Samper are all similar types of footballers. Pep and Xavi were nearly sold if not that Cruyff, Van Gaal and Pep discovered them and stuck to them. Had Pep been our coach when Samper came of age, he would have promoted and developed him by now. Arthur is nothing exceptional. He has no super vision, Fabregaslike passing. Everything he does can be done by Samper. Imagine someone like Busquet been our controlling midfielder? Samper plays like Busquet. Just need some finetuning and directions. We need to start trusting our youths again. Alena should also be given a chance.

PietroRico:
I would be frustrated too if I had all that football talent but forced to be competing with lingard, Zaha and co in terms of output...

Playing with just one attacker ahead of you, you look back and wait for support but see kante and Bakayoko galloping forward.

Depressing sturvz.

tesppidd:
Why can't we sign Yannick Carasco sef?

Instead of Philipe Coutinho sef?

Abi i mis yarn?

Neymar1095:
Lol Barca going for another fraud in countinho just like dembele.

Countinho 314 game 56 assist....... average. we don't need him at Barca.

sebod:
Anyone with half brain actually knows where krychowiak is now

macjireh:
wch of dez are we getting in January o conte?...... we really need to strengthen up

laPULGA:
RM thread get like 5 members and in dey take like 3 months make i page full.. so in for be waste if we parri

but come febuary chelsea go play barca,man u,city .....The crusade wey i go host continually for this thread i still dey find name for am

if chelsea make it to UCL QF i go deactivate my nairaland account

laPULGA:
messi damaged the best left-back in the world


i can only imagine what he will do to marcos alonso

we go host shiloh for this thread come february mark my words

if in no happen i go deactivate

BTW merry chrismas

Icon4s:
Kingsley Sokari....One of the most disliked players on this thread. Hahahaha.

What was his sin?

He benched Kelechi Iheanacho at the 2015 U20.

hardeycute:
I want to believe you didn't watch France 98 WC, so because of that the tournament is useless and inconsequential? right? So lame

Have you heard anything called 'history' or why do clubs have trophy museum/cabinet?

Please don't do this to me!!!!!

Debroslink:
When it comes to semi finals and finals, Madrid always defeat Barcelona (90%). It's a sad fact. The records are there.

tesppidd:
of course teams don't set out strategies for ronaldo like they do messi.

they know that besides camping around the box and scoring, he's useless.

goldfish80:
Navas, Neuer and Buffon were the top 3 goalkeepers in Europe. Rewatch the Ballon d'Or gala night if you're in doubt.

Icon79:
Listen, Navas gets a bad rap but he's a top top quality goalkeeper. he has saved Real Madrid's brushes more than a few times but the fans always pick on him because their mind is fully set on De Gea. That's what happens when management undermines you by consistently talking about another goalkeeper.

Umtiti has definitely improved but to call him the best defender in the league is taking too far. He's still get beaten too easily on a one by one duel for my liking. Personally, I will pick either Sergio Ramos and Varane ahead of him


O pari

Icon79:
Let's agree that Barca, as a team, has generally improved both individually and collectively. Like I said on twitter during the game, Ernesto Velverde is gradually winning me over. Having said that, I have a load of issues with your potential combined Barca/Real first team.

So are you telling me that you will start Ter Stegen ahead of Navas? Nah, I don't think so.
And how in the world could you select Jordi Alba ahead of Marcelo? Are you freaking me??!!
And who would Umtiti replace at the CB? Is it Sergio Ramos or Varane? Oh please!
Sergio Busquets? Personally, I would prefer Casemiro but I can give you that ... so let's say arguably
Paulinho?? Oh please, don't make me laugh. Who is he gonna replace Kroos? Modric? Ascencio? Isco?

Bottom line, only Messi and arguably Busquets would make that team.


O pari