well, that's a tough one as even at real not many people are 100% nailed in the starting 11, besides ronaldo / ramos / marcelo / kroos / modric / goal keeper they had quite a large variation of formations last year. messi / pique / suarez / um i would all be nailed in the starting lineup imo. So imo it's not about being top heavy talent wise but having depth.
Not sure about coutinho tbh.
If I were that board I'd use that money on :
Key signings pool : koke / dyabala / thiago alcantara / keita (leipzig) / matuidi / guerreiro.
Depth: pedro (don't know how he left but all barca people love their barca), payet, moutinho, goretzka, de sciglio.
if they used half of that neymar money on some of these picks they'd be in great shape tbh. E.g. bolded picks are together at about that value and they'd be quality long term investments too. And this is the market value not the barcelona discount tbh..
Navas < Ter Stegen
Carvajal > whoever is suppossed to be Barca's right back
Varane > Piqué
Ramos > Um i
Marcelo > Alba
Casemiro > Busquets
Kroos > whoever is suppossed to be Barca's right midfielder
Modric > Iniesta
Isco > whoever is suppossed to be Barca's third forward
Benzema < Suarez
Sidenaldo < Messi
Madrid has a pretty strong advatange right now. And I didn't even mention the bench.
that's about it. still the greatest difference is
zidane >>> valverde
Barca need a real coach tbh.
Lol Navas s on Ter Stegen tbh
Navas is *
disagree tbh. ter stegen has better fundamentals while navas has quicker reactions. Fundamentals >> reactions, especially in today's game. Reactions give you beautiful saves but fundamentals give you clean sheets, no dumb mistakes and minimize overall risk. A goal keeper's role in today's game is not only to make saves but to act as the last man of defense, so risk minimization is critical.
Ter stegen also has a weaker defense in front of him and is permanently overshadowed by Neuer, so this makes him look worse than he is.
Ter stegen also has a bit of a size advantage and a great passing game, the latter being critical in today's game. I also want to point out that barcelona's aerial defense is so he is quite exposed out there and I hear some people saying he doesn't dominate in the air that much but think about the level of protection he is (not) receiving from his team.
Also a very underrated aspect is that imo ter stegen is more composed, a top quality for GKs.
sons I don't follow the news very closely, what is the reason for Barcelona standing pat this summer? just puzzling tbh.
Incompetent front office imo.
Pretty much this tbh
how can such incompetence be in charge of barca?, don't they have investors looking to make money from the club?
I mean I see it as this as barca getting a year older on an already exhausted core, losing neymar, getting injured, lacking depth, real being on top and smacking them 5-1 ... that's one step too close to falling off a cliff tbh.
I think Bartemou does not want to spend all 220M. I think they were completely blindsided by Neymar leaving and him leaving so late in the transfer window (he was holding out for that loyalty business that kicks in July 31st) made for this mad rush to sign players with the window closing. Believe it or not they wanted to buy just one player and use the rest of the 220M on "improvements for the stadium".
Having said that, you can tell how clueless management is when they BLAME Xavi and Iniesta for not letting the youth from La Masia come into the team because those players were too good to usurp. Barca stood pat last summer (2016) because they won a double, and were "unlucky" to lose to Atletico according to management which is BS.
As a matter of fact, many fans feel the treble may have been a curse has it simply put a band aid on the cracks these team had. This board is also cheap as , even right now they have the opportunity to sign Seri from Nice, who would be an excellent controller in midfield that Barca need and Nice say "40 million, and he's yours" and Barca come with a 30M offerWTF, same with Coutinho. They offer a paltry 82M for Coutinho, but offer 40M in bonuses only if Coutinho wins ballon d'or and UCL. It's insulting to other teams and Barca has been seen as an absolute joke this transfer window.
This management is worse than the Knicks, even Neymar threw them under a bus yesterday
Antonela is pregnant again, fifth child incoming. Penaldo, Iker, Thiago, the last one I don't know the name and now this.
He certainly isn't missing that goal...
fwiw after scoring twice that goal must be pretty wide open now.
Technically, that would happen at the moment the firstborn came through... (assuming natural delivery ofc)...
a truly prolific midget tbh
All boys, like a true alpha.
And all made to pussy.
Messi being carried by the likes of Delofeu and Paco Alcacer.
Missi showing up against the Alaves of the world, per par
also missed a PK. Statpad fail
Thank god la liga is back.
No, that's CONCACAF. He might have to play in NZ.
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