With our current front 3, who could play together 4-5 years, I don't think we necessarily want/need to invest in a Xavi/Iniesta replacement...
Playing Alves and Jordi together leaves us too exposed/small, and their too good to both be on the bench. Alves is a better crosser, and with a...
Been a while. . . Not super excited about Luis Enrique. I think we really need a revolution. 4-3-3 with a false nine, endless triangles, and a...
Apologies. I've been off the boards. Mods can close.
I think in 10-15 years time, as the bulk of revenue from the largest clubs is owed to international TV rights and commercial revenue, something...
It's probably going to depend a lot on who we sell, I imagine.
part of the deal includes two friendlies with Santos in the next few years, one in Brazil and one in Barcelona I would guess that the value of...
Is it confirmed that we do not own any portion of Neymar's image rights?
This lineup is crazy. There's a chance it might prove to be crazy genius, but there's an equal chance it will prove to be a disaster. My guess is...
Tello is a weird one to watch because he's just nowhere near as technically gifted as any of our other current forwards. On the other hand, he's...
Messi often looks mediocre as a false 9 against teams that are good at defending deep and narrow. There's just too many bodies for him to dribble...
The game turned when Messi had another forward in the middle who took away some of the defensive attention on him. We need to do that earlier...
We're playing the anti-British lineup right now: no true CBs, no true wingers, no true strikers.
Surprised at no Song.
Official lineup: --------------------- Valdes ------------------ Alves ------- Pique ---------- Mascherano------- Adriano...
We won't know until we play them. Pique himself started out very inconsistent his first six months. Most thought Caceres was the better the buy.
Give a lot of credit to Tito for the subs and tactics after we went down a man: he put us in a legitimate place to win, which is all you can ask...
Puyol looked behind the pace all game. He was chasing the ball all over the pitch in normal Puyol style, but he's lost speed so it's starting to...
He can definitely pick out a nice pass: [media]
I really like the idea of him playing CB against bunkered teams. That's usually when we see Piquenbauer bombing forward, because no one in the...
Alves will get back deep when defending. He just runs the full-length of the pitch backwards and forwards more than anyone else.
If we sign Song, I think at some point this year we'll finally see Pep's dream of a lineup with no orthodox wingers, strikers or CBs: On paper:...
Given the situation with La Liga TV rights in the US this season, I thought a thread like this may be helpful for coordinating game-watching...
Reports are that we're still a few million apart. Could drag out if both teams want to stick to their price. Arsenal is not exactly desperate to...
Is it definite that neither Comcast nor TWC is offering beIN Sports this season? If Qatar wants to make a lot of American friends, they could...