Oscar

Dybala would of been the perfect player signing this summer..

Nothing has happened.
Matic is getting exposed more because the team isn't working properly, which is exactly why I always rated Fernandinho the best dm in the EPL. Last season, the team was working so well, that both matic and cesc were not exposed as much.

Neymar has been europe's best player since Messi got injured.....
Since messi's injury, he has 10 goals and 6 assists to his name in 7 matches. They lost once to sevilla, which was pure luck. In addition, to neymar's goalscoring, your favorite thing, stats...
vs seville. 6key passes
vs rayo. 4 key passes
vs eibar. 5 key passes
vs getafe: 3 key passes
vs villarreal. 6 key passes
he's avg a little under 5 kpg. He's been barcelona best player since Messi's injury and has carried them along with suarez and busquets.

I heard it and thought that can't be fireworks, wouldn't make sense. Never thought it could be gunshots and explosions...
Why didn't they stop the game?

Who'd you think is behind it? I'm guessing Buddhist extremists

Allegri is dumb.
Pays large transfer fees for both sandro and dybala and neither start on a consistent basis.
Italian football is so so................

http://www.whoscored.com/Articles/8mwt90b2yeeyqqws6m41hw/Show/Player-Focus-Old-Fashioned-Otamendi-Approach-Adds-Brawn-to-City-Backline

Saw this and it reminded me how absolutely gutted I was Chelsea didn't get him. Campaigned for him all summer long (overrated, one season wonder bla bla bla). He was there for the taking as he was desperate to make a move higher up.
Like the article says, old-school CB. Tough, no mercy. He would've been perfect. City buy more impressive individuals in general.
I do wonder how good Kompany-Otamendi is as a duo though. They're quite similar. And I wonder what this means for Mangala. £42 mil... crazy

Can't believe we were the side to lose to Klopp's liverpool.
One win in 4 matches.

Hazard can be a fantastic player when fit, but Neymar is better in almost every aspect of the game, imo.
Aside from scoring, neymar technique is superior esp first touch as he often controls the football from a long ball in pace without missing a beat.
This is very rare and only seen the likes of Romario and fat Ronaldo do it consistently (aside from messi). Even slim Ronaldo doesn't do that very often.
Hazard on the other hand takes a little longer to control and turn - many a times he comes to a complete stop.
Some will say it's style but I'd disagree. Speed of execution is key especially in Moderns game.

It has nothing to do with writing off the unkown. One thing is to not pay attention to some 18yo that is playing in the shit Brazilian League, but its completely different to continuously try to make him look like a bad diving player even when loads of evidence that shows otherwise is presented to you. It is the simple fact his style bothers people so thats why so many wanted him to flop. Nobody likes to see someone from the oposite side do flashy dribbles, even if its just for the sake of it. It irritates people. They say its unsportsmanship but honestly its just jealousy because they cant do what he does.
Also, English fans are quite spoiled and narrow minded. They think only if somebody plays in EPL they are good enough. Fuck, I even see Messi receiving criticism because he doesnt have to deal with the 8th wonder that Premier League is. So imagine Neymar who was playing in Brazil!
But where my rage comes from is not for the fair minded criticism. Its for the stupidity I often had to deal with. People praising Joey Barton for his twitts, people saying we didnt need him cause we had Moses (lmao), saying he would move to Barcelona and then be sold after 2 seasons for bananas, etc.
The same reason why I get fired up on some of the pathetic things directed at Jose nowadays. People go way too far just because others success bothers them beyond belief.
P.S: Diego wasnt a flop imo. He had a really good carrier in Germany. He was just blatantly overlooked in Brazilian NT so thats why many discredit him overall. In terms of Brazilian flops on the last 20 years I think Robinho, Pato and Denilson top the list imo.

You should read the hazard thread....
Neymar only scores goals in friendlies. Neymar scores because of messi/suarez. Neymar would not score 15 goals a season without them.
Neymar is only a better scorer than hazard...

Neymar is the second best player in the world....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0dPlx1KYZ8
Could of gotten another hat trick, but allowed suarez to take the pk

Can't believe we were the side to lose to Klopp's liverpool.
One win in 4 matches.

People here loved to say Moses was better than Neymar. That he was "afraid" of Europe "quality" defenders so thats why he stayed for so long in Brazil. That he would fail miserably (Robinho 2.0 was a famous term). Etc...
What now?

Oscar's been playing left wing quite a bit this season vs cam.

Euhm i did say the system sucks. The first line in my post. "Problem is that there's no attacking system in place. Everything we do in attack is improvised. Our players simply have no clue what the player with the ball is gonna do."
I didn't complain about Pedro, Fabregas, Willian, Oscar. Again i clearly stated in my post which players (Costa, Ramires) i was targeting with the "not on the same wavelenght" "not being on the same wave lenghts. (lack of quality imo (Costa, Ramires))"

If we hire capello, I would never watch a game again.

Dictating the temp of a match isn't something I'd ever attribute to Juan Mata.

Jose needs to do a better job managing his players.
I would choose hazard over jose, however, we will be fine if hazard/jose leaves. It has happened before and we managed through it, so it would happen again.

we'd be above them if de gae left

Remember the days when we actually debated who was better, Neymar or Hazard? pretty funny looking back.
Neymar has the arrogance, confidence and swagger to be a world class player, different mentalities. Also we can compare them for their countries, Hazard is laughable for Belgium, generally doesn't give two shits, while Neymar puts in top class performances even against woeful opponents.

Moreno getting skinned alive today

Not sure how good coentrao is these days, but he is already loaned out to monaco this season. He will also be 28 years old in March
Laporte is what stones is in England, but for all of Europe. Every team wants Laporte, however, he has some crazy buyout number I think. Barcelona and Munich probably have the strongest links to him since both are in need of cbs.
Kongdobia would be fantastic as I've been saying since the summer, however, I think Inter won't sell their prized CM just yet.

fair enough.
those were the names which should be our plan A.
for eg - if gaya goes to RM, coentrao would be avaiable.
i feel laporte is a definite option cos barca and RM both have good young defenders and ATM has jimenez.
kondogbia is a definite option if we throw money over it. despite no CL, united were able to attract ADM. the name and stature of the club is important and most of us are sure that we will be back next season. kondogbia is also non-negotiable for me. he is a BEAST. absolute BEAST. we should get him no matter what. he should be our plan a to z