As above all of these concerns have been addressed multiple times by many posters in the messi thread and the summer It's Quiet thread. Very boring to have to keep going over the same tired old ground of "but he's old and expensive and doesn't run". It's all daft.
If we had had a forward line in 2011, including , Messi and Aguero, i would have been in dreamland, if we start the 2021 season with those two as starters, i am less convinced.
Your economic argument that Messi, will make us rich, will hardly be backed up by Barcelona, they have not a pot to piss in. He may help increase revenue, in the short term but will not make us rich.
You did not answer my question to you re your watching of Spanish football this season. You did like a post that suggested Messi will suddenly start running if he joins City, which made an idiot smile)
As explained previously all of this stuff is exhaustively covered elsewhere on the board and has been for months. I'm not writing essays again for people who can't be arsed to read the threads, merely expressing frustration with the stubbornness of idiots.
If we had had a forward line in 2011, including , Messi and Aguero, i would have been in dreamland, if we start the 2021 season with those two as starters, i am less convinced.
Your economic argument that Messi, will make us rich, will hardly be backed up by Barcelona, they have not a pot to piss in. He may help increase revenue, in the short term but will not make us rich.
You did not answer my question to you re your watching of Spanish football this season. You did like a post that suggested Messi will suddenly start running if he joins City, which made an idiot smile)
You discuss the potential benefits wellI suggested he may work harder, which is perfectly reasonable to assume.
I’m not stating as a fact he will or he won’t. I was merely pointing out you can’t be sure either way.
He’s capable of running and he’s certainly a professional. If Pep (who knows him better than you or I) trusts that he will do what’s asked then who are either of us two to say how he will perform.
It’s a bit silly to turn down a player that can pass and finish better than most players on the planet as your a bit worried he won’t run about enough to justify his wages. If the club feel they can afford him and see value then lets go for
it.
If he doesn’t work out then it’s not like he’s on a 6 year contract we can’t get rid off. Its a 2 year deal which i suspect will be very well offset by new sponsors.
Seen him a few times, he's playing from a deeper role and still putting inch perfect passes through to the forwards, still taking on players for fun and still creating plenty of space for the runners by attracting the attention of several Defenders.You discuss the potential benefits well
Have you been watching him play for Barca, this season so far?
I shall ask you the same questions, what position is he playing, how are his performances, where do you see him playing?, Aguero and Messi, in the forward line, do you think it will be a formidable partnership.
Nope, I just think we will need him back.
Seen him a few times, he's playing from a deeper role and still putting inch perfect passes through to the forwards, still taking on players for fun and still creating plenty of space for the runners by attracting the attention of several Defenders.
He isn't running as much because he doesn't need to. In short, he's playing at a higher level than every single one of ours so far, but then our best player has been pretty awful since the start of the season.
I doubt Messi and Aguero will be a partnership at all. They could be in the same line up of course but I doubt it'd be as a two up front.
Yeah the team in general have struggled, mate. He looks like he’s playing in 2nd gear a lot of the time but I don’t think it’s age related or him losing any of his ability, just the whole malaise that the club is currently suffering from.Thanks for that, i usually spend part of the invierno there so watch plenty of matches, obviously not this year.
I had read reports of him not being particularly influential , and the results have not been very good.
I have been lucky to see him live on plenty of occasions in the past, definitely the best I have ever seen.
You discuss the potential benefits well
Have you been watching him play for Barca, this season so far?
I shall ask you the same questions, what position is he playing, how are his performances, where do you see him playing?, Aguero and Messi, in the forward line, do you think it will be a formidable partnership.
Looks like we are signing a short term solution to the striker position in January i wonder who we sign
EdinI saw this the other day and couldn’t think of a single striker that I thought could make a difference who might be available.
Dres Mertins? Don’t know about his current situation but he’s been looking at moving on in the past few years.
Immobile is 30 now and still scores goals, can’t see Lazio selling though.
Who else is there that could be considered short term that’s good enough?
I say we go to big either this window or summer either pre euros (so the prices aren't hugely inflated) or we will be having our pants pulled down. For mediocre players. Again.
LB - Digne
CB - Uppemencano
DMF - not a clue. Partey looked ideal (as did Rodri)
CMF - We're OK here. I dont like Ilkay but I see with legs around him he's a terrific player, needs options from players ala David Silva and legs like 28/29 year old Fernandinho around him.
AMF - like has been said - Grealish IS the best option.
Forward - Martinez or Dybala, Messi, Haaland. Maybe blood Braff?
Throw the kitchen sink at it. We've not rocked the market for years. Just do it. Use January and summer to put this in place, Pep signs his extension and rebuild part 3/4/5 comes into fruition. If we buy these kind of players after a storming Euros or we buy the next flash in the pan International star (there's been a few, Poborsky to name one ) after a decent euros we pay through the nose.
Or a hint that, due to circumstances out of our control, we may be down a left back soon.Ah a hidden prediction regarding Pep's replacement perhaps ?
Down a left back ?Or a hint that, due to circumstances out of our control, we may be down a left back soon