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7th April 2010, 14:42
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Sergio Busquets
I thought he was stunning against Le'Arse, hardly lost the ball, played lovely 1-2's with Xavi, was very confident on the ball and can actually dribble the ball too at times, maybe he dived a lot but I thought he was top quality last night and I have no doubt now why he replaced Yaya Toure.
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7th April 2010, 14:43
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Cheating prick but he made Anderson look like a school boy in the Cl Final, for somebody his age his composure at times is something to behold. I was dissapointed with Pedro in the two legs mind you.
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7th April 2010, 14:53
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7th April 2010, 14:54
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It's not even standard dives either, it's 'I'm going to be in agony for the player to get a yellow' dives, if Fabregas was to be fit he wouldn't have been able to play because of his overreactions to a clean tackle.
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7th April 2010, 15:01
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He is class without class.
A dirty player but you need that sort in your team. He took out Walcott early on and should have been booked. He knew exactly what he was doing and when he dives it's always when he thinks he's going to lose the ball. Rather than lose it he'll find a way to con the ref. Footballing wise i really rate him now. 21 and his passing, composure and ability on the ball are all excellent and defensively he does a job too. Not the quickest but his all round ability make him a very impressive player. |
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7th April 2010, 15:04
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7th April 2010, 15:05
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7th April 2010, 15:05
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7th April 2010, 15:07
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If you look at the stats last night, I saw the quick tab pop up and Barca had like 186 successful passes compared to Arsenal's 36. I mean that was almost six times the difference.
You just see the quality, every player knows what to do, the easily create space and their Fullback were just left unmarked to go up to attack. Certainly their MF's doing and just thinking that they played Keita Upfrom means that he was a free player, if you had Iniesta playing for him last night, I was certain they'd score more. |
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7th April 2010, 15:10
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7th April 2010, 15:19
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Busquets is much younger yet is showing more and i imagine people will say it is Barcelona that make him good etc but really i give him top marks. He''ll be playing the role for spain in the WC taking over from Senna i'd imagine. |
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7th April 2010, 15:21
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I watched Barca in a league match a few weeks back and was very unimpressed with this biscuits bloke. I had no idea he was only 21 though, so he's allowed to be inconsistent.
IMO he was excellent in both legs against Arsenal. Barca have yet another gem on their hands. Cnuts. How young is their fecking team anyway? I note that Wenger, for once, didn't trot out the "yong and lernin" excuse, I'm guessing that's because Arsenal were the older side on the night? |
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7th April 2010, 15:22
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Pedro is 18 (I think) and Biscuits 21. It's ridiculous how young Barca's best players are. |
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7th April 2010, 15:23
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7th April 2010, 15:24
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7th April 2010, 15:24
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7th April 2010, 15:31
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busquets is their fletch IMO. homegrown, willing to always stick in a tackle.
difference being he is a class above in technique and dribbling ability. fletch is a class above in stamina. and at 21/22 busquets pisses all over fletch at that same age. |
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7th April 2010, 15:45
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The average age of Barca's front three must have been about 20. Biscuits is 21. Keita is fairly young too (I think?) Pique sitting the game out probably pushed their age up a bit but I wouldn't be surprised at all if Arsenal were the older side. |
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7th April 2010, 15:49
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I reckon Pep saw something of himself in Busquets because he really came out of nowhere and this season has established himself in midfield. He must be the only youth player to come throught the ranks and be over 6tf tall (not being a central defender) ever. |
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7th April 2010, 15:52
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Valdes 28 - 32 Almunia
Alves 26 - 27 Sagna Marquez 31 - 32 Silvestre G. Milito 29 - 24 Vermaelen Abidal 30 - 24 Clichy Busquets 21 - 22 Denilson Xavi 30 - 22 Nasri Keita 30 - 23 Diaby Pedro 22 - 21 Walcott Bojan 19 - 22 Bendtner Messi 22 - 29 Rosicky Barca average 26.18 Arse average 25.27 |
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7th April 2010, 16:00
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Dani Alves - 26 Pique - 23 Puyol - 31 Abidal - 30 Xavi - 30 Iniesta - 25 Busquets - 21 Messi - 22 Pedro - 22 Ibrahimovic - 28 Guess you'd call that their first 11. Good mix of youth and experience, perfect in fact. Busquets is clearly a dirty, cheating bastard. But he's also very tidy on the ball, positionally excellent and good in the tackle and only 21. Another great find. |
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