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post Sep 24 2014, 03:32 PM
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He will be in the middle, but a bit deeper. I think the triangle now has inverted from Messi being the spear to Messi being the thrust. They probably don't have a choice. Both Xavi and Iniesta are losing their legs gradually so they will need Leo to drop deep more.
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post Sep 24 2014, 03:43 PM
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They should play 4-3-2-1 with Messi and Neymar having free roles, but Neymar starting on the center-left and Messi on the center-right. Iniesta-Rakitic-Busquetes is a very good and solid midfield to back that up.
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post Sep 24 2014, 06:33 PM
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QUOTE (kurtsimonw @ Sep 23 2014, 11:35 PM) *
9 goals in 4 games for Ronaldo. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) At this point there's no debate for 1st, it's just whether Messi is holding on for 2nd.

For me Cristiano needs to play a lot better domestically, whilst Messi wasn't the greatest and it's still a joke he was voted player of the tournament in the World Cup he was FAR more effective than CR7.
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post Sep 24 2014, 09:10 PM
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QUOTE (Jack Sparrow @ Sep 24 2014, 04:32 PM) *
He will be in the middle, but a bit deeper. I think the triangle now has inverted from Messi being the spear to Messi being the thrust. They probably don't have a choice. Both Xavi and Iniesta are losing their legs gradually so they will need Leo to drop deep more.

I think they will play the same as last year pretty much. Neymar and Suarez playing slightly wide of centre, Messi just behind them centrally as a false 9. Messi has had too much success in the middle for them to move him anywhere else now. If he goes wide, he'll be easier to pick up defensively.
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I think Barça want to change. Their winning formula of the past is not working anymore, Xavi is at the end of his career and Messi has been poor for the past 12 months or so. You can't keep playing the same way forever and expect to win.

They've shown this by signing two CBs and a defensive mid like Rakitic. They want to bring stability and a change of style. Obviously they'll rely on their tiki-taka system, but not in the same mold as before. And with Suarez you just have to use him at full potential. Playing him wide would be a waste.
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post Sep 25 2014, 06:35 AM
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Suarez didn't really play centrally for Liverpool. It was a diamond 4-4-2, but more like a 4-2-3-1 with Suarez playing a bit further right, Coutinho was wider left than a regular diamond midfield position with Henderson and Gerrard more like holding players with Sterling off the front.
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post Oct 5 2014, 11:29 PM
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Jeez, Madrid are like a goal machine. Five goals per game has become the new standard now.
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post Oct 5 2014, 11:31 PM
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Shall I say it once more?
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From the EPL, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga only Bayern, Chelsea, Man City, Barca and Valencia have scored more goals than Ronaldo. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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I remember when scoring 25 goals in the league was a great success a few years back. Ever since Messi and Ronaldo took the scene, 30 goals is like the bare minimum. But then again, Barça and Madrid are so strong and La Liga is so weak, so in a way it makes some sense.
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post Oct 6 2014, 09:48 AM
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QUOTE (X-Offender @ Oct 6 2014, 01:37 AM) *
I remember when scoring 25 goals in the league was a great success a few years back. Ever since Messi and Ronaldo took the scene, 30 goals is like the bare minimum. But then again, Barça and Madrid are so strong and La Liga is so weak, so in a way it makes some sense.

But you don't see those kind of numbers in any other league. So 25 in Serie A, EPL or Bundesliga is still considered a great achievement and will most likely make you the top scorer.

La Liga is just ridiculous and skews numbers by awful margins. If Ronaldo or Messi were to change leagues they wouldn't get those kind of numbers
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Oct 6 2014, 09:48 AM) *
But you don't see those kind of numbers in any other league. So 25 in Serie A, EPL or Bundesliga is still considered a great achievement and will most likely make you the top scorer.

La Liga is just ridiculous and skews numbers by awful margins. If Ronaldo or Messi were to change leagues they wouldn't get those kind of numbers


Exactly. The fact that Barça and Madrid are goals machines per se helps them even more.
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QUOTE (han2503 @ Oct 6 2014, 10:48 AM) *
But you don't see those kind of numbers in any other league. So 25 in Serie A, EPL or Bundesliga is still considered a great achievement and will most likely make you the top scorer.

La Liga is just ridiculous and skews numbers by awful margins. If Ronaldo or Messi were to change leagues they wouldn't get those kind of numbers

They wouldn't get the crazy numbers in the 40s, I agree. Ronaldo did break the 30 mark in the EPL though. But it is considered such a huge accomplishment to do it like when Toni did it in Serie A. Ronaldo was probably disappointed he "only" got 31 in 30 last season.
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Barcelona and Madrid have the biggest TV rights in Europe, one of the highest paying sponsors, have a brand that is as universal as "you speak english?", and the classico is a match world-wide audiences anticipate in most cases with more viewers than a CL final.

Let us compare apples to apples, cuz those two teams are a level above the rest of Europe, let alone in their very domicile. Anything they achieve is skewed to the reality or the actual level that La Liga is at.

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