Absolutely, not as good as Busquets, in case there's any confusion there. Not even as good as Gary Caldwell when he plays for Scotland.
― Letsby Avenue (Tom D.), Thursday, 16 June 2011 12:53 (twelve years ago) link
fletcher is pretty good but busquets is probably the best dmid around now
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 12:53 (twelve years ago) link
sandro, thudd, jenas
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:00 (twelve years ago) link
but busquiets is a dick
― ladyboner (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
is there a reason u spel it like that
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:30 (twelve years ago) link
boo
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
cambiasso was great but i think he trailed off badly in the last year
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
Fletcher is hardly that likeable is he? Suppose anyone looks good in comparison to Busquets. He was also pretty crap last season even before his mysterious virus
― Number None, Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
i kinda like him
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
makes the most of his talents
Yaya Toure > Busquets
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
uhm
no
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
yes
― ladywood (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
yaya isn't a dmid, he was a playmaker at monaco and has just has his best season ever playing predominantly as a goalscoring box to box type
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
so... a creative player who is still better at dm than sergio buscunts
― ladywood (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
do u srsly think he is better than the player who has just replaced him
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
i mean i know it's a hoy but still
eduardo replaced henry doesn't mean he was better than him
― ladywood (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that's exactly the right comparison
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:01 (twelve years ago) link
Can't think why Barcelona would have replaced the African midfielder with the homegrown Catalan type.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
jesus u ppl
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
like do u get anything about football
touré was patently inferior to busquets at dmid while they were still playing in the same side
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
toure is better than busquets, but not at dm, and certainly not as dm at barca
Song is also not a dm, and neither is thudd. They just hang round there while performing other functions
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:02 (5 minutes ago)
this is the one where they throw the ball, wear helmets and text pictures of their weiners, right?
― ladywood (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
touré will never be as good at any given role as busquets is at his
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
featuring delap, cech and shelvey, yeah xp
― r|t|c, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
:-)
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
if u srsly believe barcelona overpromote their own youngsters at the expense of bought players u might want to consider former new messi bojan krkic whose agent is currently complaining he is getting shafted by barca who are trying to sell him to udinese against his will
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
DM at Barca is kinda different to being DM anywhere else though because they keep posession so well there just aren't as many opposition attacks to break up. Be interesting to see how Busquets would do behind midfielders that aren't Xavi and Iniesta.
In any other team Toure or Mascherano would be the better pick. Obviously Busquets is by miles a better passer of the ball than Mascherano, even if Masch is as good at positioning and better at tackling.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
I mean obviously Barca are the best team in 20 years so who are we to judge but...
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
busquet's main attributes are his close control and positioning, his passing is usually pretty simple
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
How many simple passes have you seen Mascherano fuck up though?
― Matt DC, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:16 (twelve years ago) link
i kinda hate busquets, wanted them to keep touré and thought mascherano would displace him this season, but the last season confirmed he is just insanely good at what he does, and i think 80% of that is transferrable to another top level side
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
then again my idea was that barca could do without without a dedicated deep lying, purely destructive midfielder hence my pref for touré as a kinda roving box to box type alongside x & i
but seeing busquets this season i doubt even fabregas is good enough to displace busquets and change the system of their midfield
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
cesc is going because xavi is getting on and iniesta hasn't the greatest injury record, not because of the cunt
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
idk if he is going
think arsenal would be happy to sell for a good price but barca have their own financial issues so
if it does happen, he will get enough games to keep him from bitching but assuming x & i are fit, their starting xi for big games will remain the same imo
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
xavi is getting on, is he
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
xavi could play for longer than scholes imo. He simply doesn't get tackled.
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
wouldn't mind seeing x & i vs xi england u-21 players in a possession competition
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
you'd want busquets there to keep the naughty stuff out of it, and alves there to run around a lot, dive and provide fuck-all end product
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
alves usually has one of the best assist records in la liga
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
he is one of those rare players whose obnoxiousness makes them even more useful, he is really exceptionally good at diving/feigning/sly fouls
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
the last time i played for barca i got six assists
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah but i created more "goal-scoring chances"
― Number None, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't Xavi and Iniesta start out at Barca as deeper-lying mids, more about short distribution than "playmaking"? Could see Busquets expanding his passing range and becoming a direct heir to one or the other of them. He's a dick but really, really good.
― boxall, Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
true Number None but that was home to Oviedo in the cup...I wouldn't be giving up the day job
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Thursday, 16 June 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
i lolled nn, i lolled
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
xavi was more of a guardiola type early in his career yeah
when iniesta was breaking through, rijkaard tended to favour a 2-1 midfield with deco as a dedicated attacking mid, so most of iniesta's opportunity's came in the '2' behind him, then by 2006 or so he got quite a few games at left wing
i don't think either of them played with as restricted a defensive role as busquets currently does, nor were they as good at retrieving possession
i can see him playing further ahead through his career, but i doubt he will ever be employed there on a permanent basis
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Thursday, 16 June 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/273513/Theo-Walcott-to-be-new-Lionel-Messi
Walcott is confident he has the skill, pace and firepower to do for Arsenal what the little Argy does for Barcelona, playing as a striker rather than as a winger
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Sunday, 25 September 2011 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
lower league goalies thinking they're iniesta are tempting fate. before they know it they'll find themselves growing grapes, sending their quids on running a bodega in sussex, until one day the sky cracks open, death reigneth and a voice from above booms: 'you're trying to make wine in england ffs, what did you expect other than excrutiating pain and unending suffering, mortal?'
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 21:24 (four years ago) link
:D
like nigel blackwell himself
― opden gnash (imago), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 21:29 (four years ago) link
I'll take it!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 22:34 (four years ago) link
it's proving a poor night for lower-league goalies thinking they're iniesta, that's all
nothing wrong with passing it around the back if you have personnel who can handle it
Did you see the Bournemouth game at the weekend?
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 22:35 (four years ago) link
that guy is a lower-league goalie making his three or four career EPL appearances tbf
― opden gnash (imago), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 22:37 (four years ago) link