#6 - Thiago Alcántara

Did you ever think that perhaps it was because Cesc brought something to the position he was asked to play in that Thiago couldn't?

Why people have devised this Cesc vs. Thiago nonsense is beyond me.

I don't think Thiago felt that he was going to struggle for playing time, and I don't think he expects more playing time at Bayern. Is it possible that the kid analyzed Barca's current setup, the regressive board and the uncertainty of Tito's position and decided to go to a more stable team, with a coach he can trust and an opportunity at a more consistent role?

The fact that he rejected United for Bayern says that to me. He isn't acting like someone mad at not getting minutes, he acted like someone who didn't have confidence in the current Barcelona organization to give him the best career opportunities.

Reducing it to Cesc stealing his minutes or something like that is ridiculous.

Le Samourai wrote:I don't think Thiago felt that he was going to struggle for playing time, and I don't think he expects more playing time at Bayern. Is it possible that the kid analyzed Barca's current setup, the regressive board and the uncertainty of Tito's position and decided to go to a more stable team, with a coach he can trust and an opportunity at a more consistent role?

The fact that he rejected United for Bayern says that to me. He isn't acting like someone mad at not getting minutes, he acted like someone who didn't have confidence in the current Barcelona organization to give him the best career opportunities.

Reducing it to Cesc stealing his minutes or something like that is ridiculous.

Agree, this is why I'll laugh so hard when Barca knocks out Bayern from the UCL next season!

Le Samourai wrote:I don't think Thiago felt that he was going to struggle for playing time, and I don't think he expects more playing time at Bayern. Is it possible that the kid analyzed Barca's current setup, the regressive board and the uncertainty of Tito's position and decided to go to a more stable team, with a coach he can trust and an opportunity at a more consistent role?

The fact that he rejected United for Bayern says that to me. He isn't acting like someone mad at not getting minutes, he acted like someone who didn't have confidence in the current Barcelona organization to give him the best career opportunities.

Reducing it to Cesc stealing his minutes or something like that is ridiculous.

I don't agree with this. One team called him a "super player" and guaranteed him minutes. The other didn't care if he stayed or went. United was not in the mix.

ya good luck with that.

vanDEEZ wrote:ya good luck with that.

What do you mean?

BarrileteCosmico wrote:

Le Samourai wrote:I don't think Thiago felt that he was going to struggle for playing time, and I don't think he expects more playing time at Bayern. Is it possible that the kid analyzed Barca's current setup, the regressive board and the uncertainty of Tito's position and decided to go to a more stable team, with a coach he can trust and an opportunity at a more consistent role?

The fact that he rejected United for Bayern says that to me. He isn't acting like someone mad at not getting minutes, he acted like someone who didn't have confidence in the current Barcelona organization to give him the best career opportunities.

Reducing it to Cesc stealing his minutes or something like that is ridiculous.

I don't agree with this. One team called him a "super player" and guaranteed him minutes. The other didn't care if he stayed or went. United was not in the mix.

I disagree about the minutes and I disagree with the sense that Cesc's presence was a large factor. I agree Bayern and Pep showed him more love, which I suppose goes back to my point about him having more confidence in them.

How can you say United wasn't a factor when not 1 day ago his father and agent said he was close to joining United - confirming something which was extensively covered by just about every media outlet in both Spain and England.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:

vanDEEZ wrote:ya good luck with that.

What do you mean?

think he's refering to the Barca knocking Bayern out of UCL comment

I disagree about the minutes and I disagree with the sense that Cesc's presence was a large factor. I agree Bayern and Pep showed him more love, which I suppose goes back to my point about him having more confidence in them.

How can you say United wasn't a factor when not 1 day ago his father and agent said he was close to joining United - confirming something which was extensively covered by just about every media outlet in both Spain and England.

Can you find quotes by Pere that said anything about United? I don't recall anything and a quick google search doesn't turn up anything. If Thiago says that United were never interested then I believe him over his father, who has a reputation as loving to read himself in the papers.

B-Mac MUFC wrote:

BarrileteCosmico wrote:

vanDEEZ wrote:ya good luck with that.

What do you mean?

think he's refering to the Barca knocking Bayern out of UCL comment

thanks. ya, that was what i was referring to.

khaled

Focus on winning the league first poor messi is gonna have to carry this current joke of a team lol

Didn't you guys get embarrassed in the league by "messi and this current joke of a team" last season?

CBarca wrote:Didn't you guys get embarrassed in the league by "messi and this current joke of a team" last season?

I'm talking about this season brah

dat fatigue with xavi/iniesta/busquets

dat new system

no good signings

masch to keep gettin minutes for his hollywood tackles

Let's wait and see.

Fair enough bro. Just trolling you

CBarca wrote:Didn't you guys get embarrassed in the league by "messi and this current joke of a team" last season?

Directly ? You lost to the B-side ffs

And the season before that you had to play 6 games against us to defeat us once. And yet most of you said that you humilliated us by winning the league with such a big difference?

Like 2 years ago most of the Barca fans were saying that if Madrid don't beat Barca in La Liga it's like they didn't win it. Now what's has happened ?

Those who said that was wrong, just like you are now..

Our little infiltrator working his magic.

he was great put pep is being a complete idiot at trying to convert him into Pirlo 2.0, it wont work

he wants him to be schweinis backup/replacement. pretty smart imo

Thiago isn't a DM. He's an attacking CM. Not sure why Pep played him there.

In fact not even Schweinsteiger may succeed in the lone DM role in a 4-1-4-1. Martinez would the best option there.

Harmonica wrote:

made the wrong choice

we could have been great together Thiago

Thiago is pretty good defensively and has decent athleticism. Stop using fifa stats smh