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DEANintheYAY 
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 5:55 pm to LSUtiger17)
Yeah, David Villa is a fav of mine. He seems to be getting back in his form of old. I MUCH prefer him to Cesc or Alexis.
To be honest, I would be out with less Busquets as well. I really really like the energy that Thiago provides. He and Thello are the future.
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glassman 
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 5:57 pm to DEANintheYAY)
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Cesc
I'll take him back. For 12mm of course. 
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DEANintheYAY
Cal State Fullerton Fan
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 5:59 pm to glassman)
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I'll take him back. For 12mm of course.
I know he is a solid player but he just seems out of the loop as of late.
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hendersonshands 
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 6:09 pm to DEANintheYAY)
If you don't want Busquets starting then you're not watching the right game.
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Friend of OBUDan 
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Member since Dec 2008
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 6:20 pm to glassman)
Hopefully he keeps getting left out of key matches and decides he'd be better off back in North London... I don't think it'll be this summer. I do think he'll be back eventually.
Also, if I had to make one off the wall prediction for the summer, it'd be that Nasri comes back to Arsenal.
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glassman
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 6:21 pm to Friend of OBUDan)
WENGER IS A GENIUS!!!
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Friend of OBUDan
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 6:26 pm to glassman)
I don't think that's likely either, but Nasri is probably on his way out. Wenger still loves his talent...
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RandySavage
Member since May 2012
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 7:29 pm to WarSlamEagle)
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So what happened? UEFA conspiracy (Randy!) or Messi being a deity?
AC kept trying to play the ball out of the back and got punished for it. Dummies.
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Jumbeauxlaya 
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 7:41 pm to Friend of OBUDan)
I find it a little funny that if they had both stayed they would be nearly guaranteed every big start and with all of them still around we'd be about as good a team as there is around... but instead they're in that situation but on a bench
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Jumbeauxlaya
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 7:41 pm to Friend of OBUDan)
Have I mentioned this phone is retarded about double posts? 
This post was edited on 3/12 at 7:43 pm
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LSUSOBEAST1
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 7:41 pm to hendersonshands)
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If you don't want Busquets starting then you're not watching the right game.
Yea, WTF
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RandySavage
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 8:55 pm to LSUSOBEAST1)
Busquets is a douche, that is all.
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glassman
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 9:02 pm to RandySavage)
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Busquets is a douche, that is all.
True, but he is great at what he does. Mikel or Busquets? Who would you want?
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Friend of OBUDan
Florida Fan
Norman, OK
Member since Dec 2008
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 9:29 pm to glassman)
he'd probz rather have Luiz in midfield but Benitez is holding him back
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RandySavage
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 9:32 pm to glassman)
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True, but he is great at what he does. Mikel or Busquets? Who would you want?
Neither.
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RandySavage
Member since May 2012
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 9:33 pm to Friend of OBUDan)
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he'd probz rather have Luiz in midfield but Benitez is holding him back
Actually I think putting Luiz at CDM is the one good thing Benitez has done. Of course, he goes full tard and puts him back at CB in the big matches though and totally erases any good will gained from the move.
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hendersonshands
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 10:04 pm to RandySavage)
Busquets is probably the best in the world at his role.
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Dandy Lion 
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 10:04 pm to hendersonshands)
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Busquets is probably the best in the world at his role.
and has been for nearly three years now.
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hendersonshands
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 10:09 pm to Dandy Lion)
Not many defensive mids have the touch, vision, and passing ability that Busquets has. He's a douche but if you wouldn't want him on your team, you're nuts.
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wm72
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| re: UCL March 12 Second Leg Match Day (Posted on 3/12/13 at 10:10 pm to RandySavage)
Messi and Iniesta were incredibly good tonight. Agree with the comments about Villa. I didn't think he looked that sharp tonight but simply that he's not clogging up the space Messi and Iniesta operate in makes Barca so much more dynamic.
There's still a difference to me with this Barca team compared to the recent past.
You kind of expect them to concede a goal almost every time a team manages to break their pressure where that never seemed the case. Anytime Pique Mascherano or Puyols were actually defending, it looked so disorganized and almost always a desperate diving tackle to save an open chance.
That weakness at the back does make their matches a lot more entertaining.
Milan just never got the same passing movement down they had in the first leg with Boateng or Niang in the center instead of Pazzini.
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