Season starts soon!

FaustosSinkingFastball — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:21:39 -0000

Who else is pumped? I mean, this season should be awesome. A healthy Messi, a healthy Henry, an energized Xavi and Iniesta and an exciting new coach. Here are some questions I would like to hear people's thoughts one?

What formation do we play?

Will we have the same problem as last year, trying to cram everyone into the offense?

Who plays on the left? Will Hleb and Henry split time here, or will Henry move up front? And will they be able to work together better than they did at Arsenal?

What does our back line look like? Abidal-Puyol-Milito-Alves?

What further transfers do you expect?

Who will play in midfield? How do you fit Keita and Toure and Iniesta and Xavi in the same lineup?

Is Bojan ready to carry the load? Will he be allowed to?

Where will Eto'o be next year?

Are you serious?

FaustosSinkingFastball — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:51:07 -0000

I've heard some people talking about trading CC. I don't know if anyone was being sarcastic, but that is just crazy. Most starters from the final four teams were brought up internally, as it is really hard to trade for/sign pitching. This tells me that you should hold on to what you have. We have no one on deck who is near his level, and it would be really hard to get value for a guy like CC. What good hitter/pitcher is on the trading block? Sure, we could get a few hitting prospects, but we have several beginning hitters starting or receiving significant playing time (Gutierrez, Barfield, Cabrera, Francisco). We could receive pitching prospects, but we have two really good young pitchers starting, and two more young pitchers on deck (Miller, Sowers). If we can't resign him I understand trading him before his price goes through the roof. I just don't think there is value out there for him.

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Season starts soon!

Are you serious?