We’ll agree to disagree on Adebayor, but I recall people saying the same things about Frederic Kanoute, who has turned out to be a pretty good (I’m all about the understatement this morning ) La Liga striker.

Also, you have to think that these players are much younger than the ones that are leaving, and they haven’t established themselves at Barca yet, so you can’t really judge them.

And, Kxevin, Sorry to disagree, but you are giving Fabregas more credit than he deserves. Good shot? He has anything but that. And he aint that much better than Iniesta in those perfectly weighted passes. Only thing going for him is age. I strongly think we shudnt welcome back players who chose to leave(Pique, merrida etc.)

As far as Daniel Alves goes, I`m really happy about it. Other rumours are distressing – Van der vaart, lahm, Garay, Coloccini. This will be a seroius downgrading of quality in our squad.

I don’t know if we are going to sell Henry without knowing that we didn’t give him the opportunity to be good for us. Then again, who knows anything any more?

I have been thinking that with Pep’s whole team unity thing, he will want to get rid of players who are there because Barca is a big club. He will want players that have a love for Barca, regardless of their status. If this is the case, then Henry will stay. He has always said that if he left Arsenal, it would be for Barca, and look what happened. He loves the way we play, not the fact that we are a big club.

And you’re absolutely right. The R10 mess prevention program, or lack thereof, and the Eto’o ego amok, etc, are some of the reasons we now have Pep instead of Curly on the bench. And why he’s speaking Italian with a Brazilian accent.

I also agree with you on Eto’o. Out, is what I say. The up side of an in-position Henry is too great to ignore. Guardiola doesn’t strike me an an ass-kisser, so….

Isaiah thinks I’m crazy, though.

Without meaning to throw salt, I think that whatever happened with Ronnie this season should’ve been prevented. This season’s result was the price your club paid for failing at this.

The current Eto’o conversation brings similar thoughts to mind. Eto’o is a great player, one worth retaining. He’s an ego driven prima donna, yes, and is capable of creating havoc within the club off the pitch. Weighing the scales, love him or hate him, do you keep him? I’d advise one of two routes: keep him and pamper him and kiss his ass, or oust him. Anything in between could continue the disaster that’s been Barcelona’s locker room for the past two seasons.

The doctor said normally, an operation on the anterior cruciate ligament has a period of recuperation of six months. But in this case, because his knee was so f—ed (i couldnt understand all the spanish medical jargon) and it had been operated on previously (7 years ago), there are some complications and he could actually be out 9 months. we’ll just have to see how it goes.

we definitely need more help in the center back spot, now.