Barca to bid for Song? -- what!

I disagree, I dont rate Busquets that highly at all the reason he look so effective is because of the other players around him like Xavi who break up the play. Barca defend as a unit meaning that Busquets role is much easier. I dont think he would remotely as good as Song in this league. Also I think he may be a more accurate passer than Song but Song has better vision on the ball, just look at some of this through balls for RVP last season. Some of those passes were very difficult to do in the pace of our league and when under pressure from opposition. I think Song is a much better all round player.

In regards to Thiago I agree that it is very unlikely but we were linked with him previously as a part exchange for Cesc. I know the circumstance are very different now though which us why I also mentioned someone like Affealy who is also a very good player.

Altbouli - all the balls Song played to RVP were the same, clipped balls forward with a little bit of curl that any other striker would do nothing with because they were awkward. RVP's technique and supreme confidence turned those balls into spectacular balls forward. Any striker will tell you the most difficult ball to strike on the volley is the ball coming over your shoulder and across your body.

I agree that Barca press as a team, but Busquets seems less clumsy. Ok, he's a big diver, but he can play one-touch football. Can you imagine Song trying to play one-touch football??

The one touch football involves very simple passes to Xavi from Busquets so yes I could see Song doing that, even Maschirano was doing that when he played in that position for them. The point i'm making about Song through balls is that they were difficult to pull off because he was in most cases under enormous pressure from the opposition. I know that it was RVP who did most of the work controlling the ball but what I am saying is Song's vision to attempt that pass when under pressure. Busquets stays much further back and all the passing I have seen from him is simple balls, Denilson was doing the same when he played for us i.e. pass backwards or to the side which is not very difficult to pull off.

No he hasn’t done that with us, but you asked me if I could see him doing that and my answer is yes because what Buesquets is doing is very simple to do even when playing one touch. He does get caught on the ball a lot but the speed of our league is much faster than the Spanish league, Busquets would also get caught on the ball a lot if he was playing the same system, in the same league and with the same players. Lets face it our midfield at the moment in inferior to Barca's, they move around so much meaning that their are always options available but we dont have the same work ethic in our team and a number of our players in midfield can be accused of being lazy at times.

I don't rate Song and I'd be happy for him to go so long as we get a replacement.

Is the boy from Celtic a DM ?