FC Barcelona Blog: Barça Transfer Zone: Poll - Rating the new guys: Alves

Tuesday 26 August 2008

Poll - Rating the new guys: Alves

19 comments:

pep said...: 0 = he'll be a total failure
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10 = he'll be perfect

You can vote until Wednesday 12pm (bt). Mutiple votes are eliminated. The result will be published tomorrow.; 26 August, 2008
Anonymous said...: the best transfer we made in the summer,not only a player we need but the best in him position in the world and kinda young.
he is da beast.
perfect 10; 26 August, 2008
Anonymous said...: Definitely a 10. Even though he did cost us a fortune. And pep, I haven't seen you around at the offside lately. Feel free to drop by whenever. You're a big favourite over there. Still, keep up the good stuff.; 26 August, 2008
pep said...: It's just a lack of time, Jack. Keeping this blog going doesn't leave me with much extra time. Guess it will be less once the transfer window closed. Reading it still though. I'll try to drop by one of these days.; 26 August, 2008
Anonymous said...: I would say 9. In attack he's the best there is. If he doesn't neglect his defensive tasks too much, I'll rectify at the end of the season wit a 10.; 26 August, 2008
GMJ said...: Alves will hopefully be one of the best signings not only at Barca but across Europe this summer, he might have been a little pricey but will add so much down the right and help to break down teams when they just sit back and put ten men behind the ball. He is the best attacking full back out there, will chip in with a few free kicks and goals (as he's shown against Barca in the past). He has a great attitude and will mix it up if needed too.
Must be a 10.; 26 August, 2008
Anonymous said...: Well, you have made 2 posts in about an hour, so I can see where you're coming from. I know you mustn't have a life outside Barca, but what's life without it?; 26 August, 2008
Ramzi said...: Pep, while designing my new blog - football cafe'- I came to think that you usualy use an out source to make your polls instead of using the poll service available on the blog site, I am not sure if that reduce the Ads ruturn for the blog. if it will be a blog for fun, then who care, but your blog return go for charity, meaning, every cent worth. so i thought may be you need to make sure which option earn better (I have no idea).
I know the return of ads is not that much to be taken seriously but we just do our best.

As for Alves, if i will consider him only as a RB, i will give him 10 for potentials but being that expensive mean the transfer will get something between 8 and 10.
but he is a package 3 in 1, RB, assits/crosses generator (so he is a kind of playmaker), plus a goal scorer....for that i will give a 10.; 26 August, 2008
Anonymous said...: 10!
The most significant signing of barca since ronaldingo i belive.

Best in the world in his position and with messi up the side too barca's right flank could be the most terrorising one in the history of football.

cant wait to see him in action!; 26 August, 2008
barca nike said...: He is the best signing of the summer no doubt about that. He is the best right back in the world. He attacks and defends and has a very good vision in free-kicks.; 26 August, 2008
Anonymous said...: The best signing we made this summer,now we have the strongest right side in the world
Alves-Messi; 26 August, 2008
Anonymous said...: The player is a 10 but he cost us way too much so I only give the transfer a 9.; 26 August, 2008
Anonymous said...: this is the best transfer of this season.alves is the best RB at the world and he can play at the hole right side; 26 August, 2008
pep said...: @Ramzi:

I tried the blogspot-poll several times but it doesn't work, there's just some white space insead of the poll. In terms of return, I don't think it matters if people vote at some side box or in a post.; 26 August, 2008
Ramzi said...: @pep may be u forgot either to fill the poll items or forgot to save the changes (it worked for me as u may check), but anyway if its the same revenue then, stick to what work bro, good luck.
by the way I am trying some kind of blog promoters, i just signed up to sum, if it worked I will recommend it...if it caused troubles in my blog then... feel lucky for having me as a laboratory mouse hehe; 26 August, 2008
Ramzi said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 26 August, 2008
pep said...: I did everything right, I think, tried several times. Might just be the template.

Yeah thanks, could be interesting, let me know. Didn't even know that blog promoters exist. I'm my own blog promoter but some help could do.; 26 August, 2008
Anonymous said...: Alves is the perfect right back as he has enough speed and skill to play with Messi on the right. =>; 26 August, 2008
cojonudo said...: Call me harsh but I don't believe there's such a thing as a "perfect" signing. So bearing that in mind I give Alves a "solid" (8). Why (8)? - because that leaves room for improvement.

Even if Alves is the "ideal" player to fill the vacancy at the right back position, he still has to get acclimated to a new system and a whole new supporting cast. That all takes time. Which means that Alves's impact should be felt much greater towards the second half of the season as he slowly begins to get settled at the club.

Some will argue that Alves is currently the "greatest" right back in the world. Even if that were true he still has to "prove" and show that at Barcelona. If he is truly "great" then he will be just as good if not better than he was during his time at Sevilla, but only time will tell.

The bottom line is that Alves is truly a rare talent but he may succumb to unreaslistic expectations from the fans at the onset. So matter how well he performs it will never be good enough because "we" (the press and the fans) have set the bar way too high for him.; 26 August, 2008

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