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My wife reminded me yesterday it was 10 years since she was living in Barcelona and we saw them in their prime, a team with a core of Piqué, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets and Messi. It didn't really matter who else was in the team then (though people like Abidal and Dani Alves were class) because they were the team, all having come through La Masia and embodying the club.
Their recruitment and development since then hasn't come anywhere close to replicating that kind of main body of the team and their identity has gone. I feel bad for Piqué and Messi that they've now got this ignominy to go with the good times.