Copa | Round of 16: FC Barcelona - Levante 4-2 agg.

wisconsincule

wisconsincule

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fergus90 said:
It looks like exactly what it is, youngsters and players short on match sharpness and cohesion as a team. Levante are no slouches at home too so its a good level of opposition to test themselves against.
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Exactly. That being said Coutinho needs to regain his form. Tough to do when your riding the bench though.
 
BBZ8800

BBZ8800

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Centauri B said:
The meltdown in here is beyond absurd.

We have all been asking for rotations -> We got them.

We have all been questioning the wisdom of chasing after yet another CdR -> Today we are not.

Some youngsters have been given a chance to show what they got -> We now have the answer.

Some extremely expensive players have not played all that much -> Today they started.


You people should decide what you want first, then criticize anyone.
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Exactly.
We got everything we wanted, even some starters in Busi, Dembele, Vidal, Semedo.

Some people say: too many rotations.
Messi=we can't play him.
Suarez=needs a rest.
Rakitic=semi dead.
Defense, we have only 2 fit defenders.
What were we supposed to do, play Pique or Lenglet here? What if they got injured?
We would play Lenglet-Murillo in a CL, lol.

People are just talking shit, EV this, EV that.
While a reality is: while EV isn't awesome, Malcom and co just sucks.
Alena is not going to be the next La Masia gem, but a meh midfielder as 100s of players before him.

I mean, our midfield and attack tonight is:
165M Coutinho
145M Ballon D Or Dembele
41M Malcom, who should play in Dembele-Messi-Malcom attacking line :lol:
= 351M in attack.
The whole Levante team is what, around 50-100M probably, right?
The best DM in the world Busquets
Awesome player Vidal
And the best midfield talent since Thiago, Alena

Yet, they can't do too much.

Or, my favorite posts: a signing of Rabiot will HINDER a development of Alena, Oriol and Puig, lol.
They will be vanilla JDS's level of midfielders with or without actual semi good footballers like Rabiot.

Ritchie said:
They'll all get picked now next week to try and save the tie. At least if we played a stronger side tonight and got a result we could have rested players next week.

We could have won this tie without Messi for example with a coach who has a clue how to pick a side. Now he'll have to be GOAT net week to get us through.
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Could you write a lineup without Messi, Suarez, Rakitic, Busquets, Pique, Lenglet, Alba?
Thanks
 
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mesiesta

mesiesta

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We are just lucky that Levante is not winning 3-0 or 4-0 already. Can be a fantastic result if we will end up with 1-2.
 
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eaman

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Devils said:
Dont care about this competition, but this is exposing EV’s ability as a manager.
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So what do you think of Klopp? Did you see liverpools team and performance against wolves the other night. At least this Barca team can string 5 passes together
 
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Barcilliant

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Does Valverde even try out different combinations in training? Fuck, this is like 11 random players taken from the pub and made to play on a Sunday afternoon.
 
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eaman

Active member
Barcilliant said:
Does Valverde even try out different combinations in training? Fuck, this is like 11 random players taken from the pub and made to play on a Sunday afternoon.
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I'm sure he does and it shows coz there has been some nice midfield play out there. Yes a few defensive mistakes and a lack of a cutting edge are to be expected away at a tricky enough ground. Again did you see klopps Liverpool the other night? This is much better attacking wise
 
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