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If we're not going to drop Busquets then we should just play a 4-2-3-1. Frenkie gets to be deeper and he's actually familiar with that system at least. Vidal doesn't stay in midfield anyway, already plays like a CAM/SS almost. The only change necessary is to push FDJ back. He's being forced to...

Past few years we've seen Barca managers turn would-be common sense choices into completely unnecessary mistakes. Why are we re-inventing the wheel with our wingers?? EV shoved Coutinho to be a RM for way too long. Never gave Dembele a chance on the right, shoved him at LW. Insisted on shoving...

It can't be expected that he'd be consistent whatsoever at this stage. He'll have big highs and lows. But he has shown the talent to be able to impact the team well like scoring a goal in a tough away game vs Osasuna, scoring against Valencia. He even knocked out Inter from the CL in San Siro...

Setien's new tactical system and philosophy will take time to implement. But the immediate effects we will see are the changes to the lineup and his choices. Griez down the middle has rarely been played, alongside Ansu/Messi as well. IMO that could be a really dynamic front 3 especially if we...

Anyone with eyes could see how dangerously out of shape this team has been for years. We fade in intense/pressing games, got outran in distance covered by literally every other team in the UCL most notably in our horrible losses. Our team has been notorious for starting the 1st half of the...

Agreed. All the 3 others were/are extremely formidable sides though and IMO beat any team from the 2000's, probably even Fergie's United teams. Bayern were a straight up machine under Heynckes, RM had an incredible roster of champions that all had a massive mental edge over most opponents they...

Napoli were among the biggest spending teams at the time Maradona was king. They broke the world transfer record at the time to sign him and had several prominent Italian NT players in their team as well. IIRC they had by far the best defense in their title runs too, something like 16 or 18...

Dude camped like a sweeper between Pique and Lenglet and just kept passing it sideways back and forth between them with no urgency, even in the 93rd minute. He plays every full match as if it were a warmup training session. Even his defensive recoveries are just help defense for the most part...

The ball naturally gravitates to him all the time despite his youth. That's something you see in the most effective and dynamic offensive playmakers throughout history. Messi, Neymar, Ronaldinho, etc. Ansu is always really well positioned and there's a clear idea in all the actions he makes when...

1. FDJ 2. Arthur 3. Arthur with a rash on his balls 4. Vidal 5. Busi 6. Rakitic

Busi and Vidal are not worse. That is complete horseshit, they have had far superior seasons than Rakitic who legitimately had like 2 good games after his media crying show and then all his fanboys collectively leaped out of the shadows proclaiming Rakitic as this world class midfielder again...

He was great, really really needs to be given the full reigns of the midfield playing in the pivot role though. Right now he is resigned to being a participant because Busi or Rakitic get the first crack at constructing each possession. If it was FDJ who dictates everything from the start of...

Dude was pressing like a dog for sure, saw him get into duels more often than he ever does usually. Also had some nice passes and really good plays when he did get on the ball but we simply got wrecked in midfield tonight, courtesy of Rakitic and Roberto. Shame about the missed chance.

He was good in his minutes. Should've played from the start.

Every Balon D'or he wins from now on will likely have to be accompanied by CL success. VVD, Lewandowski, Mbappe, and a few other players pose potential rivals in the coming years. Even if Mbappe wins the Euros, a Barcelona CL victory would virtually seal the Balon D'or IMO. A Copa victory is...

Ackshualllly you're quite wrong sir. If you notice, Dembele did not play at all in the early season when he was injured and we lost several away games. Then Dembele has been getting regular minutes since late September and Barca have improved drastically. Our record when Dembele was injured or...

Tbf Alves might have some of the the most freakish cardio in the history of the sport.

Lol, do you even know what Occam's Razor is? :lol: Please educate yourself better before posting such rubbish. Occam's Razor DOES NOT mean the most simple and half baked hypothesis is the most logical/correct one the way you're portraying. It means that the hypothesis with the FEWEST...

Yes, the true fans are the ones cheering for us to make it a trifecta of years of getting absolutely embarrassed under the helm of Valverde.

Trent is at worst level with Kimmich as the best RB in the world. He's comfortably the best passer of the ball at RB, but worse than Kimmich off the ball. Against Spurs he had 7 key passes and 14 long balls completed, ridiculous numbers. I said before that he's the most talented offensive RB...