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People here wanted Sarri/Setien/Sampaoli to be the coach of Barca. Thankfully they don’t make the decisions.

I know, I’d play the full team against them. I’m talking about after that.

The levante game is a great chance to rest players, or at least take certain players off early. It’s at home against a low level team and Barca should win anyway. The away game to Celta is trickier, rest players because they’ll probably not play well anyway or go for it because it’s a hard game...

Liverpool are tired today like all the teams that played CL. I hope they’re also tired going into the semi, while Barca have rested players.

United even at their peak were still a level below Madrid and Barca. Their top players left them for the Spanish giants when they got the chance, or turned them down for Madrid/Barca.

Could have easily, but it’s clear Barca only played at full intensity for the first 20 minutes. They got the goal they wanted and played at 60% for the rest of the game, knowing they’d finish them at home. Very important to pace yourself at this point in the season.

Barca have a strong defence, maybe the best in Europe. If they hold up Barca have the players to win the game. I’d play a counterattacking game and not leave them spaces to Run into, also I’d play semedo because of his speed and defensive ability.

the man could win a treble and people here will still bash him. I appreciate what he's done but going forward I'd like a guy that can bring the youngsters along, not sure valverde is that type of coach. he stabilised the club when they were in crisis, brought back to back ligas, won a Copa, in...

I thought Horatio was the shagger of the forum?

Interesting lineup. Roberto instead of semedo shows that valverde thinks barca will be facing a bus and needs Roberto's better ball control and passing. Coutinho instead of dembele is ok, Coutinho was alright in the first game and dembele might still not be 100% also in the recent game dembele...

He's too dogmatic and stubborn, only has one way of playing. I like adaptable managers better.

City will probably win the tie at home imo.

Yeah, as crap as he was, being a striker at Barca is hard at the best of times. Especially when you don't play much and the game was with mostly backups and youth players.

I have noticed that de Jong likes to keep the ball and try and dribble sometimes, he is like Modric in that way. At Barca that might need to change unless he plays further forwards. A Busi/de Jong/Arthur midfield three would be a good tiki taka midfield, but I'd like him to replace Busquets and...

I like the look of Piatek, he seems a more classic Barca striker, and he is a natural finisher. Jovic does give a more physical option.

I know that. Pragmatic means "dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations." That can mean anything. I want a squad that can play different styles, with the ideal being tiki taka if it's possible. At the moment it...

Biggest mistake was not subbing him. Thank God de Jong is here next year to provide an alternative and (probably quickly) replace him unless he gets a second wind late in his career because of the competition.

Mate the majority of his posts are insulting people. It's never funny either, just cringe, he uses terms like ''beta'' ''cuck'' etc. He also accuses people of having opinions they don't even have.

What people don’t understand is the current squad can’t play tiki taka. Everyone saw last night that the team can’t play that style against a high press vs an average team. Barca must be pragmatic and change the approach as required. Rather than do what you know is doomed to fail. If you have...

Totally agree mate