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Along with Keita and Adriano, one of my favorite Barca substitutes ever. Continues to earn his jersey.

I can't foretell whether Barca will win or lose this one. But Ferran Torres will score.

True, that needs to be put into the team bylaws. Atleti management gets the better of Barca too consistently. How well a player plays for Simeone has absolutely no bearing on how well he will play for Barca, except he will play worse for Barca. Or much, much worse, as with Arda Turan. I...

Earlier in the season, mainly because of injuries, Xavi changed the back line almost every game. When he went to Kounde Araujo Christiansen and usually Balde, the team jelled to winning every game. Then for the ManU first game, Xavi switched Kounde and Araujo, played Alonso and Alba. Why...

It was for accumulation of yellows, this was his third since the beginning of the CL group stage.

Great game. Man U played really well. Unfortunately, Barca's chances are not great next week w/o Gavi.

I hope he starts today. He proved he should in the last RM game. He is the future, and the future is exciting.

Among all the really old players in these 27, the only one currently playing well enough to be in this list is Lewandowski.

Agree.

Good test. I don't think Man U matches up well vs. Barca. They do not handle the ball well enough to deal with the Barca press. Arsenal or Man City would have been tougher. Man U can score, so I doubt this will be a clean sheet.

Great job following team orders to get that yellow yesterday. Missing the Cadiz game is perfect timing. Now we only have to dread the timing of the upcoming Gavi yellow card suspension.

Hope so. Gavi and Raphina definitely play better when they should be tired late in games.

Pedri has been looking tired for a while now, needs to not play every single game. Until Busquets comes back, we'll be seeing not only Kessie, but also the next-up midfielder. I hope Xavi continues his winning strategy, play the best available players regardless of what position they normally...

Preferred to Ferran, talk about faint praise! It was worth the try to have Dembele, Raphina, Fati and Ferran compete to play alongside Lewa. This competition is why Dembele has been doing so much better this season. But then you have to cut bait, dump the ones whose confidence has been...

In some important ways, Busi has improved this year. He is fantastic now on recovering the ball, the 6 second rule. All 4 midfielders, in this new Gala lineup, are terrorizing the opponents with their initial defense. And Kessie is no big step down, he will have a bigger role the rest of...

Looked tired in the 2nd half. Should not start in this next Copa game.

Xavi will have to continue to rotate, with two games every week until/unless getting knocked out of Copa and Europa League. Xavi has been doing a good job with squad management, I can even almost understand why he keeps giving Ferran chances. The good omen is that all 5 midfielders are playing...

For the next few years, because of the money situation, some of the players added to the roster will be 30+. One category of these may be "extraordinary talents". If the team can get, say, the world's best best goal scorer, for a moderate price. Even though he is not young, and certainly will...

This is the opportunity for Barca to start the reliable players not in the Gala 11: Alba. Since that list is rather short, also start the bench players who have been at least OK: Alonso, as CB. Kessie Raphina Fati These 4 should be good enough against Ceuta, right? Plus, players like Roberto...

His best game yet.