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Well, Xavi has found the best lineup. The only unclear starter today was Balde vs. Alba, both offer a lot, but are not completely convincingBarca. All the other players have earned non-starting roles, they have had their chances and more The four Barca midfielders completely dominated, this...

Good win, especially without Lewa. What this game proves is that you must start Gavi, Pedri, Busquets and de Jong, positions be damned. The forwards other than Lewa and frequently Dembele are not good enough to put any of those four natural midfielders on the bench. Sure, Dembele drives us...

Memphis and Bellerin are exiled, I don't think we'll see either one again. Xavi would rather dip down to Barca B, or play other players out of position.

Depay is not helping Xavi's team, swapping him for anyone is a good idea. Outside of Lewa, the next 4 forwards are all performing well below their talent levels, so it makes sense for Barca to now try someone else.

A draw after the long international break, as usual. This is pretty much never a good team when suffering from FIFA Flu.

Fantastic game by Japan today. Their keeper played much better than Mueller. Using the subs so early really put into the Germans, along with the excellent Japanese team speed and conditioning. Japan seemed like a real team, all playing the same concept, superb effort. Germany shot quite...

Will Kounde be available? The back four from the Inter match should ship four against a first-rate attack like RM.

So true. He should only play against teams that are unable to mount any offense. Luckily, this leaves half the teams in La Liga. Except for his inability to play one on one defence, he is an ideal Barca CB.

Well, losing three centerbacks including the best RB was a bit much for this squad to absorb. Garcia proves yet again that he can be beat one on one, which is rather serious for a CB. The first Inter goal, Pique was covering Dzeko, who permitted that run into the box by the other forward...

Good to see Kessie back. The good thing about this lineup is that the team should improve when the subs come in. Sergi Roberto will be involved with the winning goal.

Last week, I thought that Inter exceeded their playing level. It would surprise me if they can do that again today, in Camp Nou, Inter is just not that good this season. Barca will be back to more effective scoring today, right? Trust in Lewa.

Garcia might improve.

Props to Inter, they played about as well as they can. Not a disastrous loss for our guys, who did not play badly. For the biggest game of the season next Wednesday, start Balde and Fati. We know that Lewa will score two, get us to the round of 18.

Got to go with the talent and potential now, there is no sense persisting with all the retreads. Experience be damned. No more Alonso, no more Bellerin. Start Balde, Fati, Garcia, Kounde at FB when he returns. Continue lots of minutes for Kessie and De Jong, rest Busquets more even if this...

Now it's bench time for this guy. I'd start Fati, even Torres in front of Raphina for now.

We are not that fortunate. Sergi Roberto is now clearly better than Alonso. Alonso's role should be #6 CB, only. I'm hop[ing he is a better CB than either Busquets or Roberto.

3-4-3, good idea. Roberto and Alonso both well-suited to this formation.

Bayern is magnificent

Did not lose points, survived FIFA flu. Forget about this one and move on.

We wish! It's unclear how good Balde will be. He does have catch-up speed, is he the fastest Barca player? His defense is not yet dependable enough to put him on the field against higher-quality offenses. I hope to see him start at least a couple of times every month, but against the more...