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Quite inaccurate to compare Arthur to Dembele. If Arthur has some off-field problems, and I don't know that he does, having just some off-field problems would be a very important step up for Dembele.

Greizmann is not integrated well into the offense yet, I blame him, his teammates and Valverde. However, his overall contribution to the team is much, much better than what we got from Coutinho.

Do or die with Dembele. He has to play a lot, and be chosen ahead of Fati and Perez. He fits into the offense so much better than Greizmann does. He's guaranteed to create chances all on his own in open play, and to get fouled so that Messi can take penalties and free kicks. Greizmann should...

I'm pretty loyal. I can stand stetches when the team is not at its best. But as this season rolls on, what I have been seeing pretty often is admirable play, good effort, good teamwork, fine competitive spirit. By Barca's opponents. One team is still wearing blaugrana, but they are sad...

We saw five midfielders play in Prague. Because Alena and Roberto did not play, they need to be considered for playing time over all those who got outplayed by a not very distinguished team. I would not be surprised to see them both cycle back into the midfield rotation now.

When he gets the ball, he should always go for his shot. His passing is so poor, but he'll score sometimes, and get fouled quite a bit. He continues to tantalize, and continues to deliver not much at all.

Great assist! But, playing as default DM for most of this game, he was not too good doing that job. To his credit, he did go all the way back to take the DM role advancing the ball, he was trying. De Jong participated less. How did Busquets manage to hide for pretty much the entire game?

Did not play well yesterday. But not as bad as Busquets.

He deserves credit for the goal. That was an intentional deflection off the defender, which was the only shot available from that angle. I've seen Villa deflect one in off the keeper from an impossible angle, this is the first one I have seen aimed off a defender.

I would think that the backup at CB behind Lenglet and Todibo would be De Jong. Or, De Jong could start at CB, alongside Lenglet.

Song comes to mind. Bringing him in to play CB is a honker of an error that must not be forgotten.

Valuable sub for the rest of this season, especially when defense is needed. Too bad for him that Vidal has to be preferred to him as of now, he is #5 for the 3 midfield spots.

For just one game, the four Barca goals showed an astounding quantity and depth of finishing and goal-creating final passing brilliance. With Dembele, there almost always reasons to be critical. Nevertheless, I think the team is better with him on the left than with Greizmann. His ability and...

Well, Arthur can light up the field on offense. On defense, he is clearly worse than Busquets, Rakitic, De Jong, Vidal and Roberto (Roberto when playing as a midfielder). When the team gets a good lead, he should always be subbed. When the team needs a goal, he should always be on the field.

Of course, a lot of people on this forum are going to praise his performance, because he is young and because he gets almost no playing time. He was bad in this game. Mainly because of him, Sevilla should have had multiple goals, and would have if Chicharito had started. The combo of Tobido...

That was a good red, a professional red. Aroujo may well have stopped a goal, so he made a good decision to commit the red before Chicharito got into the penalty area. Of course, Aroujo being banned for a while now is completely inconsequential.

Must play more now, and Busquets must play less.

Greizmann can't be the automatic choice to play alongside Suarez and Messi. He needs to play less, especially less at left forward.

Well, you are fortunate that you have forgotten Roberto's last game at RB. When Semedo and Roberto are the full-backs, there is no choice but to have Roberto as LB, Semedo as RB. The team has figured this out the hard way.