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The two subs were big improvements. It's time for Vidal and Dembele to replace Busquets and Greizmann in the first 11. Suarez just has a great attitude. He just does not get depressed when he does nothing good for large parts of the game. At any moment, he can explode and win the game. What...

Messi-Griezmann, absolutely spectacular. I've figured out what I have to do, for my mental health and emotional well-being, I'm just going to watch the home games this season.

Well, Firpo can't be as bad again this game. Right?

Maybe if he gets some playing time in the early-round Copa games. Or he can come on as a sub after the game has already been decided. Then he can show us something. Show us anything. No way he can be on the field now in any situation where he would have the opportunity to instantly lose a game...

I never thought there would be a Barca team last in La Liga in goals allowed, this far into a season. This team is much less likely than almost any other team to fire a manager during the season. However, that does not mean never. As of now, there just is not much to lose by giving a new...

Teams have cycles. Lifespans. Barca had an amazing run, which lasted quite a few years. Now the team is getting into the rebuild portion of the cycle, which will not be glorious. The last remaining of the old guard will decline, depart or retire. I expect Messi will leave, there is no...

Being a player is not supposed to be fair. At a big club, you will get limited opportunities, and if you totally screw those up, you are toast. Firpo was terrible in pre-season, now he seems even worse. I'm trying to remember what other players have started so poorly with ths team. Song at...

Greizmann and De Jong can't play twice every week, I'd think that one or both would rest this game. Same with Pique and Lenglet, both can't start twice every week. Arthur looked relatively good last game, since he did not play. Messi and Fati looked a lot better than the guys they replaced...

Particularly bad from Greizmann, Suarez, Firpo, Perez, Rakitic, Roberto and Vidal. That's a very long list for one game, especially since none of the others were particulary good either.

I see no reason to even hope that Barca will finish above Granada in La Liga this year. This Barca squad occasionally plays pretty well, generally when playing against weak competition, but can also lose at any time to almost any team. Granada looks pretty good, could well play in Europe next...

Looking forward to the subs.

It's time to see what he can do in a counting game. Sink or swim tomorrow, starting at LB.

Dortmund clearly tried to attack him, but this did not work. Give the guy credit when he does well. He's no star, but he does good work as utilityman. He solves lots of problems with his ability to play at so many positions.

I get pretty tired of hearing all the excuses for Semedo. If a defender plays an acceptable game, except for a single failure that loses or should lose the game, then he has not played well enough. Semedo seems to have a knack for not covering his man or getting beat at critical times in big...

De Jong and Arthur were not bad, but elarly the best midfielders were on the other team. This was an excellent game from the entire Dortmend midfield. Humels was also fantastic, Dortmund defended really, really well.

Outmatched yesterday. He's never seen defense ever remotely close to the quality of Dortmund, this was great experience for him.

On this team, Greizmann's defense is crucial. His work rate is so high, he's going to have to get some games off. I know it is not popular to say anything good about Rakitic these days, but on defense, Rak is a considerable upgrade on the likes of Arthur. Fati shows fine energy on defense...

This one was egregious. Ter Stegen was way off his line. No way that pen would have been saved without that advantage. It was a stupid pen committed by Semedo, and a clear ref error to not have this one re-kicked. Despite the failed pen kick, Reuss was the best player on the field. What...

We do agree about that. Suarez, Alba, Busquets, Semedo, they all lifted their games last weekend, it was contagious.

With Fati to his left and Messi to his right, being fed by De Jong and Arthur, Suarez will get back to about one goal a game. He has the perfect skills to play between those two.