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Agree. Early this season, Suarez went public with a request to rest before CL knockouts, so he will rest vs. Levante. Messi will come on as a sub today, 60 minutes is a month's worth of rest for him. Alba will rest for one of these two games, and each CB will start one game on the bench...

That was the right amount of rotation vs. Real Sociedad. Now, rest three or four different starters in each of the next two games, even though sitting the likes of Alba, Pique, Lenglet, Suarez and Messi may well drop points.

It is so hard for the team to bounce back so soon after that huge game last Tuesday, this performance was gratifying under the circumstances. With Alba and whoever is on the field at the other fullback spot, the Barca fullbacks might be the best in the world. And is Pique the very best...

He's back, and he's pissed. I hope he stays mad, and stays aggressive. Fine with me if he loses the ball on lots of his attacks, too many of the Barca regulars do not attack enough.

Keeping Liverpool off the scoreboard will be tough, they are decisive, fast, and composed on the attack. There's only one team that has better forwards, which fortunately is Barca. Liverpool is not a scary team except for their forwards. Only good, not great in midfield, defense, goal, bench...

If you sold Rakitic, the big problem is that you would need to get someone quite a bit like Rakitic to replace him, and not too many exist. Malcom should go, he did his job here, which was to scare Dembele and Coutinho into playing better. Bring in Suarez's successor, they can share that...

Semedo, Vidal and Dembele need to start, it is their turn, need to keep up the form of all 13 outfield players who are starter-quality. Busquets and Rakitic can play one at a time in Liga. Messi, Suarez and Alba can play most of the time, but need to be subs or be subbed more often.

Man U looked like a team that could be competitive in the Europa League. Barca has four forwards better than any Man U forward. Boy, Rakitic was good. He is clearly our best midfielder. When he gets that involved with the attack, he covers for what Arthur and Busquets provide too rarely. I...

There's this tendency on this forum to excuse lack of performance by any of the young favorites. It's never their fault. Demebele had his chance against Huesca to earn the start today. He did very little against the worst team in La Liga, failed to lead the less talented players. Malcom was...

Son would be a fine addition to almost any team, he would be almost perfect for Barca. He is a model for the type of attitude you want to see from a forward. He's so popular on the Spurs, I can't see how they would let him go.

Don't know if Dembele is ready. He did not look too sharp vs. Huesca. Either way, he plays 30 minutes or he plays 60 minutes, not a huge difference. I'm just glad that Valverde can pick starters for this game between Semedo/Roberto, Arthur/Vidal, and Coutinho/Dembele. All are strong options...

It would be better to put someone out there to play out of position. I've seem enough of Prince with his warmups off, now he can rest and collect trophies.

Another guy who could really develop playing a season with Ajax.

I like his approach to the game, but you also need enough talent. The team is better off with Sergi Roberto getting some some midfielder playing time, instead of Alena. Alena deserves the chance to play regularly, for Ajax next season. Along with Puig.

When Malcom and Prince leave this summer, it will open a spot for someone new who will be worthy of some playing time to spell Suarez. Keep Coutinho.

What worried me most about the first leg was Barca's problems advancing the ball into the offensive end. Maybe a different ref will help some, though the last guy was nowhere near as bad as a Premier League ref. A lot of the Barca passing was not as good as usual, but I expect Barca's...

The RB rotation is working great. Semedo seems improved after his recent bench time. I think Alba will get the Huesca game off, Semedo and Roberto will start at FB.

Pique was fantastic. I was so pleased to see Semedo play so well, he's looking like a Barca player now, which is huge progress.

That was a beautiful goal, Barca at its best. Man U had a very strong defensive game, you have to give them credit for preventing Barca from advancing the ball. Barca had to play a lot of defense, but this time the Barca D came up big-time. No Man U shots on goal is incredible. Messi could...