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He was stagnating a bit so it's really nice to see him improving. Especially with his delivery, which was really his main weak point. Now if he can tie his dribbling in a with sharp final pass, he could be a killer on that wing.

I prefer the method of starting a strong team and subbing out people when the game is under control rather than resting players from the start. If we close the game early, players can also relax more during games. 90 minutes could be like a training session. If we end up have to fight to the...

It's more ball control and spatial intelligence that will get you around physical battles. Virgili seems plenty quick to me. Maybe he's not talented enough. I can't really tell from the videos. Impressive dribbling from the wing and some decent creative passing and awareness but lacking the...

Pena's long passes directly led to two of our goals in the first Clasico this season. Don't really care if it's a throw or a kick.

The yellow was more for the combined complaint and kicking away the ball. In La Liga you can kick away the ball all you want if you do it nonchalantly. But if you do it in visual frustration then it's an immediate yellow.

Never liked Gavi in the AM position. I'd much prefer Fermin who is less talented but offers an entirely different kind of attacking agenda.

Is he higher rated than Kochen and Yaakob?

Ter Stegen doesn't leave space open between his legs. Has that blocking technique with one knee on the ground that has saved countless 1v1s.

The second is very questionable from him, regardless of the defense shitting themselves as well. The attacker is way out of balance, almost half on the ground. Szczesny comes out thinking he's going to make a world class save, flails his big limbs and leaves the simples path to the goal open.

Told you.

Perhaps too similar to Fermin while not visibly surperior in any significant way. Hope he'll return to Spain later on.

Sure but Pep puts his wingers in a straitjacket. Doubt he played like that for Rennes (though admittedly I didn't watch him).

One good game? He has been consistently solid this season with standout performances in several big games (first Clasico and Bayern comes to mind). Did we really sit through several seasons of Busquets, Iniesta, Rakitic not to learn that clever passes alone won't let you dominate possession...

I don't really go in for mystical narratives. Particularly since it is in fact his "courage" for the crucial heroic actions that is leading to the mistakes. He also got himself sent off in a Clasico Super Cup final btw. Not the smallest of occassions. But I suppose that doesn't count since we...

It's actually five blunders if you count this one, where he was bailed out by an offside:

Is it the fact that his blunders hasn't formally cost us yet that is preventing people from realizing just how poor he has been? It's now four inexcusable blunders in the last three games. Had those mistakes come at less fortunate moments, this guy might have singlehandedly cost us three wins...

Has he even been injured since he left us the fucker?

Turning into a real man with these performances. Was a bit uneasy for his hamstrings when he was really digging into it in the final stretch of the game. My gut tells me he's in the danger zone for the weekend game.

Wonder if this fucking moron is going to do another instagram post explaining that his mistakes are only due to his brave personality. Never had such a visceral hate of a Barca player before. Should be his last game for the club.

Not really. Gavi is not a 10. Neither is Pedri or Raphinha. All of them are severely limited in that position. Besides Olmo, our in-house options are Fermin, Pablo Torre and Unai, with Guille, Toni and Pedro Fernandez as future prospects. Seeing as we can't count on Olmo as a regular, we...