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This also makes our recruitment questionable, if Ferran is better as a RW, then we have Dembele and Ferran for that position. Now, why did we go ahead to sign Raphinha??? when he can only play as a RW, and it's clear that we need a quality LW. We would've just gone into the market for a quality...

I get your point though, would definitely be frustrating for him. From being one of the best, to having Elanga considered before you. Pretty sure Messi may also have had problem with the coach if he was getting the same treatment. It's an unfortunate situation, and what has happened would...

Portugal just has to copy this part of Ten Hags playbook in not playing ronaldo always, as it would definitely increase their chances in world cup cause they have a fantastic squad.

Neves is not that guy

Can't start Kessie over Gavi, man is too slow, an example is his role in Inter Milan's third goal. So he came in as a sub in the 72nd minute but was unable to stop Gosen even when he had a head start on him before the halfway line. Gavi would've definitely found a way to stop or slow that...

Check again, the defender placed his leg in Raphinha's path first, he then swung his hip towards Raphinha so he won't be able to pass and once he noticed Raphinha falling, he swung his hip backwards to act like he was taking himself out of the way so he clearly knew what he was doing and wasn't...

Penalty laws has to be clear, but for me the Celta guy stretched his leg too far and never got the ball leaving Raphinha with no place to go, so Raphinha probably tries to make contact but I think it's a penalty cause the defender knows what he was doing

Lol, it's always easy to criticize from the sidelines

Don't think it's a Xavi thing, I've seen our wingers making plenty of runs recently and these are guys that normally like the ball at feet. Doesn't make sense to instruct wingers to make runs, and not throw balls for them to chase

He actually kills many attacks by losing the ball recklessly in positions outside the 18, did it against Inter and yesterday.

I watched that game again and our midfielders seem to be blind to throwing passes when our wingers are making clear runs. Many came from the left wing, but it's like they're too scared and instead wait till the opportunity closes and resume their slow buildup. This is where you need players like...

It's not just a De Jong issue, even Pedri has this flaw. You'll see Raphinha and Dembele making runs but these midfielders always love to make interesting touches with the ball instead of just releasing it. The next thing that happens is the opposition defense later covering the space and the...

Shouldn't have come then, I don't know what he was thinking and he can't be subbed out when he performs poorly again due to this sacrifice. Personally I think we would've still been where we are currently if we had Auba with Luuk as 9 instead of Lewa

I believe he would've been getting subbed if it wasn't for his status. Hasn't been great recently

That's fair and true, we need to go into the market again for quality wingers.

So how would you go about it with what we have?

didn't play on the rw for long, cause the free kick the second time he received the ball there. Better to start him on the rw instead of Raphinha, and play either Ferran or Fati in lw going forward

I think he should be a second-half sub for Dembele moving forward.

Except there were multiple times when he had space to run into, and the ball wasn't passed even in the first half. He spoke to Busquets about it, and you could see it in his gestures (telling him to pass so he'll run at space). On another hand, it's possible Busquet started trying that later and...

So where do we go with this, remove De Jong and leave Busquet and Kessie? Both are so slow and we'll see ourselves complaining about them in no time. Maybe we could try Eric Garcia as a Dm