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Too soft for Bilbao. When they see that a player from their under 16s can outmuscle him they'd tell him to do one.

What a disaster! He is tactically clueless when it comes to reading the flow of a match. How many times has he thrown every forward and their nanny out there when chasing a game? Must be his 4th or 5th time and every one of them has been an utter failure. Why does he still play with 3 at the...

Look again over that math of yours, it's slightly wrong. But yeah, from a technical point of view, we need to sell him for 22m to break even and not incur a loss in the books. The fact that he never justified that kind of money isn't the point mate. This is just how accounting works.

People still don't understand how player transfer fees are amortized over the duration of their contract and we don't need to sell for 110m just to break even. For example in Dembele's case, he cost us 110m or whatever, so that means something like 22m/year, thus by being in his 4th year we...

Pique out there schooling fools left and right, exposing Flo's shady ass to the world. You love to see it.

Cronaldo out there trying to win the balon d'or for backpassing. Arthur and Rakitic with some fierce competition from the Portuguese.

It was a hybrid between 4-4-2 and 4-3-3. Valverde wasn't your usual winger that's true, but when in posession he stretched out the pitch by hugging the touchline, going up behind Alba, same with Vincious on the other side. By possession I mean counters as you let us have the ball. We, on the...

He never really got a chance as the lone DM, but I feel that it's his best position because he can drop between the CBs and build up from there. Can also make runs while Pedri/Ilaix or whoever else covers for him, he doesn't have to be stuck in that DM position, the point is that our mid should...

Spot on, their 4-3-3 countered our 3-5-2 perfectly. It works when you play against the likes of Betis but against the top teams it gets found out real fast. I mean, I can't remember a team who employed such tactics being successful for long. Just Chelsea under Conte and that for a year and they...

Yeah, the CDM should not let the opposition wingers get 1 on 1 with our CBs while Alba and Dest are caught up the pitch or overrun. Busi should close down the half spaces on either side, while the middle CB(Araujo) secures the center of the box with the other CB.

For me it's clear, he fucked up the tactics in the first half. As soon as Modric/Kroos got on the ball they released their wingers with ample space in front of them as Dest and Alba were deep in their half. Lenglet is slow as a sloth and Mingueza's positioning was suspect to say the least...

He's the perfect sub for the backline. Has some pace, can play as a full back, as a CB and seems durable. Needs to reign in that aggressiveness at times. Gets booked way too easily, very early in the game, limiting his options. But all in all, he's fine.

His best position is Busquets', period. He can drop between the CBS and help advance the ball. Distributing left and right with the odd cameo in the oppo's box. That's it. At best you can use him as a b2b against lower level teams who can't put pressure on our backline.

He can't dribble at all. There was counter where he was 1 on 1 with a defender and he stopped and passed backwards. What the fuck is wrong with him?

Prime Puyol tonight.

That Raphina lad at Leeds is 10 times the player. Sell this guy and get that one.

Inform his agent to look for a team. If he doesn't want to leave, bench him next year and use him for rotation purposes. He's done at Barcelona.

Yeah, he needs to do more. He plays like a deep lying playmaker, only that he is more advanced. His final ball is almost inexistent at this point, his dribbling is mediocre. I'm sorry but he needs to show more. He has time though.

Manzano has resumed his role. Sees Madrid struggling, gives them a life line, to the surprise of no one.

How many times does Casemiro need to foul to get a fucking yellow card?