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Playing a second eleven and getting the starters together for the first time in 2-3 weeks in a big cl game is a bad idea imo. Right call to play starters. This game was always gonna be tough. Starters are just back from internationals and backups would have been bad because they are worse and...

Playing first team was good idea so they get a game together before cl. They played the game with lower intensity which is natural as they have keague cushion and thinking about Roma.

Obviously there's lower intensity after international week and before cl. He was not tactically outclassed the players weren't 100%. As for the Chelsea game that was the only game he got his tactics wrong.

People been saying valverde will be found out, first vs juve, then Madrid, then atletico, then Chelsea..... Hasn't happened yet

Barca play better without Neymar though

The players you described are all young and of a different profile. When it's needed a player of Paulinho's profile will play for tactical reasons. We've needed a player like him since Keita left. Paulinho is a great sub and occasional starter. He also brings intangible qualities to the...

Mina isn't ready

I think Denis should get far away from this club, prefer to develop alenya.

I think iniesta will go to china. Barcelona should promote alenya to backup coutinho

Im of the opinion that Gomes can play football. If he increases his confidence he can be a rotation and sub player like Paulinho. He did decent against Chelsea just there. Id still sell him though

There isn't more pressure on us, Barca would be the underdog trying to stop their threepeat. I would love a clasico final. Problem is getting there. Thankfully Barca finally Got an easy draw and can prepare for the semis which will be huge. Might be a step too far for this squad though.

The main issue was their formation which is perfectly designed to go against a 4-4-2

We tend to hire former players for this role

I think they should both start, Barca are at home and should take the game to them with technical players. There's also the other approach which is to keep it tight and make sure you don't concede first, play one workhorse. Then as Chelsea have to open up and actually try to score introduce...

No worries brother, sorry to hear about what you've experienced. I think Gomes should move on from Barca, is best for all parties involved at this point. I thought a new season under a competent coach would help but he doesn't seem to have shown progress. There have been players that turned it...

All the old posters that came back seem to agree on this. The kids on the forum that came over from Reddit and twitter seem to live in a fairy world where Barca go out and win every match 4-0

Barca will be on the front foot tonight, it's a home game and the team has more rest than last time. I also expect Dembele to feature as he is more ready than last time.

Problems are problems, and are worth caring about. It's not a competition. Our problems pale in comparison to some poor child in Syria who is being bombed on a daily basis, lost family, is poor, struggles to survive every day. Yet our problems are still worth caring about and deserve compassion.

Millionaires can have problems too. Money doesn't equal happiness. I know some rich people and they have diagnosed depression and are on medication for it.

Obviously we can't officially diagnose him but what he's feeling is no joke and he could potentially have one or both of those problems. Look at these quotes: "I don't talk to anyone in order not to bother them" "I'm ashamed to go out onto the street"