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It is not only the problem with Rafinha and Rakitic, but with the system. I don`t know what ideas does lucho have, but both of them are 30-40 meters from our defensive line when masch or mathieu have the ball. Weird...

Munir - tried hard, but had numerous bad decisions. not a performance to remember Pedro - his usual performance Bartra - played okay, but defence had some serious flaws. if espanyol had better striker they would score atleast one more goal Montoya, Adriano , Rafinha - nothing special In my...

Adama has the ability but he`s unbeliveably selfish. Every time he got the ball you knew it`ll be a solo action. Halilovic on the other hand played much more mature and almost scored a nice goal.

He reacts slow because he has new teammates and plays in a new system, so he doesn`t know every movement etc. Give him time and a proper role and I think he`ll do just fine. He`ll never be Xavi at his prime, but he is one of the top midfielders in La Liga.

Rakitic was brilliant last year for Sevilla. He isn`t a deep lying playmaker like Modric and never will be. Let him fully integrate into the team and then we`ll see can he play at top level or not. This criticism after 3 months with his new team is ridiculous.

It was his corner, but the situation would be under control if it weren`t for Iniesta and his idiotic mistake.

When Madrid bought Modric after a few games everybody was laughing. 35 mil for Modric, who is not world class etc etc. He was even named the biggest transfer flop of half season or something like that. Next season he started beasting and today he is one of their best players and everybody is...

No award will bring you complacency if you know you`re shit on the field. And he is intelligent enough to see that he isn`t playing well this season.

So in your opinion he is better than Fabregas, who is a world class player and you think he still needs to improve. Interesting thoughts. You can`t compare him with Modric, because they are simply different types of players. Modric is a world class deep lying playmaker who is used to play with...

You should try to be realistic sometimes. Always criticising players. He isn`t Messi or Iniesta and never will be, so I don`t know what do you expect from him. Played a good game, was involved a lot and got an assist with a great free kick. Misplaced a few passes, but who doesn`t.

Iniesta is playing another not so great game. Xavi is not having the greatest game either.

Who cares about balon d`or. Everyone is so obsessed with that s**t. Team trophies are the ones that really count.

It`s obvious Lucho doesn`t trust Pique and Bartra. Maybe he`s waiting for Vermaelen to get match fit, so he could play Vermaelen - Mathieu at CB. Although I would like to see Mathieu at LB sometimes, because Alba is pure shit at the moment.

Terrible idea. It would be a nightmare.

I don`t know is it only me, but I have a feeling that Iniesta and Rakitic just don click well at the moment. Neither one of them can dictate tempo like Xavi does and both of them look much better when they play with Xavi. Messi had to drop deep many times today, because our midfield was shit...

Maybe it is too early to tell, but judging by the current season stats and style of play I think that we are seeing the evolution of Messi into a true number 10. Maybe I`m under the influence od last two seasons, when he was less involved and waiting to get a through ball or a pass to his feet...

Not really. Rakitic controls the game in the same amount as does Andres, number of passes per game is a proof of that. They are doing more or less the same thing, Iniesta on the left side, Raki on the right. It`s just that Iniesta likes to run with the ball at his feet more than Raki, so at...

It`s terrible to see so much talent in the hands of a rookie coach who doesn`t know what he`s doing. I wonder how much could that squad achieve with a real, experienced coach. We`ll probably never find out.

They play bad football because Kovac has problems with picking the right players. Brozovic instead of Kovacic in the midfield trio and Kovacic totally useless on the wing etc. You can`t play football with practically 5 attacking midfielders. There has to be some balance with between creative...

Solid game from both. Nothing special. Halilovic had a few solid runs and one good shot as I remember, generally played well. He played about 60-70 minutes. But it`s obvious that he is still green and can`t impact the game much more than that at this level. Rakitic also played well, had a...