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I dont mind the loss tbh.. Saw a lot of improvement in our midfield play compared to last season (before Rakitic came on), thanks to individual talents and no thanks to the coach as usual..With Messi it should only get better.. @Folks expecting him to have us preparing for life without...

Well there is a big difference.. One has been overachieving thanks to one player and lots of dumb luck.. So anything like what he has achieved at Barca is something he will never achieve in any club in the future. So wishing for more of the same is inline with his limitations as a coach...

Busquets-Rakitic incoming :valverde: Hoping we win, but a draw would also be fine at a tough ground as long as we don`t have those uninspiring and dire performances of last year.

I am a bit torn on this one.. if not for Valverde`s obsession with him to play every game and with stupid tactics totally not suited to him, I would probably want him to stay as a good role player on the team ahead of Busquets (who IMO has bigger problems but that comparison between two bad...

One of Busquets or Rakitic should play depending on the opponent, Starting both of them doesn't work for us. Preferably Arthur and De Jong starting considering we should also look to build to the future. We could also mix it up with Roberto Alena and Puig as rotational options. But knowing...

Damn it.. so now its Griezmann or Coutinho or Dembele for that third spot in the front line ..:valverde:

Well considering his go to combination is Rakitic and Busquets for whom being out of form or wetting the bed on the slightest of presses is of no concern while for the third spot it is very much a problem with Arthur being dropped against a fast pressing team like Liverpool... wouldn't be...

Considering De Jong will be rotating with Arthur Vidal Puig Alena etc. for the vacant third spot in midfield, while the other 2 spots are "occupied", not sure he would have to hand over the wages :valverde:

Considering how shit we have been under Valverde, how does playing Rakitic and Busquets for the umpteenth time and without Messi make it all of a sudden promising to watch.. Expecting more of this in Liga if Valverde continues starting the same 2 in midfield

Scored a goal ... along with Busquets and played 90 minutes.. Safe to say Busquets and Rakitic are fixed while the rest will be fighting for the vacant single spot ??

So now January will have more games where a gala 11 is needed... :valverde:

What do you think will happen? Vidal-Busquets-Rakitic on opening night :valverde:

Lol @ people who think we would play better under Valverde without Messi.. Guess what his go to tactic has been for the good part of two years aka Valverde ball...If the past is any indication, it would be an incredible snooze fest (like always, I mean come on, how much more boring can we be...

Sending a 150 million player on loan..un freaking believable.. shows the competence of the board really ... Plus he gets away from a coach who constantly plays him in a position he is ill suited to.. Lets see if he can play better under a better coach and system with Poch...

We have to thin out the midfield by sending these younger players on loan. I mean, what is the point keeping them. Even if we get an 18 year old Messi, he would be on the bench playing 2 games a year with Valverde as coach. The guy is totally shit at rotating the squad and plays the same slow as...

Or the Ibra way..sell him for a loss at say 20 million and claim that by not paying his salaries we have saved more than 160 million :rosell:

It could also mean Rakitic :valverde:

First of all, the result against Liverpool flatters us. It was mostly Messi who kept us in the tie in the first leg but otherwise Liverpool mostly flat out battered us across both legs and the result of the first leg was a lot harsh on them only thanks to dumb luck on Valverde`s part and the...

I would rather we have Busquets as a sub coming off the bench, same with Vidal (whose intensity is something we could have to add steel in our midfield depending on situations). I would require two of them for this season considering we play so many games and we need depth, but Busquets as an...

What do you think? :valverde2: When Roberto is moving to midfield, it means he will be rotating with Arthur and FDJ for the vacant third spot in midfield alongside Busquets and Rakitic.. Valverde dropping Rakitic?? Haha.. Wont believe it until i see it..