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I think its not that straightforward as getting rid of EV...Dembele also has to get his act together off the field as thats mainly whats keeping him from being completely trusted by the club..

why... Surely we are not that desperate :D

The way i see it, the main problem is probably that the defense just cannot stop leaking goals... Hence EV opts for as many midfielders as possible to compensate lack of defending from Messi, Suarez plus limits the fuck ups of Pique who for some reason doesn`t have a backup option (we have two...

So Rafinha is out for the season and Sergi Roberto is out for a month and No Rakitic either (or is he back which would mean straight into the starting lineup :D)... Surely Vidal starts now and maybe Dembele since EV doesnt have another reliable midfielder ?

I know.. He only plays one line up unless someone is injured.. What do you mean by rotations? :D

EV doesn't have multiple thoughts..he just has his one favourite lineup and plays it to the ground unless someone is injured :D

That is the one good thing EV has done..Sergi Roberto and Pique against any team is a disaster waiting to happen ... Semedo covers for Pique most of the time he fucks up!

well considering we conceded 4 against Real Betis at home, no wonder Ev is scared ..lol

EV likes scorers and people who can play like a midfielder..... Considering Malcolm scored last game, probably he gets his chance over Rafinha..

No excuse to play Rakitic this game instead of Vidal... Poor guy needs rest considering he will play all of the games during the international break as well :( Rest Busi as well..Need him fresh for the second half of the season.. Semedo - Piqué - Lenglet - Alba Vidal - Roberto - Arthur Messi -...

Now's the time for Malcolm to shine? Coutinho injured, Dembele out..Surely he is going to start with Messi coming off the bench?

Every time he gets a chance on field, he somehow seems to find a way to fuck it up with his questionable off field attitude... I think EV is perfectly within his limits to do what he has done here... Of course, it could also be that he is genuinely not well and is left out for medical...

Ya..For now it's fine since they do have the christmas break anyway. Hope the players talk some sense into him and rest themselves come Jan ..and not play in the Copa and meaningless Liga games...

The line up was wrong vs Rayo..Not here.. Who would you put in in a Champions game? Vidal etc should have played vs Rayo giving Rakitic a rest.. EDIT: Semedo is the only one i can think of who can start ahead of Roberto..But EV likes Roberto more than Semedo..

Has he ever taken any risks lol...keeps playing his best players every game and setting them up to exhaustion come Feb/March... Last year atleast it was understandable that he was new to this job and hence needed to prove himself..but continuing to do so this year as well :(

In a way it makes sense.. There is one forward position up for grabs and that too mainly as a sub. would you prefer playing Malcolm or Dembele? Probably EV doesn't seem much in him during training to keep him as a sub over Dembele..

well it not just him..Pep used to be equally picky as well..He refused to play people who he didn't ask for. About Denis Suarez, EV doesn't play him either :D ..But what works for him is that he is a midfielder.. its quite difficult to get into our forward line up because we kinda play with 4...

Seeing this thread..seriously ..you would think EV put Messi on the bench unfairly. :D Well isnt it quite possible EV saw nothing in him that can positively contribute for us ..and probably he is being proven right here considering his performance against a second division team??.. I mean come...

I think he set us up decently well..Maybe he went a bit defensive towards the end but so what..the team selection and even his subs worked.. Sure Inter for a large part sucked..but the way we are set up and the intensity seem to be there.. Not sure why some of you feel Malcolm should be subbed...

Guy is exhausted....but EV continues to overplay him, keeping him on for the full 90 each game. Top of it, Croatia keeps picking him and plays him the entire time as well..