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It is poor by Umtiti but really inexcusable by Pique. Pique's been here for a decade, he should know better than to do this. His clowning is fast overtaking his declining playing ability. He should be careful before he's too much of a headache and not enough of a positive for the team. This...

Was awful. Watch this: https://imgtc.com/w/HYORh6C Slow on the cover and just stops tracking Gaya's run to cover the player that's already covered. Goal is completely on Rakitic. He keeps going and he can at least block the cross.

People shouldn't be surprised. Deulofeu has never been good at Barca and it's a crying shame when Barca are down and need offensive push, the player they have to bring out is Gerard Deulofeu. That's a losing proposition.

He struggled in the second half but was hung out to dry by Rakitic on multiple occasions. Needed help vs Gaya who is a bullet and Guedes who is a rising player, and was getting none from Rakitic who was slow on the help. Not only was Rakitic late on the goal, but when he finally got there he...

Yup, he started middle but quickly switched to a quasi midfield/support forward. Valverde should seriously explore Paulinho in a more advance role as a forward. He moved really well there today.

Continues to show the exact same thing; willingness but limited intelligence and ineffective play. This kind of play hurts the team minimally vs lower tier opponents, but is suicidal vs better ones.

He will struggle in the middle vs better opposition. He doesn't seem to be good at any general aspect of playing a midfield, but he does offer a lot of projection. I would explore playing him further and using his movement, projection and strength as a forward.

Well, that settles it...

Lol what a load of garbage. Constantly failing with brain dead play is not excused by "he was trying". If that is your concept of positive, might as well get Di Maria in the team, because he excels at the "play like a donkey, but is trying" skillset. Deulofeu is a physically skilled but...

This formation shouldn't be a problem for him and is not the reason he's playing poorly. He's not playing wide, just wider than before. This is not like the false 9 of the past. Messi isn't playing exclusively through the middle with two really wide forwards like under Pep. This formation...

Dembele is a special talent. People will need to temper their expectations because he is still a 20 year old moving the one of the biggest clubs ever. There will be growing pains and periods of adaptation, and plenty of time where he will incur the wrath of fans. However the talent is...

OD7 sounds better but I think he'll be OD11

They can't. Barca already agreed personal terms with the player. :coffee:

I don't see how you can possibly say it's 92% done. It is obviously 94% done. 93% would be too low, and 95% is simply absurd.

Messi Semedo Umtiti

:coffee:

Messi doesn't do enough :lol::lol::lol:

Poor Messi. Long season for him ahead. He's burden has never been greater.

I don't see it. what I see is frustration because they lack talent to overcome the obstacles.

It's lack of talent. There's bad talent in midfield. Not a one can drive the ball. None.